I have a simple but important question...
suppose in my webform class I declare a static variable like
static int a=0;
and then I put my application in server now for example we have four users hitting my site...is this integer variable unique for all these four users?..does it mean if one user changes this variable it changes for other users?
Thanks in Advance :)

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Mehdi.

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each instanse of the webform1 class has its own variables

Ahmed Ali
Software Developer

Ahmed Ali,you didn't answer me,my question is about something else...
Thanks anyway.

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Mehdi.:)

>>does it mean if one user changes this variable it changes for other users?
is this a right thought?(I think yes because it is static,what is your opinion?)

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Mehdi.:)

dear Mehdi plz take a look at this http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2064, if u mean in code-behind pages.
we discuss about it alot & friends helped me there much.

Always:),
Hovik Melkomian.

Mehdi,

Each page is executed separately, within its own context. Two page executions happening simultaneously are not related in any way apart from their existance within the same application. Only during the execution of one page, in one page's context will the same "current" value in a class' public static variable be visible.

Let us say that you have this:

Public Class MyClass
   Public Static MyStaticVariable As Integer = 0
End Class

User A:
MyClass.MyStaticVariable=1
Response.Write(MyClass.MyStaticVariable) 'This prints "1"

User B:
Response.Write(MyClass.MyStaticVariable) 'This prints "0"


If you need to save an application-wide value so that all users can see the same value, you need to save it to some persistant or semi-persistant medium. This usually means:
A) A file
B) A database
C) The application collection

Peter thank you,
can you tell me what is The application collection?
can I use assembly(i.e GAC)?

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Mehdi.:)

Stay away from the GAC.

I'm just talking about the application name/value collection. It's used just like the session, but it's visible to all users of the application.

Application.Item("<key name>") = "<value>"

Thank you Peter.

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Mehdi.:)

Ok application is a global variable & its fine. but why & how u r going to use it. Application object take too many resorses & if u use it for not required things it might not be good for Server. be aware of that!
I was in holiday sorry for my delay!

Always:),
Hovik Melkomian.