Page Variables or Properties

~Bean~ · October 25th, 2005, 10:16 AM

I have some Page variables that I need to save across postbacks. I am wondering what are the pros and cons of using a page variable like:

Code:

Public sortDir As String

or a Page Property like:

Code:

' Holds the direction to be sorted...
    Public Property sortDir() As String
        Get
            Return CStr(viewstate("sortDir"))
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            ViewState("sortDir") = Value
        End Set
    End Property

The viewstate I know goes across the wire to the user as a hidden element on the page, and therefore affects page size, but are there other tradeoffs to consider? Then there's also the option of using a Session variable...

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jbenson001 · October 25th, 2005, 02:08 PM

The page variable will be reset each time the page is posted back. As for the propery issue, I never used it but looks like it should work. I usually just use session variables. That is if you don't have many you need to store.