This is where you start .... http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/learning/default.aspx[^] -Sucharita

SSL is my answer in short for your problem. You really have to do some R&D on security and encryption, if you are concerned about customer privacy. -Sucharita

If you are refering to writing anything to xml file, refer to System.XML.XMLDocument class.

All ASP .NET web applications have web.config file, may be you are trying to refer to it when you mean resource file. You can specify any name-value pairs in there and access it through System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader. -Sucharita

Add Resource - COM>Microsoft Word 9.0 Object Library This places required dll in your project directory. The following code should be a good pointer for you to do the rest.... Word.ApplicationClass wApp = new Word.ApplicationClass(); Word.Document aDoc = wApp.Documents.Open( Good Luck! -Sucharita

Thanks, it was a great pointer. One needs to declare a Dataset and datatable. Add columns to table and specify the data type for the columns and then load the data set with any value. Really appreiciate your help.

catalogXml.Tables[0].Columns["Price"].DataType = System.Type.GetType("int32"); catalogXml.ReadXml( path ); if( !catalogXml.HasErrors ) { DataView dvCatalog = new DataView(catalogXml.Tables[0]); lblSortExpression.Text = e.SortExpression; dvCatalog.Sort = e.SortExpression; dgProductList.DataSource = dvCatalog; dgProductList.DataBind(); } I can't change the data type after there is data in it and cannot access myTable before loading the data! this somehow does not seem to work :(

Thanks for your response. I do a databind and bind the dataview to the datagrid. DataView.Sort() with a sort expression doesn't seem to work right. Is there a value i should be passing for sort expression to indicate the integer column?

Hi, Datagrid.Sort() doesnt seem to sort integers right. My code is something like this, this is a part of datagrid event: dgProductList.DataSource = catalogXml; dgProductList.CurrentPageIndex = e.NewPageIndex; //create a new dataview with xml data DataView dvCatalog = new DataView(catalogXml.Tables[0]); //provide sort expression from datagrid event dvCatalog.Sort = e.SortExpression; //assign data source dgProductList.DataSource = dvCatalog; //bind data dgProductList.DataBind(); The code works just fine for sorting any column but for integer column. When I click on a integer column to sort the result i get is: 23 234 2345 246 25 256 what i expect is obviously: 23 25 234 246 256 2345 Does anyone have any input on this? Appreciate your response. Thanks, Sucharita.

Can I insert rows in to a datagrid after binding it to a Dataset? Would really appreciate if anyone has any input on this. Thanks, Sucharita.