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SQL Server Side Paging With A Validated Dynamic Order By

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:05:45 GMT

So this is what it has come to anymore. Everyone is all about server side paging via SQL Server. As well they should be! It is so much faster and more efficient than having ADO or ADO.NET bring back a ton of records and then chop it to page it. However, there has always been some problems when trying to accomplish this task, especially using a SQL database that is pre 2005.

InfoPanel v1.0 - The site wide messaging system control

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:21:06 GMT

If you have read any of my previous posts on site wide user notification patterns and controls, then you may know where this is going. I have compiled a server control to bring this functionality to the fingertips of my fellow ASP.NET developers!

The Dummy Provider: Testing membership and roles

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:19:19 GMT

Asp.net has a wonderful system built in for handling user accounts and roles. The administration interface is encapsulated in a separate web site that can be accessed from within Visual Studio but it is difficult to integrate into the site. This often leads to building a new user administration area in each site. The problem I have with this is going into the data store and deleting the incomplete test data and not having "known good" data for testing.

The private access modifier can do that?

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:06:57 GMT

If you look up accessibility levels on the MSDN web site, it will tell you that the accessibility of the private access modifier is limited to the containing type. I ran into an instance that showed me the direct meaning of this statement.

LINQ Distinct, a DataTable and the IEqualityComparer<T>

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:29 GMT

In a recent situation I was trying to pull some aggregates out of a DataTable using LINQ. I needed to get the rows of the DataTable with a Distinct clause, but my aggregates would be on other columns of the row.

WebService Documentation: Using a custom Site Map

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:34:09 GMT

How to use a custom SiteMapProvider to build a menu of WebMethods in a WebService.

WebService Documentation: Using a custom template

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:03:49 GMT

How to replace the default web service documentation asmx page with custom page.

The returning event delegate

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:44:28 GMT

An article about using a return type with delegates/events and the result.

The woes of SourceForge.net and SVN

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:37:16 GMT

A little information about the MergeInfo not supported message with Tortoise 1.5.x and previous versions of SVN servers like SourceForge.net

Beyond Generics, Interfaces, Providers and You : IReadByParentId

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:10:32 GMT

A follow up article about adding interfaces to get a collection of object by a parentId using the generic interface provider model pattern.

Generics, Interfaces, Providers and You - Part 4: Building the Classes

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:57:30 GMT

The 4th and final part in a series about using generic interfaces in a provider model.

Generics, Interfaces, Providers and You - Part 3:IProviderCollection

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:56:19 GMT

Generics, Interfaces, Providers and You - Part 3:IProviderCollection & IProviderRepository... Part 3 in a series about using generic interfaces in a provider model.

Generics, Interfaces, Providers and You - Part 2:IDataObject

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:24:43 GMT

Part 2 in a series about using generic interfaces with the provider model.

Generics, Interfaces, Providers and You - Part 1:Getting Started

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:40:48 GMT

An article about using generics and interfaces with the provider model

The DropDownList, the DataBind and the Missing Value

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:33:21 GMT

This covers a control to help handle the ArgumentOutOfRangeException that happens when a DropDownList has the SelectedValue data bound and the value is not in its items collection.

Using Classes To Fight CSS Class Explosion

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:16:04 GMT

You might think that really stylable HTML needs classes all over the place. That's not true, thanks to descendant selectors, which let you target elements inside a parent element.

Enum - the good, the bad, the ugly and how to kill them

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:10:25 GMT

A method of using objects intstead of enums in code.

Strongly Typed Dynamic User Controls

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:11:24 GMT

A short way to display and consume strongly typed user controls.

Reflecting your assemblies in an ASP.Net web site

Thu, 29 May 2008 05:51:16 GMT

If you have ever tried to use reflection in a web site project and found that it would not work because some assemblies are not loaded yet... here is a simple solution.

Extending the ASP.Net Security model to use rights : Part Four - Right

Wed, 28 May 2008 06:23:34 GMT

The last part in a four part series on extending the asp.net security model to use rights. This covers the RightPermission and how to use it, with the rightAttribute, to secure methods so only users with the corerct right can run the method.

Extending the ASP.Net Security model to use rights : Part Three

Tue, 27 May 2008 04:20:10 GMT

Part three of the "Extending the ASP.Net Security model to use rights" series. It covers the RightAttribute that can be appiled to secure the code by a Right instead of a role.

Extending the ASP.Net Security model to use rights : IHttpModule

Fri, 23 May 2008 05:56:02 GMT

Part 2 on extending the asp.net membership and roles system to include and use rights with a custom Principal. This covers the IHttpModule needed to get the custom Principal into the current request.

Extending the ASP.Net Security model to use rights : Part one - IPrinc

Fri, 23 May 2008 05:52:26 GMT

An article on extending the asp.net membership and roles system to include and use rights with a custom Principal.

Using Database Projects for Visual Studio

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:31:04 GMT

Do you use database projects in Visual Studio? If not, then now is a good time to start. It is the best way I have found to source control my databases without actually sticking the database file itself in the repository.

Using The Event Model: Throwing and Handling Custom Events

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:09:51 GMT

If you haven't tried using the event model in .NET you don't know what you're missing. If this is the case, then I'm glad you're here. Events are a very nice way to add flexibility to your projects.