It's great to be able to put settings in the Web.Config file for my ASP.NET projects. The problem for me, though, is that when I use
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings(name) to return a setting that doesn't exist in the file, an empty string ("") is returned, when ideally I would like an exception to let me know that something is missing or mispelled in my config file (or application code).
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By default, the ViewState for ASP.NET DataGrids can be quite large, as it normally stores enough information to recreate the grid completely after a postback. Often, I have found that I need the grid to display a list of items with only paging, sorting, and some buttons that let you delete or edit (via another page) individual items.
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