Retrieving session cookie

We are setting the weblogic cookie with a session time out of 30 minutes. If we close the browser and come back to the website before the 30 minute timeout, a new session is being created. Why isn't the original session being picked up? This creates the problem of having 'dead' sessions floating in the java heap for 30 minutes until the timeout expires. Any recommendations on how to retrieve a session that is still active?

Bill,
The WebLogic Session ID is stored in a non-persistent cookie so as soon as you close your browser, the client loses the cookie. Without this, there is no way for WebLogic to know that it is, in fact, the same client.
I suppose that it might be possible to hack together a solution that retrieves the Session ID from the request that creates the session and write a persistent cookie with the session id in it. But then, you would need to always check for the existance of this persistent cookie before allowing a new session to be created and, if it exists, use sendRedirect to re-direct the request to the old session. Of course, there is no way
for you to know whether the session in question has timed out until you attempt to access it via the browser.
If you absolutely require this functionality (I would like to understand why), then I would recommend that you implement this without relying on the HttpSession and use a database to store the information...
Hope this helps,
Robert
Bill Nelson wrote:
We are setting the weblogic cookie with a session time out of 30 minutes. If we close the browser and come back to the website before the 30 minute timeout, a new session is being created. Why isn't the original session being picked up? This creates the problem of having 'dead' sessions floating in the java heap for 30 minutes until the timeout expires. Any recommendations on how to retrieve a session that is still active?

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