ASP Contents Collection

The Contents collection contains all the items appended to the application/session through a script command.

Tip: To remove items from the Contents collection, use the Remove and RemoveAll methods.

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")="W3Schools"
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) & " ")
next
%>

or:

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

Example 3

<%
Application("date")="2001/05/05"
Application("author")="W3Schools"

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

Output:

date=2001/05/05
author=W3Schools

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) & " ")
next
%>

or:

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

Example 3

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

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

Output:

name=Hege
date=2001/05/05

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