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Contents

About the Author .................................................................................................. xxv
About the Technical Reviewer ............................................................................. xxvi
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................. xxvii
Introduction ....................................................................................................... xxviii
Part 1: Introducing .NET ...........................................................................................1
■ Chapter 1: The .NET Framework ..........................................................................3
The Evolution of Web Development .................................................................................3
HTML and HTML Forms ..........................................................................................................................3

Server-Side Programming ......................................................................................................................6
Client-Side Programming .......................................................................................................................7

The .NET Framework .......................................................................................................9
C#, VB, and the .NET Languages ..........................................................................................................11
The Common Language Runtime .........................................................................................................13
The .NET Class Library..........................................................................................................................14
Visual Studio.........................................................................................................................................15

The Last Word................................................................................................................16
■ Chapter 2: The C# Language ..............................................................................17
The .NET Languages ......................................................................................................17
C# Language Basics ......................................................................................................18
Case Sensitivity ....................................................................................................................................18
Commenting .........................................................................................................................................18
Statement Termination.........................................................................................................................19

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Blocks...................................................................................................................................................20

Variables and Data Types ..............................................................................................20
Assignment and Initializers ..................................................................................................................22
Strings and Escaped Characters ..........................................................................................................24
Arrays ...................................................................................................................................................24

Enumerations .......................................................................................................................................26

Variable Operations .......................................................................................................27
Advanced Math.....................................................................................................................................29
Type Conversions .................................................................................................................................29

Object-Based Manipulation ...........................................................................................31
The String Type ....................................................................................................................................32
The DateTime and TimeSpan Types .....................................................................................................34
The Array Type......................................................................................................................................36

Conditional Logic ...........................................................................................................37
The if Statement ...................................................................................................................................38
The switch Statement...........................................................................................................................39

Loops .............................................................................................................................40
The for Loop..........................................................................................................................................40
The foreach Loop..................................................................................................................................41
The while loop ......................................................................................................................................42

Methods.........................................................................................................................43
Parameters ...........................................................................................................................................44
Method Overloading .............................................................................................................................45
Optional and Named Parameters..........................................................................................................46
Delegates..............................................................................................................................................47

The Last Word................................................................................................................48
■ Chapter 3: Types, Objects, and Namespaces .....................................................49
The Basics About Classes..............................................................................................49
Static Members ....................................................................................................................................50

A Simple Class......................................................................................................................................51

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Building a Basic Class ...................................................................................................51
Creating an Object ................................................................................................................................53
Adding Properties .................................................................................................................................54
Automatic Properties ............................................................................................................................56
Adding a Method ..................................................................................................................................56
Adding a Constructor............................................................................................................................57
Adding an Event....................................................................................................................................59
Testing the Product Class.....................................................................................................................60

Value Types and Reference Types.................................................................................63
Assignment Operations ........................................................................................................................63
Equality Testing ....................................................................................................................................64
Passing Parameters by Reference and by Value ..................................................................................64
Reviewing .NET Types ..........................................................................................................................65

Understanding Namespaces and Assemblies................................................................67
Using Namespaces ...............................................................................................................................68
Importing Namespaces.........................................................................................................................69
Assemblies ...........................................................................................................................................70

Advanced Class Programming.......................................................................................71

Inheritance............................................................................................................................................71
Static Members ....................................................................................................................................73
Casting Objects.....................................................................................................................................74
Partial Classes ......................................................................................................................................76
Generics................................................................................................................................................77

The Last Word................................................................................................................79
Part 2: Developing ASP.NET Applications...............................................................81
■ Chapter 4: Visual Studio.....................................................................................83
The Promise of Visual Studio .........................................................................................83
Creating Websites..........................................................................................................84
Creating an Empty Web Application .....................................................................................................85

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Websites and Web Projects ..................................................................................................................89
The Hidden Solution Files .....................................................................................................................90
The Solution Explorer ...........................................................................................................................91
Adding Web Forms ...............................................................................................................................92
Migrating a Website from a Previous Version of Visual Studio.............................................................93

Designing a Web Page...................................................................................................95
Adding Web Controls ............................................................................................................................96
The Properties Window ........................................................................................................................98

The Anatomy of a Web Form .......................................................................................100
The Web Form Markup .......................................................................................................................100
The Page Directive..............................................................................................................................101
The Doctype........................................................................................................................................102
The Essentials of XHTML ....................................................................................................................104

Writing Code ................................................................................................................110
The Code-Behind Class ......................................................................................................................110
Adding Event Handlers .......................................................................................................................110
Outlining .............................................................................................................................................112
IntelliSense .........................................................................................................................................113
Code Formatting and Coloring ............................................................................................................117

Visual Studio Debugging..............................................................................................118
The Visual Studio Web Server ............................................................................................................118
Single-Step Debugging.......................................................................................................................119
Variable Watches................................................................................................................................124

The Last Word..............................................................................................................125
■ Chapter 5: Web Form Fundamentals................................................................127
The Anatomy of an ASP.NET Application .....................................................................127
ASP.NET File Types.............................................................................................................................128
ASP.NET Application Directories.........................................................................................................129

Introducing Server Controls .........................................................................................130
HTML Server Controls.........................................................................................................................131

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Converting an HTML Page to an ASP.NET Page..................................................................................131
View State ..........................................................................................................................................134
The HTML Control Classes..................................................................................................................135
Adding the Currency Converter Code .................................................................................................138
Event Handling....................................................................................................................................140
Behind the Scenes with the Currency Converter................................................................................142
Error Handling.....................................................................................................................................144

Improving the Currency Converter...............................................................................144
Adding Multiple Currencies ................................................................................................................145
Storing Information in the List ............................................................................................................146
Adding Linked Images ........................................................................................................................147
Setting Styles .....................................................................................................................................150

A Deeper Look at HTML Control Classes......................................................................151
HTML Control Events ..........................................................................................................................151
Advanced Events with the HtmlInputImage Control ...........................................................................152
The HtmlControl Base Class ...............................................................................................................154
The HtmlContainerControl Class.........................................................................................................155
The HtmlInputControl Class ................................................................................................................155

The Page Class ............................................................................................................156
Sending the User to a New Page ........................................................................................................157
HTML Encoding...................................................................................................................................158

Application Events .......................................................................................................160

The global.asax File............................................................................................................................161
Additional Application Events .............................................................................................................162

ASP.NET Configuration ................................................................................................163
The web.config File ............................................................................................................................163
Nested Configuration ..........................................................................................................................164
Storing Custom Settings in the web.config File .................................................................................166
The Website Administration Tool (WAT) .............................................................................................168

The Last Word..............................................................................................................170

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■ Chapter 6: Web Controls ..................................................................................173
Stepping Up to Web Controls . .....................................................................................173
Basic Web Control Classes . .................................................................................................................174
The Web Control Tags...........................................................................................................................175

Web Control Classes . ..................................................................................................176
The WebControl Base Class..................................................................................................................177
Units . ....................................................................................................................................................179
Enumerations .......................................................................................................................................179
Colors . ..................................................................................................................................................180
Fonts. ....................................................................................................................................................181
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Focus . ...................................................................................................................................................183
The Default Button................................................................................................................................183

List Controls. ...............................................................................................................184
Multiple-Select List Controls . ..............................................................................................................185
The BulletedList Control .......................................................................................................................187

Table Controls. ............................................................................................................188
Web Control Events and AutoPostBack . .....................................................................193
How Postback Events Work. ................................................................................................................197
The Page Life Cycle ..............................................................................................................................198

A Simple Web Page. ....................................................................................................201
Improving the Greeting Card Generator. ..............................................................................................206
Generating the Cards Automatically . ...................................................................................................208

The Last Word. ............................................................................................................211
■ Chapter 7: Error Handling, Logging, and Tracing.............................................213
Common Errors. ..........................................................................................................213
Exception Handling . ....................................................................................................215
The Exception Class .............................................................................................................................215
The Exception Chain .............................................................................................................................217

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Handling Exceptions ....................................................................................................218
Catching Specific Exceptions .............................................................................................................219
Nested Exception Handlers.................................................................................................................221
Exception Handling in Action..............................................................................................................222
Mastering Exceptions .........................................................................................................................224

Throwing Your Own Exceptions ...................................................................................224
Logging Exceptions......................................................................................................229
Viewing the Windows Event Logs.......................................................................................................229
Writing to the Event Log .....................................................................................................................232
Custom Logs.......................................................................................................................................234
A Custom Logging Class .....................................................................................................................236
Retrieving Log Information .................................................................................................................237

Page Tracing................................................................................................................239
Enabling Tracing.................................................................................................................................240
Tracing Information ............................................................................................................................240
Writing Trace Information...................................................................................................................246
Application-Level Tracing...................................................................................................................250

The Last Word..............................................................................................................252
■ Chapter 8: State Management .........................................................................253
The Problem of State ...................................................................................................253
View State....................................................................................................................253
The ViewState Collection....................................................................................................................254
A View State Example.........................................................................................................................254
Making View State Secure .................................................................................................................255
Retaining Member Variables ..............................................................................................................257
Storing Custom Objects ......................................................................................................................259

Transferring Information Between Pages ....................................................................260
Cross-Page Posting ............................................................................................................................260
The Query String.................................................................................................................................265

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Cookies ........................................................................................................................269
A Cookie Example ...............................................................................................................................271

Session State...............................................................................................................272
Session Tracking ................................................................................................................................272
Using Session State............................................................................................................................273
A Session State Example....................................................................................................................274

Session State Configuration ........................................................................................277
Cookieless ..........................................................................................................................................278
Timeout...............................................................................................................................................281
Mode...................................................................................................................................................281

Application State..........................................................................................................286
An Overview of State Management Choices................................................................288
The Last Word..............................................................................................................290
Part 3: Building Better Web Forms .......................................................................291
■ Chapter 9: Validation .......................................................................................293

Understanding Validation.............................................................................................293
The Validation Controls.......................................................................................................................294
Server-Side Validation........................................................................................................................295
Client-Side Validation .........................................................................................................................295

The Validation Controls................................................................................................295
A Simple Validation Example ..............................................................................................................297
Other Display Options .........................................................................................................................299
Manual Validation ...............................................................................................................................302
Validating with Regular Expressions ..................................................................................................304
A Validated Customer Form ................................................................................................................308
Validation Groups................................................................................................................................313

The Last Word..............................................................................................................314

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■ Chapter 10: Rich Controls ................................................................................315
The Calendar................................................................................................................315
Formatting the Calendar.....................................................................................................................317
Restricting Dates ................................................................................................................................319

The AdRotator ..............................................................................................................323
The Advertisement File.......................................................................................................................323
The AdRotator Class ...........................................................................................................................325

Pages with Multiple Views...........................................................................................326
The MultiView Control ........................................................................................................................328
The Wizard Control .............................................................................................................................333

The Last Word..............................................................................................................341
■ Chapter 11: User Controls and Graphics ..........................................................343
User Controls ...............................................................................................................343
Creating a Simple User Control ..........................................................................................................344
Independent User Controls .................................................................................................................347
Integrated User Controls.....................................................................................................................349
User Control Events ............................................................................................................................352
Passing Information with Events ........................................................................................................354

Dynamic Graphics........................................................................................................357
Basic Drawing ....................................................................................................................................357
Drawing a Custom Image ...................................................................................................................360
Placing Custom Images Inside Web Pages.........................................................................................361
Image Format and Quality ..................................................................................................................363

The Last Word..............................................................................................................366
■ Chapter 12: Styles, Themes, and Master Pages...............................................367
Styles ...........................................................................................................................367
Style Types .........................................................................................................................................368
Creating a Basic Inline Style...............................................................................................................368
Creating a Style Sheet ........................................................................................................................377

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Applying Style Sheet Rules.................................................................................................................380

Themes ........................................................................................................................383
How Themes Work .............................................................................................................................383
Applying a Simple Theme...................................................................................................................385
Handling Theme Conflicts...................................................................................................................386
Creating Multiple Skins for the Same Control ....................................................................................388
More Advanced Skins.........................................................................................................................389

Master Page Basics .....................................................................................................391
A Simple Master Page and Content Page ...........................................................................................392
How Master Pages and Content Pages Are Connected ......................................................................396
A Master Page with Multiple Content Regions ...................................................................................398
Default Content...................................................................................................................................401
Master Pages and Relative Paths .......................................................................................................402

Advanced Master Pages ..............................................................................................403
Style-Based Layouts...........................................................................................................................403
Code in a Master Page........................................................................................................................408
Interacting with a Master Page Programmatically .............................................................................409

The Last Word..............................................................................................................410
■ Chapter 13: Website Navigation.......................................................................411
Site Maps.....................................................................................................................411
Defining a Site Map ............................................................................................................................412
Seeing a Simple Site Map in Action....................................................................................................416

Binding an Ordinary Page to a Site Map.............................................................................................416
Binding a Master Page to a Site Map .................................................................................................418
Binding Portions of a Site Map ...........................................................................................................420
The SiteMap Class ..............................................................................................................................425

URL Mapping and Routing ...........................................................................................427
URL Mapping ......................................................................................................................................428
URL Routing ........................................................................................................................................428

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The SiteMapPath Control .............................................................................................430
Customizing the SiteMapPath ............................................................................................................431
Using SiteMapPath Styles and Templates ..........................................................................................432
Adding Custom Site Map Information.................................................................................................434

The TreeView Control...................................................................................................435
TreeView Properties ...........................................................................................................................436
TreeView Styles ..................................................................................................................................438

The Menu Control ........................................................................................................442
Menu Styles........................................................................................................................................444
Menu Templates .................................................................................................................................445

The Last Word..............................................................................................................448

Part 4: Working with Data ....................................................................................449
■ Chapter 14: ADO.NET Fundamentals ................................................................451
Understanding Databases............................................................................................451
Configuring Your Database ..........................................................................................453
SQL Server Express ............................................................................................................................453
Browsing and Modifying Databases in Visual Studio .........................................................................454
The sqlcmd Command-Line Tool ........................................................................................................457

SQL Basics...................................................................................................................458
Running Queries in Visual Studio .......................................................................................................459
The Select Statement .........................................................................................................................461
The SQL Update Statement.................................................................................................................463
The SQL Insert Statement...................................................................................................................465
The SQL Delete Statement..................................................................................................................465

The Data Provider Model .............................................................................................466
Direct Data Access ......................................................................................................467
Creating a Connection ........................................................................................................................469
The Select Command .........................................................................................................................475
The DataReader ..................................................................................................................................476

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Putting It All Together.........................................................................................................................476
Updating Data .....................................................................................................................................481

Disconnected Data Access ..........................................................................................491
Selecting Disconnected Data..............................................................................................................492
Selecting Multiple Tables ...................................................................................................................494
Defining Relationships........................................................................................................................495

The Last Word..............................................................................................................498
■ Chapter 15: Data Binding .................................................................................499
Introducing Data Binding .............................................................................................499
Types of ASP.NET Data Binding..........................................................................................................500
How Data Binding Works ....................................................................................................................500

Single-Value Data Binding ...........................................................................................500
A Simple Data Binding Example .........................................................................................................501
Simple Data Binding with Properties..................................................................................................504
Problems with Single-Value Data Binding..........................................................................................505
Using Code Instead of Simple Data Binding .......................................................................................506

Repeated-Value Data Binding......................................................................................506
Data Binding with Simple List Controls ..............................................................................................507
A Simple List Binding Example...........................................................................................................508
Strongly Typed Collections .................................................................................................................509
Multiple Binding..................................................................................................................................510
Data Binding with a Dictionary Collection ..........................................................................................512
Using the DataValueField Property .....................................................................................................513
Data Binding with ADO.NET ................................................................................................................514
Creating a Record Editor.....................................................................................................................516

Data Source Controls ...................................................................................................521
The Page Life Cycle with Data Binding...............................................................................................523

The SqlDataSource .............................................................................................................................523
Selecting Records...............................................................................................................................525
Parameterized Commands .................................................................................................................527

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Handling Errors...................................................................................................................................532
Updating Records ...............................................................................................................................533

The Last Word..............................................................................................................537
■ Chapter 16: The Data Controls .........................................................................539
The GridView................................................................................................................539
Automatically Generating Columns ....................................................................................................540
Defining Columns ...............................................................................................................................542

Formatting the GridView ..............................................................................................546
Formatting Fields................................................................................................................................546
Using Styles........................................................................................................................................547
Formatting-Specific Values ................................................................................................................550

Selecting a GridView Row............................................................................................552
Adding a Select Button .......................................................................................................................553
Using Selection to Create Master-Details Pages ................................................................................554

Editing with the GridView ............................................................................................556

Sorting and Paging the GridView .................................................................................559
Sorting ................................................................................................................................................559
Paging.................................................................................................................................................561

Using GridView Templates...........................................................................................563
Using Multiple Templates ...................................................................................................................565
Editing Templates in Visual Studio .....................................................................................................566
Handling Events in a Template ...........................................................................................................567
Editing with a Template......................................................................................................................568

The DetailsView and FormView ...................................................................................573
The DetailsView ..................................................................................................................................573
The FormView.....................................................................................................................................575

The Last Word..............................................................................................................578
■ Chapter 17: Files and Streams.........................................................................579
Files and Web Applications..........................................................................................579

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File System Information...............................................................................................580
The Path Class ....................................................................................................................................581
The Directory and File Classes ...........................................................................................................582
The DirectoryInfo and FileInfo Classes ...............................................................................................587
The DriveInfo Class.............................................................................................................................589

A Sample File Browser .......................................................................................................................590

Reading and Writing with Streams ..............................................................................594
Text Files ............................................................................................................................................594
Binary Files.........................................................................................................................................596
Shortcuts for Reading and Writing Files.............................................................................................597
A Simple Guest Book ..........................................................................................................................598

Allowing File Uploads ..................................................................................................604
The FileUpload Control .......................................................................................................................604

The Last Word..............................................................................................................607
■ Chapter 18: XML...............................................................................................609
XML Explained .............................................................................................................609
Improving the List with XML...............................................................................................................611
XML Basics .........................................................................................................................................612
Attributes ............................................................................................................................................613
Comments ..........................................................................................................................................614

The XML Classes..........................................................................................................615
The XML TextWriter ............................................................................................................................615
The XML Text Reader..........................................................................................................................618
Working with XML Documents in Memory .........................................................................................623
Reading an XML Document ................................................................................................................628
Searching an XML Document .............................................................................................................631

XML Validation .............................................................................................................632
XML Namespaces ...............................................................................................................................632
XML Schema Definition ......................................................................................................................635
Validating an XML Document..............................................................................................................637

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XML Display and Transforms .......................................................................................640
The Xml Web Control ..........................................................................................................................642

The Last Word..............................................................................................................643
Part 5: Website Security .......................................................................................645
■ Chapter 19: Security Fundamentals.................................................................647
Understanding Security ...............................................................................................647
Testing and Deploying Security Settings............................................................................................648

Authentication and Authorization ................................................................................649
Forms Authentication ..................................................................................................649
Web.config Settings ...........................................................................................................................651
Authorization Rules ............................................................................................................................651
The WAT .............................................................................................................................................655
The Login Page ...................................................................................................................................657

Windows Authentication ..............................................................................................663
Web.config Settings ...........................................................................................................................663
A Windows Authentication Test..........................................................................................................666

The Last Word..............................................................................................................667
■ Chapter 20: Membership..................................................................................669

The Membership Data Store ........................................................................................669
Membership with SQL Server Express ...............................................................................................671
Using the Full Version of SQL Server ..................................................................................................673
Configuring the Membership Provider................................................................................................676
Creating Users with the WAT..............................................................................................................679
The Membership and MembershipUser Classes ................................................................................682
Authentication with Membership .......................................................................................................686
Disabled Accounts ..............................................................................................................................687

The Security Controls ..................................................................................................687
The Login Control................................................................................................................................688
The CreateUserWizard Control............................................................................................................694

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The PasswordRecovery Control. ..........................................................................................................698

Role-Based Security . ..................................................................................................700
Creating and Assigning Roles. .............................................................................................................701
Restricting Access Based on Roles . ....................................................................................................705
The LoginView Control..........................................................................................................................705

The Last Word. ............................................................................................................707
■ Chapter 21: Profiles .........................................................................................709
Understanding Profiles . ..............................................................................................709

Profile Performance..............................................................................................................................710
How Profiles Store Data........................................................................................................................710
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Using the SqlProfileProvider . ......................................................................................712
Enabling Authentication........................................................................................................................712
Using SQL Server Express ....................................................................................................................713
Using the Full Version of SQL Server . ..................................................................................................713
The Profile Databases...........................................................................................................................714
Defining Profile Properties....................................................................................................................716
Using Profile Properties ........................................................................................................................717
Profile Serialization ..............................................................................................................................719
Profile Groups .......................................................................................................................................721
Profiles and Custom Data Types. .........................................................................................................722
The Profile API ......................................................................................................................................725
Anonymous Profiles..............................................................................................................................728

The Last Word. ............................................................................................................731
Part 6: Advanced ASP.NET....................................................................................733
■ Chapter 22: Introducing ASP.NET.....................................................................735
Why Use Components? . ..............................................................................................735
Component Jargon . ....................................................................................................736
Three-Tier Design .................................................................................................................................736
Encapsulation .......................................................................................................................................738

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Business Objects ................................................................................................................................738
Data Objects .......................................................................................................................................738
Components and Classes ...................................................................................................................738

Creating a Component .................................................................................................739
Classes and Namespaces...................................................................................................................740
Class Members ...................................................................................................................................742
Adding a Reference to the Component...............................................................................................742
Using the Component .........................................................................................................................745

Properties and State ....................................................................................................747
A Stateful Account Class ....................................................................................................................748
A Stateless AccountUtility Class .........................................................................................................749

Data-Access Components............................................................................................750
A Simple Data-Access Component .....................................................................................................750
Using the Data-Access Component ....................................................................................................754
Enhancing the Component with Error Handling..................................................................................757
Enhancing the Component with Aggregate Information.....................................................................758

The ObjectDataSource .................................................................................................759
Making Classes the ObjectDataSource Can Understand ....................................................................759
Selecting Records...............................................................................................................................760
Using Method Parameters ..................................................................................................................761
Updating Records ...............................................................................................................................762

The Last Word..............................................................................................................764
■ Chapter 23: Caching.........................................................................................765

Understanding Caching ...............................................................................................765
When to Use Caching..........................................................................................................................766
Caching in ASP.NET ............................................................................................................................767

Output Caching ............................................................................................................767
Caching on the Client Side .................................................................................................................769
Caching and the Query String.............................................................................................................769
Caching with Specific Query String Parameters.................................................................................770

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A Multiple Caching Example ...............................................................................................................771
Fragment Caching ..............................................................................................................................772
Cache Profiles.....................................................................................................................................773

Data Caching ...............................................................................................................774
Adding Items to the Cache .................................................................................................................774
A Simple Cache Test...........................................................................................................................776
Caching to Provide Multiple Views .....................................................................................................777
Caching with the Data Source Controls..............................................................................................781

Caching with Dependencies ........................................................................................785
File Dependencies ..............................................................................................................................785
Cache Item Dependencies ..................................................................................................................786
SQL Server Cache Dependencies .......................................................................................................787

The Last Word..............................................................................................................790
■ Chapter 24: LINQ and the Entity Framework....................................................791
Understanding LINQ.....................................................................................................791
LINQ Basics..................................................................................................................792
LINQ Expressions................................................................................................................................795

The Entity Framework..................................................................................................799
Creating an Entity Data Model ............................................................................................................800
The Data Model Diagram ....................................................................................................................803
Updating a Data Model .......................................................................................................................806
The Data Model Code .........................................................................................................................808
Querying the Data Model ....................................................................................................................809
Handling Errors...................................................................................................................................810
Navigating Relationships ....................................................................................................................812

Getting More Advanced with the Entity Framework ....................................................815
Querying with LINQ to Entities............................................................................................................815
Controlling When Data is Loaded........................................................................................................818
Updates, Inserts, and Deletes.............................................................................................................820
Managing Concurrency.......................................................................................................................822

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The EntityDataSource ..................................................................................................823

Displaying Data...................................................................................................................................823
Editing Data ........................................................................................................................................828

The Last Word..............................................................................................................828
■ Chapter 25: ASP.NET AJAX...............................................................................829
Understanding Ajax......................................................................................................829
Ajax: The Good....................................................................................................................................830
Ajax: The Bad......................................................................................................................................830
The ASP.NET AJAX Toolkit ..................................................................................................................831
The ScriptManager .............................................................................................................................831

Partial Refreshes .........................................................................................................833
A Simple UpdatePanel Test ................................................................................................................834
Handling Errors...................................................................................................................................837
Conditional Updates............................................................................................................................839
Triggers ..............................................................................................................................................840

Progress Notification ...................................................................................................845
Showing a Simulated Progress Bar ....................................................................................................845
Cancellation........................................................................................................................................847

Timed Refreshes..........................................................................................................849
The ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit...............................................................................851
Installing the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit.......................................................................................851
The Accordion.....................................................................................................................................853
The AutoCompleteExtender ................................................................................................................856
Getting More Controls.........................................................................................................................859

The Last Word..............................................................................................................864
■ Chapter 26: Deploying ASP.NET Applications ..................................................865

ASP.NET Applications and the Web Server..................................................................865
How Web Servers Work ......................................................................................................................865
The Virtual Directory...........................................................................................................................867

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