I'm finally getting the hang of ASP.NET.
But one thing I still struggle with is when I want to open a page and pass
that page some information. Here are some choices I have:
1. Pass it as a query string. This works for some tasks. But for other

vwd 2005 express.
when editing the CUSTOM databinding of a text box in a FormViews
"ItemTemplate" I'd like to do this:
   Bind("[FirstName] & ' ' & [LastName]")

I've never done this before.  I have an ASP.Net 2.0 app running on an
internal server (no special permissions, wide open access within our
intranet.)  I added a page with a report viewer control.  The published
report itself runs fine when called through the Reporting Services

 In my ASP .net application in one of the pages I have to fire a process
that takes quite long to execute, my idea is to execute this using the fire
and forget pattern (let the page to process and respond, but start a worker
thread to execute the process, it takes 1 minute to ...

  I am looking for a hosting solution for my asp.net application. I found
that some ISP stated that session states are not preserved in a load
balancing system. As I know, if the asp.net is configured to save the
session states in SQL server or file system, it would be preserved ...

Where do I put the Option Compare statement (Option Compare Text) in an
asp.net page in order to compare string variables case insensitive? All I
get is error messages so far.

I see that I can create a List<string> list and bind it to a GridView
control (by setting the DataSource property to the list and calling the
DataBind method).
What's the trick to doing the same thing with my own classes instead of a

I need to send dynamic SQL commands to the database. For example:
update AffiliateAccount
(
   username,

My web host provider uses Windows Server 2003, IIS6, .Net Framework 2.0 and
SQL Server 2005. They have no firm plans to upgrade to .Net 3.5.
I create my website (www.dbtc.org) with (mostly) Expression Web and (some)
Visual Web Designer 2005 Express.

I have some HTML that is being sent via email through an ASP.NET app.
It displays fine in
yahoo mail but not in gmail or hotmail. Can anybody shed some light.
Here is a link to a sample page

I have a programming background in big iron: CICS, DB2. I am about ready to
take the plunge into the ASP.NET world. Does anyone out there have any good
suggestions for some real good ASP .NET books that will get me up to speed
pretty quick in terms of the ASP .NET fundamentals ...

OK this is not really a ASP.NET issue perse, however it is a Internet
Explorer issue.
I am trying to render tables using asp.net natively which is fine, but it
has exposed what looks like a failing in explorer.

On a asp.net web page, i have a text box and a button ('Submit') , the text
box has below contents
<SXPTaskUpdateOrAdd Revision="7.5.0" Source="India_Bharti">
<Task>

i need to check wether a cell of a gridview is empty or not. I did this:
Protected Sub GridView1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs) Handles GridView1.SelectedIndexChanged
Dim log1 As String

I am using GridView in my web form and binding DataTable in code
behind file as given below.
gvUsersList.DataSource = dtUserList;
gvUsersList.DataBind();