ASP.net MVC - ViewModel object and Session variables

Question

Say I have the following situation:

• A paginated View displays a list of contacts with the following route: Contacts/Index/Page/2.
• The View gets its paginated data ViewModel object.
• The View also gets its filter properties from the ViewModel, like the Contact Category.

I would like to store the page number and the filter properties somewhere in such a way that when the user returns to Contacts/Index page, the same page number and filters are applied.

Is it good practice to store these properties within a Session variable? Should the ViewModel be handling these Session variables?

Is there another way to tackle this type of situation?

Answer 1

if you want to have the same filters/page after you have returned from another page back, then you must use session, there is no other better way