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Configures the session state HttpModule.

<sessionState
   mode = "Off | Inproc | StateServer | SqlServer"
   cookieless = "true | false"
   timeout = "number of minutes"
   connectionString = "server name:port number"
   sqlConnectionString = "sql connection string"
/>

The <sessionState> tag supports five attributes.

Attribute	Option	Description
mode		Specifies where to store the session state.
	Off	Indicates that session state is not enabled.
	Inproc	Indicates that session state is stored locally.
	StateServer	Indicates that session state is stored on a remote server.
	SqlServer	Indicates that session state is stored on a SQL Server.
cookieless		Specifies whether sessions without cookies should be used to identify client sessions.
	true	Indicates that sessions without cookies should be used.
	false	Indicates that sessions without cookies should not be used. The default is false.
timeout		Specifies the number of minutes a session can be idle before it is abandoned. The default is 20.
connectionString		Specifies the server name and port where session state is stored remotely. For example, "127.0.0.1:42424". This attribute is required when mode is set to "StateServer".
sqlConnectionString		Specifies the connection string for a SQL Server. For example, "data source=127.0.0.1;user id=sa; password=". This attribute is required when mode is set to "SqlServer".

The following example specifies several session state configuration settings.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <sessionState
         mode = "Inproc"
         cookieless = "true"
         timeout = "20" />
   </system.web>
</configuration>

ASP.NET Configuration   SessionStateSection Class

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