What is the ideal size of a ViewState and how does it affect the performance ?

Posted by Bharathi Cherukuri on 8/30/2012 | Category: ASP.NET Interview questions | Views: 3256 | Points: 40

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Viewstate stores the state of controls in HTML hidden fields. This information can grow in size. This will affect the overall responsiveness of the page, thereby affecting performance.
The ideal size of a viewstate should be not more than 25-30% of the page size.

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