By host on 6/5/2008 11:42 PM

Why NOT to use Sql Mail

The world's not a perfect place.  Never will be.  Really though, that's no cause to through ideals to the wind.  A recent client request seemed straightforward enough:  Create a web service to receive user data gathered from various web widgets, portals and desktop flash modules that a major media company was placing all over the place on behalf of their client, a major national brand.  The received data was to be stored in an SQL server database, and based on a client algorithm, emails were to be sent out at specified intervals containing some of the collected user data with the client’s value-added information.

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By host on 5/28/2008 10:23 AM

Fist Coding Adventure: How to use FindControl in FormView EditTemplate

While working on an ASP.Net 2.0 Project Management System, I needed to set the SelectedIndex property of some DropDownList controls.  The controls were contained in the EditItemTemplate of a FormView control.  The FormView was bound to an ObjectDataSource populated by a Generic List of Issue Objects (a custom type) . . .  The FindControl method in the FormView DataBound event failed to find the drop down lists . . . here's the solution . . .

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