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Understanding Session Management Techniques in ASP.NET

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5 Jul 2012CPOL10 min read 423K   5.4K   130  
In this article we will try to see what are the different ways we can manage sessions in an ASP.NET application. When should we use which techniques and what are the pros and cons of using each technique.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"  CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        Enter your name:
        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox><br />
        <br />
        Hit submit to save the data in session. this data will then be remembered using
        Session variables.<br />
        <br />
        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Submit" OnClick="Button1_Click" /><br />
        <br />
        You have entered:
        <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Font-Bold="True"></asp:Label><br />
        <br />
        <asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="Check" /><br />
        <br />
        Use this check buttom to see you name has been remembered by the server.</div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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