Mar 1

Written by: Matthew Hile
3/1/2006 7:13 AM

To save/consume a multidimensional array to a session variable in .NET you use the following steps.

• Store the array
  
• Create the array

Dim aToSave(0, 1) As Integer ' a 10x2 array
' Populate the array with values

• Save it to a session variable

Session("aToSave") = aToSave

• Restore the array
  
• Create an array to hold the saved value

Dim aToSave(0, 1) As Integer ' a 10x2 array

• Convert the saved variable to the appropriate type and assigne it

aToSave= CType(Session("aToSave"), Integer(,))

It was this last step the threw me. The "Integer(,)" converts the session variable to an interger array with two dimensions. If it were a two dimensional character array you would use "Char(,)"

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