C#

Do you mean the language that the user prefers as set in the browser, or the culture settings used on the server when creating the web page?

Are you calling the web service from the server creating the page or from the page in the browser?

//http://TMPQADMOMAP101:8090//0000329/0000082/9999/0000016_0000000_tmp030104_V0004.xls

code-frog wrote:

so I don't have to code it

code-frog wrote:

And if I don't want to invoke any Data Access?

code-frog wrote:

Either way my Google wasn't really helpful.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
namespace States
{
    public class StateAbbreviations
    {
        private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> stateAbbreviations = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> stateNames = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
        static StateAbbreviations()
        {
            stateAbbreviations.Add("ALABAMA", "AL");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("ALASKA", "AK");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("AMERICAN SAMOA", "AS");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("ARIZONA", "AZ");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("ARKANSAS", "AR");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("CALIFORNIA", "CA");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("COLORADO", "CO");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("CONNECTICUT", "CT");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("DELAWARE", "DE");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA", "DC");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA", "FM");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("FLORIDA", "FL");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("GEORGIA", "GA");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("GUAM", "GU");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("HAWAII", "HI");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("IDAHO", "ID");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("ILLINOIS", "IL");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("INDIANA", "IN");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("IOWA", "IA");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("KANSAS", "KS");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("KENTUCKY", "KY");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("LOUISIANA", "LA");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("MAINE", "ME");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("MARSHALL ISLANDS", "MH");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("MARYLAND", "MD");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("MASSACHUSETTS", "MA");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("MICHIGAN", "MI");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("MINNESOTA", "MN");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("MISSISSIPPI", "MS");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("MISSOURI", "MO");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("MONTANA", "MT");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("NEBRASKA", "NE");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("NEVADA", "NV");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("NEW HAMPSHIRE", "NH");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("NEW JERSEY", "NJ");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("NEW MEXICO", "NM");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("NEW YORK", "NY");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("NORTH CAROLINA", "NC");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("NORTH DAKOTA", "ND");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS", "MP");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("OHIO", "OH");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("OKLAHOMA", "OK");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("OREGON", "OR");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("PALAU", "PW");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("PENNSYLVANIA", "PA");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("PUERTO RICO", "PR");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("RHODE ISLAND", "RI");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("SOUTH CAROLINA", "SC");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("SOUTH DAKOTA", "SD");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("TENNESSEE", "TN");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("TEXAS", "TX");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("UTAH", "UT");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("VERMONT", "VT");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("VIRGIN ISLANDS", "VI");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("VIRGINIA", "VA");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("WASHINGTON", "WA");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("WEST VIRGINIA", "WV");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("WISCONSIN", "WI");
            stateAbbreviations.Add("WYOMING", "WY");
 
            foreach(KeyValuePair<string, string> pair in stateAbbreviations)
            {
                stateNames.Add(pair.Value, pair.Key);
            }
        }
 
        public static string GetStateName(string stateAbbreviation)
        {
            string name;
 
            if(stateAbbreviation == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("State abbreviation cannot be null");
            }
            else 
            {
                if(!stateNames.TryGetValue(stateAbbreviation.ToUpper(), out name))
                {
                    throw new ArgumentException("Unknown abbreviation");
                }
            }
 
            return name;
        }
 
        public static string GetStateAbbreviation(string stateName)
        {
            string abbreviation;
 
            if(stateName == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("State name cannot be null");
            }
            else
            {
                if(!stateAbbreviations.TryGetValue(stateName.ToUpper(), out abbreviation))
                {
                    throw new ArgumentException("Unknown state");
                }
            }
 
            return abbreviation;
        }
 
        public static IEnumerable<string> Abbreviations
        {
            get
            {
                return stateAbbreviations.Values;
            }
        }
 
        public static IEnumerable<string> Names
        {
            get
            {
                return stateNames.Values;
            }
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
 
namespace States
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            foreach(string name in StateAbbreviations.Names)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(StateAbbreviations.GetStateAbbreviation(name));
            }
 
            Console.WriteLine();
 
            foreach(string abbreviaton in StateAbbreviations.Abbreviations)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(StateAbbreviations.GetStateName(abbreviaton));
            }
 
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

code-frog wrote:

1. Your implementation was/is more elegant than mine. I did it with an ArrayList.
2. Yours is complete. Mine is still being written because the phone keeps ringing.

So because I'm a highly evolved being, short on time and know a good thing when I see it. I'll use yours... at my own risk of course.

Thanks a ton! Now that's probably the most helpful reply I have ever received in my life.