Okay, nothing profound or earth-shattering, but I see this question asked so often in the forums that I figured I'd create a blog post about it. That way, the next time someone asks this question I can simply point them here. ;-)
Continue reading "How to Validate User Input With Values From a Database"
You may have noticed that in an ASP.NET application, whenever you access a property in a user's profile, the last activity date is automatically updated for that user. This may not the behavior you want, especially when you're dealing with users who are offline. Here's why it happens, and how to alter this default behavior.
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Tired of bitching about Oxite? Here's a new MVC sample application to sink your teeth into -- an MVC version of the famous TheBeerHouse Starter Kit.
Continue reading "TheBeerHouse MVC Beta Now on CodePlex"
Anonymous identification is an wonderful feature for allowing ASP.NET applications to store personalized information for unauthenticated users; but if you aren't careful, you'll eventually end up with thousands (or even millions!) of unused records clogging your database, hogging resources, and slowing your app to a crawl. Here's a handy way to keep that runaway database under control when using anonymous identification.
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Microsoft doesn't make garage door remotes. Aren't you glad?
Continue reading "Instructions Made Easy the MSDN Way"
This warning ("The project location is not trusted") may crop up in Visual Studio when attempting to add an existing project to a solution. Normally, this happens when the project is on a UNC path. But what if the project isn't on a UNC path or in a mapped network folder, and you're still getting this error? Here's the most likely cause, and how to fix it.
Continue reading "The Project Location Is Not Trusted (When It Really Is)"
Implementing a master/detail editing-inserting-deleting interface using the ListView is not much different than doing it with a GridView. Here's a quick tutorial that shows how it's done.
Continue reading "Master / Detail Editing With a ListView and DetailsView"
Perhaps you've seen complex solutions for moving ASP.NET-generated hidden fields (__EVENTVALIDATION, __EVENTTARGET, __EVENTARGUMENT, etc...) to the bottom of the form. Forget it. Here's the easy way to do it -- in a single line of code.
Continue reading "Moving ASP.NET Hidden Fields to the Bottom - The EASY Way"
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