C# - Where To Store The Global Settings To Allow The Application To Access Them Frequently
Mar 7, 2011
I have some global settings in my application that is going to be handled by the administrator and I store them in the database.
Settings like: board on/off, max items/page on different UserControls, language, hide/show modules.
What technique should I follow to read the values in the database and display the page or the application according to it .. Of course I could do it the easy way and fetch the required settings for each page in the Page_Load event handler but I think that will be a lot of database connection!
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