Hey all,
I am having trouble keeping session variables. If a visitor comes to our website, has a session variable set, then leaves our website and comes back, without closing their browser, should they lose their session variables? This is what's happening to me, and I was under the impression that session variables lasted until the expiration/inactivity timeout, or until the browser was closed. Am I wrong?

Yes. If the user closes the browser, he loses his session variables. Session variables are always tied down to a browser session. By the way, what is the trouble you are facing? It is not very clear from your description.

Session variables are supposed to exist as long as the browser window is open.

However, since the browser which is a client side application is coming into picture, it MIGHT depend on the browser you are using and how it treats session variables.

Did you try this with diffrent browsers ?