Re: Why are Session Variables carried over into a brand new browser window?

From: Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:02:25 +0000
Subject: Re: Why are Session Variables carried over into a brand new browser window?
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"Bob Bruce - Programmer" <covariance@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:000601c424e5$3a83e690$3ba44d18@cs41617a... > > <A target="blank" > href="http://www.themuralsofwinnipeg.com/Mpages/index.php?action=gotomural&m > uralid=179"> > > so this opens a new browser window, but it is inheriting the session values > from the browser window that called it and is causing problems in the new > window. When I open a new browser window shouldn't it start a whole new > session and not get anything from the previous browser. What browser are you using? I've seen this topic come up before, and it tends to be an issue with the client rather than the server. The client I use happens to avoid sending the session cookie from a new window, so this doesn't generally happen to me, while other clients default to sending the session cookie. BTW - cool site. -- Rob

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