RE: Xamarin Hack Day

2014-07-07 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Sounds like a plan already! Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: Optus to sell Office365

2014-06-27 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
I don't want to see it forced through any reseller. I just want to have the option to deal directly with Microsoft. Other people in the loop just complicate support for me. I can do that with Google and with any number of other global providers, so why not Microsoft? If I was running a milk

Programatically paying BPAY invoices

2014-06-06 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Folks, Anyone know if there are any interfaces that allow you to programmatically pay a BPAY account (and get a receipt instantly)? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web:

RE: [OT] Browser use

2014-05-22 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
/ www.sqldownunder.com From: ILT (O) [mailto:il.tho...@outlook.com] Sent: Thursday, 22 May 2014 1:51 PM To: GregAtGregLowDotCom; 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] Browser use GregL - I thought I saw, 2-3 weeks/months ago? - that IE11 can be put into Edge Mode (IE8) – but of course that requires your visitors

RE: [OT] Browser use

2014-05-21 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
I never thought I’d change my default browser but I had to do so with IE11. Moved to using Chrome as a default. I eventually I got to a point where I just had to get things done and whether or not Microsoft believe they did the right thing by removing the agent string entries, they “broke the

RE: GUIDs

2014-05-02 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, I’ve never seen the point of NEWSEQUENTIALID(). It can only be used as a database default. If you’re already round-tripping to the database, you might as well pick up an int or a big int. To me, the reason for using GUIDs is when you want to generate the IDs in a different tier,

RE: SQL server session state

2014-05-01 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
HI Stuart, It doesn’t have anything but a minor effect on tempdb. I’m not sure why you’re imagining it will grow unchecked. They normally just create the asp.net session state tables with a database. It works fine and allows for high availability options. Alternately, there are memory-based

RE: payment gateways

2014-04-20 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Same here. Very happy with them on most things. Their shared payment page is the easiest but it’s got limitations. For example, you could ask people which sort of card, and apply an appropriate surcharge but you can’t then lock down which sort of card they use at checkout. They could say they

RE: payment gateways

2014-04-20 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Geoff, Yep, it’s the classic one. I looked at RAPID when it came out but decided against it for some reason. Can’t recall why. Sounds like I’ll talk to you further about it then. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676

RE: What would you ask Satya?

2014-04-08 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
) [mailto:andrew.coa...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2014 9:05 AM To: ozDotNet; GregAtGregLowDotCom Subject: RE: What would you ask Satya? FYI, this was for the QA section with Satya at the end of the //build keynote. Cheers, Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft

RE: What would you ask Satya?

2014-03-25 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Given his engineering background, I'd love to hear his thoughts on building products that actually solve problems. One of the real challenges in recent years seems to be the endless focus on shiny new things that make good 7 minute demos rather than working on existing products until they solve

RE: [OT] Weird symptoms and SSD

2014-03-24 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, Always horrible to hear that. What sort of drive was it? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From:

RE: Microsoft Web farm Framework Training in Canberra

2014-03-23 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi noonie, Great for some things. I particularly liked K Scott Allen's ones in and around MVC, HTML5, CSS3, etc. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/

RE: [OT] Noise cancelling earphones for a quiet programming environment?

2014-03-23 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
+1 for the Bose gear. I wear them all the time on long flights and love them but have also used them in other environments and they are great. The noise reduction quality is amazing. +1 also to the idea of drowning out part of the other noise. While they work well without anything even

RE: Favicons

2014-02-27 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Andrew. You're the man! That site is awesome. I'd used IcoFX to create these before and my attempts were lousy. But that site lets you import a PNG, crop it, etc. then convert to a favicon. Amazing. So simple yet so powerful. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775)

RE: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)

2014-02-13 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Isn't it all just perspective ? All other languages are just wrappers around machine code anyway. :) Resistance is futile Any problem in computing can be solved by another layer of abstraction. And any performance problem in computing can be solved by removing one layer of

RE: Advice to Microsoft (not mine - the IT press and developer blogosphere)

2014-02-13 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
iron... On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com mailto:preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: Greg. All machine languages are just wrappers for microcode Preet On 14 February 2014 14:00, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: Isn’t

Video bumpers

2014-02-11 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Folks, Anyone got a recommendation for someone to generate good branded video bumpers? (ie: first 5-10 sec and last 5 sec of videos) Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web:

RE: Video bumpers

2014-02-11 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
[mailto:anthonyatsmall...@mail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 3:01 PM To: GregAtGregLowDotCom; 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Video bumpers Excuse my ignorance but what is a video bumper? Anthony Salerno | Consultant | SmallBiz Australia Software Developers | Mobile | Tablet | Software

Google Chromecast

2014-02-10 Thread Greg Low (gregATgreglowDOTcom)
Hi Folks, Just to follow up about the Win8.1/DLNA/Miracast, etc. discussion the other week. I spent so many hours trying to make that stuff work. The Google Chromecast devices arrived today. Slotted straight into the back of the TVs, with a short USB cable to get power from a USB port on

RE: Google Chromecast

2014-02-10 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (gregATgreglowDOTcom) Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2014 1:59 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Google Chromecast Hi Folks, Just to follow up about the Win8.1/DLNA/Miracast, etc. discussion the other week. I spent so many hours trying

RE: DLNA access from Windows 8.1

2014-01-28 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Magic thanks David. That looks like the answer. I was trying to avoid having yet another device there but they look so neat. I’ve ordered a couple of them. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under |

DLNA access from Windows 8.1

2014-01-27 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Folks, Has anyone been using DLNA from Windows 8.1 successfully? I went into Control Panel, enabled the Media Streaming options for the correct file types. It showed two Bravia TVs correctly and I enabled access for them. I checked that the WMPNetworkSvc service is running.

RE: Windows Internals 6th edition

2014-01-15 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Aren't those links just to rip-off sites? I notice that the books are still available for purchase elsewhere. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/

RE: Recommendations for ASP.Net MVC book

2014-01-04 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
+1 In particular, I found K Scott Allen's videos from Pluralsight excellent. (Same for his CSS3 videos) Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-30 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
What devices will be needed for the 700MHz network? At present, I find Telstra’s 4G network around the country nearly works as well as their 3G network was in the early days. The 3G network is basically unusable in many locations. The worst contention I’ve found is around Collins St in

RE: creating entities from rows instead of columns

2013-12-17 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Kirsten, Do you just mean something like: SELECT PropertyType, MAX(CASE WHEN Attribute = 'Name' THEN Value END) AS Name, MAX(CASE WHEN Attribute = 'Age' THEN Value END) AS Age, MAX(CASE WHEN Attribute = 'Haircolour' THEN Value END) AS Haircolour FROM

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-12 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
they decide to crush that delivery for political reasons.) From: GregAtGregLowDotCom [mailto:g...@greglow.com] Sent: Thursday, 12 December 2013 5:14 PM To: 'Tony Wright'; 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: NBN Petition I love the idea of the country building infrastructure. It’s the speed of public

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-11 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
They are only at a handful of locations for FTTP. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-11 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
To: GregAtGregLowDotCom; ozDotNet Subject: RE: NBN Petition Well, Turnbull's strategic review is out. And whilst we're all likely to get the rubbish mixed-technology mix option (some FTTP, some FTTN and some HFC) due to the headline cost of building the network, the NPV savings over FTTP

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-11 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Sent: Thursday, 12 December 2013 4:12 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: NBN Petition From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Thursday, 12 December 2013 3:51 PM To: ozDotNet Subject

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-11 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
From: Tony Wright [mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 12 December 2013 5:01 PM To: 'ozDotNet'; GregAtGregLowDotCom Subject: RE: NBN Petition Of course, I'm interested in why they are so interested in building non-productive infrastructure, such as roads, that we spend, maybe 1 hour

RE: [OT] Facebook advertising

2013-11-30 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
I've always thought the sage advice was: If the service is free, then YOU are the product. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From:

RE: [OT] Email forwarding

2013-11-28 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
I've had a good run with www.dnsmadeeasy.com http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com . For those sorts of dollars, they let me host about 50 domains and I've never had the slightest issue with them over many years. Regards, Greg From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: [OT] Public SQL Server [answer found]

2013-11-26 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, Back in the dreamtime, you could only have a single copy of SQL Server installed on a computer. When SQL Server 2000 appeared, they provided the ability to install additional copies (ie: named instances) of SQL Server in addition to the default instance. At the time, you could have 16

RE: [OT] Public SQL Server [answer found]

2013-11-26 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
, but then I don't know how to connect to an instance from the outside world -- Patient K On 27 November 2013 17:25, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: Hi Greg, Back in the dreamtime, you could only have a single copy of SQL Server installed on a computer. When

Basic MVC4 question on Form Post

2013-11-03 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Folks, I'm still getting my head around MVC4 bit by bit. A quick question if I can: If I have a form declared: @using (Html.BeginForm(SomeAction, SomeController, FormMethod.Post)) { } I would normally just post it by using an input button set to submit. However, if I don't

RE: SQL Server Management Studio dependencies

2013-11-02 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, SSMS 2012 runs inside the VS2010 shell. It's probably not surprising that removing VS2010 causes SSMS 2012 problems. I suppose it would be nice if VS2010 had an understanding of all things that used its shell but it doesn't. So running repair on SSMS 2012 would have just put back the

RE: I forget, but which API is used to develop against SQL Server, the one that allows people to create alternative interfaces for it.

2013-11-02 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Katherine, In this case, I think you're referring to SMO. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162169.aspx Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com Hi all, I was curious

RE: SQL Server Management Studio dependencies

2013-11-02 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
You can't have SSMS2012 without some aspects of VS2010 as SSMS2012 lives within the VS2010 shell. That's like trying to run a VS2010 add-in without VS2010. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web:

RE: SQL Server Management Studio dependencies

2013-11-02 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Sunday, 3 November 2013 3:19 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: SQL Server Management Studio dependencies You can't have SSMS2012 without some aspects of VS2010 as SSMS2012 lives within the VS2010

RE: Where to buy Sql Server Enterprise 2012?

2013-10-21 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Corneliu, You don’t get it from the site. You have to purchase it from one of the licensing distributors. (Example would be Harris Technology but shop around). Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down

RE: MSDN Azure Benefits Aston Martin

2013-09-27 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Just a final reminder that this comp ends on Monday. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From: Greg Low (Old POP Address)

RE: Restricting Data Chnages

2013-09-24 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
You can add a TOP clause into data modification statements to limit how many rows are affected but I suspect that isn't your real issue. The first question that needs to be addressed is why anyone has access that allows doing that in the first place. That's the real problem. Regards,

RE: Restricting Data Chnages

2013-09-24 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Wednesday, 25 September 2013 1:01 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Restricting Data Chnages You can add a TOP clause into data modification statements to limit how many

RE: Telstra Cable 3.0

2013-09-11 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
checked. On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:54 AM, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: I got the suggestion from a few people to speak to the LiveChat people as they are based out of Australia, unlike the phone people, and that they generally seem to have a clue

Telstra Cable 3.0

2013-09-10 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Folks, Have any of you changed to using the cable 3.0 product from Telstra? We get about 30 meg download speed on our cable now but it claims to potentially make it a lot quicker. It used to not be available in our area. When I logged onto the bigpond site the other day, it said it was

RE: Telstra Cable 3.0

2013-09-10 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
/ www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2013 1:19 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Telstra Cable 3.0 On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:48 PM, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com

RE: Telstra Cable 3.0

2013-09-10 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
: On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:24 PM, GregAtGregLowDotCom mailto:g...@greglow.com g...@greglow.com wrote: Any thoughts on why they’d say it can only be a residential account, not a business account? Yes, it is just market segmentation so they don't cannibalise their EAS, Ethernet Line, etc products

RE: [OT] Surface Pro 2

2013-09-06 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
I thought it sounded pretty good until I heard from Chris Auld. He seems to have had a nightmare run with them. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Like most people, I'd love to have FTTH. However, I have zero confidence in the current government's ability to deliver it in a reasonable timeframe. Wishing for it won't make it happen. Given a choice between paying $3K-$5k to connect our house to a local node in 2016, and a dream of a

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
today and see what the costs are and how long it takes: Only $5K from the exchange to your house: dreaming ;) From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate! -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 4 September 2013 15:13, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: But what’s the alternative Bill? Wait for the NBN? We’re not even

MSDN Azure Benefits Aston Martin

2013-08-23 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Folks, The Microsoft folk have asked us to mention this but it seems worth mentioning anyway: Most developers and DBAs have MSDN subscriptions yet they haven't enabled their Azure benefits that come included with the MSDN subscriptions. To encourage people to do it, there's a

RE: [OT] Windows Server 2012

2013-08-18 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Same as with Windows 8, Start8 ( http://www.stardock.com www.stardock.com) made my Windows Server 2012 world good again for $4.95. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web:

RE: 240GB SSD?

2013-08-08 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
We've had a really good run with a bunch of Crucial M4s. They are up to 960GB now and all are SATA3. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com

FW: 240GB SSD?

2013-08-08 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
M500 from MWave. Good price and it's already getting installed :) On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 9:48 AM, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: We’ve had a really good run with a bunch of Crucial M4s. They are up to 960GB now and all are SATA3. Regards, Greg

RE: UPS

2013-07-24 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
No UPS is going to generate power for you. You'd need a generator for that. Do United Energy have any sort of service level agreement? Or any agreement on what the tolerance should be? In the end, it sounds like you need new cabling to your area and only the supply company can do that. Last

RE: UPS

2013-07-24 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
...@ozdotnet.com ] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2013 12:04 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: UPS No UPS is going to generate power for you. You’d need a generator for that. Do United Energy have any sort of service level agreement? Or any agreement on what the tolerance should

RE: SQL Server Developer Edition

2013-07-23 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Corneliu, It's good for dev/test scenarios but I gather not for UAT type scenarios. You'd be best getting advice from MS, and as usual, keep asking till you get the advice you wanted :) I've found that in general, no-one in the sales groups understand the dev edition. Last year, it

RE: SQL Server Developer Edition

2013-07-23 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2013 9:05 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: SQL Server Developer Edition Was local DB meant to be an alternative in place of Sql Server Developer? On 24 July 2013 08:40, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g

FW: [OT] Azure VM provisioning timed out

2013-07-18 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, I'm pretty much always done them from the Gallery and it's been fine. What they normally recommend for issues is to: Email at iaasfo...@microsoft.com mailto:iaasfo...@microsoft.com along with the following info: 1.Your Windows Azure Subscrption Account Live ID 2.This forum

RE: [OT] T-SQL GroupBy and Sum on a DateTime

2013-07-16 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Seems like a good time to mention one of our courses: http://www.sqldownunder.com/Training/Courses/2 http://www.sqldownunder.com/Training/Courses/2 :) Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web:

RE: [OT] T-SQL GroupBy and Sum on a DateTime

2013-07-15 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, You can use DATEPART to extract the parts of the date i.e. DATEPART(month,YourDateColumn), DATEPART(year, YourDateColumn). DATEPART has a wide variety of options but SQL Server also has direct functions for some of these i.e. MONTH(YourDateColumn), YEAR(YourDateColumn).

RE: [OT] T-SQL GroupBy and Sum on a DateTime

2013-07-15 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, You can put the DATEPART functions in the HAVING (as long as they're in the GROUP BY). The most common mistake is to try to put column aliases for them in the HAVING. USE AdventureWorks2008R2; GO SELECT SUM(sod.LineTotal) AS TotalValue, DATEPART(year,soh.OrderDate)

RE: [OT] css and table columns (answer!)

2013-07-13 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, A while back, I started going through what you seem to be going through in relation to CSS. Watching the sessions on CSS at Pluralsight was really worthwhile. It was a really good investment of my time. I particularly liked the sessions by K.Scott Allen. (There's a reason he's

RE: Scaling HTML

2013-07-12 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:09 PM, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: Hi Craig, One example would be an HTML report that normally opens as a web page. I have no control over the contents of the HTML but I’d like the have it appear within a region of my own page where

RE: Scaling HTML

2013-07-12 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Probably should give a succinct example of the type of thing I'm trying to do to see if there's a better way. Here's one example: 1. I have a report server that can send me the HTML for a report. 2. I have no control over the size of the report that's sent to me. 3. I

FW: Scaling HTML

2013-07-12 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate! -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 12 July 2013 16:33, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: Probably should give a succinct example of the type of thing I’m trying to do to see if there’s a better

RE: Scaling HTML

2013-07-12 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
, Is this an example of the kind of scaling HTML that you're looking for? http://www.getgroundedfootwear.com/ Cheers. James. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Friday, 12

Scaling HTML

2013-07-11 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
If I have a server that sends me a bunch of HTML (ie a web page) and I want to insert it within my MVC4 page, but I want to auto-scale it to a particular size, any suggestions about how I'd best go about that? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low CEO and Principal Mentor SQL Down Under SQL

RE: Scaling HTML

2013-07-11 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
? Does it have fixed widths coded into the html that you wish to change somehow based on page size? On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:02 PM, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: If I have a server that sends me a bunch of HTML (ie a web page) and I want to insert

RE: Still trying to fix authentication on an ASP.net application: some accounts work and others don't

2013-07-10 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
). Looks like flipping forms authentication on and off really shuddered this thing. Jees. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 12:03 AM To: ozdotnet

RE: Still trying to fix authentication on an ASP.net application: some accounts work and others don't

2013-07-09 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Katherine, It's not saying that the account or the password are wrong. It's saying that the account is locked out. Is it set up to automatically unlock accounts after a period of time? Is there a flag in the database that holds the authentication details that says whether or not an account

RE: jQuery debugging

2013-07-08 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Spent most of another life working with it. I came the conclusion that the manual was easy to read and clear as long as you’d read the entire manual first :) Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under |

RE: Optimising SQL column data

2013-06-26 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Actually it's the best thing in the box for 2008 but it's Enterprise Edition only. That's why I was checking whether you were working on a project with it. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web:

RE: Optimising SQL column data

2013-06-25 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, Which edition of SQL Server? (Compression at the page level is awesome for this but not everyone has it) It would be really good if the product had a real concept of an enumeration but it doesn't: Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61

RE: VS2012 hacks

2013-06-14 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, A number of other project templates aren't so great in VS either. Recently, they've released the BI tools for VS2012. In SSIS, the only difference between an enabled task and a disabled one is often how dark the name of the task is. That sort of thing is a big step backwards,

RE: .Net based Email Newsletter

2013-06-12 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Agreed. Mailchimp seems to be the most common one that I receive mail from, and from reading it's info, it looks well managed. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web:

RE: Lightweight database

2013-06-03 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Agreed. Even with XML, you might to deal with what happens if the schema changes ie: can your new app read an old saved set of data? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com I think one

RE: Lightweight database

2013-06-03 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
I do it ;) |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of GregAtGregLowDotCom |Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2013 2:25 PM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Lightweight database | |Agreed. Even with XML, you might to deal with what

RE: 2 problems

2013-05-27 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
:) Nice one Joseph! Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: http://www.sqldownunder.com/ www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On

RE: Sending emails from extra domains in Office 365

2013-04-30 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
just yet? Greg Wood g...@woodgreg.commailto:g...@woodgreg.com 0417044439 On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:57 PM, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.commailto:g...@greglow.com wrote: Spoke too soon. That still didn't work correctly. Loryan’s suggestion of a DL still seems to be the correct one. What I had