Singleton pattern in web applications

Question

I\'m using a singleton pattern for the datacontext in my web application so that I dont have to instantiate it every time, however I\'m not sure how web applications work, does

Answer 1

Many people keep the DataContext around for the duration of the request by keeping it in the HttpContext.Current.Items Thereby it is also private to the request.

Have a look at this blogpost by Steve Sanderson, and the UnitOfWork pattern.