Rails - Nov 2006 - should rails sessions remain after the browser has closed???

Hi,

Just double checking - should rails sessions remain after the browser has
closed???

I''m running active record sessions (i.e. persisted to database via
active
record), however I note that closing the browser and re-opening builds up
multiple sessions in the database table.  Is this expected behavior for a
session?

Tks


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Yes - your webserver doesn''t (and realistically cannot) know if the
user
has closed their browser. The cookie which enabled them to get at that 
session however has gone away, and so you get a new session, as 
expected.
This does mean that session build up over time, most people have some 
form of cron jobs that clears out their old sessions.

Fred

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On 11/14/06, Greg Hauptmann
<greg.hauptmann.ruby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just double checking - should rails sessions remain after the browser has
> closed???
>
> I''m running active record sessions (i.e. persisted to database via
active
> record), however I note that closing the browser and re-opening builds up
> multiple sessions in the database table.  Is this expected behavior for a
> session?
>
> Tks
>
>  >
>
Greg,

This is normal behavior.  You need to cleanup these sessions yourself
which can easily be done with rake during development (rake
db:sessions:clear) or a cron job in production
(http://depixelate.com/2006/11/10/quick-tip-flexible-session-sweeping).

Hope this helps.

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Zack Chandler
http://depixelate.com

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