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myDataView.RowFilter = "ID = '" + hmnID + "' AND the_name = '" + the_name + "'";

Yes................

you can definately do a while loop inside a thread. Post your code and show us why you think the second thread isn't being executed.

This is VB6 code, and you are posting your question on a VB.Net site. VB.Net does data access very differently (eg. the recordset object no longer exists).

I'd do it like this: Tables ----------- Errands(ErrandID, ErrandDesc) Players(PlayerID, PlayerName) Matches(MatchID, ErrandID, PlayerID_1, PlayerID_2) Relations ------------ Errands.ErrandID -> Matches.ErrandID Players.PlayerID -> Matches.PlayerID_1 Players.PlayerID -> Matches.PlayerID_2

coldfusion: you can't use pointers in C# (you actually can if you use the unsafe keyword, but its not recommended), but you shouldn't need to. C# abstracts the memory management away from the programmer so you don't need to worry about where your objects are stored, or about cleaning them up when your done. The CLR and the GC manages all this for you.

TPG: using that argument, wouldn't straight MSIL, or ASM be the best language for him to start in then? Higher level languages have a purpose, especially for those getting their feet wet for the first time in .Net

If you following proper coding practices back in VB6, .Net should not come as such as shock to you. VB6 allowed you to program in VERY improper ways, which resulted in very heterogeneous codebases, since there are many different ways to do the same thing (most of them ugly). .Net cleans up the language and for the most part only retains the accepted "proper" way to do things. So if you have been doing things the proper way in VB6, .Net is pretty straightforward. If you weren't doing things the proper way, then it will be a learning experience.

You would store the username password in a database server. You do not need ASP.Net to use a database. The messages would be sent back and forth via a custom server that you would have to write that implemented whatever chat protocol you choose to use. Various things like creating a username password you may choose to do via ASP.Net, but it would not be a good fit for the chat application itself, due to the real-time nature of chat applications.

One is declarative, one is imperative syntax. The advantage of using AddHandler is that you can easily have one method handle multiple events (I may be wrong, but I don't think this is possible with the declarative syntax).

What did is the filename of your config file. It must be the same as your assembly name + the .config. eg. MyClassLibrary.dll MyClassLibrary.dll.config

For creating a chat program you probably should not be using ASP.Net.

I'd suggest starting in C# (or VB.Net) rather than C++. C# is a much cleaner language, with a lower learning curve.

I would consider using SQL Server CE, it is specifically built for this.

What event do you have that code in? Will need to see more code...