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ASP.NET interview questions: - Can you explain benefits and limitations of using Query Strings?

• By Shiv Prasad Koirala in ASP.NET
• Apr 14th, 2012
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A simple but most frequently asked ASP.NET interview question.

 

A query string is information sent to the server appended to the end of a page URL.

 

Following are the benefits of using query string for state management:-

 

• No server resources are required. The query string containing in the HTTP requests for a specific URL.

 

• All browsers support query strings.

 

Following are limitations of query string:-

 

• Query string data is directly visible to user thus leading to security problems.

 

• Most browsers and client devices impose a 255-character limit on URL length.

 

See the following video on ASP.NET for importance of session and viewstate: -

 

 

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