ASP .NET Web Developer s Guide - Mesbah Ahmed, Chris Garrett

680 Index

ISAPI. See Internet Server Application Programming Interface

IsBanned, 571, 648

ISBN, 522, 541, 556 supplying, 555 usage, 560

IsDefault, 365 IsEmptyElement, 365

ISP. See Internet Service Provider IsPostBack property, usage. See Pages Item, 365

capturing. See DataList control Command event, 132 function, 608

property, 602 Template, 132 ItemIndex, 314

ItemTemplate, 135, 137 Iterator object, 394

J

J++, 14

J2EE. See Java 2 Enterprise Edition

Java, 11, 24, 447, 456

support, 7

Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), 9

Java Server Pages (JSP), 7

JavaScript, 3, 24, 62, 120, 348

validation, 121. See also Client-side

JavaScript validation

Java-servlets, 518

Jet, 326

JIT. See Just-In-Time

JScript

developers. See .NET.Experience

JScript developers

programmers, 26

JScript.NET, 13

JSP, 518. See Java Server Pages Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation, 578

K

Key attribute, 179

Key-field, 97

L

Labels, usage, 103–106 Large-scale applications, 603 LastChild, 373

LastName, 571

LastRecord, 558

Legacy systems, XML interactions, 362 Length properties, 44

Let assignments, 27 level attribute, 211 Link buttons, usage, 141 LinkButton, 641, 645 List, 123

List box loading, script usage, 70–72 ListBox control, 85, 106

ListControl, 108, 141–142. See also Databound ListControls

abstract class, usage, 106–109 binding. See ArrayList examples, 132

ListPrice

element, 353, 358 node, 369

Load, 101

Local files, usage, 51 location (tag), 177, 214, 216 Logged-in administrator, 650 Logic errors, 419, 426

Log-in interface, construction, 621–628 loginCustomer, 519

page, creation, 544–545 LoginCustomers, 513 Long data types, 39

Lower-level configuration file, 177 Lower-level file, 175

M

machine.config, 174, 183 file, 176, 184, 212

machineKey tag, usage. See Encryption Machine-specific binary code, 14 Macromedia. See Ultradev

.majorversion properties, 22 Many-to-many table relationship, 504 Mark-up codes, 63

mBoardID variable, 601

MD5 hash algorithm, usage, 206 MD5 (value), 206

Member profile, editing, 638–640 Memo, datatype, 508

Memory implications, 233 resources, 269, 293

Message board, 568

browsing, 635–638 display, 488–490 transmission, 462

Message board creation, ADO/XML usage, 567

administrative interface, construction, 645–657

application design, 576–612 database, setup, 568–576 FAQs, 661–662

general functions, setup, 614–621 introduction, 568

solutions, 658–660

Index 681

user functions, creation, 638–644 MessageBinding, 461 MessageBoard class, 630

design, 611–612

Metatag. See HyperText Markup Language

Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE), 19, 28

Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), 14, 18, 37

Microsoft Management Console (MMC), 10, 13, 229

usage, 231, 239

Microsoft Message Queue, 7 Microsoft Office, 51

Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS), 7, 10

Middle child, 603

.minorversion properties, 22

MMC. See Microsoft Management Console

mode attribute, 191, 205 ModeratorID, 569 Moderators, 581

Modern Relational Database technology, 323

Modified URL, 241

Modules configuration, webRequestModule tag (usage). See Request

Mono, 14

MoveNext method, 394 MoveToAttribute(i) method, 365 MoveToContent()

method, 369 statement, 368

MoveToElement method, 365 MSAccess database, 569–572 MSDATA attributes, 478

MSDE. See Microsoft Data Engine

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MSDN documentation, 436

MSIL. See Microsoft Intermediate Language

MSSQL, 537 mThread variable, 644

MTS. See Microsoft Transaction Server Multi-line comments, 24

Multi-line text, 90

Multi-page bank account sign-up form, 228

Multiple languages, code conversion, 13–14

Multiple tables, viewing. See XmlDataDocument

Multiple-table views, 379 Multi-process environment, 233

N

Name, 475 property, 364

name attribute, 210, 212 acceptance, 213

name parameter, 270 name value, 203 namespace subtag, 189 Namespaces. See System

FAQs, 58–59 function, review, 36–37 introduction, 36

set. See System.Web.Services namespace set; System.Web.UI namespace

solutions, 56–57

understanding. See Root namespace

usage, 37. See also Client/browser communication; Data; eXtensible Markup Language files; Objects;

.VisualBasic namespace NavigateUrl property, 110

Nested controls, 100 Nested elements, 387

.NET, 11 class, 234

environment, 406 language code, 14 namespaces, 232 objects, 12 obtaining/installation, 19 technology, 13

usage. See eXtensible Markup Language document

.NET DLLs, 36

.NET Framework, 12, 13, 26, 421, 449 FAQs, 414–415

introduction, 348 solutions, 410–413 XML usage, 347

Net SDK Collection Class, 95

.NET-based modules, 26 Net.Commerce, 7

.NET.Experience JScript developers, 14 Netscape 4.72, 536

Netscape 4.x, ASP.NET server controls display, 536

Netscape Netsite server, 10 Network communication, 233 Network-handling functions, 12 newPageIndex property, 152 Nodes, values retrieval, 379–380 NodeType, 373

property, 364

Non-indexed default properties, 27 Non-windows platforms, 14 Normal default value, 288 Notepad, 4, 174

usage, 350, 356 nothing object, 287

Null, 246

Number, datatype, 508

O

objControl.GetType().ToString(), 621 Object Browser, usage, 436 Object-oriented (OO)

application, 581 approach, 577–578 objects, 582

Objects, 40–43. See also Application; Request; Response objects

browser, usage. See Definitions creation. See Data

design, 579

grouping, System.Collections namespace (usage), 43–44

supplied functionality, 43–44 hierarchy, 652

orientation, 14

ODBC. See Open DataBase Connectivity

OLE Object, datatype, 508 OleDb

connection string, 305

data connection object, 519 provider, 519

OleDbCommand, 307 object, 326, 332

OleDbConnection, 307 connection string, 310 OleDbDataAdapter, 307 OleDbDataReader, 307

object, 319

OLTP. See Online Transaction Processing

On Error Resume Next statement, 422 On Error statement, 421–423

Index 683

OnCancelCommand, 157 onclick event, 556 OnClick() event, 486 OnDataBinding, 101 OnDeleteCommand, 157 OnEditCommand, 157, 314 OnEditCommandEvent, 157

One-to-many table relationship, 504 One-to-one table relationship, 504 OnInit, 101

Online forms, 486

Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), 323

OnLoad, 101 OnPageIndexChanged, 152 OnRemove, 289

onSelectedIndexChanged attribute/event, 73

onserverchange attribute, 90 OnServerValidate property, 120 onServerValidate property, 119 OnSortCommand, 150 onsubmit(), 559 OnUpdateCommand, 157 OO. See Object-oriented

Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC), 3

connections, 476 Open Source projects, 22 Opera browser, 275 OperationBinding, 461 Option Explicit, 27

Option Strict On statement, 420 Oracle, 7, 327

OR_Date, 506

OrderBook, 513 orderBooks, 519 orderBooks.OrderItem, 556

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OR_ID, 505, 506 originUrl attribute, 211 OR_ShippedDate, 506

OutOfMemoryException, 425

Output Cache directive, usage.

See @ OutputCache directive Output caching, 266–267, 269–277, 294

advantages, 276–277 OutputBinding, 461 output_cache.aspx, 271 OverflowException, 425

P

Page, 101

Declarative statement, 79 @Page directive, 451 Page_Init, 77

Page.InitOutputCache method, 269 Page.IsPostBack, 72

Page-level DataList, 319 Page_Load, 77

event, 71–72, 77, 97, 108, 162, 281 usage, 368, 374, 408

method, 630, 640, 657 sub, 497

subroutine, 623 Page.Load event, 623 Page_Load() event, 377 Page_OnLoad event, 316 Page_PreRender event, 281

PagerStyle-HorizontalAlign, 152 Pages. See Active Server Pages

class file, 65

compilation. See ASP.NET directive, 434

directives, 76–77 events, 75

option, 181

IsPostBack property (usage), 72–73 navigation, 154–156

output, modification, 495–497 running. See ASP.NET tracing, 426–434

pages tag, usage. See Page-specific attributes

PageSize, 152

Page-specific attributes (setting), pages tag (usage), 181–182

Page_Unload, 77

Paging, providing. See DataGrid Parallel processing, 24 Parameterized stored procedure, 154 Parent, 101

Parent-child relationships, 356 Parentheses, usage, 27 passport subtags, 205, 206 Passwords, 176, 236, 569, 571

validating, 126–129 Password-type textbox, 90 path attribute, 214

Patterned strings, validating, 126–129 Payroll user control

consuming, 166–167 development, 164–166

Perl, 3–5, 117. See also Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

5, 7 Perl.NET, 13 Permissions, 208

Per-server basis, 174

Personal identification number (PIN), 230

PHP, 7, 518

PIN. See Personal identification number pnlAdd panel, understanding, 482–484

PnlThank,Thank-You panel (addition), 484

policyFile attribute, 210 Portable.NET, 14 POST, 16, 192

method, 17 parameters, 270

Post

class, design, 608–611 creation, 641–644 object, 603, 657

PostBack, role, 63 Postbacks, 166

PostList class, design, 606–608 Price, 146

Primitive types. See Standard primitive types

Primitives, arrays, 464

Priority option, usage, 288–289

Process model options (setting), processModel tag (usage), 195–200

processModel tag, usage. See Process model options

Product element, 353, 357–358 Product Name, 353, 367 Product nodes, 360

ProductId, 135–137, 146, 353 field, 158

usage, 358 ProductName, 130, 146

node, 368 Provider

attribute, 304, 310 property, 305

Proxy

classes. See Web Services Description Language

PUT, 192

Python, 13

Index 685

Q

Quasi-HTML, 628, 631, 635 Query

expressions, samples, 389–390 plan, optimization, 327 running, 276

usage. See eXtensible Markup Language document

Query Analyzer, 515 Querystring parameter values, 17

R

RAD. See Rapid Application Development

RadioButtonList control, 101, 106 RadioButtons, usage, 103–106 RangeValidator, 113–114, 128, 535

control, 118 Rank properties, 44

Rapid Application Development (RAD), 63

features, 11

Read() method, 364, 365, 368 Read-only forward-only cursor, 323 ReadOnly property, 158, 164 ReadState, 365

ReadString(), 368 ReadXml method, 408 ReadXmlSchema, 405

Real-time value verification, 62 RealXml, 405

recordCount, 558

Recordset. See firehose Recordset object, 53

usage, 301

Recursive procedure, 376 redirectUrl attribute, 206

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Register directive, 162

Registered users, 581 Regular Expressions, 4

support, 6

RegularExpression property, 115 RegularExpressionValidator, 113, 535

control, 115–117 Relational database, 502 Relational view, 378, 384

usage. See XmlDataDocument Remote database, access, 181 Remote procedure call (RPC), 448 remove attribute, 203

remove (processing directive), 189 remove subtag, 190, 192–193, 202, 207 removeCat, 528, 530

removeItem, 528–530 removeItemFromCart method, 556

RepeatColumn property, usage. See DataList

RepeatDirection attribute, 107

property, usage. See DataList Repeater code, 632

Repeater control, 52, 145, 628–631 data display, 132–135

events, capturing, 135–138 interaction. See DataBind usage, 635

Repeater server control, usage, 132–138 RepeaterCommandEventArgs, 136 Request

modules configuration, webRequestModule tag (usage), 202–203

objects, 21, 45–46 Request.Browser.Browser, 22

Request.Browser.Type property, 275 requestEncoding, default, 180

Requests mapping, httpHandlers tag (usage), 192–193

RequiredFieldValidator, 113, 535 control, 114–115

RequiredFieldValidators, 642 Resource buffering, 216 Response

buffering options, 181 messages, 63

objects, 45–46, 63, 427 responseEncoding, default, 180 Response.Write() method, 426–427 ReturnValue, 335

Reverse engineering, 356 Rexx, 3

Root element, 353, 355, 382

Root namespace, understanding, 38–43 supplied functionality, 38–43

Root node, 555

RowFilter property, 542, 545

RPC. See eXtensible Markup Language; Remote procedure call

Runtime

errors, 418, 420–426

options (setting), httpRuntime tag (usage), 194

Run-time display, 119 Run-time view, 114, 155

S

SAX. See Simple API for XML Schema, 352–353

documents, 356–360 Schema Generators, 348 Screen scrape, 12

Scripts

execution changes, 8 inclusion. See .aspx file tags, entering, 239

usage. See List box loading

SDK. See Service Definition Language;

Software Development Kit section tag, 212

sectionGroup, usage, 213 Security. See Connection strings

configuration, 179, 204–211

modules configuration, authenticationModules tag (usage), 207–208

policies mapping, securityPolicy tag (usage), 210–211

precautions, 28

securityPolicy tag, usage. See Security Select statement, 326

SelectedIndex property, 375 SelectedIndexChange events, 106 SelectedItem property, 72 SelectedItemTemplate, 139 SelectedItem.Value property, 647 SelectSingleNode function, 621 sellerAdmin, 518

Semi-static page, 292 SeparatorTemplate, 132

Server controls, 72. See also Form-type server controls; HyperText Markup Language;World Wide Web

AutoPostBack attributes, 73–77 FAQs, 171

features, 62–65 introduction, 62 mapping, 69 solutions, 168–171 states, preservation, 69

Index 687

usage, 68–69. See also HyperText Markup Language; Repeater server control

Server resources utilization, 268

Server resources, optimization, 268–269 Server Side Include (SSI), 4

Server user controls, creation. See Custom server user controls

ServerControl3.aspx, 73

Server.HTMLEncode, 45 Server.MapPath, 45 Server.MapPath(), usage, 486 Servers, communication, 448–460 Server-side code, 65, 90, 92

development, 118 Server-side controls, 113

Server-side processing, 17–18, 65–77.

See also ASP.NET Server-side programmability, 98 Server-side redirects, 8 Server-side scripting, 65 Server-side scripts, 75

tag, 120

Server-side validation, 120, 121 Server-side Web form components, 257 Server-side-only custom validator, 120 ServerValidateEventArgs class, 120 Service Definition Language (SDL), 461 ServiceDescription class, 461

Servlets technology, 7 Session

configuration, 241–243 events, usage, 243–245 information, 232 object, 97

userId value, 627 variable, 240

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usage, 545 Session ID, 15, 240 Session state, 63, 242

comparison. See Application state

configuration, sessionState tag (usage), 200–202

information, 26 understanding, 240–241

Session_OnStart event, 245 sessionState tag, usage. See Session state Set assignments, 27

setEditMode procedure, 157 SetSlidingExpiration method, 276 Settings, retrieval. See Configuration SGML, 350

SHA1 algorithm, usage, 206 SHA1 (value), 206

Short data types, 39 Show Price button, 375

showCart page methods, 556 showCatalog(), 559 showCatalog page methods, 556 showSelection

function, 142 procedure, 97, 142

ShowSummary, 123

Simple API for XML (SAX), 348

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), 6, 10

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), 9, 12, 51, 350, 443

contracts, 533 datatype, 464 headers, 456 message, 462

usage, 448, 460–461 SimpleType data structures, 357 Singleparagraph, 123

Site, 101

Site, construction/administration. See ADO.NET shopping cart

Sliding expiration, 287 slidingExpiration, 258 Smart cards, usage, 207

SMTP. See Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SOAP. See Simple Object Access Protocol

Socket, 211

Software Development Kit (SDK), 19 Sort methods, 44

SortByCategory, 431 SortByTime, 431 SortedList

creation/loading, 97 structure, 95–97

sortGrid sub-procedure, 150 Source data, 283

Splitter table, 504

SQL. See Structured Query Language SQL 2000, 317, 502

SQL database, 476 SQL mode, 518

SQL ORDER BY clause, 149 SQL Query, 406

Analyzer, 28, 573 SQL scripts, 581

SQL Server, 19, 52, 307–308, 330, 511 7.0 Northwind database, 406

2000 database, 502, 503 database, 475, 572–576 installation, 28

stored procedures, 327 usage, 313

Wizard, 513

SQL Server 2000, 300

SQL Statement, 324, 326, 541, 579 construction, 597–598, 646

usage, 589–590, 595, 599–601 SQL string, 132, 158

SqlClient

connection string, 305 namespace, 307

SqlCommand, 308 object, 332

SqlConnection, 308, 312 connection string, 310 object, 319

type, 322 SqlDataAdapter, 308 SqlDataReader, 308

SqlDbType enumeration, usage, 339 SqlDbTypes enumeration, 309 SQLServer database, 510–518

SSI. See Server Side Include Standard primitive types, 464 Start page, setting, 445

start.aspx page, creation, 556–558 Start-tag, 353, 355

State. See Application state; Session state example, 234–236

management, 229–231 State Bags, 16

State-full ASP Net controls, 63 State-full phenomenon, 68 State-full values, 97

State-less ASP controls, 63 Static texts, 75

Static values, 249–258 Static variables, 234, 249

counter, 252

setting, appSettings tag (usage), 179–180

Step Into, 435

Step Out, 435

Step Over, 435

Index 689

Stored procedures creation, 512–518 name, 324

strConnection property, 322 strConStr, 322

Strings, 38, 40 data type, 40 values, 38 variable, 22

Structs, 464 arrays, 464–465

Structured error handling, 423–426

Structured Query Language (SQL). See Dynamic SQL; Embedded SQL

server, 327 Sub-application, 176 Subject line, 475

Submit button, 64, 67, 230 event, 482

removal, 73

Submit Button Handler code, exploration, 484–488

Sun, 7, 9, 11

Supported connectivity. See ADO.NET Syntax errors, 418, 419

System

configuration, 179, 184–204 namespace, 38–43

System.Collections, 41, 43

namespace, usage, 594. See also Data; Objects

System.Configuration

.NameValueFileActionHandler class, 212

System.Data, 478

namespace, 37, 305–308, 476 usage. See Data

object, 52