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  stevex33

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  Trying to access session variables outside of a page?

  Dec 23, 2011 06:14 PM|LINK

  Hi,

  I've got a class that I'm working with, and when it's run, I want to add something to the session, or access an existing session variable.

  However I keep getting a null reference exception.

  The class acts a route contraint if that matters:

  public bool Match(HttpContextBase httpContext, Route route, string parameterName, RouteValueDictionary values, RouteDirection routeDirection)
  		{
  
  httpContext.Session.Add("pageId","mytestvalue");

  but whenever code gets to that point, it crashes.

  can anyone help me out please.

  I know how to access session variables from within a page, but I didn't think it would be a difference when the place the code is running from isn't a page.

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  Re: Trying to access session variables outside of a page?

  Dec 23, 2011 06:21 PM|LINK

  Use HttpContext.Current.Session. No need for the httpContext parameter.
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  Re: Trying to access session variables outside of a page?

  Dec 23, 2011 06:26 PM|LINK

  thanks, unfortunately I'm still getting the same error, session is null.

  • Edited by stevex33 on Dec 23, 2011 06:43 PM
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  Re: Trying to access session variables outside of a page?

  Dec 23, 2011 08:49 PM|LINK

  I've seen that using "HttpContext.Current.Items" is the correct way to go.

  • Marked as answer by stevex33 on Dec 23, 2011 08:49 PM