How to use \ create application instance level variables

[simonfarrell]

I am creating an on-line store. It has several pages and I would like to share data for each instance of the application.

I think I need to declare the variables in my Global.asax file but I'm not sure.

How would I do this and how would I reference the variables from within a page.

 

[gazzeruk]

Sharing data in this way is sharing data at the server.

If this is a shopping cart for your users then typically you park this data in client based cookies.

Hope this helps.

Gary

 

[simonfarrell]

Do you have a quick sample you could copy and pate in ?

thanks

 

[gazzeruk]

At the server you use the Response.Cookies.Add("myCookie&quot to add a HTTPCookie object and Request.Cookies.Get("myCookie&quot.Value to read a cookies value. Look at the help for these objects to understand a bit more. You could either save products as an array of cookies or maybe save a comma delimited list of products in the basket in a single cookie.

Hope this helps...

Gary