Nested Data Bound List Controls in ASP.NET

This article (which pretty much constantly seems to be down for me at the moment) presents an interesting was to nest Repeaters etc... in ASP.NET, now I have never used this approach - and I have no idea what method is best (and I suck at writing so, I'll…

Compile ASCX controls - so you no longer have to distribute the ASCX file!

I replied to someone's post saying that this was possible, well I finally got around to digging out the link, this article on CodeProject provides a little tool which will generate the C# source file representing your ASCX, pretty cool really!

OK, enough moaning - I will now go one whole week without complaining!

Things like this kind of put my complaints about silly programming stuff into a bit of perspective!

Now this really bugs me...

Noticed a link in my referrer log from this post which comments on a comment I made in the whole Dyanmic SQL debate, this comment: Right. Because evaluating arguments based on their validity is too much work, so it's much easier to pick the "winner" by picking…

SQLJunkies...fine, fine blogging site

The SqlJunkies weblog site is really starting to fill out, it's fantastic to have so many SQL experts posting in one place! Oh, and I'm not just saying that because I agree with Donny Mack's views on SPs; well, partially, reporting is still a pain but I had…

Search gone for the time being...

Just updating the user control...back in a couple of days.. UPDATE: Well, soonish...stupid dev machine is playing up...

Great post on the homeless Children of Miami and their belief system...

This article is just an amazing read, the creation of a mythic landscape helping children to cope a little better with being on the streets - nabbed from Kuro5hin

Just noticed a flaw in the comments submission...stupid client side validation!

Fix it tonight...sorry for any inconvenience! If you want to submit a comment, enter any old thing in the search box for the moment...sorry!

Longhorn install on VMWare 4.0

Well, went very smoothly - just got the DL off of MSDN subs downloads, mounted the iso as a disk for VMWare, fired it up in "2003 Server" config - installed perfectly! Seems to be better connecting using Terminal Services (RDP) - installing Whidbey now - gotta…

Occasional blogger....and a book suggestion...

I'm in one of my quieter periods when it comes to blogging right now...I have no particular excuse, I am just a bit phasal when it comes to such things. Anyway, I'll give a suggestion as to some reading material whilst you are deprived of my non-sensical…