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Session variable Name/Key problem
I was working on figuring out how to include a loop's counter's incrementer in the name of a session var. On the way there I constructed a loop that initialized and displayed both the value of the session var and the name of the session var.
I solved my most immediate problem...I can name a session variable by concatenating the loop's counter with a prefix (session("var" & i) = i) but when I try to write the name of a session variable (via its KEY) strange things happen.
<%
for i = 1 to 10
session("var" & cstr(i)) = i
response.write "<p>" & i & ". Contents of the session var: " & session("var" & i) & " <br>Session Name is: " & session.Contents.key(i) & "</p>"
next
%>
Output of the above code is at:
http://216.64.209.102/testloop.asp
Why is the name (KEY) of the session var correct on the 1st iteraction (var1) but not correct on the rest?
thankx
--steve...
I solved my most immediate problem...I can name a session variable by concatenating the loop's counter with a prefix (session("var" & i) = i) but when I try to write the name of a session variable (via its KEY) strange things happen.
<%
for i = 1 to 10
session("var" & cstr(i)) = i
response.write "<p>" & i & ". Contents of the session var: " & session("var" & i) & " <br>Session Name is: " & session.Contents.key(i) & "</p>"
next
%>
Output of the above code is at:
http://216.64.209.102/testloop.asp
Why is the name (KEY) of the session var correct on the 1st iteraction (var1) but not correct on the rest?
thankx
--steve...
Mark Franz
Works fine for me... ;-)
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good lord...now it does. every time I ran it while composing the question I got:
1. Contents of the session var: 1
Session Name is: var1
2. Contents of the session var: 2
Session Name is: -1
3. Contents of the session var: 3
Session Name is: -2
4. Contents of the session var: 4
Session Name is: -3
5. Contents of the session var: 5
Session Name is: -4
6. Contents of the session var: 6
Session Name is: -5
7. Contents of the session var: 7
Session Name is: 0
8. Contents of the session var: 8
Session Name is: 1
9. Contents of the session var: 9
Session Name is: 2
10. Contents of the session var: 10
Session Name is: 3
That was across a number different versions of the code. For example...I changed the loop to 1 to 5 to see if the neg numbers changed thier pattern. They didn't. They just stopped earlier.
And I was working against the server remotely just like from here.
Ya gotta believe me. I saw strangeness.
Points go to whoever devises the best reason for my vision of strangeness. Drug-induced theories exempted.
thankx
--steve...
1. Contents of the session var: 1
Session Name is: var1
2. Contents of the session var: 2
Session Name is: -1
3. Contents of the session var: 3
Session Name is: -2
4. Contents of the session var: 4
Session Name is: -3
5. Contents of the session var: 5
Session Name is: -4
6. Contents of the session var: 6
Session Name is: -5
7. Contents of the session var: 7
Session Name is: 0
8. Contents of the session var: 8
Session Name is: 1
9. Contents of the session var: 9
Session Name is: 2
10. Contents of the session var: 10
Session Name is: 3
That was across a number different versions of the code. For example...I changed the loop to 1 to 5 to see if the neg numbers changed thier pattern. They didn't. They just stopped earlier.
And I was working against the server remotely just like from here.
Ya gotta believe me. I saw strangeness.
Points go to whoever devises the best reason for my vision of strangeness. Drug-induced theories exempted.
thankx
--steve...
Works for me, too. How are you setting the Session variable?
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Thankx for the snippet dgorin...that'll come in handy in the future I'm sure. Feel free to post the rest of that diagnostic if it's not too much trouble.
robbert...the output I pasted was created by the snippet of code in the original message. For whatever reason...on multiple hits against several variations of that code I got that output. Later, (with a reboot in-between), after the first 'works for me', I started getting the correct output as all you folks have seen.
So I'm a bit baffled but I can live with that...which is a good thing being its a frequent condition.
thankx for the time folks.
--steve...
robbert...the output I pasted was created by the snippet of code in the original message. For whatever reason...on multiple hits against several variations of that code I got that output. Later, (with a reboot in-between), after the first 'works for me', I started getting the correct output as all you folks have seen.
So I'm a bit baffled but I can live with that...which is a good thing being its a frequent condition.
thankx for the time folks.
--steve...
Hey dgorin, what town are you in?
I'd rather not post the name here, but I see we're pretty close (I looked at your web site). I'll send you an email from your site.
Which one? ;-)
mgfic.com, but there's no email address
I'min the process of moving that site, the Host has pretty much SHUT DOWN. My temecularodrun.com site is hosted there too, pe.net said I can use their DNS servers if I want to, I already have everything else available and set-up at home, servers, router, multiple static IP's, 756 up and down...
mgfranz@pe.net
mgfranz@pe.net