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Session variable error

I am doing the following but gets below error

<cfif err_Login EQ " ">
<cfset session.Username = #form.txt_UserName#>
<cflocation url="usersMenuForm.cfm">
</cfif>

In usersMenuForm.cfm the following message is displayed when doing <cfoutput>#session.Username#</cfoutput>

Element USERNAME is undefined in SESSION

rob_lorentz

do you have session management turned on in your application.cfm?

<cfapplication name="yourApp" sessionManagement="yes">

Errol Farro

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Still getting the same message. Here is my code. Must cfapplication be entered in all the forms

<cfapplication name="usersValidateForm" sessionManagement="yes">
...
...
      <cfif err_Login EQ " ">
           <cfset Session.Username = #form.txt_UserName#>
            <cflocation url="usersMenuForm.cfm">
      </cfif>

In ="usersMenuForm.cfm" I have

<cfoutput> #Session.Username#</cfoutput>

mrichmon

This is a duplicate of the other question here:

http:Q_21347022.html

As I answered there:

well, are you sure it is being set?

Really the code should look like this:

<cfif Len(Trim(err_Login)) EQ 0>
<cflock scope="session" timeout="10" type="exclusive">
<cfset session.Username = form.txt_UserName>
</cflock>
<cflocation url="usersMenuForm.cfm">
</cfif>

Also if you don't have session management turned on in your application.cfm file or if you have cookies disallowed then this will not work.

If cookies are disallowed you can try

<cflocation url="usersMenuForm.cfm"> --> <cflocation url="usersMenuForm.cfm" addtoken="yes">

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