deault session timeout value in weblogic8.1

[senthil sen]

Hi All,

What is the default session timeout value in weblogic 8.1 if there is no value set in web.xml or weblogic.xml file.
Also where is this value set.

thanks

[Carol Enderlin]

Did you check the documentation at http://e-docs.bea.com ?
I searched for "session timeout" in the wls 8.1 documentation:

Using Sessions and Session Persistence in Web Applications

from that URL (formatting better on their page),

"Session Timeout
You can specify an interval of time after which HTTP sessions expire. When a session expires, all data stored in the session is discarded. You can set the interval in either web.xml or weblogic.xml:

Set the TimeoutSecs attribute in the session-descriptor element of the WebLogic-specific deployment descriptor, weblogic.xml. This value is set in seconds. For more information, see session-descriptor.
Set the session-timeout element in the Web Application deployment descriptor, web.xml. For more information, see session-config. "

Two links in that blurb point to:

session-config

session-descriptor

[senthil sen]

Hi Carol,

Yes I checked for these information in the bea 8.1 docs, but what I need to know is

1) For an application there is not weblogic.xml setup
2) No session information setup in web.xml file

Where will the container or the weblogic server pick up or set the default Session Timeout value.

I think this makes sense ...

Thanks

[Carol Enderlin]

I didn't recommend random URLs, I included URLs that appear to have the answers in them.

web.xml session-config's session-timeout shows a default value in the "session-config" link

weblogic.xml session-param's TimeoutSecs has a default in the "session-descriptor" link

one overrides the other, included as part of the definitions in those links.

I thought it would be more helpful to point to answers than just give them. I haven't played around with timeouts in a while and would want to verify what the documentation says.