session ID

ssr has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

How do I obtain the session ID from a user logging on to our site? I understand it is stored somewhere in Windows. I need to figure out a way to retrieve it and pass it on to a different program. Please HELP!

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Re: session ID by NetWallah (Canon) on Oct 04, 2003 at 05:04 UTC
I'm guessing your query is "How do I get the ASP session ID in an IIS (Windows) web server?". The answer is - In your script, obtain the value of Request->ServerVariables (HTTP_COOKIE) The Data will contain something like HTTP_COOKIE=MYCOOKIE=KEY1=AB&KEY2=AB; ASPSESSIONID=QWWNJOMYGIPZUYJN You then need to parse out the ASPSESSIONID part. Details at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/iis/htm/asp/vbob5vsj.htm	[reply]

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Re: session ID
by NetWallah (Canon) on Oct 04, 2003 at 05:04 UTC

The answer is - In your script, obtain the value of
Request->ServerVariables (HTTP_COOKIE)

The Data will contain something like
HTTP_COOKIE=MYCOOKIE=KEY1=AB&KEY2=AB; ASPSESSIONID=QWWNJOMYGIPZUYJN

You then need to parse out the ASPSESSIONID part.

Details at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/iis/htm/asp/vbob5vsj.htm

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