First of all let me apologise for this is a somewhat general question to
which I would be interested in any opinions.
As far as I can see when I create a web application the recommended location
for the database is the app_data folder.  The recommended location for code

Problem is when a client experiences a sql error on an update command
they get a blank popup (on localhost you see the sql error).  I would
like to show them the error in that popup- rather then handling it
another way.  Also- can you disable the popups all-together?  I would

Hey all, I need to add a hyperlinkcolumn to a datagrid, but the path
(DataNavigateUrlFormatString) is dynamic, since the page lists files in
directories. The folder name to list is stored in a variable (strPath).
The code that I tried is: DataNavigateUrlFormatString='<%#strPath

Hi;
I have to store final reports for later viewing. If the reports are html and
have images I also have to have a way to return the images too.
What is the best way to do this? I was thinking that I store each image in

I have a createuserwizard control on my web form. When the user registration
fields are filled out correctly, and the user then presses the return key
instead of clicking the 'create user' button, the browser seems to default
to the first asp control on the web page  instead of ...

i am hoping that someone may be able to help me...  i have been writing
vb.net pages using visual web developer.  they all work fine locally
however when i upload to the server i get the following error:
Compiler Error Message: BC30037: Character is not valid.

I have developed a standard .NET control which displays medical images and
works fine in applications, but increasingly, my customers are wishing to use
it in an ASP.NET environment, so I am looking to make a WebControl based
equivalent.  [If I'm missing something important, and ...

I am working with an asp.net 1.1 web application.
Do I have to rebuild the whole application and deploy the compiled DLL
to my production server everytime I modify a single aspx page?
Is there a way to not re-compile (or rebuild) the whole application

I keep getting the following error message:
InvalidOperationException: There is already an open DataReader associated
with this Connection which must be closed first.
I have read up about it and realise that you can only have one DataReader

I have encountered a really weird problem -- probably it is obvious to
someone but not to me. I hoep someone can give me a clue.
I am implementing some code straight out of the book "ASP.NET 2.0 for
Dummies".  I just copied the code onto an IIS server with the 2.0 .NET

I have a GridView which is bound to a standard DataSet on Page_Load.
E.g
Grid.DataSource = dataSet;
Grid.DataBind();

I'm trying to create user tables in my own database to use on my web site. I
was able to create all of tehe aspnet_[TblName] in my database but when I run
the admin web site and try to connect using the AspNetSqlRoleProvider and
AspNetSqlMembershipProvider  I get the following ...

is it possible to put a windows control on an asp.net page? I need a windows
listbox on an asp.net page to store objects in it. the listbox control of
asp.net can't store objects (only strings).
thank you very much

I've bought the book "ASP.NET 2.0 website programming, Problem, Design,
Solution" and some of its code examples is this code:
protected static string ConvertNullToEmptyString(string input)
{

I've been trying out SqlCacheDependency using the ObjectDataSource and SQL
Server 2005. It all works quite well with the minimum of configuration, e.g.
<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsAccounts" runat="server" ...
EnableCaching="true" SqlCacheDependency="CommandNotification">