Difference between View State and Session State

Difference between View State and Session State

Session state and view state are used to keep on certain data.

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.

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.

Difference between Session state and Application state

Difference between Session state and Application state
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Session state and Application state both are support the same type of objects and maintain information on the server.

Session state:
- The session object is used to maintain the session of each user. A user gets a session id when he enters in to an application. This Id will delete when he leave from that application. If he enters again he will get a different session Id.
- Session allows information to be stored in one page and access in another page and support any type of object.

Application state:

- But the application object, the Id is maintained for whole application.
- Application state allows storing global objects that can be accessed by any client.