How different is session from cache?

Question

User-1329334484 posted

How different will it work if I change:

Session["m_dvInv"] = m_dvInv;

to

Cache["m_dvInv"] = m_dvInv;

m_dvIn is loaded only once when user visit the site... 

Is Cache values per user session too? 

Answer 1

User43093768 posted

Session is user based and Cache is application based.

This means that if you put any thing in the Session object it will be available for that user's session.

Cache on the hand is global. If you put anything in the Cache it will be available for the entire application.

 

Answer 2

User-1329334484 posted
Thank you very much! I will watch some webcast about cache, long overdue... :)