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There's no option of specifying a content database when you create a site collection. Can we have a utility that shows all content database that a web application has & then allows you to create a site collection speciying the content database. You could also show the default content database.

When I define a managed path with explicit inclusion, I'm telling SharePoint that there will be one and only one site collection at that defined location.

Under a site collection you can have various sites. In fact, you cannot have a site collection without

any site in it. When you create a site collection from central administration, by default it will put in a toplevel

site in the site collection.

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What are the difference between ASP.NET 2.0 & ASP.NET 3.5?

The sharepoint root is located at:

C:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\(12 or 14)

All sharepoint web applications are created at:

c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories

SP2010 removes some of the standard HttpModules like
Anonymous Identification
File Authorization
ASP.NET profiles
Session
WebDAV

So you cant use ASP.NET session state in your SP code. SP code has to be stateless.