Rusty on the ASP. Array Question

[David Hearn]

I've been doing ASP.NET for the past few years and have gotten spoiled and
now find myself in a situation where I need to make some changes to an old
classic ASP page. The problem is that there is a VB script function that
populates an array. There are some dropdown boxes on the page that cause the
page to reload. When it does reload, it causes the function that loads the
array to fire again and I don't want it to. I want to hold the original
array and reuse it instead. Again, being rusty in classic ASP, what are my
options for doing this and how? I'm used to having my session state in
ASP.NET. Any code samples would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

David Hearn wrote:

I've been doing ASP.NET for the past few years and have gotten
spoiled and now find myself in a situation where I need to make some
changes to an old classic ASP page. The problem is that there is a VB
script function that populates an array. There are some dropdown
boxes on the page that cause the page to reload. When it does reload,
it causes the function that loads the array to fire again and I don't
want it to. I want to hold the original array and reuse it instead.
Again, being rusty in classic ASP, what are my options for doing this
and how? I'm used to having my session state in ASP.NET. Any code
samples would be greatly appreciated.

Session state exists in classic ASP. Pretty much the same syntax is used
as used in .Net. Just look at the msdn documentation if you need a
refresher:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...f33a651779.asp
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[David Hearn]

Thanks Bob! I actually got it right after I posted. I am filling the array
the first time and then just holding it in a session variable for the rest
of the pages life.

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyah oo.SPAMcomwrote in message
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David Hearn wrote:

>I've been doing ASP.NET for the past few years and have gotten
spoiled and now find myself in a situation where I need to make some
changes to an old classic ASP page. The problem is that there is a VB
script function that populates an array. There are some dropdown
boxes on the page that cause the page to reload. When it does reload,
it causes the function that loads the array to fire again and I don't
want it to. I want to hold the original array and reuse it instead.
Again, being rusty in classic ASP, what are my options for doing this
and how? I'm used to having my session state in ASP.NET. Any code
samples would be greatly appreciated.

Session state exists in classic ASP. Pretty much the same syntax is used
as used in .Net. Just look at the msdn documentation if you need a
refresher:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...f33a651779.asp
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[Justin Piper]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:21:46 -0500, David Hearn <Da*********@sh awinc.com>
wrote:

"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyah oo.SPAMcomwrote in message
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>David Hearn wrote:

>>I want to hold the original array and reuse it instead. Again, being
rusty in classic ASP, what are my options for doing this and how?

Session state exists in classic ASP. Pretty much the same syntax is
used as used in .Net. Just look at the msdn documentation if you need
a refresher:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...f33a651779.asp

Thanks Bob! I actually got it right after I posted. I am filling the
array the first time and then just holding it in a session variable
for the rest of the pages life.

It probably bears mention that Arrays stored in the Session object are
copied wholesale each time you access them. You will most likely want to
save the copy in a variable in the interest of performance.

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