Do active_record_store sessions expire by default?

#1

If I’m not wrong, standard temp-file sessions expire when the active
window closes, does the same go for active_record_store sessions or must
they be emptied through specific instructions?

Thanks.

#2

On Apr 18, 2007, at 12:34 AM, Peter Cho wrote:

If I’m not wrong, standard temp-file sessions expire when the active
window closes, does the same go for active_record_store sessions or
must
they be emptied through specific instructions?

Session expiration equals session cookie expiration.

By default the cookie has no expiration date, which means it expires
when the user closes the browser. You can set a fixed expiration
window with

ActionController::Base.session_options[:session_expires] = something

and dynamic expiration with this plugin

http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/dynamic_session_exp

The very database cleanup has to be done by hand. Just put a cron
task that deletes old records in the sessions table.

– fxn

#3

Alright, thanks.