ASP.NET: Unable to validate data

Question

What is the cause of this exception in ASP.NET? Obviously it is a viewstate exception, but I can\'t reproduce the error on the page that is throwing the exception (a simple

Answer 1

In .NET 3.5 SP1 the RenderAllHiddenFieldsAtTopOfForm property was added to the PagesSection configuration.

Web.config

Interestingly, the default value of this is true. So, in essence, if you are using .NET 3.5 SP1 then the ViewState is automatically being rendered at the top of the form (before the rest of the page is loaded) thus eliminating the ViewState error you are getting.