How to share session variables between Web Applications.

[Videla]

Hi All,
I have developed two web applications using ASP.NET 2.0
and now i want to share one session variable between these
two web applications. How can i share a session variable
between two web applications. Both these web applications
exists on same server.

My session mode is "InProc" for both web applications.
I also don't want to use SQL Server for sharing sessions.
Is there any other solutions other than using SQL Server.

Any help would be appreciated

 

[jbenson001]

You can't. A session variable is just that. It is a variable that is available as long as that "session" (browser instance) is active. An application variable will not work either. I really don't see any other way of sharing a variable between apps other than using something like SQL server.
Why do you want/need to do this? This approach seems to me like it can cause lots of problems.

Jim

 

[Videla]

jbenson001,
Thanks for responding. I need to share session variables between web applications and here is my requirement.

I have designed two web applications and now i want to implement security/authentication for these web applications. I want to have one web application such that user can login to that and can see a link for those two Web Applications.

Please let me know is there any other way to implement this.

Thanks in advance for you help...

 

[jbenson001]

What do you want to pass when you click the link? You can simply use a query string variable.

 

[Videla]

jbenson001
I want to pass the user id to the other web applications
when he logged in and I dont want to pass it in query strings. Hence i need it to store it in a session and share
between these web applications.

 

[jbenson001]

Well using a query sting is not that unsecure if you are only passing the user ID and not the PW. Like I said, you cannot share session variables between applications.

Jim

 

[Veep]

Not for everyone but worth a look:

http://www.asp101.com/articles/jayram/sharestate/default.asp

http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/whoiskb/archive/2004/04/07/10953.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307467

Vince