Can one of the gurus tell me if it is possible (and how) to do it in
c#?
I have a method that processes web requests using XmlTextReader. There
are many kinds of requests and a fair amount of code is repetitive

If I have a list collection that I set up and use and then want to
re-initialize it, can I just do a "new" again or do I need to get rid of it
first.
For example:

I have an application that I am encrypting the connection strings on the
first run of the application.  I am using clickonce to deploy the
application, so this was a good solution as the application is immediately
run and the config file is encrypted immediately.  How ever, when ...

We are doing a project that needs to normalize addresses.  Is there anything
out there that does that already?
For example,
We need to look at addresses, such as:

How do I convert a string value 5.3 to a number for comparision in vs2003
e.g
5.3 >= 5.1
3.9 <= 5.3

If I have a class that instantiates IDisposable objects for the lifetime of
my object, does that mean I always "have to" implement IDisposable as well
to dispose them?  (Assuming I have no other reason to be disposable myself.)
If so, is there an easy way to know which objects ...

I have the following class which gets this error when I compile it
using C# 2.0:
'System.Nullable<System.DayOfWeek>' does not contain a definition for
'Monday'

Is there a way to the following in one statement?
                   parameter = new SqlParameter("@" + "SortOrder",
SqlDbType.TinyInt);
                   parameter.Value = Convert.ToInt32(tf.SectionNumber);

Can anyone recommend a good online tutorial for someone trying to pick up C#
for the first time?  I'm coming from a VBA (Access, mostly) and VB6
background, so I don't even have basic CLR knowledge, so I'd be looking for
pretty much a ground-up approach, but without the usual ...

I would like to be able to  select the object used to Deserialize an XML
string based on the XML itself.
I need to do this because the XML is being read from a database and there
are a number of different objects. The XML is being inserted into the

Is there any way to perform a non blocking read from a child process's
standard error? I tried using the StandardError property of the
System.Diagnostics.Process class without success. According to the
documentation the StreamReader.Read(char[], int, int) function should not

The Marshal.Copy statement in the following code block generates an
"Attempted to read or write protected memory.  This is often an
indication that other memory is corrupt." error.  This happens when
the bitmap.PixelFormat is set to Format4bppIndexed (I've set to this

Hello NG,
is it possible, to localize the name of a anonymos type?
In my application I am creating a list of anonymos typed sturcture like:
var myObject = new

I would like to learn c++/c#.net.
I'm comfortable with c, and have taught it when I was in grad school but
that was a number of years ago.
I've downloaded MS Visual C# 2008 Express.

1) You can't add a reference to system.win.forms to a SQL Server
Project
2) You can't add a referenceto a non-SQL Server Project to a SQL
Server Project