ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Name

<sessionState>

Synopsis

<sessionState
   mode="Off|Inproc|StateServer|SQLServer”
   cookieless=boolean
   timeout=numMinutes
   stateNetworkTimeout=numSeconds
   stateConnectionString="tcpip=server:port”
   sqlConnectionString=connString />

Scope

Machine, Application

Attributes

mode

Specifies whether session state is enabled, and if so, how the state data will be stored. Valid values are:

Off

The session state is disabled.

InProc

The session state data will be stored in memory on the local server. This is the same model as session state in classic ASP. This session state mode does not allow session state to be shared across servers in a web farm.

StateServer

The session state data will be stored in memory in a special NT state service on a designated state server. This session state mode allows session state to be shared across servers in a web farm.

SQLServer

The session state data will be stored in a special SQL Server database on a designated SQL Server. This session state mode allows session state to be shared across servers in a web farm. This mode also requires running a SQL query (which is included with the .NET Framework SDK) to set up the SQL Server database.

The default is InProc.

cookieless

Specifies whether or not cookies will be used to associate users with specific sessions. If set to True, the session identifier will be automatically munged into the URL for each request. This requires that your application use relative URLs to work correctly. The default is False.

timeout

Specifies ...