What is ASPState database used for?

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What is ASPState database used for?

The ASPStage (ASP.NET Session State) provides you the option to store website session data to the SQL server database. This is a useful option with load balancing, where application deployment is on multiple servers.

Which is the best session state mode?

InProc session is much much faster, has less requirements (serialization), but unusable when you’re running your application on several web servers;

  • Sql session is much slower, has object serialization requirements, but can be shared between several web servers;

    • How do I create ASPState database in SQL Server?

    To execute the following command:

    1. Windows Authentication: To create ASPState:
    2. Command: aspnet_regsql –S 192.178.10.50\sa –E –ssadd.
    3. Sql Server Authentication: To create ASPState.
    4. Command: aspnet_regsql –S 192.168.10.50\sa –ssadd –U sa –P mypassword. By default above command create table inside.

    What is sessionState mode StateServer?

    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 ASP.NET session state modes?

    ASP.NET Session State Modes Explained

    • Off – Used to disable sessions on website.
    • InProc – Sessions are stored inside of application’s process on web server.
    • StateServer – Sessions are stored using State Server windows service.
    • SQLServer – SQL Server database is used to store sessions’ data.

    How do you store session state?

    Session state can be stored in one of the following modes:

    1. In – Process: Stored in the same ASP.Net Process.
    2. State Server: Stored in the some other system.
    3. SQL Server: Stored in the SQLServer database.
    4. Custom: this enables you to store session data using a custom storage provider.

    How can store session in database in MVC?

    Answers. To use SQLServer mode, you must first be sure the ASP.NET session state database is installed on SQL Server. You can install the ASP.NET session state database using the Aspnet_regsql.exe tool. Below is the complete tutorial on how to configure your site to use sql server session state mode.

    Where Outproc sessions are stored?

    By default, sessions are stored in-proc (in-process); i.e. in the memory of the Web Server.

    What mode disable the session state?

    Disable session state at the application level

    • Start Microsoft Visual Studio .
    • In Solution Explorer, double-click Web.
    • 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.

    How do I create a session state database?

    Modify the Web. config file of your application

    1. Set the mode attribute of the element to SQLServer to indicate that session state is stored in SQL Server.
    2. Set the sqlConnectionString attribute to specify the connection string for SQL Server. For example: XML Copy.

    What is InProc and OutProc?

    InProc mode, which stores session state in memory on the Web server. This is the default. StateServer mode/OutProc, which stores session state in a separate process called the ASP.NET state service.