This is a list of ASP server side controls that require or do not require to be nested inside of a server form (form runat="server").

Personally I can never remember which of the Request object properties I need to use to get the requested URL or certain parts of the requested URL.

On database-driven websites it is commonplace to execute multiple database queries to generate just one page. For example, on the home page of an ecommerce website you might get a list of categories, a list of banner advertisements to display, a list of featured products, and a list of top selling products. I investigate whether it was more efficient to put these multiple queries into one stored procedure and use the SqlDataReader's Next Result method to get the data all in one go.

If writing database queries in SQL in Classic ASP for SQL Server, rather than using ADO or parameterised queries, you can use these functions to correctly format your data and protect against SQL injection.

If you are using Entity Framework and have received this error message and have been frustrated by not being able to see what the actual problem is in Visual Studio then there is a simple solution.

Developing a secure membership system can be complicated as there are many potential danger areas that you must be aware of. In this post I hope to cover all of the areas you need to think about and plan for.

If you use ASP.NET UpdatePanels, most of the time you want to maintain the window scroll position but there are occasions when you don't want to scroll back to the top or to a specific control.

I often use the standard ASP.NET ValidationSummary to display form validation error messages but often struggle what to write for the Headertext property.

I have put up with a bug in Visual Studio for some time, but recently finally got around to reporting it. I need your vote to get this bug fixed.

Looking at the Google search results, it seems that there has been plenty of demand to share Session values between Classic ASP and ASP.NET. This is usually a result of supporting legacy Classic ASP.NET with new development in ASP.NET.

Review of webSupergoo's ABCPDF.

Solution to the ASP.NET UpdatePanel lost focus on post back issue.

Many or perhaps most websites have the need for a search facility to search the website content or other things like products. Ideally you want an intelligent search, a bit like a search engine, where search results are ordered by relevancy, misspellings are tolerated, and maybe even word stemming is used (so a search for "teach" also returns results for "teacher", "teaches", "teaching", "taught", etc).

Following on from my previous article on responsive design without media queries, I have been looking for how to handle the problem of image size and display in responsive design.

...Or an alternative to media queries for responsive design I really like the concept of responsive design, and I have read a lot of the positive stuff about it, and also read a lot of the negative too.

I have setup Google’s Postini anti-spam service for a number of businesses over the last few years, and although it can be difficult (to say the least) to setup, its’ ability to prevent spam is the best I have seen.