I've been having fun getting objects in Second Life talking to a database on my dev server using .NET code, so I thought I'd share the magic with those of you who are interested.
For the SecondLife bit, I'll use the llHTTPRequest object to request data from my external source. The real-world bit is some ASP.NET code running on a development server. In order to understand how this code works, you need to understand the underlying structure of a HTTP request. If you've not done anything like this before, here's a quick dive in.
Each time you view a web page with...