Where to store the handle of a web service between requests?

[Max]

Hi,

I am helping to build a web app that's pretty much a wrapper around a web
service. The question now is how to store the handle of the web service
object between requests. My client is using SQL server for session state so
I don't think I can store the web service handle there since it's not
serializable.

Opening up a connection to this particular service is quite slow so I don't
want to reopen it for every request.

I am looking for suggestions how to store the web service handle. Any
ideas?

Thanks

Hans

 

[Bruce Barker]

store in the Application object and use a pool approach. you could add a
background thread to age the pool (close and delete aged connections).

note: most http based webservices are single shot and close the connection
automatically after every request. even if keepalive is set, its for only a
short period.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

 

[Max]

Storing it in the application object is a good idea. I'll try that.

I am not sure what my web service is doing exactly but requests after a
login are definitely much faster than the initial login. To me that means
some kind of connection/session gets maintained.

Hans