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Asked: 2026-05-30T12:58:49+00:00

I need to store a site ID. Currently I store the ID in a

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I need to store a site ID.

Currently I store the ID in a file on the site folder and cache the ID once the site is first accessed. For reasons I don’t want to get into right now, I can no longer use this option.

I need to store the Id another way. I’m thinking either store it in a cookie or save to the session state. I need to know which will be most efficicent.

CPU and memory is a big issue for the machine I’m running this on.
Is it better to read it off the clients machine for the ID? Or store it in a session variable?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Session state consumes either RAM or database resources, depending on which provider you use (InProc vs. SQL). It also requires a cookie, in order for the server to associate an incoming request with a particular Session collection.

    For something like a site ID, I would suggest storing it in a cookie if you can. For best performance, configure the cookie with a path property so the browser doesn’t include it with requests for images and other static files.

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