ViewState vs ViewData in mvc?

Question

What is the difference between viewstate and viewdata in mvc?

Answer 1

Hello,

ViewState and ViewData can handle some complex objects.

ViewState is within page lifecycle while ViewData works in very different way. ViewData can be passed to the target view.

Please refer here for understanding of viewState: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972976.aspx

for viewData: http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/asp-net-mvc-views-overview-cs

hope that helps

Answer 2

View state is used only in ASP.net forms,controls and Page life cycle. View state is used by ASP.net framework to manage control states.

View Data is a dataset or Data which is passed to your View - to dipslay HTML data in MVC,

Viewstate is not used in MVC. Please refer above mentioned links for more details.