c#-2.0

Below are two different ways to initialize static readonly fields. Is there a difference between the two approaches? If yes, when should one be preferred over the other? class A { private static readonly string connectionString = WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SomeConnection"].ConnectionString; } class B { private static readonly string connectionString; static B() { connectionString = WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SomeConnection"].ConnectionString; } } Mark Byers There is one subtle difference between these two, which can be seen in the IL code - putting an explicit

I am trying to serialize an object & save it into a Sql server 2008 xml field. I also have some deserialization code that re-hydrates the object. I am able to serialize & save the object into the db, but get a "Root element missing" exception. [XmlRoot("Patient")] public class PatientXml { private AddressXml _address = null; private EmergencyContactXml _emergencyContact = null; private PersonalXml _personal = null; [XmlElement] public PersonalXml Personal { get { return _personal; } set { _personal = value; } } [XmlElement] public AddressXml Address { get { return _address; } set { _address =

In order to comply with HIPAA regulations, we need to send email from an external site (outside the firewall) to an internal Exchange server (inside the firewall). Our Exchange admins tell us we need to use TLS encryption to send mail from the web server to the email server. I've never used TLS before and I'm not very familiar with it. Searching on Google as brought up numerous paid-for-use libraries. Is there anything native to .NET that will accomplish this? If so, how do I configure it? If not, is there something free or open source? Current Configuration: ASP.NET C# Web Application 2.0

Alright...I've given the site a fair search and have read over many posts about this topic. I found this question: Code for a simple thread pool in C# especially helpful. However, as it always seems, what I need varies slightly. I have looked over the MSDN example and adapted it to my needs somewhat. The example I refer to is here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3dasc8as(VS.80,printer).aspx My issue is this. I have a fairly simple set of code that loads a web page via the HttpWebRequest and WebResponse classes and reads the results via a Stream . I fire off this method in a thread as