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Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# & VB, 2^nd Edition

Corrections & Typos

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Second Edition: November 2006

• p. 35, Figure 2.2

  The labels for "Server Side Comment" and "ASP.NET Control" are the wrong way around.

• p. 43, second paragraph

  The HTML <form runat="server">> has an extra '>'. It should read <form runat="server">

• p. 69, table 3.2

  The equals comparison operators for VB and C# are reversed — VB should be listed as =, and C# as ==

• p. 79, Figure 3.6

  Rayne's width is listed as 30 pounds; it should instead read 14 inches.

• p. 81, last paragraph

  "are special kinds of method are that used" should be "are special kinds of methods that are used".

• p. 102, last sentence

  The reference to "Appendix B" should read "Appendix A".

• p. 109 code listings
  

  The second line in the VB code should read:

  Dim myButton As HtmlButton = New HtmlButton()

  Similarly, the C# code should read:

  HtmlButton myButton = new HtmlButton();

• p. 115-116

  The text incorrectly states that we're using a BulletedList control, and the screenshot depicts an unordered list. However, as the code archive and code samples in the book reflect, we're actually using a Label control.

• p. 181-182, code listings

  The timeout value should be 15.

• p. 187, Figure 5.33

  The screenshot shows the addition of a new item to the App_Data folder, not the root folder as described in the text.

• p. 188, code listing

  url="HelpDesk.aspx" should be url="~/HelpDesk.aspx"

• p. 267, Important

  The database table property name is IDENTITY_INSERT, not INDENTITY_INSERT

• p. 274, table 7.7

  The title of the first column should be "DepartmentID"

• p. 297, 2nd code listing

  The code should read:

  SELECT Employees.Name, Employees.Username FROM Employees

• p. 327, code listing

  @NewEmployeeiD should be @NewEmployeeID.

• p. 346, 4th paragraph

  conn.Parameters should be comm.Parameters

• p. 389, C# code listing

  The code to add command parameters should be:

  // Add command parameters
  comm.Parameters.Add("@EmployeeID", System.Data.SqlDbType.Int);

• p. 395, second code listing

  This code listing is C# code; it is incorrectly labeled as Visual Basic.

• p. 397, second code listing

  The @Description parameter declaration is missing a field size - it should read @Description nvarchar(50).

• p. 456, paragraph 3

  Add New Column… should be Add New Field…

February 2005 - first print