Hi Xperts,
How can I store and later retrieve a dataset to and from a Cookie?I am using ASP.Net 1.0...
I need to create a cookie for the shopping acrt application that I am currently working on. It is always easier to use the dataset for the cart, but I need to combine the both, a requirement u can say.
Any help is appreciated.
Thx in advance.

Cookies are limited in size. Around 4k. Using a DataSet for a shopping cart is certainly convenient but overkill. You probably need a custom OrderItem list that you can serialize as a string. For instance, your OrderItem may have an ID,Quantity. You can override the ToString() to return "123:1" which is 1 of item 123. You can then have a collection of OrderItem and stick this in the cookie.Value property. What you want is lean and mean...
This is just one solution. Your cookie will look like this
"123:1456:2:34324:2" (3 OrderItems). Your can then parse this back to OrderItems easily when you read the cookie.

Hey,

You can use an alternative like the Session or Cache to store information in.

Brian

try using Isolated Storage

Regards
Ganesh

hi,
You can probably use session to store it, but it will definately take up more resources of ur server, so its better u convert the dataset to xml ie serialize it and then store the xml in a hidden variable or the viewstate and then retrieve it when required.
regards
Somesh