Have you tried using N character before strings? For example: WHERE Column = N'text to search' The need to optimize rises from a bad design.My articles[^]

abiniyam wrote: how to run external applications in c# System.Diagnostics.Process Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns

leppie wrote: Do you want to do this twice? for (int i = 0 ; i < 2; i++) { Process.Start(...); } Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before. My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys

3 Approaches: 1) Use a COM object that is meant to be used for swf/flv files. 2) Use a converter to convert the swf or flv file into a XAML compliant code file. 3) Integrate a web browser into the application that navigates to the swf or flv file. Keep in mind that the end-user must have the flash player installed for it to work with the web browser control. Regards, Thomas Stockwell Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Visit my Blog

i think it depends on what kind of websites u r going to develop. one reason to chose php, it's opensource u don't need to purchase license for it

Peformance in database access should be more or less the same, because basically you will have the same queries in both scenarios. But at client side, a designed dataset will produce lots of souce code, not all really needed. I think a manually created database access will produce far less code than the designed one. The advantage of the dataset is that is easier to mantain, add and modify the queries and views. Best regards, Jaime.