Alternative for sessions in mvc4

Question

could you please tell me what is the alternative for sessions in mvc4?..

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

Hi sasi, I think, there is no alternative for session. yes you can use cookies to stored data but coockies is not good way to stored the data because it stored in client side. you can use tempdata also but tempdata has limited life (up to one request) also Tempdata use session internally :)

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, you mean to say caching type data in which there is common data for every user? if yes than refer my article http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/ff2f08/caching-in-mvc-application-with-entity-framework-using-query/ hope this will help you.

Sasi Reddy · Answer

How to pass data in entire application in mvc instead of session?..

Anupam Singh · Answer

Yes you are right in that case. :)

Lakshmanan Sethu Sankaranarayan · Answer

Hi Anupam. I agree with you. But if you are not concerned with the client side, its best to use cookies than application objects for storing information pertaining to a single user.

Anupam Singh · Answer

Hi Laxman, I would not suggest that. B'coz cookies and cache are client side. and session stores data on server. So session cannt be replaced by cookies or cache. Hi Sasi, You can use application level variables called global variables see more information here : http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/051e29/session-and-application-in-Asp-Net/

Lakshmanan Sethu Sankaranarayan · Answer

Hi Sasi, Please check the code in the link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19128507/using-cookie-in-asp-net-mvc-4 for usage of cookies. Cookies stores the value in your personal computer. and Sessions are stored in memory of the server. Link is http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19128507/using-cookie-in-asp-net-mvc-4

Sasi Reddy · Answer

how to use cookies and if i use cookies instead of sessions,please let me know what is the difference between cookies and sessions?

Lakshmanan Sethu Sankaranarayan · Answer

Hi, Please try using caches or cookies if you dont want session.