Session Scope Question

[mit99mh]

Is it possible using ASP.NET with VB to create a new object in a code behind file and give it Session Scope like JSP / Servlets allow?

Any help appreciated

 

[jfrost10]

You mean like

Dim obj as new Object
Session("Object&quot = obj
?

if so, then...yes.

D'Arcy

 

[mit99mh]

I was going to do something like this:

Dim employee as new Employee(1234)
Session("Employee&quot = employee

Each user would then see their employee data throughout the session.

If your code does this then thanks.

 

[jfrost10]

We did a similar thing in a former project, and it worked fine. However, objects in session do not keep their type (as so far as I've seen). By that I mean the session object won't recognize any attributes/methods in intellisense.

i.e.
my object has a LoadMe() function. If I instantiated the object, I could go
MyObject.LoadMe()

But if its in session, the .LoadMe() won't show up in intellisense, so I can either:
a) remember it and hard code it
Session("myObject&quot.LoadMe()
or
b) cast the object within another object as soon as that page loads, and use the session as merely a transportation device
i.e.
page1:
Dim myObj as new object
Session("myObj&quot = myObj

Response.redirect("Page2.aspx&quot

page2:
Dim myObj as new object
myObj = Session("myObj&quot

If you use the session only for transportation, then you don't have objects sitting in memory using up resources.

hth

D'Arcy