ASP.Net AJAX and hosting companies

Hi all

A lot of hosting companies now advertise that they support AJAX ASP.Net, but do I *really* have to go with one of those? Can I get away with simply including the System.Web.Extensions.dll in my \bin folder or is there more to it than this?

Thanks in advance

Andy

Yes you can place the DLLs in your bin folder and you should not have any problem running the application. Strong named assemblies can be deployed privately without any problem. I think you can try it out on a machine which doesn't have ASP.Net AJAX installed.

My guess is it's probably got more to do with the framework version, extensions support package installed on the server which the System.Web.Extensions.dll in you bin folder will depend on.

Thanks for the replies. Having read other threads, the main issue seems to be with the trust level. Presumably if the hosting company has locked it down then you can't alter the trust level in your own web.config, i.e. there's not a lot you can do to get ajax working on your site?

Thanks again

Andy

PS - I've used LunarPages in the past - they are cheap with huge bandwidth, but I've found their reliability a bit shaky (and only offer web-based sql server mgmt, which is a pain). Can anyone recommend a hosting company? (preferably offering AJAX support!)

andyste1:

PS - I've used LunarPages in the past - they are cheap with huge bandwidth, but I've found their reliability a bit shaky (and only offer web-based sql server mgmt, which is a pain). Can anyone recommend a hosting company? (preferably offering AJAX support!)

I've been happy with mine. Although there's plenty of debate on who's the best so get ready for the multitude of replies.