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    Error when assigning session variable a value

    I'm getting the following error:

    Variable already exists
    session.user_roles subproperty cannot be assigned to

    I get the error on the second line:
    Code:
    dim session.user_roles as c
session.user_roles = data.user_roles
    Is it okay to dim a session variable if it already exists? The documentation says it will just ignore it if it exists.

    This is really weird. It worked a few times, but not it keeps failing. I even tried assigning session.user_roles a constant value and still got the error.

    Also, is it okay to define character array session variables?

    dim session.user_roles[10] as c

    Thanks
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    Re: Error when assigning session variable a value

    Answer to your second question first: No, you can not create a session value as an array. Only Character strings are allowed.

    Have you tried NOT diming the session variable?

    Also, what value(s) are in data.user_roles?

    are you sure that the problem isn't that data.user_roles doesn't exist or contains a bad value? Because the error message leaves out what it can't be assigned to. Maybe you are trying to assign it to something it doesn't understand.

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      #3
      Re: Error when assigning session variable a value

      Another question: WHERE is this code? Is it in an Xbasic function? Is it in a server side event?

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        #4
        Re: Error when assigning session variable a value

        Hi Larry,

        Good question. I should have covered these details. The code is inside an Ajax callback function. It is not inside one of the UX component server-side events. I have not tried setting the value of session.user_roles without dimming. The variable data is a pointer (p) and data.user_roles is a character string (c) which contains the value "GroupAdmin". To rule out data.user_roles as the cause of the problem, I tried assigning session.user_roles the constant value "12345" and got the same error message.

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          #5
          Re: Error when assigning session variable a value

          Have you tried debugging the function?

          Put Debug(1) at the top of the xbasic function and watch the values of the variables.

          Especially check the value of your data.user_roles just before it gets to the error.

          If you can't do it in Alpha because you need values from outside the grid, then try saving the values of these variables to a file, again - put the save as just before the error - and see what gets dumped to disk.

          Finally, try dimming and setting a different session variable one that you are not using elsewhere in the app - just to see if it's this Particular session variable that is an issue. with a name like session user_roles, it could be a protected variable. It may also be getting confused with data.user_roles. I wouldn't share variable names like that.

          All of my session variables start with s, as in sUser_Roles. Helps be keep track.

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            #6
            Re: Error when assigning session variable a value

            Yep. I have only run in it while debugging. So you name all of your session variables like session.sMyVar1, session.sMyVar2, session.sMyVar3, etc? I will try a different session variable name.

            Thanks

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              #7
              Re: Error when assigning session variable a value

              I changed the code to the following and am no longer getting the error:

              dim hldUserRoles as c = data.user_roles
              session.UserRoles = hldUserRoles

              I don't know yet if it's because I'm no longer dimming the session variable to a character data type or because I'm moving data.user_roles to a temporary variable. I will find out what it takes to reproduce the problem again so I know what caused it.

              How would you store a small array of data in the session object? There is not much documentation about session variables and what the upper limits are. Is there a maximum amount of session memory you should stay under? Should you limit the number of session variables to just a handful and use another technique like storing your session data in an external flat file?

              Thanks

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                #8
                Re: Error when assigning session variable a value

                I don't have all the answers, but it really comes down to pushing the system until it breaks.

                Obviously, each session variable takes up memory. The less you use, the faster/better it will be. I don't know that anyone has defined the upper limits. You might ask that in a new, separate question so it will get more views.

                You can't store n array in a session object, but you could store a character separated value such as Data1|Data2|Data3|. Then parse it out as needed.

                But for arrays, you are better off just pulling up the values from a data table. There are Alpha functions to facilitate this.

                For instance, see the connection.ToPropertyArray function.

                If you discover what caused the initial problem, please post here for posterity.

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