Timothy CIAN wrote: And, of course, the "difference" was that in my console app I was just spitting the XML onto the screen, not loading an XmlDocument class. Ahh... When I deliver a windows service I deliver it with a corresponding console app. The service code and the console code do nothing except call to the real functionality of the system.

Update: The pattern double-quote, backslash, backslash, double-quote was causing it. (I'm writing it out because I don't know if it will do something similar here.) I changed it to: @"\" which is the equivalent in C# and the problem went away.

I suspected something like that was happening. I've never used optimizer hints before; I will look into that. Thanks for the tip. :thumbsup:

You might consider making it more readable, e.g.: string b = @"25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1?\d?\d"; // longest match first string n = @"(?:"+b+@")"; // wrap into non captuering group string w = @"(?:\*|"+b+@")"; // allow * and wrap into non captuering group string d = @"\."; // separating dot string ip = n+d+w+d+w+d+w; // the whole ip = b.(*|b).(*|b).(*|b) Cheers Andi

FWIW: I just finished a WinZip-like (but incompatible) utility based on System.IO.Compression.GZipStream and it perfectly decompresses files it compressed before, whatever the file size is (tried up to 2MB). Typical compression ratio is about 3 except of course for PDF, JPEG, and very small files. :) Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

As promised, here is the update. (This is the tip/trick location that someone couldn't find, earlier.) InputBox: A simple user input dialog[^]

Someone forgot to pay a bill... :doh:

No biggie. Recursion would be ideal for this scenario. ;)

Recommendation: replace List with IEnumerable (you will need to add parens after .Count) - this way you can use this method to compare not just Lists but also other collection types, and even arrays!

I think I found what I need: the SqlDependency class. Looking into it now...

Found this answer from Ask Tom... It appears that I have no choice but to use a global index on the PK.

Now that I have access to VS today, I can test your code. After creating a GZip file with .NET, via the following code: using (GZipStream gz = new GZipStream(new FileInfo(file).Create(), CompressionMode.Compress)) { byte[] bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(file); gz.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length); } I then ran your code against it and it worked just fine. The question I have is are you accessing a file that isn't local? If so, this may be the source of your problem. Otherwise, you might want to create the zip file with .NET and see if that solves your problem.

Timothy, as the others already stated, it is depending mostly on the vendor of the Db. For example, see this Oracle discussion (by now the ODP with Entity support should be out): https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=2325615[^] If you want to write your own, it could take some time though... I think is is a non-trivial task. For what Db´s are you looking for? See also the various 3rd-party alternatives in the discussion...

Timothy CIAN wrote: how does the performance compare, generally speaking? In my experience that all depends on the DBA, some DBAs are good and can make anything sing, others not so much. Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.

i got the same error when i shifted my application to a win2008 server and was installing MSChart_VisualStudioAddOn.exe. Why this message 'The toolbox controls installer must be installed before running this installer..' is coming and what's the solution. pls help.

Like you, I found the .manifest file on my machine at work. But here I'm using VS2008 Express. At home I have the standard edition, so I'll check tonight for it. Aren't .cat files usually used for installation, though? If you have the Visual Studio installation disc handy, I'd search there first. -Nope, not on the home machine either. Sorry about that. "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement" modified on Saturday, June 19, 2010 11:11 AM

If you're using .NET 3.5 or higher there's IEnumerable.SequenceEqual[^] Kevin