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hanesjw
hanesjw

Reputation: 2584

Context.Session object is null in Application_AcquireRequestState

I upgraded my website from .NET 1.1 to .NET 4.0. In my Global.asax.vb file I'm trying to access the Context.Session object in the Application_AcquireRequestState method and I am getting a null reference exception when I first attempt to access the website.

I installed the .NET 4.0 version of the website on a different test server using IIS 7.5 and everything seemed to work OK. But when I install the .NET 4.0 version of the website on the original server that uses IIS 6 I'm getting the exception.

Any idea why I am getting this exception? Do the different versions of IIS handle the HTTP Pipeline events differently? Or is there a difference from when the Session object becomes available between the two .NET versions I'm using?

Any help would be appreciate, thank you!!

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3500

Answers (1)

Alexei
Alexei

Reputation: 1339

You should use Application_PreRequestHandlerExecute instead of Application_AcquireRequestState

I just fixed same problem, but for c#, translating code it must be something like that:

Private Sub Application_PreRequestHandlerExecute(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
If TypeOf Context.Handler Is IRequiresSessionState OrElse TypeOf Context.Handler Is IReadOnlySessionState Then
    ' HttpContext.Current.Session should be available
End If
End Sub

Upvotes: 3

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