ViewState invalid only in Safari

ViewState invalid only in Safari "One of the sites I maintain relies heavily on the use of ViewState (it isn't my code). However, on certain pages where the ViewState is extra-bloated, Safari throws a ""Validation of viewstate MAC failed"" error. This appears to only happen in Safari. Firefox, IE and Opera all load successfully in the same scenario."
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Guest [Entry]

"I've been doing a little research into this and whilst I'm not entirely sure its the cause I believe it is because Safari is not returning the full result set (hence cropping it).

I have been in dicussion with another developer and found the following post on Channel 9 as well which recommends making use of the SQL State service to store the viewstate avoiding the postback issue and also page size.

http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/250549-ASPNET-ViewState-flawed-architecture/?CommentID=270477#263702

Does this seem like the best solution?"

Guest [Entry]

"My first port of call would be to go through the elements on the page and see which controls:

Will still work when I switch ViewState off
Can be moved out of the page and into an AJAX call to be loaded when required

Failing that, and here's the disclaimer - I've never used this solution on a web-facing site - but in the past where I've wanted to eliminate massive ViewStates in limited-audience applications I have stored the ViewState in the Session.

It has worked for me because the hit to memory isn't significant for the number of users, but if you're running a fairly popular site I wouldn't recommend this approach. However, if the Session solution works for Safari you could always detect the user agent and fudge appropriately."

Guest [Entry]