Member variables in Web Service class

Hi, if I have the following class:

[WebService(Namespace = "http://www.softease.com/Podium";)]
[WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
public class MyWebService : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
private String m_name;

[WebMethod]
public String SayHello(String name)
{
m_name = name;
return "Hello " + m_name;
}

[WebMethod]
public String SayGoodbye()
{
return "Goodbye " + m_name;
}
}

That won't work will it? Because WebService's are stateless? Even though I keep an instance of the web service on my client.

So how can I store information, such as a username? I know I can use the Session object, but I was lead to believe that it isn't best to use the Session object in web services??


Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers,
.

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