Question

I am a PHP developer and have been asked to make some amends to an Asp.Net site. There is a hardcoded table on one page which contains event information (Date, venue etc). The page uses javascript to toggle table row colours based on whether the event has already happened.

I need to add a block on another page which displays 2 upcoming events based on the current date. What is the simplest way to store and share the event data between pages? There is no database available so it needs to be a local file or array etc.

I would appreciate some insight on any good libraries / techniques which would be appropriate. This is for a simple, low-traffic site.

Answer 1

Create a small class that represents your Event, then you can store it in the Session state:

public class EventInfo
{
    //c# auto-implemented properties
    public string Bla {get; set;} 
    public int Bla2 {get; set;}
}

//set on one page
var eventInfo = new EventInfo();
eventInfo.Bla = "bla";
eventInfo.Bla1 = 2;
Sesssion["eventinfo"] = eventInfoObject;


//get on another
var eventInfo = (EventInfo)Session["eventinfo"]; //add null checks etc
string bla = eventInfo.Bla;
int Bla2 = eventInfo.Bla2;

//************************************************//

//set multiple events in Session  
List<EventInfo> events = new List<EventInfo>();   
events.Add(new EventInfo{ Bla= "bla", Bla1 = 2});
events.Add(new EventInfo{ Bla= "bla2", Bla1 = 3});
Sesssion["eventCollection"] = events ;

//get 
List<EventInfo> events = (List<EventInfo>)Session["eventCollection"]; //add null checks etc
foreach(EventInfo event in Events)
{
    string bla = event.Bla;
    int Bla2 = event.Bla2;
}