"UJ" <f***@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:Oe8jVHHyGHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I have a page where the user can upload a video file. As you can guess, this may take a while. Is
>there a way I can change the session timeout for just this one page? I would also want to change
>the forms authentication to be a large value for that page also.
>
> TIA - Jeff.
>
>

> You can set the Session Timeout time, in minutes, in code, in any page.
>
> Session.Timeout [=nMinutes]
>
> Example :
>
> Session.Timeout = 40
>
> The Page_Load event is a good place to set this.
>
>
>
>
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> "UJ" <f***@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:Oe8jVHHyGHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I have a page where the user can upload a video file. As you can guess, this may take a while. Is
>> there a way I can change the session timeout for just this one page? I would also want to change
>> the forms authentication to be a large value for that page also.
>>
>> TIA - Jeff.
>>
>>
>
>
>

"Kevin Jones" <kjonesNOSPAM@develop.com> wrote in message
news:Ok9J4QoyGHA.4336@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> But that sets the timeout for this session, not just for this page.
>
> You can't set the session timeout for a specific page, as the session applies to all requests used
> in this session,
>
> Kevin Jones

> Juan T. Llibre wrote:
>> You can set the Session Timeout time, in minutes, in code, in any page.
>>
>> Session.Timeout [=nMinutes]
>>
>> Example :
>>
>> Session.Timeout = 40
>>
>> The Page_Load event is a good place to set this.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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>> ===================================
>> "UJ" <f***@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:Oe8jVHHyGHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> I have a page where the user can upload a video file. As you can guess, this may take a while.
>>> Is
>>> there a way I can change the session timeout for just this one page? I would also want to change
>>> the forms authentication to be a large value for that page also.
>>>
>>> TIA - Jeff.

> re:
>> But that sets the timeout for this session, not just for this page.
>
> Correct.
>
> re:
>> You can't set the session timeout for a specific page,
>> as the session applies to all requests used in this session,
>
> Correct, too.
>
> I did not state, or imply, that the setting applies to individual pages, did I ?
>
> "You can set the Session Timeout time, in minutes, in code, in any page"
>
> Saying that you can *set* a Session's duration in any page is not the
> same as saying that the Session's duration applies only to that page.
>
> If the statement was : "You can set the Session Timeout time, in minutes, in code, *for* any page",
> then it would mean that the Session's duration applies only to that page.
>
> However, in retrospect, I suspect that Jeff also needs to change the
> executionTimeout and maxRequestLength values, besides the Session.Timeout value.
>
> If he does't want his video upload interrupted
> because of the page timing out, he should set  :
>
> <httpRuntime executionTimeout="NumberOfSeconds" />
>
> to a sufficiently large value ( longer than what the file will take to upload ).
>
> He should probably also change the httpRuntime's maxRequestLength:
>
> <httpRuntime
>       maxRequestLength="MaxNumberOfKilobytes"
>       />
>
> <httpRuntime
>       maxRequestLength="4096"
>       />
> ...is the default, and stands for 4MB max file size.
>
> Jeff will probably need a much higher value, if he's accepting video files.
>
> So, he should set them like this :
>
> <httpRuntime
>       executionTimeout="NumberOfSeconds"
>       maxRequestLength="MaxNumberOfKilobytes"
>       />
>
> Additionally, he should increase the Session duration to the time needed
> to upload the largest file he expects to be uploaded, if the user isn't going
> somewhere else when the file upload finishes :
>
> <sessionState
>    timeout="HoweverLongItTakesToUploadTheLargestFile"
>     />
>
> That's an integer which stands for minutes.
>
> Example for 60 minutes :
>
> <sessionState
>    timeout="60"
>     />
>
>
>
>
>
> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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> "Kevin Jones" <kjonesNOSPAM@develop.com> wrote in message
> news:Ok9J4QoyGHA.4336@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> But that sets the timeout for this session, not just for this page.
>>
>> You can't set the session timeout for a specific page, as the session applies to all requests used
>> in this session,
>>
>> Kevin Jones
>
>> Juan T. Llibre wrote:
>>> You can set the Session Timeout time, in minutes, in code, in any page.
>>>
>>> Session.Timeout [=nMinutes]
>>>
>>> Example :
>>>
>>> Session.Timeout = 40
>>>
>>> The Page_Load event is a good place to set this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
>>> aspnetfaq.com : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
>>> asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
>>> foros de asp.net, en español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
>>> ===================================
>>> "UJ" <f***@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:Oe8jVHHyGHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> I have a page where the user can upload a video file. As you can guess, this may take a while.
>>>> Is
>>>> there a way I can change the session timeout for just this one page? I would also want to change
>>>> the forms authentication to be a large value for that page also.
>>>>
>>>> TIA - Jeff.
>
>
>