ASP Contents Collection

The Contents collection contains all the items appended to the application/session through a scriptcommand."

Syntax

Application.Contents(Key)

Session.Contents(Key)
Parameter Description
key Required. The name of the item to retrieve

Examples for the Application Object

Example 1

Notice that both name and objtest would be appended to the Contents collection:

<%
Application("name")="w3resource"
Set Application("objtest")=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
%>

Example 2

To loop through the Contents collection:

<%
for each x in Application.Contents
  Response.Write(x & "=" & Application.Contents(x) & "<br>")
next
%>

or:

<%
For i=1 to Application.Contents.Count
  Response.Write(i & "=" & Application.Contents(i) & "<br>")
Next
%>

Example 3

<%
Application("date")="2001/05/05"
Application("author")="w3resource"

for each x in Application.Contents
  Response.Write(x & "=" & Application.Contents(x) & "<br>")
next
%>

Output:

date=2001/05/05
author=w3resource

Examples for the Session Object

Example 1

Notice that both name and objtest would be appended to the Contents collection:

<%
Session("name")="Hege"
Set Session("objtest")=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
%>

Example 2

To loop through the Contents collection:

<%
for each x in Session.Contents
  Response.Write(x & "=" & Session.Contents(x) & "<br>")
next
%>

or:

<%
For i=1 to Session.Contents.Count
  Response.Write(i & "=" & Session.Contents(i) & "<br>")
Next
%>

Example 3

<%
Session("name")="Hege"
Session("date")="2001/05/05"

for each x in Session.Contents
  Response.Write(x & "=" & Session.Contents(x) & "<br>")
next
%>

Output:

name=Hege
date=2001/05/05

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