I am trying to create/use a SQL Server Linked Server definition from
ASP.NET in order to transfer data from a SQL Server db to a 'local'
MSDE database.  The linked server definition is created OK, but I have
to do a 'refresh' from the Enterprise Manager in order to get my

I use a .NET windows application that reads a dbf file. It uses a
DataAdapter to fill the datatable with the dbf file content. No problems in
most of the clients and also no problems with that in my machine or our
development environment (Windows XP SP1 or SP2). But there are ...

I'm developing an application that needs to put 'money' (currency) values
into ANY OF Access, MS-SQL Server, and/or Oracle databases.  Because they
all
have their own way of supporting 'Money' and .NET only gives us the

Hey everyone!
I'm trying to use SQLDMO to programmatically attach a database.    I
have a problem when the file name includes a space character, for
example: @"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

I've looked everywhere and haven't found anybody with the same problem I am facing.
I load a datagrid upon open the web page with data.  I have soting by asc/desc working when the user clicks the datagrid headers.
The users can also select filtering criteria via dropdowns on the ...

Using Access 2003, Visual studio.net 2003
I want to allow a user to insert an apostrophe into a text field within
a database, the problem is I get an error when I do this via ado.net,
also if I directly type the text into the field within the table with

I have been thinking about a problem for some time, and i'd like to throw it
open to the newsgroups in case someone has come across a similar situation.
I have a C# .Net 2.0 web application with a very large server-side dataset
(i.e. can only be 1 in memory).

I've been looking int adding support for the Oracle ODP into an
application. The problem is that the
OracleCommandBuilder.DeriveParameters method isn't supported. I would
have thought that this would be considered indispensable, but... guess

I cannot open the sample code for the book "Pro ADO.NET with VB.Net 1.1." I
get a message:
"Unable to read the project file "WinSample.vbproj'. The project
'WinSample.vbproj' was created with a newer version of Visual Studio which

WHat is the best way to parse an XML file to XLS.  Is there someway i can
use VB.NET / VBA to read from the XML file and pass the info on to the excel
file.  In other words, i would want ti be able to move specific info from
the XML file to the Excel file.

I was using access 2000 database and it hasn't password protection.Now I'm
using access
2003 database and password(123456) in the same application.
I want to create dataadapter via wizard but after determining database jet

hey guys, as in the example below - where the '$' sign can be formatted in the Databinder.Eval Method
is there a formatting that can supress any zero values from displaying?
or am i gonna have to use OnItemDataBound and pass a handler?
thanks

Is it possible to create a datatable that is an Inner Join of two existing
datatables in a Dataset. If so, how do you do so?
Thank You
Prasun

The way it's been in Delphi for ages.
Or the only way to implement this functionality is to use business objects ?
Thanks,
Igor

People, I am at my wit's end.
I am using the exact code from
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/071002-1.aspx
And yet, the code does not manage to update the database. When I go to