---
title: "Server.Transfer vs. Response.Redirect"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/11/servertransfer-vs-responseredirect.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/11/servertransfer-vs-responseredirect.html"
published: "2003-08-11T11:46:00"
updated: "2003-08-11T11:46:00"
tags: [".Net Original", "Cool Articles"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I was recently faced with this question: What is the difference between Server.Transfer() and Response.Redirect()? I didn't really know the answer, because I'm more of a winforms kinda guy. However, my wife pointed me…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Server.Transfer vs. Response.Redirect

By Roy Osherove August 11, 2003 In [.Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original), [Cool Articles](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-articles)

**Historical article** · Originally published August 11, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

I was recently faced with this question: 

_What is the difference between **Server.Transfer()** and **Response.Redirect()?**_

I didn't really know the answer, because I'm more of a winforms kinda guy. However, my wife pointed me to [this lovely article regarding exactly this question](http://www.csharpfriends.com/Articles/getArticle.aspx?articleID=15). How cool is she?

## More in .Net Original

[All posts in .Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original)

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    ### [Caching in WinForms](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/12/caching-in-winforms.html)

- Jul 28, 2003

    ### [About coding standards](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/28/about-coding-standards.html)

- Jul 28, 2003

    ### [Nasty bug in Data Access Block Ver. 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/28/nasty-bug-in-data-access-block-ver-20.html)


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## About the author

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