What does the __VIEWSTATE hold?

Question

I\'m sorry for maybe making such a basic question but in ASP.NET websites what does the __VIEWSTATE input field represent?

Also, is there any way to compute it\'s va

Answer 1

A quick Google search answers the question:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972976.aspx

First sentence:

Microsoft® ASP.NET view state, in a nutshell, is the technique used by an ASP.NET Web page to persist changes to the state of a Web Form across postbacks.