Does System.Web.Caching.Cache make sense in an ASP.Net MVC app?

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Since there is no concept of sessions in ASP.Net MVC and each request is independent of each other would I ever make use of the Cache object to internally cache data in order to minimize db access? The output caching functionality is great for caching view data but if I wanted to cache something like a user profile which should be shared amongst requests from the same user what would I do?

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Rex M · Accepted Answer · 2009-01-26 22:27:05Z

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There is certainly the concept of a session in MVC... Session data is persisted across requests. I think you may be confusing that with ViewState, which is persisted across postbacks to the same page and isn't applicable in MVC.

answered Jan 26, 2009 at 22:27

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NabilS Over a year ago

Thanks. So can I use the Session object to store something like a user profile rather than querying the database each time?

Rex M Over a year ago

Yes, the Session store can be reasonably guaranteed to represent the same user across requests.

Rex M Over a year ago

And yes, you can store objects in it like a cache. It lives in the web tier memory by default, unless you use a SessionProvider that points to SQL or another state server.

rball · Accepted Answer · 2009-01-26 22:22:24Z

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Use Session?

Session is per user's session Cache is sitewide for everyone

You could use caching on the controller I suppose.

answered Jan 26, 2009 at 22:22

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