Re: converting ASP.Net session type to an ASP one

From: Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] (mvp_at_spam.guard.caspershouse.com)
Date: 10/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:39:48 -0400

    When you say you store it in the database, what do you mean? I mean,
are you storing values in the db? If this is the case, then you can fetch
these values from the db and use them in a representation native to ASP.

    However, if you are serializing data types in the DB, you won't be able
to restore them (at least, easily) in ASP. You would have to create a COM
object in .NET which will perform the deserialization for you, and then make
sure ALL types in the serialized object graph are available for COM interop.

    You still run into the problem of passing the session id from ASP.NET to
ASP. You would have to use the query string for that, or issue a POST
(which is the less feasable of the two). You would have to do this on top
of any authentication you have as well (credentials should not be assumed
because of the session id).

    Web services would be a better option here, IMO, since it would allow
you to encapsulate the two systems better.

    Hope this helps. 

-- 
          - Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
          - mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com
"genc_ymeri" <genc_ymeri@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:u9adnZBqlKJA8vzeRVn-hg@adelphia.com...
> Hi,
> Well, I'm looking around for another opinion. We have two webservers, the 
> legacy one writen in ASP and the new one in ASP.Net.
>
> Once a user logs in the ASP.Net web app, the session of the Login page 
> gets stored in a DB (in a binary format). Meantime, if the user chooses to 
> go and run the web legacy system, he doesn't want to log in again, so an 
> "option" we are considering  is to go and get the data from session of 
> Login Page (of ASP.net web app) which stored in DB at the very first step.
>
> The issue we are facing is how can we convert the ASP.Net session into a 
> old ASP one ? Is that possible or should we consider another option ?
>
> Any tips very much appreciated !!!!
>
>
> PS:
> 1. Passing data through QueryString is not an option due to security 
> reasons.
> 2. Another way is to do this through webservices but we are going to parse 
> all the session data rather than converting it as is from ASP.Net to ASP 
> and vise versa.
>
>
>

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