The SessionStateTempDataProvider requires SessionState to be enabled

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HI i am getting error : "The SessionStateTempDataProvider requires SessionState to be enabled." when i try to handle the error. i got a piece of code from the blog below. http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/shay/archive/2009/03/06/real-world-error-hadnling-in-asp-net-mvc-rc2.aspx i am not using any session. my session state is set to off in web.config.

and from the below thread The SessionStateTempDataProvider requires SessionState to be enabled i got a solution to set the but its already set as such. how to avoid the error. i dont want to use session.

The code that i am using is from this blog. http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/shay/archive/2009/03/06/real-world-error-hadnling-in-asp-net-mvc-rc2.aspx — nimi, Oct 23 '09 at 10:23
The sample project attached to that blog post worked fine for me. Did you change anything with that project? — Çağdaş Tekin, Oct 23 '09 at 10:45
no.. i didnt download the sample projet in the blog. what i did is that i just copied an paste the contents from the blog. Application_Error method and i have created ErrorController.cs and pasted the respective codes. — nimi, Oct 23 '09 at 10:57
Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/884852/how-can-i-disable-session-state-in-asp-net-mvc — Daniel Schaffer, Apr 30 '10 at 18:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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my session state is set to off in web.config.

That should be what's causing the problem. Apparently, ASP.NET MVC needs the session state.

Check this question about disabling session state.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

Community

answered Oct 23 '09 at 10:58

Çağdaş Tekin

sorry for my statement, "my session state is set to off in web.config" i am not setting in my web.config. i tried searching the text, but couldnt find it. – nimi Oct 23 '09 at 11:17
@Nimesh, it must have something to do with the SessionState being disabled. Because that's the only way I am able to reproduce the error. Plus, that's what the error message suggests. – Çağdaş Tekin Oct 23 '09 at 11:34
yeah i agree to your point. but i am not able to extract that out. is there any other ways to handle errors? – nimi Oct 23 '09 at 11:53
Of course. The base controller has a virtual method called `HandleUnknownAction`. You can have your own base controller, derived from the `Controller` class and handle 404 errors there. You can also have your own `HandleError` attribute to hande errors occured on controllers/actions. Example : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/766610/how-to-get-elmah-to-work-with-asp-net-mvc-handleerror-attribute – Çağdaş Tekin Oct 23 '09 at 12:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 13 '13 at 10:28

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Check the below code out:

It acts just like default TempDataProvider but instead it uses cookies. If you are not carrying sensitive data with TempData, it might help.

edited Sep 13 '13 at 10:28

Seb Nilsson

answered Jan 17 '12 at 14:48

tugberk

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