Change variable declared in Global.asax

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In my project i have defined a variable 'string' that holds the connectionstring property of a particular server in the Application_start event of Global.asax file.
How should i change the value of this variable through coding.
So that when a user first login a dropdownlist will appear and based on the choice selected a respective string value will be assigned.

Posted 24-Mar-10 23:23pm

Wanlambok

Updated 24-Mar-10 23:24pm

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2010-03-24T23:38:00

Based on your requirement, it does not look like a good design to store/assign connectionstring value in your Application_Start!

The Global.asax file is an optional file used to declare and handle application and session-level events and objects for an ASP.NET web site running on an IIS Web Server.
The Application_Start event is fired the first time when an application starts.

If you are defining a 'variable string' in your application start, you can go ahead and modify it but what's the use of it keeping in Application_Start at the first place?

From what you need is, you have to get the datasource from dropdown(as selected by user), construct the connection string then at runtime and use it for that session. Since it's user based, no point in keeping it at application level.