Thread class and Session variable

[Guest]

Hi All,

I am trying to perform a non-CPU bound operation in an asynchronous fashion
using 'Thread' and a delegate. Basically, I am spawning a thread using
ThreadStart and Thread.

My non-CPU bound operation needs to have access to Session variables; Even
though I embedded the state information (which also includes the context
object) in an object and passed the object to the Thread , I am unable to
access the Session variables. The system throws a Null Object Reference error.

Since the thread that I am spawning is not from the CLR thread pool, it is
not able to access the Session variable. Am I right? How can a system thread
get access to the Session variables of the current HTTPRequest?

I hope I articulated my problem. If not, please let me know.

Any pointers will be appreciated!

 

[OHM]

This example ( albiet in Visual Basic.NET ) seems to work ok. Im not sure
what you are doing differently , or if I have misunderstood you ?

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Dim myThread As New Threading.Thread(AddressOf mySpawned)

Session("TestMe") = "Hello World"

myThread.Start()

End Sub


Private Sub mySpawned()

Dim s As String = Session("TestMe")

End Sub

 

[Guest]

Hi OHM,

Thanks for your response.

Here is what I am trying to do (in C#):

=====

ThreadStart t = new ThreadStart(LongDBProcess)
// LongDBProcess is a time-consuming process
Thread ts = new Thread(t);
t.start(); //At this point, system thread will be created and not
the CLR thread

====

I need to have access to Session variables inside my LongDBProcess...

private void LongDBProcess()
{
Session["IDCounter"] = i+1; //At this point, I am getting null
reference
}

If I am correct, the thread is not able to access the session. Probably this
thread's scope is outside the Application Domain whereas the session data
will be inside the Application Domain...am I correct?

Thanks for your pointers.

 

[OHM]

Hmm, not sure on this one. If you can do it with vb.net you should be able
to do it somehow with C#, but I cant get it to work either. The delegate is
obviously working ok, but it seems to have lost its connection to the
context.

I think its probably the way the thread has been started, but I dont
normally do that much with threading It's not something which rattles off
the tip of my head.

My suggestion is to repost this question on the C# newsgroup, someone there
is bound to have an answer pretty quick.

Hi OHM,

Thanks for your response.

Here is what I am trying to do (in C#):

=====

ThreadStart t = new ThreadStart(LongDBProcess)
// LongDBProcess is a time-consuming process
Thread ts = new Thread(t);
t.start(); //At this point, system thread will be created and not
the CLR thread

====

I need to have access to Session variables inside my LongDBProcess...

private void LongDBProcess()
{
Session["IDCounter"] = i+1; //At this point, I am getting
null
reference
}

If I am correct, the thread is not able to access the session. Probably
this
thread's scope is outside the Application Domain whereas the session data
will be inside the Application Domain...am I correct?

Thanks for your pointers.

This example ( albiet in Visual Basic.NET ) seems to work ok. Im not sure
what you are doing differently , or if I have misunderstood you ?

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

Dim myThread As New Threading.Thread(AddressOf mySpawned)

Session("TestMe") = "Hello World"

myThread.Start()

End Sub


Private Sub mySpawned()

Dim s As String = Session("TestMe")

End Sub

 

[Guest]

You want to use Asynchronous calls here, either with a Delegate, or using the
2.0 version, the Page class supports Asynchronous page methods and the
context can be passed.

Here is an example article that covers some of this:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20060918.asp

Peter