Why can't I read session variables

Question

I have a c# .net web application. I create session variables but when I try to read them after I leave the page that they were created from I can't.

Created on page 1

Session["UserName"] = "WhatEver";

Then I do

Response.Redirect("~/whatever.aspx"); 

and try to read to read the session variable in the Page_Load method of the new page

string userName = Session["UserName"].ToString();

I receive Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Why am I receiving this error and what can I do to fix the problem?

Answer 1

This may help:

Response.Redirect("~/whatever.aspx",false);

From this article:

This does not abort the thread and thus conserve the session token. Actually, this overload is used internally by RedirectFromLoginPage.