Question

I am developing a web Application in ASP.NET 3.5 with SQL Server 2008. I need Multiple Language such as English, Dutch, Finnish etc. I can do it by using System.Resources and System.Globalization. but I can’t convert the Language which data come from database.
How can I solve it ???

Answer 1

I would recommend using two tables for the table that your need localization.
Example:

Product
-------------------------------
ProductID  |  Price   |  Stock 
-------------------------------
10         |   10     |   15


ProductLoc
-----------------------------------------------
ProductID  | Lang   | Name      |  Description
-----------------------------------------------
 10        |  EN    | Bike      |  Excellent Bike 
 10        |  ES    | Bicicleta |  Excelente bici 

This way you can use:

SELECT * FROM 
Product LEFT JOIN ProductLoc ON Product.ProductID = ProductLoc.ProductID 
                               AND ProductLoc.Lang = @CurrentLang

(Left join just in case there is no record for the current lang in the ProductLoc table)

Disclaimer: Text taken from another answer of mine