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Department of MCA
Programming using C# .Net -18MCA51
Module 5: Web App Development and Data
Access using ADO.NET

Handling By
Nirupama K
Asst. Prof. Dept. of MCA
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Basics of Web
• In its simplest form, a web page is nothing more than an HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
document (with the extension .html or .htm) that describes to a web browser the docu-ment’s
content and how to format it
• URIs and URLs
• URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) identify resources on the Internet. URIs that start with
• http:// are called URLs (Uniform Resource Locators).

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Multitier Application Architecture
Information Tier
• The information tier (also called the bottom tier) maintains the application’s data. This tier
typically stores data in a relational database management system.
• For example, a retail store might have a database for storing product information, such as
descriptions, prices and quantities in stock. The same database also might contain customer
information, such as user names, billing addresses and credit card numbers
• This tier can contain multiple databases, which together comprise the data needed for an
application.
Business Logic
• The middle tier implements business logic, controller logic and presentation logic to control
interactions between the application’s clients and its data

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• The middle tier acts as an intermediary between data in the information tier and the application’s
clients. The middle-tier controller logic processes client requests (such as requests to view a
product catalog) and retrieves data from the database.
• The middle-tier presentation logic then processes data from the information tier and presents the
content to the client. Web applications typically present data to clients as web pages.
• Business logic in the middle tier enforces business rules and ensures that data is reliable
• before the server application updates the database or presents the data to users
• Business rules dictate how clients can and cannot access application data, and how applications
process data. For example, a business rule in the middle tier of a retail store’s web-based appli-
cation might ensure that all product quantities remain positive.
• A client request to set a negative quantity in the bottom tier’s product information database
would be rejected by the middle tier’s business logic

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Client Tier
• The client tier, or top tier, is the application’s user interface, which gathers input and dis-plays
output. Users interact directly with the application through the user interface (typically viewed in
a web browser), keyboard and mouse.
• In response to user actions (for example, clicking a hyperlink), the client tier interacts with the
middle tier to make re-quests and to retrieve data from the information tier. The client tier then
displays to the user the data retrieved from the middle tier. The client tier never directly interacts
with the information tier

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Introducing new features of ASP .NET 4.0
• ASP .NET core services
• ASP .NET web Forms
• Dynamic Data
• ASP .NET Chart control
• Microsoft AJAX functionality
• Improved CSS capability
ASP .NET core services
• Refactoring of the web config file
• Output caching
• Auto start web application
• Redirecting a page
• Compressing session state
• Range of allowable URLs

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Dynamic data
• Including a Rapid Application Development, It help to data driven web application
• Automatic validation
• Dynamic Control control
• Dynamic Data Manager control
• Dynamic Entity control
• Dynamic Filter control
• Dynamic HyperLink control
• Dynamic validator control

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Creating a sample website

• Setting meta tags by using the Meta keywords

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Validation Controls
• RequiredFieldValidator
• RangeValidator
• CompareValidator
• RegularExpressionValidator
• CustomValidator
• ValidationSummary
Required Field Validator Control
The Required Field Validator control ensures that the required field is not empty. It is generally tied
to a text box to force input into the text box.
<asp: Required Field Validator ID="rfvcandidate"
runat="server" ControlToValidate ="ddlcandidate"
ErrorMessage="Please choose a candidate"
InitialValue="Please choose a candidate">
</asp : Required Field Validator>

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Range Validator Control
The Range Validator control verifies that the input value falls within a predetermined range.
Properties Description

Type It defines the type of the data. The available values are: Currency, Date,
Double, Integer, and String.

MinimumValue It specifies the minimum value of the range.

MaximumValue It specifies the maximum value of the range.

Compare Validator Control

The Compare Validator control compares a value in one control with a fixed value or a value in another control.
Properties Description

Type It specifies the data type.

ControlToCompare It specifies the value of the input control to compare with.

ValueToCompare It specifies the constant value to compare with.

Operator It specifies the comparison operator, the available values

are: Equal, NotEqual, GreaterThan, GreaterThanEqual,
LessThan, LessThanEqual, and DataTypeCheck.
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Regular Expression Validator
The Regular Expression Validator allows validating the input text by matching against a pattern of a
regular expression. The regular expression is set in the Validation Expression property.
The following table summarizes the commonly used syntax constructs for regular expressions:

Character Escapes Description

\b Matches a backspace.
\t Matches a tab.
\r Matches a carriage return.
\v Matches a vertical tab.
\f Matches a form feed.
\n Matches a new line.
\ Escape character.

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Custom Validator
The Custom Validator control allows writing application specific custom validation routines for both
the client side and the server side validation.
The client side validation is accomplished through the Client Validation Function property. The
client side validation routine should be written in a scripting language, such as JavaScript or
VBScript, which the browser can understand.
The server side validation routine must be called from the control's Server Validate event handler.
The server side validation routine should be written in any .NET language, like C# or VB. Net.
Validation Summary
The Validation Summary control does not perform any validation but shows a summary of all errors
in the page. The summary displays the values of the Error Message property of all validation
controls that failed validation.
The following two mutually inclusive properties list out the error message:
Show Summary : shows the error messages in specified format.
Show Message Box : shows the error messages in a separate window.

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Validation Groups
Complex pages have different groups of information provided in different panels. In such situation,
a need might arise for performing validation separately for separate group. This kind of situation is
handled using validation groups.
To create a validation group, you should put the input controls and the validation controls into the
same logical group by setting their Validation Group property.
Example
The following example describes a form to be filled up by all the students of a school, divided into
four houses, for electing the school president. Here, we use the validation controls to validate the
user input.

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