$SETSESSION (set session information)

$SETSESSION sets a character string as session information.

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Syntax

$SETSESSION(session-variable-name,character-string)

session-variable-name

Specifies a constant or a variable. A constant must be enclosed in single quotation marks (''). Note, however, that any session name that begins with an ampersand (&) cannot be registered or updated.
character-string

Specifies a constant or a variable. A constant must be enclosed in single quotation marks ('').

The following table lists and describes the possible statuses:

Status	Description
`NORMAL`	Normal end
`NODATA`	—
`ERROR`	—
Script execution interrupted	An invalid argument was specified, or an error other than the above occurred.

The following example sets the value 123456789 into the session variable SID:

[SET_VALUE]
  $SETSESSION('SID','123456789')
 
  VAL = $GETSESSION('SID')
  MSG = 'SID = ' + VAL
  $ECHO(MSG)