ASP.NET Generic Handlers & Session

Question

I have an issue with GenericHandler and anonymousIdentification.

Basically if <anonymousIdentification enabled="true" /> is turned on in the web config, whenever a JQuery GET/POST request is sent to the server, that request executes under a new user and a new user session.

Is there a way to mitigate this? I need to access the current user's session variables... It is really frustrating!

Answer 1

Generic handlers must implement the IReadOnlySessionState interface to access session variables. If you also need to write session variables, implement IRequiresSessionState.

Answer 2

Implement the System.Web.SessionState.IRequiresSessionState interface:

public class Handler : IHttpHandler, System.Web.SessionState.IRequiresSessionState 
{   
  public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)  
  {      
    context.Session["StackOverflow"] = "overflowing";      
    context.Response.Redirect("~/AnotherPage.aspx");      
  }

}