Re: Static variables - saving state!

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From: Peter Rilling (peter_at_nospam.rilling.net)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:46:52 -0700

I think that static variables in ASP.NET will have application scope and
exist until the website stops. If you need to maintain state this way, you
should probably use the Session object which will disappear when the session
dies.

"aiKeith" <aiKeith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3203DB81-AA63-47C9-9162-8EBF70E0EF90@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I hate to admit it, but there have been times where I needed to persist a
> value in an asp.net app, and instead of using properties {get:set} I
simply
> changed the variable to static - which maintained the value.
>
> My question is - what are the potential hazards?
>
> ie:
>
> public static string firstName;
> public string LastName;
> private string PhoneNumber;
>
> by doing this above, I can assign the fistName value, post back a page -
and
> still maintain the value..
>
> Im sure (other than performance) I may be playing with danger here.
>
> I have used static quit a bit on classes that do not need instances
(mostly
> my data classes use static method to access/modify data) .. this I
understand.
>
> What I dont exactly get is using static members in a non static class. If
> someone could explain this to me better, that would be great.
>
> thanks,

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