Problem with Application Variables

[coynej60]

I think this is probably a relatively simple problem, but I can't
figure it out. I have an app that uses an Application variable to
store my DB connection string. The object is created as so:

Sub Application_Start(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Application("datacon") = "My Connection String"
End Sub

When I run the page that uses this App Object on my local IIS 5.1
server everything works fine. However when I try to run it on our
production IIS 6.0 server the Application variable has no value. I
have no idea why this is happening. Can anyone help?

 

[Daniel Fisher\(lennybacon\)]

Save connection strings like recommend in the web.config

 

[coynej60]

What is the benefit of placing in Web.Config vs. Global.asax? I have
heard that it is more effiecient to place in Global.asax. I figured
out what my problem was, and it works now, just curious what the
benefits are to using Web.Config vs. Global.asax.

thank you for your reply

Jake

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

re:

curious what the benefits are to using Web.Config vs. Global.asax.

None. Both files are loaded into memory when the application starts.