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Create stored procedures with Output parameters and return values and use them in .NET

Recently, I had a requirement to put together a website that deals with taking somewhat elaborate financial surveys. While the questions and answers themselves are good candidates for being database driven, there were a large number of nuiances ranging from UI items, business rules, and calculations that just didn't fit into a database driven strategy. With this in mind, my initial strategy was to create version specific classes and reference them in version specific ASP.NET pages. Of course, this accomplished the initial requirement. However, whenever a new version needs to be implemented, I had to copy all of the ASP.NET pages and modify the references to the appropriate version specific class name. Refactoring provides a better alternative and here's how:

In this code snippet we're going to provide will enable you to add text to an image in memory. One use for this code may be to open a file on the file system and add some text to the image, then stream the image out to the user. This could come in handy if you want to create navigational buttons for your Web site dynamically based on a request or dynamically create banners via .Net code.

The CLR provides a security model which is layered on top of that provided by the underlying operating system. It acts as another "hurdle" one must cross in order to access various resources and services.

A complete ASP.NET 2.0 Notepad Web application example (with source code). Explains Forms, sign in process, some complex SQL queries and new HiddenField ASP.NET 2.0 server control.

A complete ASP.NET 2.0 Notepad Web application example (with source code). Explains Forms, sign in process, some complex SQL queries and new HiddenField ASP.NET 2.0 server control.

Explains the authentication process and how to set up authentication and authorization, create and manage roles and apply access rules to the ASP.NET.

Explains the authentication process and how to set up authentication and authorization, create and manage roles and apply access rules to the ASP.NET.

Datasets store a copy of data from the database tables. However, Datasets can not directly retrieve data from Databases. DataAdapters are used as a link between them. This tutorial explains how to manipulate data in database using DataSet and DataAdapter objects.