Global Variables MVC application

Question

I'm working in an MVC application using MVC5. I was wondering about how can I declare a global variable. I have created variables in global.asax like this:

HttpContext.Current.Application["Login"] = "Jonh Doe";

Also I have created private static members in the controllers. But I have realized that if two users are browsing the app the value that one store on the variable is shared between the rest.

Any way that i can store variables that are not shared between all instances of the application?

So the only way is to store it on the session? at the end that is what i have ended doing it. but not like you explain, your example is better. — Sergio Cabrera Gari
– Sergio Cabrera Gari, Commented Jul 24, 2017 at 18:49
i have created on the controller this structure public string facilitySelected { get { return Session["Facility"].ToString(); } set { Session["Facility"] = value; } } thank you — Sergio Cabrera Gari
– Sergio Cabrera Gari, Commented Jul 24, 2017 at 18:50

Brian Mains · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-24 18:48:35Z

Yes, you can use session, which is global to the current user only:

HttpContext.Current.Session["Login"] = "John Doe";

However, you won't do that in global.asax because Session is a module that gets initialized at a very specific time (see this). As such, you most likely want to do it in the controller at an appropriate time:

public ActionResult Index() { this.HttpContext.Session["Login"] = "X"; }

As an oversimplified example.

thank you! yes that is what i was doing after realizing that the other approach is shared between all instances of the application.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Global Variables MVC application

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Linked

Related