Session State

ASP.NET - Session State

Session State Why Session State ASP.NET And Session State Getting A Taste Of Session State Session State And More Complex Data Configuring Session State Tracking Session State Other Session Configuration Settings The Wizard Control Alternative To Session State Conclusion 12 Tutorial 13 Quick Reference

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to

Explain the importance of managing session state in a Web application
Use the session state manager (the Session object)
Configure session state
Store session state on a state server
Store session state in a database

This tutorial covers managing session state within your ASP.NET application. Programming Web applications requires you to be very mindful of how the state of your application is distributed at any moment. One of the most important types of state in a Web application is session state—the state associated with a single particular session. Because Web applications are distributed by nature, keeping track of any single client has to be done deliberately.