Session Variable

Hi

In my ASP.NET project, I have a session variable that is assigned on a login page. In another .cs file (in another directory), I'm trying to use
if((string)Session["variable"] == "something"

When I compile, it tells me that Session does not exist in the calss or namespace

My hypothesis is that it is because this directory is compiled before the directory that actually has the Session variable's declaration. Any ideas on how to fix this

thanks

George"Session" is not a global variable, it is a property of the
System.Web.UI.Page object.
When you use Session["variable"] inside an aspx page, it is actually
translating to this.Session["variable"].
When you are in another class which is not an aspx page derived off of the
Page class, it has no access to the Session object.

You either need to pass a reference to the Session object into your other
class (yuck), or pass the value itself as a parameter/property/etc.

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Michael J. Mooney
MCP+SB, MCAD, MCSD
"George" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CE2AB820-0B7C-43E0-BCA6-E3A654E6E18A@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> In my ASP.NET project, I have a session variable that is assigned on a
login page. In another .cs file (in another directory), I'm trying to use
> if((string)Session["variable"] == "something")
> When I compile, it tells me that Session does not exist in the calss or
namespace.
> My hypothesis is that it is because this directory is compiled before the
directory that actually has the Session variable's declaration. Any ideas
on how to fix this?
> thanks.
> George
Or you can grab the application object and then access the session:

using System.Web; //Need this at top

HttpApplication ha = HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance;

string mySessionValue = ha.Session["MySessionValue"];

Very simple:

VB.NET

Dim ha As HttpApplication = HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance
Dim mySessionValue As String = ha.Session("MySessionValue")

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"Michael J. Mooney" <mike_mooney@._yahoo.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
news:%23tyjDyLTEHA.2336@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> "Session" is not a global variable, it is a property of the
> System.Web.UI.Page object.
> When you use Session["variable"] inside an aspx page, it is actually
> translating to this.Session["variable"].
> When you are in another class which is not an aspx page derived off of the
> Page class, it has no access to the Session object.
> You either need to pass a reference to the Session object into your other
> class (yuck), or pass the value itself as a parameter/property/etc.
> --
> Michael J. Mooney
> MCP+SB, MCAD, MCSD
> "George" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CE2AB820-0B7C-43E0-BCA6-E3A654E6E18A@.microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > In my ASP.NET project, I have a session variable that is assigned on a
> login page. In another .cs file (in another directory), I'm trying to use
> > if((string)Session["variable"] == "something")
> > When I compile, it tells me that Session does not exist in the calss or
> namespace.
> > My hypothesis is that it is because this directory is compiled before
the
> directory that actually has the Session variable's declaration. Any ideas
> on how to fix this?
> > thanks.
> > George