asp.net

ASP CustomValidator, advancing to postback after error

Hello, I have an ASP .NET page with ASP validators (Required Field, Regular Expression,...) plus java script functions for additional validation (for example, to check if second date bigger than first date, among others). I usually do: <script type="text/javascript"> function validate() { // ... alert('Not valid!'...

SVN in ASP.NET with Ankh basics for day-to-day usage

My team now has an SVN + Ankh setup in ASP.NET with trunk, branches, and tags. We switch branches and work on code, but many times there will be inexplicable conflicts in files after simple changes. Why is this? I suspect we simply don't understand enough of how this works. Are there any do's and don'ts, or how should we be approaching o...

Error 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET) When running asp.net page in Visual Studio 2008

Well i have problems running any project in visual studio, even if it's a new website i get this error. If i see the website in internet explorer and localhost/project it work's but i can't debug in visual studio Any ideas? thx ...

ASP.NET - Dynamic controls created in Page_Pre_init() or Page_Init() or Page_Load()

Where is the best place to create dynamic controls in ASP.NET? MSDN says Pre_init , another MSDN article says Init, and some people say the Load event (which I read isn't good to do). I'm studying for a MS certification and I want to make sure I know which one is ideal and why. My initial thought would be to create the object in pre_i...

ASP.Net String Split not working

Here's my code Dim RefsUpdate As String() = Session("Refs").Split("-"C) Dim PaymentsPassedUpdate As String() = Session("PaymentsPassed").Split("-"C) Dim x as Integer For x = 1 to RefsUpdate.Length - 1 Dim LogData2 As sterm.markdata = New sterm.markdata() Dim queryUpdatePaymentFlags as String = ("UPDATE OPENQUERY (db,'SELECT * FROM...

Preventing upload of large files in ASP.NET 4.0

We'd like to restrict the maximum upload file size in our web site. We've already set the appropriate limits in our web.config. The problem we're encountering is if a really large file (1 GB, for example) is uploaded, the entire file is uploaded before a server-side error is generated, and the type of the error is different whether the...

Online VSS for asp.net

Me and my friend decided to work on a ASP.NET 3.5. But the issue we are facing that he is in different state, the only source of communication is internet. Is there any way we can use VSS [Microsoft Visual Source Safe], or similar tools, to keep our code on server and avail the same facilities like check in and check out. So that we can...

Read data from SqlDataReader

I have a SQL Server 2008 database and I am working on it in the backend. I am working on asp.net/C# SqlDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader(); while (rdr.Read()) { //how do I read strings here???? } I know that the reader has values. My SQL command is to select just 1 column from a table. The column contains str...

Preventing SQL Injection in ASP.Net VB.Net

I have this code UPDATE OPENQUERY (db,'SELECT * FROM table WHERE ref = ''"+ Ref +"'' AND bookno = ''"+ Session("number") +"'' ') How would I prevent SQL Injections on this? Thanks Jamie UPDATE Here's what i'm trying SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("Select * from Table where ref=@ref", con); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ref", 3...

JQuery : Forcing page to halt until data is finished loading

I might be wrong about what is actually happening here but i have 3 Html.dropdownlists. And im using jquery to handle filtering which does actually work. However, there is some odd behaviour which i think might be because data isnt finished loading before the next function is called. For instance: Some background. Company: Owns sever...

Dynamically changing a table cell background color in aspx vb.net

I have the following table row on my .aspx page. Initial Requirements:     <ItemTemplate> <td valign="bottom" id="ReqStatus" runat="server" style="background-color: Gray"> <%#ReqStatus(CType(CType(Container.DataItem, System.Data.DataRowView).Row, DataSet1.DataTable1Row))%> ...

Is there a web control to dynamically generate a table of contents?

Say I have a basic page like so: <custom:TableOfContents /> <h1>Some Heading</h1> <h2>Foo</h2> <p>Lorem ipsum</p> <h2>Bar</h2> <p>Lorem ipsum</p> <h2>Baz</h2> <p>Lorem ipsum</p> <h1>Another Heading</h2> <h2>Qux</h2> <p>Lorem ipsum</p> <h2>Quux</h2> <p>Lorem ipsum</p> Assume all the header tags exist as se...

asp C# login problem

I am looking for a way to authenticate at multiple servers at the same time. One login for multiple sites ( a.com , b.com, c.com ) All the servers are on one network. Ldap authentication Thanks for the help ...

asp.net binding problem

Hello, I have in my code behind the following property public string Firstname {get;set;} when I want to bind it to some textbox I do the following: <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtFirstname" Text='<%# Bind("Firstname") %>'/> then I want value put in this textbox to be set in my Firstname property (because I want to process it ...

Passing Parameters to Sub Reports in RDLC Under VS 2010

Currently I'm working on a reporting website in VS 2010 using ASP.Net 4.0 and the 2010 RDLC designer. The report I'm building is similar to a Master-detail report, but I'm trying to do it with nested tables. My issue is that I'm trying to pass a field value from my main report to a sub report. The table setup looks something like this: ...

HTTPS does not work - Secure and Non secure data on web page?

Hello, I have a browser compatibilty problem with https? I have SSL installed and is in usage. Until today morning, my https part is working well. From then, Https is shown as https(with slashed in red color) saying the page has some insecure content. I have not changed any code and suddenly i see this problem in chrome. In IE 8, i see...

Exporting Entity Framework 4 Data Model to Entity Framework 3.5

Is there a way to export a EF 4.0 Data Model to EF 3.5? I looked around and found that we are not able to access EF 4.0 from a ASP.Net 3.5 project here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2876887/using-entity-framework-4-0-in-a-net-3-5-application Our project is the 1st to go to .Net 4.0 using Entity Framework and we (the team) were wo...

LINQ to SQL advice - why won't it work?

I'm trying to write a LINQ query that that simply gets the count of rows where a variable ('id') is equal to the JOB_GROUP statement. Problem is, Visual Studio is returning an error on the ; at the end, saying 'Only assignment calls.....may be used as a statement'. Is there anything obvious wrong with my query? var noofrows = from s in ...

How jQuery spinner for ASP.NET postback (not Ajax) ?

Using VS 2010 here. Basically some of my linkbuttons kick off a long database query, how can I automagically display a spinner when the page is waiting for a postback? Mind you, this isn't an ajax postback, but a normal postback after clicking a server linkbutton. Thanks ...

Is it a recommended practice to send SMTP from with a C# TransactionManager transaction scope?

Trying to troubleshoot a questionable plugin a client is experiencing issues with in production, and one possible issue I see is the fact that they're sending SMTP synchronously from within our heavily-transacted C# web application. In the past I believe I've read or been told that sending SMTP synchronously from within a transaction is ...