I had hoped I was just missing something. But thank you for confirming that for me. Would it have been so hard to allow for this kind of scenario? Honestly, I am really shocked at times when I run into scenarios when it requires so much more work (ok, so I'm being a bit lazy) to follow a best practice. Code responsibly: OWASP.org Mark's blog: developMENTALmadness.blogspot.com Click here for Free Industry White Papers/Magazines! Bill Cosby - "A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice."

Ok, well I came up with a solution for this (for anyone interested). The DataContext is not aware of any other contexts (through thread local storage) in any way. So I basically decided to use thread local storage to store my DataContext for the current thread (HttpRequest). Here's how it works. The DataContext classes generated for a dbml file is a partial class, so I added a class file to the same project which contains a static factory method, GetDataContext(). GetDataContext checks HttpContext.Current.Items to see if a DataContext object already exists. If not, it creates and new one, stores it in HttpContext.Current.Items and the returns the new instance. If the object already exists, it just returns the existing object to the caller. public static DataContext GetDataContext() { if(HttpContext.Current == null) return new DataContext(connectionString); if(HttpContext.Current.Items.Contains("DataContext")) { return (DataContext) HttpContext.Current.Items["DataContext"]; } return new DataContext(connectionString); } Now, I am able to use TransactionScope to wrap my business logic without having to use DataContext directly. Plus there are other benefits, my Save method no longer requires the additional database call to retrieve the record and copy the changes before calling SubmitChanges(). So compared with my previous post, my Save method now looks like this: public static Step Save(Step step) { KRATDataContext context = KRATDataContext.GetDataContext(); if ( step.StepID <= 0 ) { context.Steps.InsertOnSubmit( step ); } context.SubmitChanges(); return step; } Which requires one less database call, always a plus :cool:. This all solves my Transaction problem because it uses the same connection object (because we're using the same DataContext which owns the Connection object) and so there is no longer any distributed transactions (DTC) required. Code responsibly: OWASP.org Mark's blog: developMENTALmadness.blogspot.com

Oh God I agree. I absolutely hate that. "When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are." -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

Hi Mark! Thanks for the pointer! That's really good. In the meantime, I also found other good hints and finally, I maestred the [your] app. The most time, I've spent time with, was your typo on the exjs grid ["colums" instead of "columns"] ;-) [I was not able to read this :-( ]. Many thanks for the tipps and the demo!! Ciao, mb

Glad to help :-) Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.

Ok, a co-worker was able to help me. The issue was most definately an encoding issue as was stated. I believed that was the case, but had been changing the encoding on the referring and target pages w/o any luck. As it turns out I had to change the encoding on every page in the process and that fixed the problem. Here's the page that saved my hide: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/InternationalizationAndClassicASP.aspx [^] Before the changes, this is the value that was passed between the pages: departmentname=Bo%F1ar+-+Producci%F3n now the value being passed is: departmentname=Bo%C3%B1ar+-+Producci%C3%B3n I appreciate the help given, thank you! Code responsibly: OWASP.org Mark's blog: developMENTALmadness.blogspot.com

Use a known secret key on your server, hash the address mixed with the key (xor, say) Then send the result. People won't be able to generate a hash for an address without your key. Of course this means you'll need to keep the hashcode in your database - in which case you may as well just give them a random confirmation guid. Guess-the-GUID is guaranteed to be about as fun as 52 card pickup, but longer playing times ;) Mark Churchill Director Dunn & Churchill Free Download: Diamond Binding: The simple, powerful, reliable, and effective data layer toolkit for Visual Studio.

Well, I found the solution to the problem. The requirements for using the CustomData property are this: A) In the CustomReportItemDesigner class (your custom class which inherits from it as a base), override the InitializeNewComponent() method like this: public override void InitializeNewComponent() { base.InitializeNewComponent(); CustomData = new CustomData(); //at least one grouping is required for both rows and columns //initialize a static row grouping CustomData.DataRowGroupings = new DataRowGroupings(); CustomData.DataRowGroupings.DataGroupings = new List<DataGrouping>(1); CustomData.DataRowGroupings.DataGroupings.Add(new DataGrouping()); CustomData.DataRowGroupings.DataGroupings[0].Static = true; // initialize a Static column grouping CustomData.DataColumnGroupings = new DataColumnGroupings(); CustomData.DataColumnGroupings.DataGroupings = new List<DataGrouping>(1); CustomData.DataColumnGroupings.DataGroupings.Add(new DataGrouping()); CustomData.DataColumnGroupings.DataGroupings[0].Static = true; //initialize data row with empty values for designer CustomData.DataRows = new List<DataRow>(1); CustomData.DataRows.Add(new DataRow()); CustomData.DataRows[0].Add(new DataCell()); //define the fields you will store (these will be populated with expressions by custom designer properties you define) CustomData.DataRows[0][0].Add(new DataValue("Label", String.Empty)); CustomData.DataRows[0][0].Add(new DataValue("X", String.Empty)); CustomData.DataRows[0][0].Add(new DataValue("Y", String.Empty)); } B) Define custom designer properties to set the expressions for the DataValuesCollection (only showing one property here to keep things shorter) [Browsable(true), Category("Data")] public string XValue { get { if (CustomData.DataRows.Count > 0 && CustomData.DataRows[0].Count > 0) return GetDataValue(CustomData.DataRows[0][0], "X"); else return "X Coordinate"; } set { SetDataValue(CustomData.DataRows[0][0], "X", value); } } private string GetDataValue(DataCell cell, string name) { foreach (DataValue value in cell) if (value.Name == name) return value.Value; return null; } private void SetDataValue(DataCell cell, string name, string expression) { foreach (DataValue value in cell) if (value.Name == name) { value.Value = expression; return; } DataValue datavalue = new DataValue(name, expression); cell.Add(dat

thanks, that's a good idea. I'll give it a shot. Mark's blog: developMENTALmadness.blogspot.com

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Just as an update, I've found a way to inject my workaround (read: hack) into the process in a way that is transparent to the consumer of my class. I'm going to create a class which wraps System.Data.Linq.Table and create a custom implementation of the GetEnumerator() and GetEnumerator() methods which will parse the expression tree (haven't proved this part of the concept yet) and determine the parameter mappings, then I'll be able to reflect over T (I'll have to cache the result of this for performance) to determine the correct value for DbParameter.Size. When I've completed the ability to parse the expression tree I'll write an article on everything I've learned. Wish me luck! Mark

The version on MSDN Subscriber Downloads has the problem mentioned. DoEvents: Generating unexpected recursion since 1991

You've got any questions with Assemblers?:cool: Jemmy : Deadline? Pfft, a real programmer eats deadlines for breakfast. :P Mark: I thought real programmers ignored deadlines :sigh: Best wishes to Rexx[^]

Put a ~ at the front of the path, this maps to your application root. Or, use a relative path. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

All the best, Martin

A very interesting development to this whole story about a month after this thread was posted. I was offered a position from 2 separate departments, including the one that turned me down!!! I hounded the guy who turned me down for some feedback. When I got the feedback he indicated that he had hoped to see OOP, logging, extensive error checking and some "show[ing] off". I rewrote the solution with those specs in mind and sent them back to him. Not long afterwards both he and a manager from another department contacted me to know if I was still interested and available!!! However, I had just accepted a new position with a different employer as a consultant and I turned down the offers. But I left the door open and agreed to keep in contact for future opportunities. I hope to write the article as you suggested, but I thought you might be intested in the resolution to the whole debacle. Thanks for your feedback and encouragement. I'll post the re-write code later - maybe on another thread so more people will be likely to see it and benefit from it.

Another great (advanced) book is: "Pro .Net 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in C#" by Matthew MacDonald (long title):zzz: But with over 1000 pages it definitely covers a lot of GOOD material related to windows forms. Cheers! Richard

I used Charles Petzolds book on Forms programming, but I am not very happy with it. It gives a very global overview and he refues to use the IDE functions, which are really great help when trying to create forms. Petzold gives a lot of attention to the use of panels. However, panels have serious disadvantages. For a more complex form with, say 10 controls, you need a lot of panels. This makes maintenance a hell. So I decided to stop using panels. Petzold gives very little attention to important but complex controls like listboxes and listviews. I think this very dissappointing.