Count your Visitors in ASP...

ever wanted to count the number of visitors in asp.....like they do here in PHP??

I have been looking for this solution for a while... and stumbled accross it today.... all you need to do is to add a few lines to the "global.asa" file. I didnt know where mine was, so I made my own global file, and saved it in the root directory.

Add this text:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript" RUNAT="Server">

Sub Application_OnStart
' Set our user count to 0 when we start the server
Application("GuestUsers") = 0
End Sub

Sub Session_OnStart
' Change Session Timeout to 10 minutes (or whatever)
Session.Timeout = 10

' Set a Session Start Time
' This is only important to assure we start a session
Session("Start") = Now

' Increase the active visitors count when we start the session
Application.Lock
Application("GuestUsers") = Application("GuestUsers") + 1
Application.UnLock

End Sub

Sub Session_OnEnd
' Decrease the active visitors count when the session ends.
Application.Lock
Application("LoggedinUsers") = Application("LoggedinUsers") -1
Application.UnLock
End Sub

</SCRIPT>

then save all that as "global.asa"..... then on your webpage (eg: Index.asp) add this code:

Online Users: <%= Application("GuestUsers") %>

that's it. The above code will look like:

Online Users: 1

or how ever many there are!!