ASP class-session variable

[Tammy B.]

Hiya - Big puzzler for me. Code Below
I create a class. I save it to a session variable.
Then, I retrieve the session variable back into a new local variable.
I am able to use a method which prints the name "Joey."

Works great.

But if I retrieve the same session variable into a local variable from a
different page, I cannot use the method. It fails.
Even though the session variable is an object, and the local variable is an
object!
Why? How can I get to this class from the second page?

thanks

<%
dim oTest

set oTest= new clsEmployee
oTest.EmployeeName="Joey"

set session("sessionTest")= oTest
set oTest= nothing

'This section works fine------------------------------
'But not from another page!
dim oNewTest
set oNewTest = session("sessionTest")
Response.Write "<br>Is oNewTest an object? " & isObject(oNewTest)
Response.Write "<Br>"
Onewtest.PrintEmployeeName
---------------------------------------

Class clsEmployee

Private m_strEmployeeName

Public Property Get EmployeeName
EmployeeName = m_strEmployeeName
End Property

Public Property Let EmployeeName (strEmployeeName)
m_strEmployeeName = strEmployeeName
End Property


Sub PrintEmployeeName
Response.Write EmployeeName
End Sub

End Class

%>

 

[Chris Barber]

I'm pretty sure you can't save VBScript classes into session variables and
expect them to be persisted. I think they are still accessible within the
context of the same ASP page but not when re-loaded to a different page.

M. Harris has posted about this on numerous occasions?

Chris.

 

[Ray at]

There really isn't any reason that storing your classes in session variables
shouldn't work, really, if you have just one application with that stored,
but I think that you should probably not store classes in session variables.

Ray at home

 

[Tammy B.]

Hiya,

Would someone mind telling me what is wrong with the code, or why the code
doesn't work?

Thanks!!

 

[Tom B]

Did you try Google?
http://www.google.ca/search?q=asp+store+objects+in+session&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=

http://www.aspfaqs.com/aspfaqs/ShowFAQ.asp?FAQID=195

 

[Tom B]

Ray, what's the SQL Server help you need/want?

There really isn't any reason that storing your classes in session variables
shouldn't work, really, if you have just one application with that stored,
but I think that you should probably not store classes in session variables.

Ray at home

 

[Tammy B.]

thanks! I will put my hair back in my head now.

 

[Ray at]

Oh, nothing specific at the moment. I just put that there so when I ask
questions in the SQL group, hopefully people will be like, "ah, that guy
tries to answer questions in the ASP groups, so I'll give him a couple of
minutes to help him out with the SQL Server questions..." :]

Ray at home

 

[Tom B]

I see

Oh, nothing specific at the moment. I just put that there so when I ask
questions in the SQL group, hopefully people will be like, "ah, that guy
tries to answer questions in the ASP groups, so I'll give him a couple of
minutes to help him out with the SQL Server questions..." :]

Ray at home

--
Will trade ASP help for SQL Server help

Ray, what's the SQL Server help you need/want?