New Post: How do I send data to excel and then refresh aspx page?

Robert,
Thanks for your input. Shortly after I posted this I did just what you said.

 Dim dt As DataTable = Session("dataTableToExcel")
 Session.Remove("dataTableToExcel")

This does two things ...

 1. It removes the data right away.  I will not be needing it after I download it to excel.
 2. Since I remove it right after I created it, the user never has a chance to create a new tab between the time I create it, use it, and then remove it.    

My data is not very large, and should never really be. This is an in-house (intranet) application so we do have somewhat more control over how our users use this page.


Thanks again for your feed back.