Viewstate eller räkna varje gång?

Är det smart att lägga antalet poster i "tillståndsmultimängden" och kolla där innan man hämtar antalet ur databasen?

        If ViewState("totalRecords") Is Nothing Then
            totalRecords = GetmeDSCount()
        Else
            totalRecords = CType(ViewState("totalRecords"), Integer)
        End If
            
    ' Return total records in database
    Private Function GetmeDSCount() As Integer
        Dim connection As SqlConnection = New _
         SqlConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ConnectionString"))
        Dim command As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("SELECT Count(*) FROM my_posts", connection)
        connection.Open()
        Dim count As Integer = CType(command.ExecuteScalar(), Integer)
        connection.Close()
        Return count
    End Function