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Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition
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Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition

by Matthew MacDonald
November 2007
Beginner
954 pages
25h 7m
English
Apress
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7.6. Session State Configuration

You configure session state through the web.config file for your current application (which is found in the same virtual directory as the .aspx web page files). The configuration file allows you to set advanced options such as the timeout and the session state mode. If you're creating your web application in Visual Studio, your project will include an automatically generated web.config file.

The following listing shows the most important options that you can set for the <sessionState> element. Keep in mind that you won't use all of these details at the same time. Some settings only apply to certain session state modes, as you'll see shortly.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <system.web> ...
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