Chapter 13. Session State

In this chapter:

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

Chapter 13 Quick Reference

After completing this chapter, 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 chapter 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 ...

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