Response.Redirect and Server.Transfer difference in asp.net

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Response.Redirect() Vs Server.Transfer()

Both Response and Server are object of ASP.Net and both are used to redirect a user from one page to another page. Response.Redirect and Server.Transfer both method are used to redirect user from one page to another page.

Syntax

• Response.Redirect(“nextpage.aspx”);
• Server.Transfer(“nextpage.aspx”);

Response.Redirect()

• We can use response.redirect to send user to same server or to some other web server.
• Response.Redirect() can be used to redirect to an external websites.
• Can finish the whole Round trip and then after send user to another page.
• Can use Session() object with Response.Redirect in ASP.Net.
• Can not use Context object with Response.Redirect because context object value will be null while page goes to server.
• Resonse.redirect() can be used both for aspx and html pages.
  

  Response.Redirect(“meera.aspx”);
  Response.Redirect(“meera.html”);

• In Response.Redirect the browser’s history is updated.
• Response.Redirect() changes the URL in the browser’s address bar.

 

Server.Transfer()

• We can use Server.Transfer to send user to same server web form, we can not send user to other server.
• we can use Server.Transfer() to redirect to only inside the same website.
• Can use Context with Server.Transfer to send value from one form to another form.
• Server.transfer is only used for aspx pages it will not work for html pages.
  

  Server.Transfer(“meera.aspx”);

• In Server.Transfer the browser’s history is not updated.
• Server.Transfer() does not change URL in the browser’s address bar.

We hope that this asp.net c# tutorial helped you to understand difference between Response.Redirect() and Server.Transfer() in C#.

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