different applications share same sessions?

[adshocker]

hi all,

just wanted to ask if it is possible to have different applications sharing the same session (i.e. database session)... i'm planning on creating a web-based application and a form-based application using asp.net for web and vb.net for forms but i need to have them share sessions since some global variables will be session based and also authentication to one application should also authenticate on the other.

please advise.

thanks.

[jmcilhinney]

Multiple applications can certainly use the same database and share user data, but having them share state data is another thing. I'm no expert when it comes to web applications but I would guess that your best option would be to create a web service to access the database and then have both the web site and the Windows app call the web service.

[adshocker]

Thanks. I'll look into that.