What is the difference between response.redirect and server.transfer, how to ch

What is the difference between response.redirect and
server.transfer, how to choose one among the other?

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What is the difference between response.redirect and server.transfer, how to choose one among the o..

Answer / richa

Server.transfer transfer the page processing from one page
to another page without making a round trip back to the
client where as response.redirect redirect to another URL
and it make a round trip back to the client.

Response.Redirect can be used to redirect to external web
sites where as the Server.Transfer can be used only to
transfer to other pages of the same web site.

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What is the difference between response.redirect and server.transfer, how to choose one among the o..

Answer / praveen singh

Server.Transfer transfers page processing from one page
directly to the next page without making a round-trip back
to the client's browser. This provides a faster response
with a little less overhead on the server. Server.Transfer
does not update the clients url history list or current url.
Response.Redirect is used to redirect the user's browser to
another page or site. This performas a trip back to the
client where the client's browser is redirected to the new
page. The user's browser history list is updated to reflect
the new address.

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What is the difference between response.redirect and server.transfer, how to choose one among the o..

Answer / chigicherla mallikarjuna

Server.Transfer
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Server.Transfer Can move one page to Another page if that
page is in same website.

if Default.aspx, Default2.aspx Are in the same Website
then we can:

Server.Transfer("Default2.aspx");
//By this we can navigate to Default2.aspx

Without changing the Url:
http://localhost:4758/WebSite2/Default.aspx

But if we write:

Server.Transfer("http://www.google.com")
it cannot navigate to That requeste page

where as
Response.Redirect Can navigate to Other pages

Response.Redirect("Default2.aspx")

Response.Redirect("http://www.google.com")