How can we use incremented int id in comparision to guid id used in orderbase class so that we have small id rather than such a long id in chaptor 9 webshop.


could you also tell me what is the use of using <serialization> in shopping cart class
Thank You

som arya

Hi there,

The ShoppingCart needs to be stored in Session state abd therefore needs to be serializable. The Serializable attribute indicates that a class can be serialized. For more info:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...attribute.aspx

With regards to the int ID: yes you can. Check out pages 398 and 408 for a class that has this behavior.

Cheers,

Imar

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