ASP.NET MVC 3 - Dealing with Session variables

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I have an app which uses Form's Authentication and when the user log's in, I retrieve the user's actual name and assign that to a session variable, like so: ``` [HttpPost] public ActionResult LogOn(LogOnModel model, string returnUrl) { if (ModelState.IsValid) { if (Membership.ValidateUser(model.UserName, model.Password)) { Session["Name"] = client.GetName(model.UserName); FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(model.UserName, model.RememberMe); return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home"); } } } ``` This is then displayed on my Index view, like so: ```

Welcome, @Session["Name"]

``` So if my name was Bob, it would output "Welcome, Bob" on my view and this works fine. But once I navigate away from the page or close my browser and return a few minutes later, it seems as if these Session variables have been destroyed as it just outputs "Welcome, " but I'm still logged in so my session isnt destroyed? I've set the session to be destroyed after 60 minutes in my web.config: ```

Accepted Answer

I had the same problem with my session variables. If the remember me option was selected at the logon it would bypass my code to set the session variable I needed the next time the user would go to the site.

I was able to solve my issue by repopulating the session variable if the IsAuthenticated was true.

```
protected void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
    {
        Session["Name"] = client.GetName(User.Identity.Name);   
    }
}
```

ASP.NET MVC 3 - Dealing with Session variables

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