ASP.NET AJAX CollapsiblePanelExtender - Tips and Tricks

Here are some useful tricks for the AJAX collapsible panel. I wanted to programmatically expand the collapsible panel but only succeed it when I set CollapsiblePanelExtender1.ClientState = "false";

http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=230

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samitha

XLSExport

A CLR procedure utilizing the NPOI library to export the results of a passed stored procedure to an Excel spreadsheet. read more cheers samitha

Choosing the Right Join

What do SQL joins and the "teach a man to fish" Chinese proverb have in common? SQL joins, like regular expressions, are one of those commonplace programming tasks in which true success is entirely dependent upon your ability to conceptualize the outcome. Fail to do so and you'll likely wind up spending a few hours in a frustrating round of trial and error. Like regular expressions, the proliferation of online examples has actually contributed to the frustration, providing the equivalent of a day's worth of fish rather than the proverbial fishing pool

read more
http://www.developer.com/db/3-sql-join-concepts-to-help-you-choose-the-right-join.html

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samitha

Index Management

This article demonstrates an Index Management strategy to tackle day to day performance issues due to improper indexes.   read more http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Indexing/68079/  cheers samitha

Encrypting Custom Configuration Sectionsa

This includes both the connection string and machine key sections.  See Scott Guthrie's post for some good references.  Note that if your application runs in a clustered environment you will need to share a custom key using the RSA provider as described in an MSDN article.

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samitha