It's dangerous to assume that the connection will always be there throughout the life of your application. What happens if the machine at the other end is restarted? Your connection is no longer valid, and operations on it will fail. the last thing I want to see is some pasty-faced geek with skin so pale that it's almost translucent trying to bump parts with a partner - John Simmons / outlaw programmer Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

I generally works but bear in mind that the char type in .net is not the char type in c. it has many differences.

Ok! Thank!!!! My problem is solved..... Hallo

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