Question

My question is one line yet this is very confusing me.
Why i can not declare and initialize a session variable in partial class of a page it throws an error saying

Error 1 Invalid token ‘[‘ in class,
struct, or interface member
declaration E:\ASP.NET\Trial\statemanagement.aspx.cs 17 12 E:\ASP.NET\Trial\

below is the code i tried

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;

public partial class statemanagement : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    int count=0;
    Session["FirstName"] = 0;
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
     if(!IsPostBack)
     {
         count = int.Parse(Session["FirstName"].ToString());
     }
    }
    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        Response.Write(count.ToString());
        Session["FirstName"] =++count;

    }
}

i dont get the error for count variable i dont know why?

Any help will be regarded thanks

Answer 1

That is not a declaration. It is an assignment. You can not place an assignment statement directly inside a class. You have to place it inside a method or property.

Refering to ASP.NET Session State Overview

Session variables are stored in a
SessionStateItemCollection object that
is exposed through the
HttpContext.Session property. In an
ASP.NET page, the current session
variables are exposed through the
Session property of the Page object.

The collection of session variables is
indexed by the name of the variable or
by an integer index. Session variables
are created by referring to the
session variable by name. You do not
have to declare a session variable or
explicitly add it to the collection.

If you like to initialize the session variables independently from the page you can use application event handlers such as Application_Start and Session_Start which you can find in the global.asax file .