Asp Net MVC 3 - Moving through Actions and Views, SessionState

Question

How can I keep some values between different Views in MVC 3?

I tried using TempData and HiddenField to keep these values but in our hosting this tecnique seems to have short life so exceptions are coming out furthermore if user uses Back button every starts to fail.

I would like to understand the better way to keep values between views in MVC 3, thanks in advice!

Answer 1

By design, MVC3 TempData values are removed after they are used.

The most simple answer is to use the Session object directly in your controllers.

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