1 more thing ...
You may be able to grab the Session from the Request object.

use "this." (intellisense) to see if the Session object is even
available in the location you're trying to use.

Hello
I am hoping someone knows the answers I seek..

I am writing code in a C# web service solution.
I want to create an instance of an object (that I created) in a
Session variable. I need to check to see if the Session variable has
been set yet. If the variable already contains an instance of this
object then I will retrieve and use the existing object, rather than
create a new instance. ie. I will only create a new object the first
time the procedure is called, and then save it for the next time.

So, in an article I found in my MSDN help entitled
"Code: Reading Values From Session State (Visual C#)"
the procedure recommended to check to see if the Session var was set
yet, is this:
if (Session["SomeVarName"] == null)

When I do this, I get the
"Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error.
Checking in debug, pointing to the word Session, the following
information pops up:
Session = <undefined value>

I thought Session was supposed to be created first thing when a page
is accessed. So, how come mine is not defined yet?

Could it be because it is an .asmx file rather than an aspx file?

If asmx pages don't create a Session object, is there a way to
maintain session information in a web service?

Thanks much

Yes, that is the funny thing (to me anyway)
it shows up when typing this.
but yet, when trying to evaluate, it doesnt work.
I think that it is disables in a web service app, but am not sure how
to fix

Jeff

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