How to Generate a new Session ID

c# asp.net session sessionid
Luke picture Luke · Aug 16, 2012 · Viewed 52.2k times · Source

Is it possible to generate a new ID for the session using ASP.NET?

I want it to change when someone logs in to my website just before I set their initial session variables.

Answer

stuartd picture stuartd · Aug 16, 2012

You can do this using the SessionIdManager class:

SessionIDManager manager = new SessionIDManager();

string newID = manager.CreateSessionID(Context);
bool redirected = false;
bool isAdded = false;
manager.SaveSessionID(Context, newID, out redirected, out isAdded);

[Code sample is from Anas Ghanem's article]

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