Chapter 4 Quick Reference

To	Do this	Example
Store information in the Application collection	Use either the Application object or the Application.Contents collection to add the item to the collection, or use the Application.Add method.	Application (key) = value Application.Contents(key) = value Application.Add(key, value)
Modify information in the Application StaticObjects collection	Add an <Object> tag in Global.asax with the runat="server" attribute and the scope= "application" attribute.	<object runat="server" scope="Application" ></ object>
Store session state in a dedicated server process	Modify the sessionState configuration section of your application’s Web.config file, changing the mode attribute to StateServer and the stateConnectionString attribute to the appropriate IP address and TCP port for the state server being used.	<sessionState mode="State Server"stateConnection String= "tcpip=127.0.0.1:42424"/>
Store session state in a SQL Server database	Modify the sessionState configuration section of your application’s Web.config file, changing the mode attribute to SQLServer and the sqlConnectionString attribute to the appropriate data source name, user ID, and password for the SQL Server being used.	<sessionState mode="SQLServer"sql ConnectionString= "data source=127.0.0.1; user id=sa;password="/>
Provide support for session state without cookies	Modify the sessionState configuration section of your application’s Web.config file, changing the cookieless attribute to true.	<sessionState cookieless="true"/>