Set a session variable to pre defined value

I just want to set a sesison variable to a defined value when a page loads, I've tried the following but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

<%# Session("var1") = "abc" %
Thanks

Julian ParkinsonYou've used adata binding expression, so it will only be called when DataBind() is called on the Page.

I think you want to use aninline code expression instead:

<% Session("var1") = "abc" %>

Hi,

You need to put the Session variable in the Page_Load like this:

 if(!Page.IsPostBack)
{
Session["Name"] = "NewValue";
Response.Redirect("Mynewpage.aspx");
}

And then in the Mynewpage.aspx you can recieve the session using this code in the Page_Load with not postback.

if(Session["Name"] == null )
Response.Redirect("LoginPage.aspx");
else
Label1.Text = Session["Name"].ToString();

Dan,

Cheers for that. I just needed the remove the hash!! Duhh!

I'm moving from asp vb to asp.net vb and i'm finding it strange, some stuff is the same, some isn't sometimes I can't see the wood for the trees.

Thanks again.