I have here some example code (below) that I believe should work fine.
However, I get the error
Error    1    The call is ambiguous between the following methods or
properties:

I have a variable of SqlParameter type called parameter.
I need to find out what the original size is to compare it with the actual
size of my string.
parameter.size gives me the size of the string but not the size of the

i would like to store the compressed stream in a table
is there a way to convert the compressed stream to
a string or someother storeable data type
thanks

My application processes a file and updates the data into sql server.
The process takes around 30-90 seconds.I decided to put a timer to
display the user a label(making label visible false and true) with
message like "processing..." and do the other process using thread.

Does the TextWriterTraceListener class keep the log file it's responsible
for to a manageable size, or will it grow it until the system crashes with a
full disk? If the latter, what's the best way to maintain the log file?

I'm working on a project that have to load an display pcx-images in a
PictureBox-control. When I try to load the file with Bitmap.FromFile I get an
exception. Does anybody have an idea ?

Good Day.
Im new in Programming. Please help me about Dataset and Datareader.
I have couple of question.
1. What is the best way to insert/retrieve a data to SQL Server using

I set up a TextWriterTraceListener in the App.config file. I'd like to be
able to tell, programmatically, which file it's using. However, I don't seem
to be able to get at the initializeData attribute. The Attribute collection
attached to the TextWriterTraceListener is empty.

I have a problem about single quote search in C#.
I have 1 table:
ID     NAME     COMPANY
1      Sayre     One

I need to write some strings in text file, it consist 3 columns and it
must looks like:
ID    Name    Points
======================

I can't seem to get the extension methods using reflection... They just
don't want to show up. I've read that it is possible and even saw some code
to do it but it doesn't work ;/
If I use the standard method of getting the methods and pass various

i'm a newbie in C#. Was in programming many years ago with dBase/
Foxpro/Clipper and some VB.
Perhaps my thinking is still stuck in that kind of mindset..
here's something i'm stuck at..

Can one extend the type itself and not just an instance of the type?
So I have something, say, like
public static DateTime RawRead(this DateTime i, Stream s)
{

How do i concat two dictionaries aka the following sample:
   Dictionary<int, string> a;
   Dictionary<int, string> b;
   b.Add(a);

How do I create an object from a type? I don't need to actually do anything
with the object. My code actually uses the object to get only type info
rather than anything specific about the object. (its because I'm passing
around objects instead of types)