storing my own information in the Request object

[Andy Fish]

Hi,

Is there anywhere inside the HttpRequest object that I can use to store my
own information? from what I can see things like ServerVariables are made
read-only.

If not, does anyone else have a sensible strategy for storing information
that pertains to a particular request so that it can be shared between
global.asax handlers and the page itself? I cannot use session state for
this.

TIA

Andy

[Just Me]

viewstate("yourValiableNameWhichPersistsDuringPost back")
session("VariableAvailableOnlyToYouForYourSession" )
application("availableToAnyoneUsingTheApp")


"Andy Fish" <aj****@blueyonder.co.ukwrote in message
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Hi,

Is there anywhere inside the HttpRequest object that I can use to store my
own information? from what I can see things like ServerVariables are made
read-only.

If not, does anyone else have a sensible strategy for storing information
that pertains to a particular request so that it can be shared between
global.asax handlers and the page itself? I cannot use session state for
this.

TIA

Andy

[Andy Fish]

thanks but none of those help me

i want something that is specific to this request - specifically

(a) I can set in the global.asax Application_BeginRequest handler and
retrieve in the page itself

(b) is not shared between concurrent requests on the same session

"Just Me" <news.microsoft.comwrote in message
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viewstate("yourValiableNameWhichPersistsDuringPost back")
session("VariableAvailableOnlyToYouForYourSession" )
application("availableToAnyoneUsingTheApp")


"Andy Fish" <aj****@blueyonder.co.ukwrote in message
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>Hi,

Is there anywhere inside the HttpRequest object that I can use to store
my own information? from what I can see things like ServerVariables are
made read-only.

If not, does anyone else have a sensible strategy for storing information
that pertains to a particular request so that it can be shared between
global.asax handlers and the page itself? I cannot use session state for
this.

TIA

Andy

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Andy Fish" <aj****@blueyonder.co.ukwrote in message
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i want something that is specific to this request - specifically

(a) I can set in the global.asax Application_BeginRequest handler and
retrieve in the page itself

That's what the Session object is for...

(b) is not shared between concurrent requests on the same session

When you put something in the Session object, it isn't *shared* between
concurrent requests per se - it is *available* to all requests, which is not
the same thing...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

[bruce barker]

you want the HttpContext.Items collection. it designed for this.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Andy Fish wrote:

Hi,

Is there anywhere inside the HttpRequest object that I can use to store my
own information? from what I can see things like ServerVariables are made
read-only.

If not, does anyone else have a sensible strategy for storing information
that pertains to a particular request so that it can be shared between
global.asax handlers and the page itself? I cannot use session state for
this.

TIA

Andy

[Andy Fish]

Thanks bruce, sounds perfect

surprised I didn't spot this one when RTFMing :-)
"bruce barker" <no****@nospam.comwrote in message
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you want the HttpContext.Items collection. it designed for this.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Andy Fish wrote:

>Hi,

Is there anywhere inside the HttpRequest object that I can use to store
my own information? from what I can see things like ServerVariables are
made read-only.

If not, does anyone else have a sensible strategy for storing information
that pertains to a particular request so that it can be shared between
global.asax handlers and the page itself? I cannot use session state for
this.

TIA

Andy

[Andy Fish]

session state is not available in the BeginRequest handler

"Mark Rae [MVP]" <ma**@markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
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"Andy Fish" <aj****@blueyonder.co.ukwrote in message
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>i want something that is specific to this request - specifically

(a) I can set in the global.asax Application_BeginRequest handler and
retrieve in the page itself

That's what the Session object is for...

>(b) is not shared between concurrent requests on the same session

When you put something in the Session object, it isn't *shared* between
concurrent requests per se - it is *available* to all requests, which is
not the same thing...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Andy Fish" <aj****@blueyonder.co.ukwrote in message
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session state is not available in the BeginRequest handler

You're quite correct - sorry for the confusion...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net