One cool feature that I just love are the expression based columns in ADO.NET. I do not use them often but when I do find cause to use them, they are very useful. (Not to mention very cool.) One good use of expression columns in a DataSet is when you want to load a column into a DataGrid but you don

I love the neat little features. You know, the ones that aren't earth shattering but still get you excited over the simplicity involved. To me, the .NET 2.0 Framework's System.Configuration [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2a1tyt9s.aspx] namespace's ConfigurationManager [http:/

So far the VS.NET 2005 Releaes Candidate has ben a smooth ride. The install went very smooth, the app loaded with no hiccups and many of my beta 2 projects ran just fine. Of course, its still early, but I am happy so far. <growl>So now I want to jump into the September CTP of SQL Server 2005

Here is another quick example of how to send an email from a web page, this time using ASP.NET 2. (for ASP.NET 1.1, click here [https://www.johnpapa.net/blogs/john.papa/archive/2005/09/19/132248.aspx]) The code for the ASP.NET 1.1 technique [https://www.johnpapa.net/blogs/john.papa/archive/2005/09/

Here is a quick code example of how to send an email message from a web page using ASP.NET. First, I drew up a quick and dirty web page UI. <IMG src="/photos/jpapa/images/132245/original.aspx" border=0> I added some required field validator controls for the To, From and Message fie