How do you turn session state for an entire Web application?

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Configuring Session State web configuration section. You can also configure session state by using the EnableSessionState value in the @ Page directive. The sessionState element enables you to specify the following options: The mode in which the session will store data.

What are the modes of session?

There are four mode types or just modes. In-Process mode, State Server mode, SQL Server mode, Custom mode and Off mode. These are modes. In-Process mode uses memory as session storage.

What mode disable the session state?

In Solution Explorer, double-click Web. config to view the contents of this file. Locate the section, and set the mode value to Off. Save the file and/or the project to disable session state throughout all pages in the application.

What is InProc and Outproc?

An inproc server runs in the same process as the calling application. It’s close to a normal function call on a dll. Calling an outproc server, data needs to be marshalled across the process boundry which is an expensive operation. An inproc server is fast but it can bring down your application.

What is a state server?

StateServer mode, which stores session state in a separate process called the ASP.NET state service. This ensures that session state is preserved if the Web application is restarted and also makes session state available to multiple Web servers in a Web farm.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of session?

Session is secure and transparent from user because session object is stored on the server. Disadvantages: 1. Performance overhead in case of large number of user, because of session data stored in server memory. 2.

What is Session Tracking?

Session tracking is a mechanism that servlets use to maintain state about a series of requests from the same user (that is, requests originating from the same browser) across some period of time. Sessions are shared among the servlets accessed by a client.