Question

I m using the local system to test session on windows azure. I have done the following config in web.config

<appSettings>
    <!-- account configuration -->
    <add key="TableStorageEndpoint" value="http://127.0.0.1:10002/devstoreaccount1/" />
    <add key="BlobStorageEndpoint" value="http://127.0.0.1:10000/devstoreaccount1/" />
    <add key="AccountName" value="devstoreaccount1" />
    <add key="AccountSharedKey" value="Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==" />
    <add key="DefaultMembershipTableName" value="Membership" />
    <add key="DefaultRoleTableName" value="Roles" />
    <add key="DefaultSessionTableName" value="Sessions" />
    <add key="DefaultProviderApplicationName" value="ProviderTest" />
    <add key="DefaultProfileContainerName" />
    <add key="DefaultSessionContainerName" />
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>

    <sessionState mode="Custom" customProvider="TableStorageSessionStateProvider">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <add name="TableStorageSessionStateProvider" type="Microsoft.Samples.ServiceHosting.AspProviders.TableStorageSessionStateProvider" />
      </providers>
    </sessionState>
</system.web>

but now i an getting the following error

Configuration Error Description: An
error occurred during the processing
of a configuration file required to
service this request. Please review
the specific error details below and
modify your configuration file
appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Exception has
been thrown by the target of an
invocation.

Source Error:

Line 39: Line 40:
Line 41: Line 42: Line
43:

Source File:
C:\Users\GizaKarthik\Desktop\SessionDemo\SessionDemo\SessionDemo_WebRole\web.config
Line: 41

Assembly Load Trace: The following
information can be helpful to
determine why the assembly
‘Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient,
Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ could
not be loaded.

WRN: Assembly binding logging is
turned OFF. To enable assembly bind
failure logging, set the registry
value
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog]
(DWORD) to 1. Note: There is some
performance penalty associated with
assembly bind failure logging. To turn
this feature off, remove the registry
value
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

Answer 1

The reason for the exeption is that i used a corrupted dll. Download the additional c# examples from here . Find asp provides project edit the code in TableStorageSessionstateProvider

find this code

            else            
            {     
                    byte[] items = Convert.FromBase64String(reader.ReadLine());
                    byte[] statics = Convert.FromBase64String(reader.ReadLine());
                    int timeout = session.Timeout;
                    // Deserialize the session
                    result = DeserializeSession(items, statics, timeout);

            }

replace the above code with this

            else
            {
                try // Added try statement   
                {
                    // Read Items, StaticObjects, and Timeout from the file
                    byte[] items = Convert.FromBase64String(reader.ReadLine());
                    byte[] statics = Convert.FromBase64String(reader.ReadLine());
                    int timeout = session.Timeout;
                    // Deserialize the session
                    result = DeserializeSession(items, statics, timeout);
                }
                catch (Exception e) // Added catch statement
                {
                    // Return an empty SessionStateStoreData   
                    result = new SessionStateStoreData(new SessionStateItemCollection(),
                                                       SessionStateUtility.GetSessionStaticObjects(context),
                                                       session.Timeout);
                }

            }

Then compile and use the dll. It should work like a champ. happy coding!!