05.04.2006 - My Web site has been
Atlas enabled! Atlas is a Web development framework based around AJAX techniques to deliver a dynamic client-side experience. Atlas allows Web developers to easily wrap their existing, functional Web form objects around controls in order to create a more real-time look and feel for users.
My
first example of an Atlas-enabled page is a basic GridView that queries the Northwind Customers table. A drop down menu filters the data, while paging and sorted is enabled on the grid.
A second example has been added that demonstrates the usefulness of
auto-completion using a server-side control. This page interacts with a Web service that searches through a text file database that returns matches to a text box.
03.29.2006 - I found a really great blog post about how to initialize your SQL 2000/2005 Server to use the default .NET 2.0 Security API. The article is titled "
Configuring ASP.NET 2.0 Application Services to use SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005." It provides a step-by-step approach to preparing your SQL Server for the new authentication and authorization management services provided by .NET 2.0.
03.29.2006 - After a short break, I've returned to update the site with the latest built-in .NET 2.0 Membership features. I've updated the Login and Registration pages, and will be updating the List of Registered Users shortly. All Membership information is stored using SQL Express, but I hope to migrate this to SQL Server 2005 in the future.