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Chapter 13 Quick Reference

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Access the current client's session state

Use the Page.Session property

Use the current context's HttpContext.Session property

Access a specific value in the current client's session state

Session state is a set of key-value pairs. Access the data with the string key originally used to insert the data in the cache

Store session state in-proc

Set the <SessionState> attributes in Web.Config. Set mode to InProc

Store session state in a state server

Set the <SessionState> attributes in Web.Config. Set mode to StateServer. Be sure to include a stateConnection string

Store session state in SQL Server

Set the <SessionState> attributes in Web.Config. Set mode to SQLServer. Be sure to include a sqlConnection string

Disable session state

Set the <SessionState> attributes in Web.Config. Set mode to Off

Use cookies to track session state

Set the <SessionState> attributes in Web.Config. Set cookieless to false

Use URL to track session state

Set the <SessionState> attributes in Web.Config. Set cookieless to true

Set session state timeout

Set the <SessionState> attributes in Web.Config. Set timeout to a value (representing minutes)


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