Difference between data cache and static variables???

[Guest]

Howdy All"

Other then the automatic expiration stuff that you can set when using the
data cache, what the the technical advantages of using the data cache versus
static application variables?

Testing has shown about the same behavior, am I missiing something??

Thanks

 

[Scott Allen]

The cache is thead-safe, while reading / writing a static reference
variable is not (at least not without some additional work). Note that
the objects in the cache may not be thread safe, but the cache
collection itself is.

That's one difference.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

By "data cache" are you referring the the Application Cache?

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Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
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Ambiguity has a certain quality to it.

 

[Guest]

I have alwasys seen it as the data cache, I guess it would be the application
cache. As Scott pointed out, it is sycnronized under the covers.

Referencd like this...

Cache["Channel"] = chnl;