Hi All,

I am trying to perform a non-CPU bound operation in an asynchronous fashion
using 'Thread' and a delegate. Basically, I am spawning a thread using
ThreadStart and Thread.

My non-CPU bound operation needs to have access to Session variables; Even
though I embedded the state information (which also includes the context
object) in an object and passed the object to the Thread , I am unable to
access the Session variables. The system throws a Null Object Reference error.

Since the thread that I am spawning is not from the CLR thread pool, it is
not able to access the Session variable. Am I right? How can a system thread
get access to the Session variables of the current HTTPRequest?

Here is what I am trying to do (in C#):

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ThreadStart t = new ThreadStart(LongDBProcess)
// LongDBProcess is a  time-consuming process
Thread ts = new Thread(t);
t.start();         //At this point, system thread will be created and not
the CLR thread

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I need to have access to Session variables inside my LongDBProcess...

private void LongDBProcess()
{
   Session["IDCounter"] = i+1;           //At this point, I am getting null
reference
}

If I am correct, the thread is not able to access the session. Probably this
thread's scope is outside the Application Domain whereas the session data
will be inside the Application Domain...am I correct?

Thanks for your pointers.

I hope I articulated my problem. If not, please let me know.

Any pointers will be appreciated!