Connecting to a SQL database from ASP .NET I - ASP.NET tutorial

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This tutorial uses DataReaders to read the data from a Microsoft Access Database in Visual Studio .Net 2003. ASP.NET web application is used in this tutorial so at the end you will have a web page that derives its data from an Access database.

This article begins with an examination of a typical data-driven ASP application and then explains how to do a minimalistic port from ASP to ASP.NET and steps and tips on converting your application fully to ASP.NET. Topics covered: Running ASP and Microsoft ASP.NET on the same Web server, Examining a common ASP application, and Porting the ASP application to ASP.NET.

Need to create a wrapper for ActiveX and use it in ASP.NET? The advantage is these wrappers don't require registration of ActiveX on server. Just copy it, allowing for easy deployment on remote servers. Even run ActiveX on shared hosting.

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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: