On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:17 AM, grimmus <graham.col...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a simple newsletter signup form. If the user submits the form
> and there are no errors then i set the session:
>
> request.session['signed_up'] = True
>
> Then, for all other page requests i check if the session exists
>
> if request.session.get('signed_up', True):
> form.thanks = True
>
> form.thanks shows some HTML in the template.
>
> How can i remove the session when the user closes the site ?
>
> I tried SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE = True but it does not seem to
> do anything.
>
> Thanks for any advice
>
You can't. Session cookies expire when the user closes their browser,
not your site, and there is no way to detect when a user 'closes the
site',
Cheers
Tom
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