Xml to DropDownList

Sample of xml file.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″  ?>
<unitedstates>
    <state id=”AL” name=”AL – Alabama” />
</unitedstates>

ASP code

<asp:DropDownList ID=”ddlState” runat=”server” />

Code behind

XmlDataSource xml = new XmlDataSource();
xml.DataFile = Server.MapPath(“States.xml”);

ddlState.DataSource = xml;
ddlState.DataValueField = “id”;
ddlState.DataTextField = “name”;
ddlState.AppendDataBoundItems = true;
ddlState.DataBind();

SMTP Setup

    <system.net>
        <mailSettings>
            <smtp from=”noreply@domain.com“>
                <network host=”<hostname>” userName=”” password=”” />
            </smtp>
            <!– Save Email on your local machine
            <smtp from=”noreply@domain.com” deliveryMethod=”SpecifiedPickupDirectory”>
                <specifiedPickupDirectory pickupDirectoryLocation=”C:\emails\”/>
            </smtp>
            –>
        </mailSettings>
        <defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials=”true” />
    </system.net>

Grant EXECUTE Permissions on all Stored Procedures to a Single User

DECLARE @SQL AS NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @newline AS NVARCHAR(2);
DECLARE @USER_NAME AS NVARCHAR(100);
DECLARE @sproc_name_pattern AS NVARCHAR(10);

SET @SQL = N”
SET @newline = NCHAR(13) + NCHAR(10);
SET @USER_NAME = N”;

SET @sproc_name_pattern = N’test[_]%’; — Pattern name: select stored procedure which starts with test_

SELECT @SQL = @SQL
+ N’GRANT EXECUTE ON ‘
+ QUOTENAME(OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME([OBJECT_ID])) + ‘.’
+ QUOTENAME([name])
+ N’ TO ‘
+ QUOTENAME(@USER_NAME)
+ N’;’
+ @newline + @newline
FROM sys.procedures
WHERE [name] LIKE @sproc_name_pattern;

EXEC SP_EXECUTESQL @SQL;

If you have an error says “OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME …”, you will need to upgrade your SQL Server to 2005 SP2 at least.