[wdvltalk] Another skirmish in the browser wars
Microsoft fighting dirty again :-) http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/02/14/ Olya P.S. Apparently, after an outcry from the Internet community, Microsoft did mend their ways, at least for now. The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: SCR Videos
Thanks Jan, it's great! See the dinosaur eat the customer...complete with sound effects... yeah!!! Sorry...it's obviously time to switch off! Franni >Franni, >Thanks for the good cheer about my mumps. > >Sorry you can't get it to play, but I uploaded the original mpg >to my web site so you can hopefully view it. It's very loud, >I can't get the volume to cut back, but if you play it, you can >lower the volume. If you can't access it like that, let me know >and I'll send you a copy. > > http://www.jdvisions.com/t-rex.mpg >- >I haven't managed to view Trex yet [IE5 on a mac] :-( It must be my >nasty sadistic nature (or a busy day on too little sleep), but I >really want to see him eating that little guy The rest are fine. >Hope your mumps disappear soon - I think sometimes it's just luck >whether you get so-called childhood diseases more than one. I don't >know about mumps, but if you happen to be at a low ebb at the time, >you can certainly get things like german measles (rubella) more than >once. =46ranni >-- >http://www.jdvisions.com >Web Development and Design > > > ï The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ï >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: >http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > http://www.wdvl.com ___ > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% >-- >This email was forwarded via the University of Cambridge alumni email system >Visit http://cantab.net/ to update your forwarding details The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: OT - website to check page loading time
>Hi, >does anyone have the URL to the website where we can check >how long a page takes to load? Thought I had saved it, but >can't find it. > >Jan >-- >http://www.jdvisions.com >Web Development and Design Try this one - it checks links etc too: http://www.netmechanic.com/toolbox/html-code.htm Franni The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] SCR videos
Hi Joseph, Thanks for letting me know about the Meta tags. Why didn't Dreamweaver show that there were duplicate tags? I deleted them, and uploaded correct page, but don't see any difference. I've been surfing through Microsoft's windows media section to see if they have something there that might help. So far, nothing. I have tried putting other movies first, changed them all around, still with the same results. My attitude about this is very bad, with feeling sick and all the problems with the videos I'm ready to send a bad letter to Microsoft. I am going to try the code that Bankei pointed me to yesterday. If that doesn't work, I have to leave this problem for now. My clients are being very good about this. Oh, Microsoft, Oh, Microsoft I want to blow your top off! Jan == Subject: Re: wdvltalk digest: February 12, 2003 From: "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 02:46:46 - X-Message-Number: 31 Jan, I wasn't paying attention, was I? My mind was dwelling on interaction, where a small fault in one thing becomes maximised by a small fault in another. So I'm thinking some weakness in the video code and some glitch in Bill's IE 6.0 (which would surprise no one). Would it give a temporary solution to put very short videos (small file size) as nos 1 and 7, thus letting the 5 important ones run in the middle? I have just visited the site.This report may help. IE 5.5. W98SE. Daddy, Tiger and Sam links OK, small window comes up, activity of download (no video show ?IE 5.5?); interesting bits --TRex link OK but no window, no activity; Batman no link ie the cursor finger did not point. The Batman link failure seems weird since the tags are there same as for the other four; and trex seems to be written up identically as well. Might it be a problem on the server disk? Have you tried a copy of the page under another name so it sits on another part of the disc? Oh. One other point is there a reason for the meta tags to be repeated? And could that have any effect? HTH (more than my last anyway!) Joseph -- http://www.jdvisions.com Web Development and Design The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: SCR Videos
Franni, Thanks for the good cheer about my mumps. Sorry you can't get it to play, but I uploaded the original mpg to my web site so you can hopefully view it. It's very loud, I can't get the volume to cut back, but if you play it, you can lower the volume. If you can't access it like that, let me know and I'll send you a copy. http://www.jdvisions.com/t-rex.mpg - I haven't managed to view Trex yet [IE5 on a mac] :-( It must be my nasty sadistic nature (or a busy day on too little sleep), but I really want to see him eating that little guy The rest are fine. Hope your mumps disappear soon - I think sometimes it's just luck whether you get so-called childhood diseases more than one. I don't know about mumps, but if you happen to be at a low ebb at the time, you can certainly get things like german measles (rubella) more than once. =46ranni -- http://www.jdvisions.com Web Development and Design The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] OT - website to check page loading time
Hi, does anyone have the URL to the website where we can check how long a page takes to load? Thought I had saved it, but can't find it. Jan -- http://www.jdvisions.com Web Development and Design The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] Justifying training expenses
We're using some asp.net though not a lot at this point only for clients who will benefit in terms of faster development time OR easier future maintenance. Web development is getting to be a smaller percentage of our business as opposed to some of the custom browser based apps we are doing. Wish we were doing more but then I'd have to actually come to grips with Visual Studio.NET to do code behind and for some reason that IDE is like oil and water for me. Cheryl D. Wise WiserWays Office: 713.353.0139 Mobile: 713.412.0406 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Furry, Tim I'm also getting wildly varying reports about the .NET adoption rate. A local training shop says that outside of two local firms that have international interests, the .NET adoption rate is very slow here (central U.S.). In fact they only get a trickle of developers for their .NET classes. To listen to the MS hype I'd think everyone except me is already well-studied in .NET and successfully using it to deploy galaxy-wide killer app solutions. The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] RE: ASP/SQL Reports
>what is it, a character field? yikes erm. yeah, but I had nothing to do with the original database design. I'm guessing things would be a lot more efficient if this were different. I'll look into this, but for now, I've got some reports to update. Thanks again to everyone that responded. Adam The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] RE: ASP/SQL Reports
> I could be wrong, but I don't think DISTINCT would work here, > as if there are several tickets related to the individual then > each counts as a distinct record. yeah, DISTINCT is a whole nother thread DISTINCT is very often misused besides, GROUP BY is more useful > group by [all selected fields], then adding into the selection list: > MIN(convert(smalldatetime, Purchase_Date)) > > Which returns the individual, and the earliest valid ticket they have that > meets the criteria. well, congrats on getting it running, now i don't have to think ;o) by the way, why are you converting Purchase_Date to smalldatetime? what is it, a character field? yikes rudy The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] RE: ASP/SQL Reports
> Tim: > Shooting in the dark here, but would a DISTINCT on the individual help > you show only one instance per individual? I've only used it a couple > of times. > I could be wrong, but I don't think DISTINCT would work here, as if there are several tickets related to the individual then each counts as a distinct record. However I have finally got it working in the way I want by doing the following: group by [all selected fields], then adding into the selection list: MIN(convert(smalldatetime, Purchase_Date)) Which returns the individual, and the earliest valid ticket they have that meets the criteria. Based on the suggestions of the list I've got the report returning everything as I want it and compiling in a fraction of the time it used to. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, you wonderful people :-D Adam The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] Justifying training expenses
Tim, previously: >Have any of you ever had to justify training expenses for yourself to >your company (ROI, etc.)? I'm getting close to taking the big .NET >step, and would welcome information both on justification of training >and specific .NET-related training experiences. David replied: I will be surprised if your employer does not have periods of paid training during each working year. This is so common now that it might be worthwhile talking to HR to find out if such a policy exists, even if it isn't well known. There used to be a fear that, if companies trained people, they would leave. Now, people tend to leave if they can't get regular training, especially in the ICT area. I should have answered this properly. There is no sound basis for calculating ROI on training. It is just an expense, without any real possibility of a return. This is especially true in those companies that allow their employees to have 'shot-in-the-dark' training, where an employee will book training that is not directly related to their current work. Tim: And I should have given a little more information. The company does in fact provide for one week per year of paid training for me...except it's rather assumed that I will spend it at TechEd every year (which I don't mind at all and I think is a good investment on their part). I am the first/only programmer this company has hired so they don't really have a set policy. After doing quite a bit of online research and talking to people from two national training centers, I'd have to agree with your statement that there is no sound basis for calculating ROI on training - in fact, the gentleman from Wintellect is in the process of trying to figure out how to do it at all. Most of the problem is that a calculated ROI depends on thorough assessments of both before and after the training, and neither one is performed in the real developer world...it's expected to be a "cost of doing business" expense instead. My conclusion at this time is that I can't justify the expense for now...the standard tools I've been using will suffice for the next year. I'm aware of the tendency for people to leave if not regularly trained; the lack of training is perceived by the developer as a lack of interest in their professional development. I'm feeling the same thing, although I'm aware that part of the problem is the tight economy. I'm also getting wildly varying reports about the .NET adoption rate. A local training shop says that outside of two local firms that have international interests, the .NET adoption rate is very slow here (central U.S.). In fact they only get a trickle of developers for their .NET classes. To listen to the MS hype I'd think everyone except me is already well-studied in .NET and successfully using it to deploy galaxy-wide killer app solutions. Tim The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] RE: ASP/SQL Reports
Adam wrote: I'm not really too sure about unions, so tell me if I'm way off here. Trying to keep it simple, I have a Ticket table, an Individual table and a linking table. I want to find Individuals that have live tickets within a given period, however an Individual may have more than one live ticket within the specified report criteria, and the client only wants to see one instance of any individual within the report. Tim: Shooting in the dark here, but would a DISTINCT on the individual help you show only one instance per individual? I've only used it a couple of times. Tim ___ Tim Furry Web Developer Foulston Siefkin LLP The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement
Thanks Darren, I've decided to get on to the host & ask them to reboot the server to see if that has any effect... so fingers crossed. For the life of me I can't figure this one out thanks again, jac. - Original Message - From: "darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 1:27 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement > On Friday, February 14, 2003 at 11:54, jac wrote: > > j> Sorry Darren what are "error resume next's" ? > > when you are trying to trap errors in vb you can wrap the code that is > likely to cause an error in an 'on error resume next' and 'on error goto > 0'. this stops the error from crashing your code allowing you to handle > things a bit more gracefully. > > so you'd have: > >on error resume next ' ignores any error from now on > some code here >on error goto 0' any error will now be shown > > unfortunately with asp being a bit loose in how it deals with functions and > subs, turning error trapping off and forgetting to reset at the end of the > method can affect everything below it in other functions. this gets worse > if you're handling errors in an included file and forget to reset the error > trapping! :> > > the on error resume next is very useful around things like database > routines or things like file uploads where errors are common. the error > can then be handled and a more helpful message shown. but it creates havoc > when you're trying to debug something as the error doesn't show up/shows up > at the wrong line! > > hth, > > darren > > The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement
On Friday, February 14, 2003 at 11:54, jac wrote: j> Sorry Darren what are "error resume next's" ? when you are trying to trap errors in vb you can wrap the code that is likely to cause an error in an 'on error resume next' and 'on error goto 0'. this stops the error from crashing your code allowing you to handle things a bit more gracefully. so you'd have: on error resume next ' ignores any error from now on some code here on error goto 0' any error will now be shown unfortunately with asp being a bit loose in how it deals with functions and subs, turning error trapping off and forgetting to reset at the end of the method can affect everything below it in other functions. this gets worse if you're handling errors in an included file and forget to reset the error trapping! :> the on error resume next is very useful around things like database routines or things like file uploads where errors are common. the error can then be handled and a more helpful message shown. but it creates havoc when you're trying to debug something as the error doesn't show up/shows up at the wrong line! hth, darren The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[wdvltalk] Re: Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement
Sorry Darren what are "error resume next's" ?
jac
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From: "darren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement
> On Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 21:15, jac wrote:
>
> j> ---
> j> AddingEmp.asp
> j> --
>
> j> <%
> j> Dim objRS
> j> Set objRS=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
> j> objRS.Open "employee", objConn, , adLockOptimistic, adCmdTable
>
> j> 'match this item number to one in the DB
> j> Do until objRS.EOF or bolfound
> j> If (StrComp(RS("Number"), nums, vbTextCompare) =0) then
>
> rs("Number") should be objRS("Number")
>
> i would have thought option explicit would have caught this. do you
> have any on error resume next's anywhere??
>
> hth,
>
> darren.
>
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[wdvltalk] RE: [wdvltalk]ASP/SQL Reports (was: IE Page load time limit?)
Rudy, >sql server or mysql? sql server. Cheers, Adam. The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub http://www.wdvl.com ___ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
