Implement Ajax CollapsiblePanelExtender in ASP.NET page

It has never been easier to add Ajax controls to ASP.NET using Visual Studio. There are two approaches to implementing Ajax controls in an ASP.NET page. The first approach is to add the control and its properties to the aspx page. The second approach is to add the control to the aspx page and then [...]

SQL Server Integration Services is the new Data Transformation tool for SQL Server

I wrote this post months ago but didn’t get around to publish it. I know that SQL Server 2008 is now an available product but many of us are still using SQL Server 2005 and have created a lot Data Transformation Services (DTS) in the past. In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft replaced DTS with SQL [...]

Using ASP.NET Extenders Part II

In Part I of ASP.NET AJAX Extenders, I talked about ASP.NET AJAX and how ASP.NET AJAX extenders fit into the picture. ASP.NET AJAX extenders are controls that enhance Web UI server controls using AJAX to create an interactive web experience. I also elaborated the point of interactive web experience by showing the CalendarExtender example. In [...]

Using ASP.NET AJAX Extenders Part I

AJAX Extenders are great when used in ASP.NET web pages. ASP.NET AJAX Extenders are part of the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. You can download the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit from here. What is ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit? The ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit is a shared source project built on top of the Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX [...]

Bind data to DropDownList using a DataTable

DropDownLists are frequently used in forms in ASP.NET pages. Some DropDownLists can contain static data in the drop-down but there are times we want the drop-down data to be dynamic. One way is to bind data from a database to the DropDownList. The DropDownList data is bounded when the ASP.NET page is loaded by querying [...]

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