Generic Error - Session

ASP.Net Session ID Changes Every Request

Just a small note on a problem I just had. ASP.Net provides an ID for the current session which can be especially useful for tracking statistics about the user. Normally you expect all requests from a single user to come in with the same session ID however that was not the behaviour I was seeing today.

It turns out that unless you make a change to the session data, the session will not be persisted and a new one will be generated for the next request. Something like this placed in you Global.asax file should do the trick:

    public class Global : HttpApplication
    {
        protected void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Session["PersistMe"] = true;
        }