The Session Object

There is one Application object for each application on the web server. Every client accessing that application can get a reference to it. Each client's unique interactions with the application is called a Session. For ASP to manage these processes, each client has a reference to a unique Session object.

The Session object will allow you to:

• Be notified when a user session begins, so that you can take appropriate actions for a new client.
• Be notified when a client has ended their session. This can either be caused by a timeout or an explicit method called Abandon.
• Store information that can be accessed by the client throughout the session

The Session object is a powerful object for developing web applications using Active Server Pages. With the session object, ASP can maintain an active session for a client, which lets your application keep track of each client and maintains all the variables that they have set and used.