Hi,

I've done some coding in my web application however right now for an unknown
reason my asp.net 2.0 site is not setting asp.net_sessionid cookie and as a
result, I am losing the session data in each page refresh or redirect.

I really do not have any coding against how the session works.
And I have not changed any setting in IIS.

I even compared the 2 code(old and new) bases and didn't see anything funny 
which will
cause this.

This truly drives me crazy right now.

Other notes: I've tried this on 3 different machines and it makes the same
behavior on all of them. (old code fine, new code bad)

But I want to repeat again, I am not doing anything related to actual
session

And a final note: After reviewing alot, I realized that before I use the 
session object at least once, application does not set "asp.net_sessionid" 
cookie.
When I set a dummy variable at least once, it works and sets 
"asp.net_sessionid" cookie. However this is still a problem as setting works 
after viewing the page for the first time.
As a result cookie is still not availble in the first load but valid 
afterwards.

Can someone tell me why my asp.net 2.0 app is not setting this cookie by 
default? Am I doing something wrong?

I have the following in my web.config
assemblies:
        <add assembly="Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
        <add assembly="System.DirectoryServices, Version=2.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
        <add assembly="System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
        <add assembly="System.Management, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
        <add assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=8.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
        <add assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common, Version=8.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
        <add assembly="ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, 
PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
        <add assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.ProcessingObjectModel, 
Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
        <add assembly="System.Data.OracleClient, Version=2.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
        <add assembly="System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
        <add assembly="Microsoft.Build.Utilities, Version=2.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
        <add assembly="Microsoft.Build.Framework, Version=2.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
http handler:
      <add path="Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd" verb="*" 
type="Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.HttpHandler, 
Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" validate="false" />

I think this is by design - the Session doesn't "Bake" until a Session item 
has actually been set (in ASP.NET 2.0).
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"SevDer" wrote:


> Hi,
> 
> I've done some coding in my web application however right now for an unknown
> reason my asp.net 2.0 site is not setting asp.net_sessionid cookie and as a
> result, I am losing the session data in each page refresh or redirect.
> 
> I really do not have any coding against how the session works.
> And I have not changed any setting in IIS.
> 
> I even compared the 2 code(old and new) bases and didn't see anything funny 
> which will
> cause this.
> 
> This truly drives me crazy right now.
> 
> Other notes: I've tried this on 3 different machines and it makes the same
> behavior on all of them. (old code fine, new code bad)
> 
> But I want to repeat again, I am not doing anything related to actual
> session
> 
> And a final note: After reviewing alot, I realized that before I use the 
> session object at least once, application does not set "asp.net_sessionid" 
> cookie.
> When I set a dummy variable at least once, it works and sets 
> "asp.net_sessionid" cookie. However this is still a problem as setting works 
> after viewing the page for the first time.
> As a result cookie is still not availble in the first load but valid 
> afterwards.
> 
> Can someone tell me why my asp.net 2.0 app is not setting this cookie by 
> default? Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> I have the following in my web.config
> assemblies:
>         <add assembly="Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, 
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
>         <add assembly="System.DirectoryServices, Version=2.0.0.0, 
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
>         <add assembly="System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
> PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
>         <add assembly="System.Management, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
> PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
>         <add assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=8.0.0.0, 
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
>         <add assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common, Version=8.0.0.0, 
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
>         <add assembly="ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, 
> PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
>         <add assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.ProcessingObjectModel, 
> Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
>         <add assembly="System.Data.OracleClient, Version=2.0.0.0, 
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
>         <add assembly="System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, 
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
>         <add assembly="Microsoft.Build.Utilities, Version=2.0.0.0, 
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
>         <add assembly="Microsoft.Build.Framework, Version=2.0.0.0, 
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
> http handler:
>       <add path="Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd" verb="*" 
> type="Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.HttpHandler, 
> Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
> PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" validate="false" />
> 
> 
> 
> 

Hi SevDer,

I've replied you in your former thread "Weird session lost and auto 
web.config", is this thread also developing from that one?

Based on your problem description, the problem you met seems due to the 
ASP.NET Session State's sessionID generate model. ASP.NET runtime will not 
allocate a fixed sessionID until the first time there is any data be stored 
into the SessionState collection. So if you haven't data stored in session, 
you'll find the sessionID changes in each request to the web application, I 
think this could also be the reason why you won't find a sessionid cookie.

Here is a ASP.NET session FAQ article that has explained this behavior:

#Understanding session state modes + FAQ
http://forums.asp.net/p/7504/7504.aspx

you can search for the following question title:

"Q: Why does the SessionID changes in every request?"

In addition, would you tell us some further info on your application logic 
and why will you rely on the sessionID/cookie at very begining(even there 
is no data in it)?Maybe we can look for some other means to workaround it.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

 

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Hi SevDer,

How are you doing? Have you got any progress on this issue?  
Please feel free to post here if there is still anything we can help.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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Hi Steven,

Just to clarify the issues I'm having.
I've solved the issue by setting a dummy session variable even though I am 
not using it.

Now why do I need session when I don't directly use it?
Because I use a syncronized static hashtable where I access the active item 
for the session throught the sessionid. My reason for this is because there 
are threads working on active object in the hashtable for that session. This 
is why I need the session eventhough I don't use it directly.

I hope I made it clear...
SevDer

"Steven Cheng[MSFT]"  wrote in message 
news:nSu0amz3HHA.4100@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

> Hi SevDer,
>
> How are you doing? Have you got any progress on this issue?
> Please feel free to post here if there is still anything we can help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Steven Cheng
>
> Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
>
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no 
> rights.
>
> 

Thanks for your followup SevDer,

Now I've got your detailed problem scenario. Yes, I agree that make the 
sessionID fixed is quite important in your design. 

Thanks again for your posting!

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead