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Can find descendants using LINQ to XML or XPath Extensions

Anyone knows the problem why linq to xml or xpath extensions cant seem to read this xml? http://www.quillarts.com/Test/product.xml var document = XDocument.Load(feedUrl); var xpathxml = from feed in document.XPathSelectElements("//Products") //using Xpath var linqtoxml = from feed in document.Descendants("Products") //using Linq2XML ...

Creating DB using ORM

Is there any C# .NET ORM that can create databases ? It should be capable of creating MS + MySQL + PostGre + Oracle databases at least. And I don't mean tables or schemas, I mean the database only. I use nHibernate, but it can only create tables and schemas, and query/insert but not creating the database itself. ...

LINQ to SQL: If database return no values Count() throws an exception

I have a linq to sql statement which returns a set of Customer details to a customer object var customers = from ..... I then use if(customers.Count() > 0) { return customers.First(); } else { return null; } but customers.Count() throws a 'customers.Count()' threw an exception of type 'System.NotSupportedException' int ...

SQL Server RowVersion

Hey guys, Quick question Re: Implementation of RowVersion. I am looking to include it in my next database (Designing it now) and I am pondering 2 different ways: RowVersion row in all tables A separate RowVersion table which has the ID of the table as a foreign key and linked to it. Anyone tried this? If so what pitfalls or pro's d...

How to add Excel sheet to C# console application

hi Can any one explain the process of adding excel file in c sharp... and What are the requirements for that..and IS it necessary to install MS Excel in the system for using of Excel in C sharp ...

Basic Architecture and Lifecycle of Threads in C#/.net 3.5SP1

I want to write my first real MultiThreaded C# Application. While I used a BackgroundWorker before and know a thing or two about lock(object), I never used the Thread object, Monitor.Enter etc. and I'm completely lost where to start designing the Architecture. Essentially my program runs in the background. Every 5 Minutes, it checks a w...

Can I extend a EntityCollection<Class> : LINQ to SQL

Can I extend or use partial classes to add more functions to EntityCollection< Class> eg. this is the auto-generated classses from LINQ to SQL customer.Orders I want to be able to do customer.Orders.FindByOrderID(orderID) but Order is EntityCollection < Order > Can I make this a partial class or extend it like I can do with just...

.NET Alternatives to UDP Multicast

I am looking for an alternative to using UDP multicast on the .NET Framework and am looking for suggestions. I need to send messages to several web servers running quite a few ASP.NET applications. These messages would be one-way only, coming from several different machines. UDP multicast would be perfect except that I can't use it due ...

Double variable keeping wrong value.

Simimilar problem to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1957801/math-atan2-or-class-instance-problem-in-c and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1193630/add-two-double-given-wrong-result It is something that simple lines: public static String DegreeToRadianStr(Double degree) { Double piBy180 = (Math.PI / 180); Dou...

How to communicate between a .NET EXE and COM EXE?

I have a .NET EXE and ATL COM EXE in Windows Mobile. I need to communicate between them. I.e my ATL EXE launches the .NET EXE. The .NET EXE should send a message to the ATL EXE that the processing is completed or exited. How can I do that? How to communicate between the two separate process? ...

How to access functions from abstract class without making them static ?

I want to create a class that can only be inherited, for that i know it should be made abstract. But now the problem is that i want to use functions of that class without making them static. How can i do that. public abstract Class A { A() {} public void display() {} } public Class B:A { base.A() // this is accessible this.displ...

IE 7, IE 8 etc multiple tab browser session problem

Hi, I have a problem with all multpile tab browsers due to session object. I have a requirement that whenever user opens a new browser I need to show different values, so I thought of using Session as in IE 6 every browser creates a new session. But all other multiple tab broswers IE 7 and IE 8 and FF shares the session(If user has alre...

.NET XmlSerializer and multiple references to the same object

My repository has List<Student>, List<Course> and List<Enrolment> where an Enrolment has Enrolment.Student and Enrolment.Course which are references one of the students or courses in the two previous lists. When I use XmlSerializer on my repository it outputs redundant data as it serializes all properties of each student in List<Stude...

Is there a class for holding a file system path?

In the .NET base class library there is a class System.IO.Path for doing common operations on strings representing a file system path. However, what I need is a class that encapsulates a path instead, so I get type-safety and a possibly shorter notation of path operations. I'm thinking of a .NET equivalent of C++ Boost's path class. Does...

How to convert a number to an arbitrary radix?

What I really want to do is convert DateTime.Now.Ticks to the shortest possible string without losing any precision. How is this possible? Let's assume we're using 7bit ASCII character set. ...

Logic problem while setting conditions

i have a requirement This ‘if’ structure must be changed. As it is currently coded the agent version is only set when the policy GUID sent by RM matches a GUID of a policy on the server. We always want to set the version regardless of whether the GUIDs match.(what ever be the situation) here is the coding ResourcePolicy rp = null;...

How do I get a WCF service's WSDL to say that it requires basic authentication?

We have a WCF service hosted on IIS behind a SiteMinder proxy (for lack of a better term). In essence, requests enter the SiteMinder at https://public.domain.com/SOA/Service.svc with http basic authentication. SiteMinder verifies the authentication, strips it off and sends a request to http://internal.domain/SOA/Service.svc with no aut...

Delete record in database with bindingnavigator

Hi I navigate with a bindingnavigator threw a datagridview. this datagridview is connected with a database. If I want to delete a row on the datagridview then it deletes it perfectly, But the row in the database stays. private void deletetoolStripButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (MessageBox.Show("Delete recor...

Upgrade non roaming user settings to roaming in Net 2.0

We have a .NET 2.0 application out where we've set the user settings Roaming = False (the default value). Now, some citrix users complain that the settings are not stored. We belive the problem will be solved by setting Roaming = True. But how do we update the application at the clients and at the same time restore previously stored ...

Uniquely identifying a computer using .NET/Mono?

I need a way to uniquely identify a computer using .NET that works in both Windows and Linux. The methods used in both operational system do not have to be the same. That is: I can have an approach for Mono running on Linux and another approach for .NET running on Windows. I took a look at another similar question on SO and it seems th...