Storing a user created object as a session variable

R

RSH

Hi,

I have a situation where I have created an object that contains
fields,properties and functions. After creating the object I attempted to
assign it to a session variable so i could retrieve the information it
contained on another page. This was significant because I am initially
loading the data from the database, then storing relevent information in the
object, I am allowing users to change the data then preview the
modifications on a secondary page...BEFORE they save the changes. Then if
they decide to save the changes they will go ahead and save them to a
database.

Everything seemed to be working fine until I attempted to store the object
in a session variable, when I received this error:
The error description is as follows : System.Web.HttpException: Unable to
serialize the session state. Please note that non-serializable objects or
MarshalByRef objects are not permitted when session state mode is
'StateServer' or 'SQLServer'. --->
System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: The type
MyTimePlus.SBOContact in Assembly MyTimePlus, Version=1.0.2686.13333,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null is not marked as serializable.



Is there anyway for me to store this object in a session variable? Or do I
have to split the class into two seperate classes, one that stores the
properties and the other that manages the data management? In that case do
I use inheritance, or just let them remain two independent objects that
communicate? ...or what is the recommended way to handle this scenerio?

ASP .Net 1.1 / Session: State Server

Thanks!

Ron



Public Class SBOContact

Private m_SBONumber As String

Private m_ContactName As String

Private m_URLName As String

Private m_Phone1 As String

Private m_Phone2 As String

Private m_Phone3 As String

Private m_Phone4 As String

Private m_Phone5 As String

Private m_Phone6 As String

Private m_Phone1Label As String

Private m_Phone2Label As String

Private m_Phone3Label As String

Private m_Phone4Label As String

Private m_Phone5Label As String

Private m_Phone6Label As String

Private m_Address1 As String

Private m_Address2 As String

Private m_City As String

Private m_State As String

Private m_ZipCode As String

Private m_Email As String

#Region "Constructor"

Public Sub New(ByVal SBONumber As String)

m_SBONumber = SBONumber

LoadData()

End Sub

#End Region

#Region "Properties"

Public Property SBONumber() As String

Get

Return m_SBONumber

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_SBONumber = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property ContactName() As String

Get

Return m_ContactName

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_ContactName = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property URLName() As String

Get

Return m_URLName

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_URLName = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone1() As String

Get

Return m_Phone1

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone1 = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone2() As String

Get

Return m_Phone2

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone2 = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone3() As String

Get

Return m_Phone3

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone3 = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone4() As String

Get

Return m_Phone4

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone4 = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone5() As String

Get

Return m_Phone5

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone5 = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone6() As String

Get

Return m_Phone6

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone6 = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone1Label() As String

Get

Return m_Phone1Label

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone1Label = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone2Label() As String

Get

Return m_Phone2Label

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone2Label = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone3Label() As String

Get

Return m_Phone3Label

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone3Label = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone4Label() As String

Get

Return m_Phone4Label

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone4Label = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone5Label() As String

Get

Return m_Phone5Label

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone5Label = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Phone6Label() As String

Get

Return m_Phone6Label

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Phone6Label = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Address1() As String

Get

Return m_Address1

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Address1 = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Address2() As String

Get

Return m_Address2

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Address2 = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property City() As String

Get

Return m_City

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_City = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property State() As String

Get

Return m_State

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_State = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property ZipCode() As String

Get

Return m_ZipCode

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_ZipCode = Value

End Set

End Property

Public Property Email() As String

Get

Return m_Email

End Get

Set(ByVal Value As String)

m_Email = Value

End Set

End Property

#End Region



Private Sub LoadData()

Dim i As Integer

Dim cmdReader As SqlCommand

Dim dtrList As SqlDataReader

Dim j As Integer

Dim strSQL As String

Dim Con As SqlConnection

Con = New SqlConnection(AppSettings("SqlConn"))

Try

Con.Open()

strSQL = "SELECT * FROM Table WHERE SBONumber='" & m_SBONumber & "'"

cmdReader = New SqlCommand(strSQL, Con)

dtrList = cmdReader.ExecuteReader

While dtrList.Read

m_SBONumber = SetValue(dtrList("SBONumber"))

m_ContactName = SetValue(dtrList("ContactName"))

m_URLName = SetValue(dtrList("URLName"))

m_Phone1 = SetValue(dtrList("Phone1"))

m_Phone2 = SetValue(dtrList("Phone2"))

m_Phone3 = SetValue(dtrList("Phone3"))

m_Phone4 = SetValue(dtrList("Phone4"))

m_Phone5 = SetValue(dtrList("Phone5"))

m_Phone6 = SetValue(dtrList("Phone6"))

m_Phone1Label = SetValue(dtrList("Phone1Label"))

m_Phone2Label = SetValue(dtrList("Phone2Label"))

m_Phone3Label = SetValue(dtrList("Phone3Label"))

m_Phone4Label = SetValue(dtrList("Phone4Label"))

m_Phone5Label = SetValue(dtrList("Phone5Label"))

m_Phone6Label = SetValue(dtrList("Phone6Label"))

m_Address1 = SetValue(dtrList("Address1"))

m_Address2 = SetValue(dtrList("Address2"))

m_City = SetValue(dtrList("City"))

m_State = SetValue(dtrList("State"))

m_ZipCode = SetValue(dtrList("ZipCode"))

m_Email = SetValue(dtrList("Email"))

End While

If dtrList.IsClosed = False Then dtrList.Close()

Catch exc As Exception

dim errObject as ErrorObject

errObject .HandleError(exc)

Finally

If Con.State = ConnectionState.Open Then Con.Close()

Con = Nothing

End Try

End Sub

Private Function SetValue(ByVal Field) As String

If Not Field Is DBNull.Value Then

If Len(Trim(Field)) > 0 Then

Return Field

Else

Return ""

End If

Else

Return ""

End If

End Function

End Class
 
P

Peter Bradley

Yeah. Is the session state mode in your Web.config file set to "InProc"?
It must be for this to work.

I think.


Peter
 
S

sloan

When using Sql Server/In Proc session caching mechanism(s), the objects need
to be serialiable.
(with sql server, remember the object is being persisted to a database, so
it has to be serializable).


You might be interested in this:

10/24/2005
Web Session Wrapper for storing and retrieving objects
http://sholliday.spaces.live.com/blog/
 

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