What is the difference between Server.Transfer and Response.Redirect?

Naresh Beniwal

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Sachin Singh4y ago
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If we want to redirect to external website like google or any other website hosted on any other server from our application then we use Response.Redirect,

for internal pages we use Server.Transfer which also preservers the server state and we don't need to do additional round trips.
Jaydeep Patil4y ago
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/3d39b4/difference-between-response-redirect-and-server-transfer/
Pushpendra Shukla4y ago
To be Short: Response.Redirect simply tells the browser to visit another page. Server.Transfer helps reduce server requests, keeps the URL the same and, with a little bug-bashing, allows you to transfer the query string and form variables.
Response.Redirect
Response.Redirect() will send you to a new page, update the address bar and add it to the Browser History. On your browser, you can click back.
It redirects the request to some plain HTML pages on our server or to some other web server.
It causes additional roundtrips to the server on each request.
It doesn’t preserve Query String and Form Variables from the original request.
It enables to see the new redirected URL where it is redirected in the browser (and be able to bookmark it if it’s necessary).
Response. Redirect simply sends a message down to the (HTTP 302) browser.
Server.Transfer
Server.Transfer() does not change the address bar, we cannot hit back. One should use Server.Transfer() when he/she doesn’t want the user to see where he is going. Sometimes on a "loading" type page.
It transfers the current page request to another .aspx page on the same server.
It preserves server resources and avoids unnecessary roundtrips to the server.
It preserves Query String and Form Variables (optionally).
It doesn’t show the real URL where it redirects the request in the user's Web Browser.
Server. Transfer happens without the browser knowing anything, the browser requests a page, but the server returns the content of another.
Vishal Yelve4y ago
Response.Redirect
- Transfers the page control to the other page, in other words, it sends the request to the other page.
- Causes the client to navigate to the page you are redirecting to. In HTTP terms it sends a 302 response to the client, and the client goes where it’s told.
Server.Transfer
- Only transfers the execution to another page and during this, you will see the URL of the old page since only execution is transferred to a new page and not control.
- Occurs entirely on the server, no action is needed by the client
Amit Mohanty4y ago
Server.Transfer processes the page from one page directly to the next page without making a round-trip back to the client’s browser. This way is faster, with a little less overhead on the server. However, it 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. It does perform a trip back to the client where the client’s browser is actually redirected to the new page. The browser history list is updated to reflect the new address.

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https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/3d39b4/difference-between-response-redirect-and-server-transfer/

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/0c1bb2/response-redirect-and-server-transfer-in-Asp-Net/

https://www.dotnettricks.com/learn/aspnet/difference-between-responseredirect-and-servertransfer