How to know SQL Server version and Edition

some time we just install the sql server , but still we don't know which type of version it is and edition also , basically we need that when we are upgrating current version of new version. Current there is sql server 2008 is there in market,

now how to determine which version of sql 2008 is running out machine,
- run the following T-SQL statement,

SELECT SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel') ,SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')

you will get the result like :
RTM | 10.0.1600.22 | Enterprise Edition

RTM is product level which means - 'Release To Manufacturing'.
but what is means of RTM - is a stage on which the distribution of process begins CD of
that product get created and retial packs and then product will get shipp , this is very
long process and because of that RTM date is mostly ahead of the final release date.

10.0.1600.22 means product version.

Enterprise Edition means its a Edition there are some other editions are also there like
Developer,standard ,web,Express ,Workgroup , 64- bit Edition .

The following table lists the Sqlservr.exe version number.

Release	Sqlservr.exe
RTM	2007.100.1600.0
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1	2007.100.2531.0

Check for valid Internet Connection using C#

on many application we need internet connectio , such as smart client to send receive the data, now in this case below code will help you to make sure that you have proper internet connection or not , the conecpt is like very simple, at first we simply check that if the user has network connection and according to that it will return Success / Fail message.

Now i just ping the two website (www.google.com ,www.yahoo.com) which will ping that site and return fail or success message.


C#
public bool GetIsConnAvail()
{
var success = false;
string StatusMsg;
if (NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable() == false)
{
return success;
}
string[] Mysite = { "www.google.com", "www.yahoo.com"};
try
{
using (var ping = new Ping())
{
foreach (var url in Mysite)
{
var replyMsg = ping.Send(url, 300);
if (replyMsg.Status == IPStatus.Success)
{
success = true;
StatusMsg = "Connection Found..."
break;
}
else
{
StatusMsg = "Internet Connection not Found on your machine..."
}

}
}
}

catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
return success;
}



i thing this code will surely help you to search your connection faster than other ways.

video on web2.0

hi , i just found very nice vodeo on web2.0





another video on web2.0 , its really very informative

Generate Sitemap using ASP

Sitemap is very important factor of web site , you can say its a list of pages of web site accessible to user. it Organize in hierarchical fashion. basically it helps the visitors and mostly on search engine bots to find the perticular page on you site. it improve seo of site , it works just like the dynamic access to site. basically sitemap in xml format.

Here i have created one sample application that can read xsl file and according to that it generate sitemap of your site.
on my Excel file i have place all the links of my sites.
now how to get this ,
1 .open your site say www.google.com
2. now on your web developer toolbar (Mozilla addon) on Information section > click view link information it will open open page and in that you can find all the site links
3. copy that on excel file and save it ,

now write application that read a data from excel and generate sitemap



< %

Const adOpenStatic = 3
Const adLockPessimistic = 2
Dim cnnExcel
Dim rstExcel
Dim I
Dim iCols

Set cnnExcel = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
cnnExcel.Open "Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};DriverId=790;Dbq="&Server.MapPath("1.xls")&";DefaultDir="&Server.MapPath(".")&";" Set rstExcel = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rstExcel.Open "SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]", cnnExcel
iCols = rstExcel.Fields.Count
rstExcel.MoveFirst
xmlData = ""
xmlData = xmlData&""
Do While Not rstExcel.EOF
xmlData = xmlData& ""
xmlData = xmlData& ""& rstExcel.Fields.Item(0).Value & "" & vbCrLf
xmlData = xmlData& ""
rstExcel.MoveNext
Loop
xmlData = xmlData& " "
Response.Write(xmlData)
rstExcel.Close
Set rstExcel = Nothing

cnnExcel.Close
Set cnnExcel = Nothing
% >

Run this file and view source code of this file , save view source file as a "Sitemap.xml"