First create the locations table

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Locations](
[LocationID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[Location] [varchar](50) NULL,
[Abbrev] [varchar](3) NULL
CONSTRAINT [PK_Locations] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[LocationID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

Now you can insert the US states using this script

insert into States (location,abbrev)
Select ‘Alabama’, ‘AL’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Alaska’, ‘AK’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Arizona’, ‘AZ’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Arkansas’, ‘AR’ UNION ALL
Select ‘California’, ‘CA’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Colorado’, ‘CO’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Connecticut’, ‘CT’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Delaware’, ‘DE’ UNION ALL
Select ‘District of Columbia’, ‘DC’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Florida’, ‘FL’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Georgia’, ‘GA’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Hawaii’, ‘HI’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Idaho’, ‘ID’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Illinois’, ‘IL’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Indiana’, ‘IN’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Iowa’, ‘IA’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Kansas’, ‘KS’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Kentucky’, ‘KY’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Louisiana’, ‘LA’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Maine’, ‘ME’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Maryland’, ‘MD’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Massachusetts’, ‘MA’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Michigan’, ‘MI’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Minnesota’, ‘MN’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Mississippi’, ‘MS’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Missouri’, ‘MO’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Montana’, ‘MT’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Nebraska’, ‘NE’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Nevada’, ‘NV’ UNION ALL
Select ‘New Hampshire’, ‘NH’ UNION ALL
Select ‘New Jersey’, ‘NJ’ UNION ALL
Select ‘New Mexico’, ‘NM’ UNION ALL
Select ‘New York’, ‘NY’ UNION ALL
Select ‘North Carolina’, ‘NC’ UNION ALL
Select ‘North Dakota’, ‘ND’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Ohio’, ‘OH’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Oklahoma’, ‘OK’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Oregon’, ‘OR’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Pennsylvania’, ‘PA’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Rhode Island’, ‘RI’ UNION ALL
Select ‘South Carolina’, ‘SC’ UNION ALL
Select ‘South Dakota’, ‘SD’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Tennessee’, ‘TN’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Texas’, ‘TX’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Utah’, ‘UT’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Vermont’, ‘VT’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Virginia’, ‘VA’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Washington’, ‘WA’ UNION ALL
Select ‘West Virginia’, ‘WV’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Wisconsin’, ‘WI’ UNION ALL
Select ‘Wyoming’, ‘WY’

From Webcosmo Webmaster Forum http://www.webcosmoforums.com/databases/21515-insert-script-us-states-abbreviation-ms-sql.html

Using this simple method you could convert an input string to title case

public class Converter
{
public static string ConvertToTitleCase(string input)
{
TextInfo ti = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.TextInfo;
//if a word is all in upper case, ToTitleCase method is not able to convert to title case. So we would make the input string all lower case.
return ti.ToTitleCase(input.ToLower());
}
}

To use this method you can simply call the static method like this:
string str = Converter.ConvertToTitleCase(“mY GiaNT bREAkFST”)

From Webcosmo Webmaster Forum http://www.webcosmoforums.com/asp/21519-how-convert-string-title-case-asp-net.html

Solution?
On code behind register the linkbutton inside the repeater for Asynchronous postback.
Like this
foreach (RepeaterItem ri in rpt.Items)
{
if (ri.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || ri.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
{
LinkButton lb = (LinkButton)ri.FindControl("lb");
ScriptManager1.RegisterAsyncPostBackControl(lb);
}
}

Read the original article at Webcosmo Webmaster Forum http://www.webcosmoforums.com/asp/21403-linkbutton-inside-repeater-updatepanel-causes-full-postback-asp-net.html

To fix this issue you need to rename the conflicting classes.

To find out the conflicting classes follow these steps:

- From Visual Studio Tools Menu Click Options.
- Expand Projects and Solutions
- Click on Build and Run
- From the dropdown “MSBuild Project Build Output Verbosity” select Diagnostic
- Click on OK to save
- Now build your project using the Web Deployment Project
- Now wait for the project build to fail.
- From the Visual Studio View Menu click on Output You will see where the duplicates on output when it fails to build. Fix the duplicates.
- Build again.

From Webcosmo Webmaster Forum http://www.webcosmoforums.com/asp/21401-aspnet_merge-exe-exited-code-1-a.html

2. Click on the + next to your server name to expand and then click on Application Pools.

3. Locate the application pool for the website you are changing asp.net for. Right click on the application pool and click on Basic Settings.

4. From the drop down menu under .NET Framework Version choose the version of asp.net you wish the site to run on. If asp.net version you wish to use does not appear on the list, you need to install that .net version first. Just Google the .net download, you would find the link at Microsoft for download.

From Webcosmo Webmaster Forum http://www.webcosmoforums.com/windows-server/21310-how-change-asp-net-version-iis-7-a.html

One of the problems was with custom controls.
Here is the sample code in C# of a custom control I used for that project.

namespace CustomControls
{
public class MyTextArea : TextBox
{
//———-code here
}
}

On web.cinfig I added

On a page I use the control like this:

It compiles fine without any error. However when I view the page on browser I get the error:
Unknown Server Tag cc:MyTextArea

Note that this code worked fine in both visual studio 2005, and visual studio 2008.

Solution:
Apparently I would need to add the assembly reference on web.config

From Webcosmo Webmaster Forum http://www.webcosmoforums.com/asp/21267-unknown-server-tag-custom-control-visual-studio-2010-a.html

In IIS you have to add these MIME types.

.xaml application/xaml+xml
.xap application/x-silverlight-app
.xbap application/x-ms-xbap

To add the MIME types to IIS6:

1. Choose the Virtual Directory or Default Web Site in IIS
2. Open the context menu and choose “Properties”
3. Select the “HTTP-Headers” tab
4. Click the button labeled “File Types…” in MIME Map section
5. Choose “New Type” and type the extension from above into the extension field and the application type into the MIME type field.
6. After adding all 3, click “OK” then click “Apply” on the main menu. You’re done. No restart needed.

In more recent versions of IIS, process is little different, but I am sure you got the idea how to do it.

From Webcosmo Webmaster Forum http://www.webcosmoforums.com/asp/21242-unhandled-error-silverlight-application-code-2104-category-initialize-silverlight-iis.html

This code sample check the file type if its an image. It can be altered for other file types as well. This example code is in C#.
HttpPostedFile myPostedFile=fileUpload.PostedFile;
if(myPostedFile!=null && myPostedFile.ContentLength>0)
{
FileInfo finfo = new FileInfo(myPostedFile.FileName);
string fileExtension = finfo.Extension.ToLower();
if (fileExtension != ".gif" && fileExtension != ".jpg" && fileExtension != ".jpeg" && fileExtension != ".png")
{
//show error message
return;
}
}

From Webcosmo Webmaster Forum http://www.webcosmoforums.com/asp/21239-how-check-uploaded-file-extension-asp-net.html

- Open the website project in Visual Studio
- Click on File Menu
- Click on Add
- Click on Existing Project. Browse to your Silverlight project
- Click Open
- Right click on your Website Project on Solution Explorer
- Click on Property Pages
- Click on Silverlight Applications
- For “Use an Existing Silverlight project in the solution” you should see the silverlight project you added earlier on the “project” dropdown menu. Select the Silverlight project. Check “Add a testpage that references the control” if you like.
- Click on Add

From Webcosmo Webmaster Forum http://www.webcosmoforums.com/asp/21221-how-add-existing-silverlight-project-existing-website-project.html