Difference between ViewState, SessionState and ApplicationSt

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Please anyone explain me the difference Difference between ViewState, SessionState and ApplicationState

Abhay Shanker · Answer

View State: - View state is maintained in page level only. - View state of one page is not visible in another page. - View state information stored in client only. - View state persist the values of particular page in the client (browser) when post back operation done. - View state used to persist page-instance-specific data. (Read more) Session State: - Session state is maintained in session level. - Session state value is available in all pages within a user session. - Session state information stored in server. - Session state persist the data of particular user in the server. This data available till user close the browser or session time completes. - Session state used to persist the user-specific data on the server side. (Read more) Application State ApplicationState is a variable you can store values in during the life off the application (may get cycled periodically, and without your knowledge) (used less-frequently) Usage - If you want to access the information on different web pages, you can use SessionState - If you want to access from the same page, then you can use Viewstate -Application State it's global, for all users Security Session state provides more security when compared with view state as the data value is stored in server side