Question

I have a simple string that I would like to save for later use on an ASP.NET server. It is an authorization string for a web service. It mostly stays the same, but may expire every few months. It will be saved programmatically from a code-behind file. Is there a simple place I can save it?

Initial thoughts are:

1. File – seems reasonable
2. Database – we don’t have one setup and it seems like a lot of overhead to hold a string
3. Session – this would be too short lived
4. Config file – Based on answer from MK_Dev this would require a web app restart. No go then.
5. Somewhere else that I don’t know about, but would be perfect?

Answer 1

Another possibility is to create a custom registry key. Here is an article with some code examples: Manipulating and Editing Registry with .NET.