Why are my private variables getting set to null?

Question

I have an asp.net page. In the code behind I set a few private variables in order to temporarily store some values. The variables are initially set by user selection from a listview. The variables are getting assigned the correct values. however, by the time the click event for a button is fired the variables are set to null.

what's going on and how do I fix it ?

@Dman - With a few days in the ASP.NET trenches you won't need any sample code to understand this question. — ChaosPandion
– ChaosPandion, Commented Aug 30, 2011 at 23:56
I can't believe this hasn't been asked before, but a search of [asp.net][state] doesn't find it. — John Saunders
– John Saunders, Commented Aug 30, 2011 at 23:57

Preet Sangha · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30 23:56:46Z

Your code-behind classes don't magically remember variable values. Your page is effectively stateless -- either you have to recreate the state on each post-back or persist the values you want in Session or ViewData or in a database.

There is further information on how to implement state in ASP.NET here

Ahhh - Got me at the start too - the stateless nature of ASP.NET

Ian Mercer · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30 23:52:22Z

You can't store state in private member variables. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/75x4ha6s.aspx for places you can store state information.

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