ASP.NET Testing if Cookies can be passed in URL [cookieless=true]

in the webconfig I set:

mode="InProc"
stateConnectionString="tcpip=127.0.0.1:42424"
sqlConnectionString="data source=127.0.0.1;Trusted_Connection=yes"
cookieless="true"
timeout="20"
/>

and then in the browser address bar I get this:

http://localhost/CharmpixV2/(wexkf1y...qz)/test1.aspx

Why is this and whats how do I get rid of it. I thought that if
cookeiless=true then there would be no cookie, and when there is a cookie,
its hidden. I must really be missing something here...



Reply 1: If you do not use Cookies, ASP.NET will use URL to store session id. This is
correct. If you do not like ugly URL, you have to use Cookies.

Reply 2: if you specify 'mode="off" ', then you will be rid of both cookies and

the ugly url. Of course, you won't have any sessions then, but this might
be just what you want?

For sessions to work you need some sort of session-identifier, either
by cookie or by url.

Source: http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t76772-getting-cookie-in-url-when-cookieless-true.html

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Does ASP.NET Session state work without cookies?

According to this it is supported: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479314.aspx

 cookieless="true" />

The downside is that the session ID is placed in every URL used by the application:

http://yourserver/folder/(session ID here)/default.aspx

See this SO answer for additional details: Absolute URL Cookieless

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12719352/does-asp-net-session-state-work-without-cookies

Here they say to try also with 

http://www.somewebsite.com/page.aspx?sid=jrkwojeqrojq3op349023231234r23rf2

Other useful links: 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3180697/absolute-url-cookieless/3180804#3180804

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479314.aspx