I have question regarding good practice. In the business layer I have
created, one object represents one part of the system. For example, if
I am manipulating clients, an instance of a 'client class' is
created. Sometimes I need to manipulate all clients in the database.

I would like to return one specific value from an SQLDataSource configured
to a table with an SQL Command selecting a specific value.
It would be the equilivant of ExecuteScalar in OLEDB.
Replies with code would be appreciated.

I just experienced some weird behavior and I wonder (1) if anyone has
experienced this, (2) if it is normal, and (3) if I'm interpreting it
correctly.
Bascially, I was having a problem getting data from the Cache object.

I have downloaded the freely available express edition of Visual Web
Developer. If I develop an application using this, will I be able to
market my product for commercial purposes without having any license
problem??

We are about to go online with an ASP.Net site. We have found that it
is easiest for us to use windows-1252 content encoding, since that
solves our problems with some special characters. Are there some
general disadvantages about using this codepage (most sites I know use

I have the following code in a web form which use a connection to SQL Server
2000. I use this form to display a list of products from a table. The
connection string to the database server is stored in web.config file.
public partial class VizualizareProduse : System.Web.UI.Page

I am porting an existing PHP application to ASP.NET. Everything works OK,
however IIS returns HTTP 400 - "Bad Request" error if the path or pathinfo
include the ' : ' (colon) symbol. Something like:
/MyApp/Xyz:123/MyPage.aspx

I am writing an ASP.NET 2.0 application that includes several pages with
textBoxes.  In all pages but one changes in the textBoxes can be retrieved
using the Text property of the textBox except one page.  One this particular
page the previous Text value always is shown in ...

Has something happened to being able to host Windows Form Controls built in
.Net 2.0?
If a create a simple user control in 1.1, drop it in my virtual directory
and set the object tag correctly everything works great. If I write the exact

Is it possible to perform calculations on data in your gridview in your
ASP, or do you need to do any calculations in the OnRowDataBound event?
Here is what I am trying to do :
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Target (%)"

Should these 3 items, .Net 2.0 Website, SQLServer 2005, Reporting Services
2005. all reside on the same computer?
I know that the website issues a configuration error saying it can't find
certain assemblies listed in the <assemblies> section of the web.config file

I've SQLExpress installed and running on my PC. The security tab still shows:
"There is a problem with your selected data store. This can be caused by an
invalid server name or credentials, or by insufficient permission. It can
also be caused by the role manager feature not being ...

I have a website where i'd like to display the following times
London
Hong Kong
New York

I have about 50 string constants that I put all of them in one file. I find
that it's too un-organized because I have to intellisense thru lots of
unrelated constant to get to the one I want. Is there a best practice for
organizing constant? Please share with me your thoughts and ...

I'm designing a medical record system and am considering using XML in the
database (native SQL Server XML datatype).  I'm looking for advise and
opinions as to whether my rational is good, and to get pros and cons of
different strategies.