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    Online users

    How can I know the online users? I have a login table but the problem is, if the users does not close the session I don't know if it is online or not.

    Thanks.
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    Re: Online users

    Hi,

    I guess your online until you logout or the session times out. You can check the a5ws_login file in the app path root or setup an Access log on the WAS. To keep an eye on whats going on I add the following to the footer of my pages. I assume online users have updated the table in the last 15 minutes (session timeout). If the user is likely to stay on one page for some time I add this to a components timer. I then use a few grids linked to tbl000Audit to track user activity and history. The activity recorded can also be used for load balancing.

    if a5ws_getcurrentuser() <> "" then
    Dim Host as c = Request.Host
    Dim cn as sql::connection
    cn.open("::Name::frame")
    Dim sql as c = "INSERT INTO tbl000Audit (UserName, App, DateTime, page, IP, Device, WAS) SELECT '"+stritran(a5ws_getcurrentuser(),chr(39),chr(39)+chr(39))+"', 'GlassMan', { fn NOW() }, '"+Request.Script_Name+"', '"+Request.REMOTE_ADDR+"', 'web', '"+Host+"'"
    cn.execute(sql)
    end if

    I hope this help.

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      #3
      Re: Online users

      I like Peter's solution because it only counts users who are logged in, which is what you care about. You cannot just count the number of session folders or count the number of sessions because EVERY hit on your website create a session, including when Google indexes your site.

      Peter's solution keeps a continuous log of activity. You can also insert a record in a table when the person logs in, and then run a CRON process that looks for records that are (for example) 15 minutes old with no update, and delete those record. The table will be close to who is actually logged in but not necessarily perfectly accurate.
      Steve Wood
      See my profile on IADN

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        #4
        Re: Online users

        Hi,
        I didn't found any file with a5ws_login name. What does it mean WAS? Anyway nice solution.

        Thanks.

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          #5
          Re: Online users

          Its should be in the root folder of you application. Same place as your {application}.adb file

          WAS = web application server, the application server you run on you web server

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            #6
            Re: Online users

            Peter,
            I found this file only in the source folder. I did not found it in the local root folder, nor remote root folder.
            Thanks for the clarification.

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              #7
              Re: Online users

              Hi Peter,
              I think you run the audit function on javascript settimeout or setinterval, am I right? What's happens when you leave a page? The thread it's killed? Now if I navigate between pages the used memory grows up.
              I have implemented the script in header page that is included in each page <%a5 a5w_include("header.a5w")%>

              Thanks.

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                Re: Online users

                Hi,

                Not sure I understand, No settimeout or setinterval, just the xbasic, "<%a5 a5w_include("header.a5w")%>" sounds good.

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