Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Open a Page in a new window from code behind in asp.net

Dim strScript As String = ""
Page.RegisterStartupScript("PopUp", strScript)

Here "filePath " can be a page name like "/Application/folder/default.aspx" or "/Application/folder/mypdffile.pdf".

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Remove non-numeric or non-alphameric characters.

This can be used to remove or save any range of characters from a string or field.

declare @s varchar(100), @i int

select @s = 'asd i/.,<>as>[{}]vnbv'
select @s

select @i = patindex('%[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]%', @s)
while @i > 0
begin
select @s = replace(@s, substring(@s, @i, 1), '')
select @i = patindex('%[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]%', @s)
end

select @s


gives
before
asd i/.,<>as>[{}]vnbv
after
asd iasvnbv


Removing the characters from a field in a table


create table #a (s varchar(100))

insert #a (s) select 'asd i/.,<>as>[{}]vnbv'
insert #a (s) select 'aaa'
insert #a (s) select '123 ''h 9)'

select * from #a

while @@rowcount > 0
update  #a
set s = replace(s, substring(s, patindex('%[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]%', s), 1), '')
where patindex('%[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]%', s) <> 0

select * from #a

Gives

before
asd i/.,<>as>[{}]vnbv
aaa
123 'h 9)
after
asd iasvnbv
aaa
123 h 9

Monday, 8 March 2010

Asp.Net page Life Cycle events

If (!IsPostBack)

  1. Begin PreInit
  2. End PreInit
  3. Begin Init
  4. End Init
  5. Begin InitComplete
  6. End InitComplete
  7. Begin PreLoad
  8. End PreLoad
  9. Begin Load
  10. End Load
  11. Begin LoadComplete
  12. End LoadComplete
  13. Begin PreRender
  14. End PreRender
  15. Begin PreRenderComplete
  16. End PreRenderComplete
  17. Begin SaveState
  18. End SaveState
  19. Begin SaveStateComplete
  20. End SaveStateComplete
  21. Begin Render
  22. End Render

If(IsPostBack)

  1. Begin PreInit
  2. End PreInit
  3. Begin Init
  4. End Init
  5. Begin InitComplete
  6. End InitComplete
  7. Begin LoadState
  8. End LoadState
  9. Begin ProcessPostData
  10. End ProcessPostData
  11. Begin PreLoad
  12. End PreLoad
  13. Begin Load
  14. End Load
  15. Begin ProcessPostData (Again)
  16. End ProcessPostData (Again)
  17. Begin Raise ChangedEvents
  18. End Raise ChangedEvents
  19. Begin Raise PostBackEvent
  20. End Raise PostBackEvent
  21. Begin LoadComplete
  22. End LoadComplete
  23. Begin PreRender
  24. End PreRender
  25. Begin PreRenderComplete
  26. End PreRenderComplete
  27. Begin SaveState
  28. End SaveState
  29. Begin SaveStateComplete
  30. End SaveStateComplete
  31. Begin Render
  32. End Render

Export to Excel from html

Response.Clear()
Response.Buffer = True
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=MyFiles.xls")
Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode
Response.BinaryWrite(System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetPreamble())
Me.EnableViewState = False
Response.Write(Session("Str"))
Response.End()