Jacci, depending on the # of vars I'd use Session[]. At worst I am using 5 of them and seen no degrade on a lightly used server. this is a department bassed app so it's always light.

HTH

__Stephen

>Hi All,
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>I'm designing a web form that has a user defined control (ascx) on it. This ascx needs values from parent container controls. How do I pass values to the child ascx? I need these values when the ascx's Save button is clicked. I don't know if session variables would be appropriate or not?
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>Thanks,
>Jacci