Session variables in Application_onError

• Jun 26, 2006

• #2

jbenson001

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Are you sure that is the line that the error occurs on? If so, then the session variable is NOTHING.

 

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #3

BrianB

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It is more work, but you would be better off including error handlers on each page's methods. It gets you a lot more fine-grained error reporting.

Brian Begy
BugSentry - Automatic error reporting for .NET and COM

http://www.bugsentry.com

 

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #4

TipGiver

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Try:

Dim ClientID as string = HttpContext.Current.Session("client_id").ToString

 

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• Jun 27, 2006

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• #5

vwhite

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I am certain that the error occurs on that line and I know that the session variable exists as I am using it throughout the application.

I have also tried

Dim ClientID as string = HttpContext.Current.Session("client_id").ToString

and I get the same error

If try
Dim ClientID as string = Session("client_id").ToString

I get the error
Session state is not available in this context.


Vicky....

"I used to have a handle on life...then it broke

 

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #6

TipGiver

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Ok then, try this!

Dim o As Object = HttpContext.Current.Session.Item("client_id")
Dim ClientID as String = Nothing

If Not o Is Nothing Then
ClientID = o.ToString
Else
Response.Write("Session has probably Expired or Item cannot be found..")
End If

 

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• Jun 27, 2006

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• #7

vwhite

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it dies as soon as it hits
Dim o As Object = HttpContext.Current.Session.Item("client_id")

with the same error message
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.


Vicky....

"I used to have a handle on life...then it broke

 

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• Jun 28, 2006

• #8

vbkris

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try accessing some other session variable. does it throw an error for that also???

Known is handfull, Unknown is worldfull

 

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• Jun 28, 2006

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vwhite

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yep any session variable...

Vicky....

"I used to have a handle on life...then it broke

 

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• Jun 29, 2006

• #10

vbkris

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try this,
dim intTheCount as integer=HttpContext.Current.Session.Count

mark it for debugging, see wht happens.wht value do u get for that???




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• Jun 29, 2006

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• #11

vwhite

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I get the same error
Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Excuse my ignorance - but I don't know how to mark it for debuggging. I have to use Dreamweaver and I have not worked out how to do that.

I have a try, catch block - which shows me the error. I test be taking the line out to see if I still get the error.



Vicky....

"I used to have a handle on life...then it broke

 

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• Jun 29, 2006

• #12

vbkris

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>>Excuse my ignorance - but I don't know how to mark it for debuggging. I have to use Dreamweaver and I have not worked out how to do that.


no issues. i started .NET programming that way only. i guess we need to go much more deeper.

try this:
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("ASD")

see if there is any error in that line. I now want to make sure that the error is not with the Context object...

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• Jun 29, 2006

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vwhite

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thanks for sticking with me here...

HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("ASD")

works fine

Vicky....

"I used to have a handle on life...then it broke

 

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• Jun 29, 2006

• #14

vbkris

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try this:
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(HttpContext.Current.Session)

now what happens?


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• Jun 29, 2006

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vwhite

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no error - but also nothing is displayed.

Vicky....

"I used to have a handle on life...then it broke

 

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• Jun 29, 2006

• #16

vbkris

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very strange,

try this:
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(HttpContext.Current.Session.Count)

its the same stmt as above, now if it gives an error then lets try pushing the code to an ASPX file, so that we can debug better...


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• Jun 29, 2006

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• #17

vwhite

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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

do you mean creating a code behind file for the global.asax file?

Vicky....

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• Jun 29, 2006

• #18

vbkris

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lets shift the code to an ASPX code behind file.

try this in Page_Load of any ASPX file:

HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(HttpContext.Current.Session.Count)

does it give an error? seems like the ASAX file is unable to get session values...

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• Jun 29, 2006

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• #19

vwhite

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ok I have put all the code in a code behind file, which works until I add the

HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(HttpContext.Current.Session.Count)

and I get the same error again...

Vicky....

"I used to have a handle on life...then it broke

 

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• Jun 29, 2006

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• #20

vwhite

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tried putting
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(HttpContext.Current.Session.Count)

in the page_load of an aspx file

and it displays fine







Vicky....

"I used to have a handle on life...then it broke

 

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