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Sessions & JSP

Hi,

I am facing a problem with utilizing sessions in my JSP pages and would appreciate some help.. heres the code:

page1.jsp

<%
String clientid="12";

session = request.getSession(true);
if (session.isNew( )) {
  session.setAttribute("clientid",id);
}
%>
---------------------
page2.jsp
<%
out.println("SESSION CLIENT"+ session.getAttribute("clientid")+ "ID:"+ session.getId());
%>

The above is only printing the SESSION ID and is printing "null" for clientid.

Whats wrong with the above?

thnx,
sg
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Http is a stateless protocol. There is no way of guaranteeing that a session start in page 1 will be the same as one in page 2. If you need to obtain an object with certainty, you need a persistence layer.
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vzilka
I think your problem is that in JSP there is already a session default variable.
Try removing the session = request.getSession(true) line, and see if it works.
THe HTTPSession object should be visible to your client. But - make sure you have a cookies enabled in your browser.
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sgaucho

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I have worked with session long time bak using the same syntax and it had worked..dunno whats causing the problem now..

vzilka, I commented the session = request.getSession(true) line but still unable to retrieve the clientid value using the getAttribute..

any more suggestions??
thnx,
sg

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Hi guys,

I have solved the problem by commenting the //if (session.isNew())  line and its working now but that still doesnt explain why session.isNew() was not returning true.

thnx,
sg
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try putting <%=session.isNew()%> at the bottom of the page and see what that value is
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> session.isNew()

Don't think that'll ever return true in a jsp page.
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jimmack
Instead of:

if (session.isNew())

try:

if (session.getAttribute("clientid") == null)