Disabling ViewState in web.config

Jan 30, 2008

Starting a new web project, I always disable viewstate by default. If I need it later, I’ll enable it on a page-by-page basis.

To do this in web.config:

<pages enableViewState="false"> ... </pages>

This IS case-sensitive. Not sure why.

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5 Comments

Mark J. Miller • Sep 6, 2008 @7:23 am

The reason it is case-sensitive is because Xml is case-sensitive.
utkarsh • Jul 8, 2009 @1:12 pm

can u elaborate on the statement made above?? regarding y is it case sensitive
LSP • Aug 11, 2009 @3:25 pm

this does not work. check your facts.
anthonyrstevens • Aug 11, 2009 @4:26 pm

LSP: under what circumstances does it not work?
Shankar Kulkarni • Dec 9, 2009 @5:26 pm

If there is a form tag in the master page, disabling the viewstate at page or webconfig, will still create hidden view state variable. VS2k8 creates form tag by default for master pages.

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