Can arrays be stored in an ASP.NET profile?

Question

Imagine an ASP.NET website that displays stock prices when a user logs in. Can I save a list of caption characters in an ASP.NET profile? I only see how to add strings, etc., and not collections such as lists or arrays.

Answer 1

To avoid over-engineered for this specific case, you can just make "MSFT|AAPL|ETC"and string.Split('|')value. string.Join("|", values)for storage.

If you are faced with a situation where you need an object graph that is really complex, you can do :

<profile defaultProvider="AspNetSqlProfileProvider">
  <properties>
    <add name="FavoriteURLs" 
      type="System.Collection.Specialized.StringCollection"
      serializeAs="Xml" />
  </properties>
</profile>

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Answer 2

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MSDN : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d8b58y5d(VS.85).aspx