Another article in the offing...hopefully...if I get round to it...Member methods versus OnItemDataBound for nested Data List controls

A very common question in the ASP.NET Forumsis "How do I nest one Repeater (or DataList or DataGrid) inside of another?"; well, my usual stock answer used to be to use the OnItemDataBound event then use a FindControl() to find the Repeater inside the template…

Free Snow Patrol track with Winamp 5.0 download!

Just noticed that Winamp is giving away a free copy of Spitting Games by Snow Patrol, so you just download the bunde! I bought the Snow Patrol album, Final Straw when it was first released a few months ago - looks like it's now getting re-released with a…

More on my Load Testing fun...

Well, still at it (20 hours after starting - yes, the time on this post is correct!). Really fustrating mostly, but one of those times coding where hours and hours of pain (literally in this case - flu and splitting headaches were involved) were followed by a…

The agony of load testing - my head hurts (though the two may not be related)

Deadlocks...I hates the little buggers! Just spent the day trying to fix an 'issue' with a site I developed for a client. This is slightly annoying as it's a 'theoretical' issue. Essentially, the client has chosen to do something that I never normally do, load…

More in my 'my ADSL sucks' series

So annoying...many nights at around midnight, my connection just seems to freeze. Helpfully, my provider says 'well just restart your router'...hmm...so, I apologise if you're having problems connecting, it's even more fustrating for me!