---
title: "Session in ASP.Net"
description: "We know HTTP is stateless protocol; this protocol cannot store user information on page because Web server treats each HTTP request for a page as an i"
author: "Sachindra Singh"
published: 2011-02-14
updated: 2019-09-07
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/452/session-in-asp-dot-net
category: "asp.net"
tags: ["asp.net"]
reading_time: 3 minutes
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# Session in ASP.Net
##### What is Session?
We know HTTP is stateless protocol; this protocol cannot store user information on page because Web server treats each HTTP request for a page as an independent request. The server retains no knowledge of variable values. ASP.NET Session state enables you to store and retrieve values for a user when user navigates other ASP.NET pages in a Web application. A session is defined as the period of time that a unique user interacts with a Web application. Session provides us facility to store information on server side. Session data is stored as per user basis.
##### Some Session methods are:
· **Session.Abandon()** - Removes the Session and all items that it contains
· **Session.RemoveAll()** - Removes all items from the Session
· **Session.Remove ("SessionName")** - Removes the item that stored under the name "SelectedName".
· **Session.Clear()** - Removes items from the Session
In this example I will show you that how to use session variable to store user information as well as we can show that how to retrieve values from session variable.
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public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (!IsPostBack) { string[] state = { "U.P.", "Delhi", "Chennai", "Kolkata" };//creating string array to store state name for (int c = 0; c < state.Length; c++)//executing loop { DropDownList1.Items.Add(state[c]);//state name adding in dropdownlist } } } protected void Submit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Session["Name"] = NameTextbox.Text;//value storing in session variable Session["City"] = CityTextBox.Text; Session["Age"] = AgeTextBox.Text; Session["State"] = DropDownList1.Text; Response.Redirect("Userinforamtiom.aspx"); }}
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##### Output
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public partial class Userinforamtiom : System.Web.UI.Page{ protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { UserName.Text = Session["Name"].ToString();//retrieving value from session variable UserCity.Text = Session["City"].ToString(); UserAge.Text = Session["Age"].ToString(); UserState.Text = Session["State"].ToString(); }}
```
In this page user details will be shown by session variable.
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