response.Transfer And response.Redirect

Question

What is difference between response.redirect and response.Transfer in Asp .net?

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi Deepak Response.Redirect sends a response to the client browser instructing it to request the second page. This requires a round-trip to the client and the client initiates the Request for the second page. Server.Transfer transfers the process to the second page without making a round-trip to the client. It also transfers the HttpContext to the second page enabling the second page access to all the values in the HttpContext of the first page Server.Transfer: client is shown as it is on the requesting page only but the all the content is of the requested page. Data can be persist across the pages using Context.Item collection which is one of the best way to transfer data from one page to another keeping the page state alive. Server.Transfer transfers execution directly to another page. Response.Redirect sends a response to the client and directs the client (the browser) to load the new page (it causes a roundtrip). If you don't need to execute code on the client Transfer is more efficient. Thanks