Applications and session data

[TheCivic]

hi everyone,

I am new to asp.net and have built two asp.net applications/wizards that i need to put into my asp application. I know all about asp and asp.net not sharing session data etc, but was wondering why the asp.net ones wont.

I had to open IIS and set both the folders that contain the .NET wizards, to applications. But they are still apart of the DefaultApp pool. But when i transfer from one wizard to the other they dont transfer session variables. Both .NET applications are in different folders as well.

How can i get them the transfer the session data? If i cant, what would be the best way?

Cheers

 

[adamroof]

from my understanding (could be wrong!)
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once you change from one app (folder and subfolders with a web.config in its simplest state) to another app (different set of "main" folders), your session should reset because a different web.config and global.asax should apply.

ive heard session state is a scary unreliable thing since the beginning, so ive avoided it completeley. In its place, i have done response.redirect("other.aspx?id=" & variable) utilizing the query string to pass minimal data that can be looked up in a database.

it can be extended pretty far too, keeping sensitive data out of it is your main concern.

other.aspx?id=1&view=src&sort=desc&source=main

code it out using

variable = Request.QueryString("id");
variable2 = Request.QueryString("view");

and so on