Hi Tdar,
Yes, you can import namespace into the page code like the following:
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.SqlClient"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
Dim cnStr As String
cnStr =
ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("SilverQueen_Main_SystemConnectionStr
ing1").ConnectionString
Dim SqlConnection1 As New Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection(cnStr)
Dim backUpDB As SqlClient.SqlCommand
backUpDB = New SqlClient.SqlCommand
backUpDB.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
backUpDB.CommandText = "BackUpDBSproc"
backUpDB.Connection = SqlConnection1
'not sure if this is how to add parameter need to figure this out
backUpDB.Parameters.Add("tranid", SqlDbType.Int).Value = intYear
SqlConnection1.Open()
backUpDB.ExecuteNonQuery()
'have to find out how to get a single response back from the sql sp...
SqlConnection1.Close()
%>
</body>
</html>
For more information, please check the following link:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/eb44kack.aspx
Kevin Yu

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TdarTdar - 05 Jan 2006 16:30 GMT
could it not be done global from say web.config?
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Kevin Yu [MSFT] - 06 Jan 2006 03:33 GMT
HiTdar,
Sorry, but No, it has to be done within every file.
Kevin Yu

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