Re: Using Session variables without casting them to a new object

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Lloyd Sheen" <[e-mail] in message
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Create a page level variable of type DataSet. Then on load or whenever
you need it. If you use a property you can do something like:
DataSet myVariable;

In the property get:

if (myVariable ==null)
{
myVariable=Session["Store"]'
}
return myVariable;

Surely that will throw an exception because you're trying to populate a
DataSet variable with an object datatype...
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

[Lloyd Sheen]

"Mark Rae [MVP]" <ma**@markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
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"Lloyd Sheen" <[e-mail] in message
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>Create a page level variable of type DataSet. Then on load or whenever
you need it. If you use a property you can do something like:
DataSet myVariable;

In the property get:

if (myVariable ==null)
{
myVariable=Session["Store"]'
}
return myVariable;

Surely that will throw an exception because you're trying to populate a
DataSet variable with an object datatype...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

sorry

myVariable=(DataSet)Session["Store"]'

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

"Lloyd Sheen" <[e-mail] in message
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>>if (myVariable ==null)
{
myVariable=Session["Store"]'
}
return myVariable;

Surely that will throw an exception because you're trying to populate a
DataSet variable with an object datatype...

sorry

myVariable=(DataSet)Session["Store"]'

Yeah, but that's precisely what the OP is trying to avoid, at least, based
on the thread title...

Not possible, IMO...
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

[George Ter-Saakov]

Here is how i do staff hope it will help you on your quest to perfect .NET
application :)

1. Create new class clsBrowser for example like this
public class clsBrowser
{
public int _iUserId;
public string _sFirstName;
public string _sLastName;
public clsShoppingCart _shoppingCart = null;
}
2. Create new class clsStandardPage : System.Web.UI.Page

public class clsStandardPage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected clsBrowserSession _objBs;
protected override void OnPreInit(EventArgs e)
{
Response.CacheControl = "no-cache";
Response.Expires = -1;
_objBs = (clsBrowserSession)Session["BrowserSession"];
if (_objBs == null)
{
_objBs = new clsBrowserSession();
Session["BrowserSession"] = _objBs;
}
base.OnInit(e);
}
}

3. Modify web.config a little.
<pages pageBaseType="clsStandardPage">

.........done.....

Now all your pages will be derived from clsStandardPage. All your page's
code will have access to _objBs variable.

no code like that
string sFirstName = (string)Session["FirstName"];
now it's
string sFirstName = _objBs._sFirstName;
Hope you got an idea...
1. It actually reduces a mess if you have a lot of Session variables.
2. No mispells anymore when working with Session object.
3. Code is type safe.
4. Code is faster since everytime you do Session[".."] it's a look up in
hashtable. Plus boxing/unboxint of value types....
George.