March 06, 2011

ASP.NET Performance Tip2

Read Tip1 Here

2.  Disable Session State

In ASP.NET Session State  is on by default for every page . So we need to disable Session State if we are not going to use it.  Sessions are created to  pass information from one page to other page per user. We do not require Session State when web pages are static or when there is no need to store information captured in the page.  Do not use sessions to store Global data that is specific to all users. Session is specific to single user.

We can this off for specific pages, as well as entire page depending on the requirement. Usage of sessions will significantly decrease the performance of the application .  So we need to try to minimize the use of  sessions in Web Applications.  If we are not using Sessions in the application it can be set off in the web.config that applies to entire application.

Otherwise it can be disabled in page level as

<%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="Form.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="WebApplication1.Form" EnableSessionState="false" %>


In web.config  we can turn off sessionstatemode under System.Web Section as follows.

<sessionState mode="off"></sessionState>

As all of us know,ASP.NET Manages session state automatically. But if we do not require Sessions, disabling it will help in boosting the performance of the application.

6 comments:

బంతి said...

if we are using sessions to decide master pages then is it possible to disable sessions ?

HimaBindu Vejella said...

Then you sud n't disable session state at the application level in web.config.
Do you have single base page or multiple pages .

Please do not disable sessions on the page that calls these master pages or in master pages. You can disable sessions in any of the other pages that uses static data and do not really use this session data in those pages. For instance if you do not want data to be transfered to those pages and you are not creating or consuming any sessions in any of the webpages then you can.

బంతి said...

In my application all the pages make use of master pages. So I think I cannot disable this.
Does View state of controls have any performance issues ? If so please tell me.

HimaBindu Vejella said...

Yes you should not then. Its not best practice to use sessions to load master pages.
As master page (global) is same to all users.

If you have large data as the viewstate is grown then you can compress viewstate.

If You do not need data under postback then you can.

If you have static , readonly controls then you can disable

బంతి said...

In master page I am using hyperlinks as menu items. So in each page preint() am checking usertype and calling corresponding master page. Is there any other approach to this as you told its not best practice.
sorry I think I am diverting the actual topic.

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