Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Website Using C# & VB

ASP.NET 3.5

USING C# & VB

BY
CRISTIAN DARIE

&
WYATT BARNETT

3RD EDITION

THE ULTIMATE ASP.NET BEGINNER’S GUIDE

Summary of Contents

Preface
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xxi

1. Introducing ASP.NET and the .NET Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. ASP.NET Basics
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25

3. VB and C# Programming Basics
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45

4. Constructing ASP.NET Web Pages
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95

5. Building Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

6. Using the Validation Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

7. Database Design and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

8. Speaking SQL
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307

9. ADO.NET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

10. Displaying Content Using Data Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

11. Managing Content Using Grid View and Details View
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445

12. Advanced Data Access
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487

13. Security and User Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

14. Working with Files and Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

15. ASP.NET AJAX
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635

A. Web Control Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

B. Deploying ASP.NET Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Index
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ASP.NET 3.5 WEB

SITE USING C# & VB

BY
CRISTIAN DARIE

& WYATT BARNETT

3RD EDITION

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Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Web Site Using C# & VB

by Cristian Darie and Wyatt Barnett

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: Wyatt Barnett

Editor
: Georgina Laidlaw

Managing Editor
: Chris Wyness

Index Editor
: Russell Brooks

Technical Editor
: Andrew Tetlaw

Cover Design
: Alex Walker

Cover Image
: Lucas Chan

Printing History
:

First Edition: April 2004

Second Edition: October 2006

Third Edition: September 2008

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