SQL Server Data Types

Here are the SQL server data types for quick reference, Exact numerics – (bigint, bit, decimal, int, money, numeric, smallint) Approximate numerics (float, real) Date and time (date, datetime2, datetime, datetimeoffset, time) Character strings (char, varchar, text) Unicode character strings (nchar,...

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ASP.NET ViewState example

ViewState is a client side state management mechanism. It is not the only state management mechanism. Some other examples would be, For client side state management, ·         Hidden Field ·         Cookies ·         Control...

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Could not load file or assembly EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0 and MVC 4

In MVC 4 this mostly happens when you create a MVC 4 project and then for your DAL (Data access layer ) you have a separate class library project and install EF through NuGet. NuGet will give you the latest version which is currently EF 6. When you try to run the project you will see an error similar...

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ViewBag vs ViewData in ASP.NET MVC

Bottom line is that they are essentially the same, ViewBag is just a dynamic wrapper around ViewData. ViewData is actually a dictionary used to pass data from controllers to views. The following example will make this clear, ViewBag.Name = "Padmika" is equal to, ViewData["Name"] = "Padmi...

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