asp.net - Server.Transfer Vs. Response.Redirect

Question

What is difference between Server.Transfer and Response.Redirect?

• What are advantages and disadvantages of each?
• When is one appropriate over the other?
• When is one not appropriate?

Answer 1

Response.Redirect simply sends a message (HTTP 302) down to the browser.

Server.Transfer happens without the browser knowing anything, the browser request a page, but the server returns the content of another.