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AspAllowSessionState

AspAllowSessionState enables session state persistence for the ASP application. If the value is set to true, the server will create a new Session object for each connection and session state will be accessible, session storage will be allowed, the Session_OnStart and Session_OnEnd will occur, and the ASPSessionID cookie will be sent to the client. If the value is set tofalse, state access and storage are not allowed, events are not processed, and no cookie is sent.

note Note The ASP page directive, @ENABLESESSIONSTATE, can be used to override this metabase property.

Attribute Name Attribute Value
XML Data Type Boolean
WMI Data Type
Boolean
ADSI Data Type Boolean
ABO Data Type Boolean
ABO Metabase identifier
MD_ASP_ALLOWSESSIONSTATE
Attributes INHERIT
Default Value true
MetaFlagsEx CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED
User Type ASP_MD_UT_APP
StartingNumber Not applicable
EndingNumber 0
ID 7011

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path IIS Admin Object Type
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name
IIsWebVirtualDir
/LM/W3SVC/n IIsWebServer
/LM/W3SVC IIsWebService
/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name
/LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name
IIsWebDirectory

Code Example

For general code examples, please see Code Examples to Configure Metabase Properties