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LINQ Enumerable Class Methods with Examples

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:06:07 GMT

The System.Linq.Enumerable class provides a set of static methods which enable to query objects that implement IEnumerable<T>. The methods of LINQ enumerable class allow to implement the standard query operators over the data source that follow the LINQ pattern at the back end. You can easily implement the LINQ based traversal, filter, and projection over the data source sequence using these standard query operator methods.

C# LINQ Enumerable.GroupBy Method

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:03:48 GMT

The GroupBy method of System.Linq.Enumerable class enables to group the elements of a sequence. The overloaded functions of GroupBy method allows to pass the Group key value to the method according to which you want to group the elements of the sequence. You can also use the IEqualityComparer

Using AJAX AutoComplete Extender 3.5 SP1 in ASP.Net 2.0

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:23:30 GMT

In latest version of AJAX Control toolkit AutoCompleteExtender includes 1 special property ShowOnlyCurrentWordInCompletionListItem. This property accepts Boolean value i.e. true or false that enables you to display auto complete words list related to current prefix words only. Don't worry if you are not in situation to install the latest frameworks

Using C# XmlNamespaceManager to AddNamespace

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:32:20 GMT

XMLNamespaceManager to read rss feed nodes with prefixes for example media: prefix for yahoo media namespace in video rss feeds.

Recent SQL Injection Attacks against Server

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:04:03 GMT

"For the last couple of days I've noticed that my server's been inundated with a huge number of unwanted requests." -Article shows how Rick Strahl solved the problem with IIS7.

Multilingual OCR

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:46:06 GMT

The challenges of accommodating multilingual OCR engines - and what does "multilingual" really mean anyway when it comes to technical implementation?

ASP.Net Youtube API Search Keyword

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:58:14 GMT

Parse the RSS Feed response of Youtube API search method using XmlNamespaceManager and XmlDataSource class object dynamically.

How to Build a Managed/Unmanaged Library

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:03 GMT

Working with an unmanaged static library - with that, you can build a managed C++ wrapper that exposes the functionality that you need. The C++ compiler does some fairly amazing things in terms of knowing when to do unmanaged/unmanaged transitions, but sometimes it does some surprising things that will cost. [Sample code included in the post]

Queuing up Your Remote Invokes

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:01:03 GMT

Serializing requests for remote invoke or multiple requests at will? Here is some sample code and a free download that can help with setting this up.

Tips on Creating Portable APIs

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:46:16 GMT

Five tips and hints on creating good portable APIs.

AJAX Cascading Dropdown Example using XML Data

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:36:03 GMT

learn how to use the XML data document to populate the data in associated dropdown controls of ASP.Net 2.0

BlogEngine.NET - Powerful, open source blog engine written in ASP.NET

Thu, 15 May 2008 01:16:12 GMT

When I decided to run a new blog, I was in a dilemma whether to write engine from scratch or to use some existing solution. Since I wanted to do it fast, I started to search and BlogEngine.NET grabbed my attention. It is an open source project written in ASP.NET 2.0, which was a good starting point for me. Since I use Microsoft technologies in my everyday work it was easy to customize the solution.

Hygenic ADO.Net Connection Usage

Fri, 02 May 2008 11:55:47 GMT

Improve the connection pooling performance in ADO.Net connection usage

Designing a Data Access Layer for ASP.Net Applications

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:58:11 GMT

Follow the Design patterns to get more from ADO.Net

ASP.Net 2.0 C# DateTime IFormatProvider Using ParseExact

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:53:15 GMT

methods to convert the DateTime format using IFormatProvider

.NET 3.5 Framework Distribution Size

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:46:03 GMT

....This is certainly an issue that's making me think twice - at least right now - of using .NET 3.5 for vertical/desktop applications. Distribution sizes do matter and people are weary of downloading a 200 meg runtime in order to run an application that has a 2 meg footprint on its own.

FormatWith - String.Format Extension Method

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:31:02 GMT

My first and favorite extension method.

Javascript show Session timeout counter

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:31:56 GMT

Download code Introduction To display the remaining minutes as a counter for a Session to timeout on the webpage that will change after every minute and a message will be displayed when the Session timeout will be equal to 0 (zero). One thing to keep in consideration that the code pr...

Consuming .NET Web Services using XMLHTTP protocol

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:26 GMT

This article explains how to call a web service method using XmlHttp protocol encapsulated by javascript XmlHttpRequest object.

Accessing data using Language Integrated Query (LINQ) in ASP.NET WebPa

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:19:23 GMT

This article comprises of two parts; Part 1 deals with the introduction to LINQ and LinqDataSource control in ASP.NET and describes how to define and retrieve an in-memory data collection and display data in a web page. Part 2 explains how to create entity classes to represent SQL Server database and tables using Object Relational Designer and display data in a web page using LinqDataSource control.

Using Custom BasePage Class in ASP.Net

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:31:03 GMT

This article explains the implementation of custom BasePage class in ASP.Net projects. Also, it discusses some of the sample scenarios where it can be used like adding meta tags using basepage and error handling using basepage.

ASP.NET Tips: Working with large SQL tables

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:11:24 GMT

Large Database tables and how to handle them and why.

Security Permissions of Windows Vista for Visual Studio 2005

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:18:07 GMT

Solutions to solve the problem of "The project is not configured to be debugged"

ASP.Net Upload image to Database

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:53:32 GMT

Learn how to upload image to the database table field in ASP.Net

ScottGu tells about the new IIS7 Admin Pack

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:16:03 GMT

"Last week the IIS team shipped the first technical preview of some really cool administration modules that I think web developers will find super useful." Database Manager, Log Reports, Configuration Editor, Request Filtering UI, .NET Authorization, FastCGI UI