how to tell if code running in asp.net context?

[Guest]

I need to do some caching. If my code is running a part of asp.net then I
would use caching, otherwise I'll just store my data in an object.

And my question is now do I determine at run time if the code is running as
part of asp.net?

I know if HttpContext is not available I get an exception, but there must be
a graceful way to determine it.

Thank you.

 

[Marina]

See if there is an httpcontext. If there is, use that. Otherwise store data
in the object.

 

[Guest]

Hi Marina - my q was how do I determine that? HttpContext is a class, and
HttpContext.Current is an undefined object. I could catch exception but maybe
there is a cleaner way to do this? Thanks

 

[bruce barker]

try an if statement:

if (HttpContext.Current != null)
{
// we are running under asp.net
}
else
{
// we are not running under asp.net
}


-- bruce (sqlwork.com)