session state between ASP and ASP.NET

[Dan Vanderboom]

Is there any way to read ASP Session variables from an ASP.NET application?
Also... I was able to read some cookie values from ASP to ASP.NET, but one
of the cookies had a collection of values. Is there a way to retrieve those
by name instead of by index?

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

There is no single great way to share session state between ASP and ASP.NET.
But that doesn't mean you don't have options.

Here are some common ways:
* Store the data in a common database
* Pass data from page to page on the QueryString
* Store the data in cookies
* Use a 3rd party session sharing component
(Here's one:
http://www.consonica.com/solutions/dotnet/statestitch/index.html)
* Use COM Interop to provide an object that both sides can access that
handles the data.
Here's an example of the latter:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/ConvertToASPNET.asp

 

[Versteijn]

I know there are 3rd party components that can do this. Don't know a
name but you might want to search google.

Regards

Freek Versteijn