ASP.NET Interview Questions - 2

1. What is the difference between Server.Transfer and Response.Redirect? Why would I choose one over the other?

Server.Transfer is used to post a form to another page. Response.Redirect is used to redirect the user to another page or site.

2. Can you explain the difference between an ADO.NET Dataset and an ADO Recordset?

· A DataSet can represent an entire relational database in memory, complete with tables, relations, and views.
· A DataSet is designed to work without any continuing connection to the original data source.
· Data in a DataSet is bulk-loaded, rather than being loaded on demand.
· There's no concept of cursor types in a DataSet.
· DataSets have no current record pointer You can use For Each loops to move through the data.
· You can store many edits in a DataSet, and write them to the original data source in a single operation.
· Though the DataSet is universal, other objects in ADO.NET come in different versions for different data sources.


3. Can you give an example of what might be best suited to place in the Application_Start and Session_Start subroutines?

This is where you can set the specific variables for the Application and Session objects.


4. If I’m developing an application that must accommodate multiple security levels though secure login and my ASP.NET web application is spanned across three web-servers (using round-robin load balancing) what would be the best approach to maintain login-in state for the users?

Maintain the login state security through a database.


5. Can you explain what inheritance is and an example of when you might use it?

When you want to inherit (use the functionality of) another class. Base Class Employee. A Manager class could be derived from the Employee base class.


6. Whats an assembly?

Assemblies are the building blocks of the .NET framework.


7. Explain what a diffgram is, and a good use for one?

The DiffGram is one of the two XML formats that you can use to render DataSet object contents to XML. For reading database data to an XML file to be sent to a Web Service.


8. Whats MSIL, and why should my developers need an appreciation of it if at all?

MSIL is the Microsoft Intermediate Language. All .NET compatible languages will get converted to MSIL.


9. Which method do you invoke on the DataAdapter control to load your generated dataset with data?

The .Fill() method


10. Can you edit data in the Repeater control?

No, it just reads the information from its data source


11. Which template must you provide, in order to display data in a Repeater control?

ItemTemplate


12. How can you provide an alternating color scheme in a Repeater control?

Use the AlternatingItemTemplate


13. What property must you set, and what method must you call in your code, in order to bind the data from some data source to the Repeater control?

You must set the DataSource property and call the DataBind method.