Posts by samaru

Pritaeas's solution is probably the simplest.

Another option is to use the browser's offline local storage. To see what I mean, check out http://www.jstorage.info/

However, to make it "easy to use" as you say, you would have to use a framework (use the website's jStorage library), otherwise you'd have to write it from scratch and worry about browser compatibility.

<cfset yearAhead = DateAdd( "yyyy", 1, Now() ) />

<cfset dateFormatted = DateFormat( yearAhead, "mmm-dd-yyyy" ) />

<cfoutput>
#dateFormatted#
</cfoutput>

I think certifications are helpful, but only as a supplement to experience. How many years of SQL Server do you have? A good SQL Server administrator needs a lot of hands-on experience. That being said, the exams are tricky. Many claim that it's not even fair, but they make them hard on purpose.

You'll go through multiple choice and simulations where you have to actually click on various parts of SSMS after being given a task.

The MS Books (http://www.amazon.com/MS-SQL-Server-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=3488) work well. Nothing beats actually experience though.

Also, I suggest you get the SQL Server exam simulation from Transceder. I high recommend it.
http://www.transcender.com/certprep/microsoft/sql-server-2008.kap

If you're wondering for alternatives to certification, I suggest you check out http://canoo.com/blog/2010/06/09/it-certification-alternatives-cost-benefit-analysis/

I would probably be the 2nd person (2nd to Dani) to post on the Dani's forum when it was Techtalkforums (about 9 years ago) and she tried just about every type of software before settling down for vBulletin.

Fun times. ^_^!

On Daniweb, I suppose my post is: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread72.html in 2002, But I swear there were more before then.

You can easily Google this. What in particular don't you understand and I'll try to help.

First, let me say that every here answer might be biased because it's a computer forum. Yes, even mine. ;) Have you posted in a math forum?

Is it possible to get into the computer industry doing entry-level programming and working your way up doing software engineering, database programming/adminstration, etc, with just a CS minor?

I know successful people in the computer world, some are even master programmers and hold an art degree or an English degree. Some don't even have a degree and they seem like they know everything and tried everything. To me, a degree only helps you being successful. It doesn't matter what degree you hold. Of course, a computer science degree, I believe, will help you more in being a programmer than a culinary arts degree. Just the fact that you have a degree though, proves that you had the patience and determination to get a degree. I suggest you go through several computer books, not CS books, but the IT/programming ones from Wrox, New Riders, Sams, APress, and a few others and check out the biographies of the authors. You'll notice that some have outstanding job positions and hold degrees that have nothing to do with computer science. Some hold certificates, which is something you should consider.

how can I convince employers I took enough CS courses that almost equivalent to being a CS major?

Write papers/essays. Even if they're simple tutorials. It'll be solid proof that you understood the material enough to teach …

For a one dimensional array, use the implode() function:

$array = array('lastname', 'email', 'phone');
$comma_separated = implode(",", $array);
echo $comma_separated; // lastname,email,phone

full of Uranium-235

You can still use VB.NET and package up in an installation to include the .NET framework so the user wouldn't have to download it and install it. If you still want to stick to the BASIC language, I suggest you try Visual Basic 6.0.

Free online version of the book exists here:
[img]http://books.perl.org/covers/5/1861003145.medium.jpg[/img]

http://learn.perl.org/library/beginning_perl/

You're executing the sql statement but you're not retrieving anything. You have to fetch the results into something like an associative array, so you use mysql_fetch_assoc(). Try this:

$Table = 'user';
 $name = 'rootx';
 mysql_connect($DBhost,$DBuser,$DBpass) or die("Unable to connect to database");  //connecting to the database using the variable set
 @mysql_select_db("$DBName") or die("Unable to select database $DBName");		 //at connection to the databse select DBNAME (phpforms) or tell that it couldnt connect
 $sqlquery = "SELECT COUNT(user_name) as user_name FROM $Table WHERE user_name = '$name'";
 $results = mysql_query($sqlquery);
 $user_count = mysql_fetch_assoc($results);
 echo "current user name " . $_POST['usr_name'] . "<br />";
 echo "query returned " . $sqlquery . "<br />";
 echo "query returned " . $user_count['user_name'] . "<br />";

Also, don't retrieve form variables as $_POST[whatever], use the apostrophes like I did in the code.

This would be good material for the Careers Forum. Off it goes.

I'm still wondering why they named it "mono." I know "mono" means monkey in Spanish, but in English, one of its meanings is mononucleosis. That's like saying Microsoft came out with a new framework called Cancer.NET. (Microsoft haters will have a ball with this pun. LOL.)

Infamous, you have better things to do than waste your time doing someone else's homework.

www.cplusplus.com but nothing is better than a book. SAMS teach yourself c++ in 24 hours is awesome. but go through the lessons really slow. also, nothing compares to a class when learning a language... staring at code wont help you because even if you know a command like "cout" you still wont know what it means. (standard outputting that refers to the computer screen ;) )

I agree. It was a kick ass book. I like Liberty's explanation of things up until complex abstract data types.

SpeedProblems, please be more descriptive when you name a thread. Here are the rules when posting: http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/announcement.php?f=10&announcementid=2

Please obey the rules. You'll get better responses that way. You don't want to be warned or banned by not obeying them.

I'm still very proud of my TTF sig. ^_^

i was wondering what language would any 1 recomend for some one interested in learning programming.
I am out of school i am 17 and i want to learn how to program i dont know what i want to start with i heard that its good to start with C# and then move on to C++.
I also heard that python is a good language.

i wasnt sure where to start i got a book but it only explains C# with using qbasic as a language and visual basic for a compiler interpreter etc.

But i dont know where to start i might be able to run qbasic i remember when i made my computer it asked if i wanted to put support for 16 bit programs but either way i dont know where to start can any 1 help?

the reason i want to get into programming i have built my own computer and i learned binary by myself in about 2 hours and that was one of the most satisfying experiences you see i realize i havnt accomplished much in my life but when i learned binary it gave me a feeling of accomplishment like i just did somthing that matterd and i thought if i go a step further into the black abyss of programming it might be able to fill a void that i feel in my life and if nothing else give me somthing to do.

well thanks for your help or at …

I think their design is too basic. People in other forums agree. Is there another company you have in mind? Not too flashy though.

1- what i must have on my website? shopping basket and login, and what else? do i need to have online payment!! but i dont have a merchant account! whats simple ALTERNATIVE way?

Yes, you need those and a way to manage inventory/sales/customer info. As far as an alternative way, to emulate a true shopping cart, you need a merchant account, so I don't think there is another way. One that I know of anyways. The money that customers give you through their credit cards has to be dumped in an account, and that is usually the merchant account. If I were you, I would state to whomever was judging the project that I would be creating a shopping cart without the payment process.

2- is it good to choose ASP and Sql for such website?

As far as ASP, if it was five years ago, then maybe. I would not recommend starting a fresh application in ASP unless you had a company who uses strictly Microsoft solutions and already had applications or premade code that was in ASP. Microsoft is putting 100% of their effort in ASP.NET and within time, ASP software will be legendary software. There's tons of stuff you can find for ASP.NET languages, from free code and articles. It's quite popular, I'm sure you've heard of it. ASP.NET is a framework of tools and languages that's used to create web applications. You can select from the most popular languages to create web apps in, like …

Beginning Perl
by Simon Cozens, Peter Wainwright

I have gone through several Perl tutorials in the past, and I have to admit that this is the best one I've seen, especially if you already know how to program. I came from a C++ world, so it was relatively easy to pickup. The syntax was easy to pick up and also concepts such as hashes and lists. The tone Simon uses is very social, so it keeps you awake and interested. I also enjoyed the large amount of examples.

I think, without a doubt, the first half of the book was good - the basics (syntax, logic, scalars, arrays, hashes, basic functions, and files). The second half may seem a little weaker to many (OOP, Network Programming, CGI and databases)- but that's just because it's way too much for the book to handle. This just encourages you to continue to learn on your own. I'm glad he did mention it though. He provides code and gives you the very basic of these.

Overall this is a very good book. I agree with many that it has some errors throughout the book, but not too many (you can check the Wrox website for errata). No book is perfect. This book, however, is better than a lot of other tutorials out there that just seem to copy and paste the boring Perl documentation. If you're a beginner to Perl and have a programming background, I recommend it. If you're a …

Welcome to TTF! Anyways, as far as ASP, try:
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Thats no joke. I just saw the coverage on FOX news via sheppo

Sheppo? You mean: [img]http://www.foxnews.com/images/1354/8_42_100_bio_shepardsmith.jpg[/img]

Out of all news channels, they're the best I think. Gotta give it to O'Reilly for winning me over. Don't mind getting hanitized once in a while too. They got the best info babes there too. Laurie Dhue, Kiran Chetry, the Skinster. Growl. What's this guy looking at: [img]http://a.1asphost.com/mikky/dari_080603_003.jpg[/img]

So a web server is out of the question.

Cablevision is not blocking HTTP requests from home servers on ports except for 80. That I know for a fact. I've heard from other people that they've even gotten calls from running servers on non-default ports.

Argh, yeah it's very annoying. It used to happen to me (on Windows 2000) all the time. I solved it by deleting all my temporary internet files. Try it out. Hope it works.

Here's more info:

http://www.mredkj.com/tutorials/tips_ie.html

barley --> cereal

Is everyone familiar with this game? Just reply with the first word that comes to your mind when you think of the last word posted. You can't respond to the post with a comment, just the word that comes to your mind. It can only be a word or a short phrase.

Also remember to use the arrow --> in between the previous word/phrase and the new word/phrase you just thought of.

Also, You can't go twice in a row.

I'll start it off with:

Lucy

I've had this problem in the past with Visual Basic 5. It's a pain. It was with an icon I created. When I tried another icon, one that came with Visual Basic, it worked fine. Try using another icon and see what happens. I get the feeling that even if you set the icon at runtime, you will get the same error (at least I did). Send me the icon, let me try it on my machine.

If you want to load an icon at runtime, you can try something like this in your form_load():

Form1.Icon = LoadPicture("c:\x.ico")

or wherever you icon is. Let me know how it goes. My e-mail address is in my profile.

Ooh, creating a game. I think I've gone through the urge of creating "the game" multiple times, especially when I was younger (around 14-16). You have no idea how many times my friends and I have attempted to start a game. We would get all psyched up. We would be energetic and ready to dive into the project, but unfortunately all that energy lasted about a week then it just faded. People had other things to do and were turned off. (Probably because they didn't see quick results or the realization of what was needed to create a game and how long it would take kicked in.)

Now, I'm not saying you're not capable of creating a game. I don't know anything about you, so I really can't judge. But let me give you some tips that I've learned from my mistakes (on creating a game/recruiting people).

1. Know what you're doing. At least be really good at one aspect of creating a game, whether it's graphics programming, AI, or any other protocol. Even if you're an expert musician, or animator or graphic designer, you have to show some competence in something. This is so when you tell people about your idea of creating a game, they can see that you have some potential. Just having the energy to create a game is not enough.

2. If you plan on creating a game with a team of programmers, at least have a few games (that you did) …

You should try some of the Webmonkey tutorials. Their tone in writing is usually very friendly and quite easy to understand. I don't know about you guys, but I understand more (and prefer more) when someone is teaching me something in a non formal way rather than academic.

Here's the URL:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/programming/

Good job! I like the redesign. Keep up the good work.

I'm curious if anyone here likes Anime. If so, what are your favorite series?

http://www.kartoo.com/

This is a very important issue to consider when you're using form/url variables in databases. A user can cleverly put in SQL statements and manipulate your db server as he sees fit if you don't take the necessary precautions. I get the feeling that there are several people that aren't aware of this when they develop their apps. I crashed a page from jumptheshark.com a while back doing this and I e-mailed them about their bug. They seemed to fix it the next day but I never got a thank you! :D

If expecting integer, on a script, check if it's of type int, and check if it's within boundary of integer - if it's expecting numbers from 1-20, then just make it within this boundary, if larger or less than this boundary, take necessary action.

Also check that your integers/reals that your script is expecting from the user are less/greater than than large integer/reals or whatever the max/min of the language you're using... sometimes a big or small enough number can cause the page to crash. For example, if you define something expecting an integer, and a user manually puts in 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 it can cause unexpected results.

Strings - if its a value from a list box or pull down menu, error check for those values in the script... if anything else, take necessary action. If it's a string the user has to put in, check if the first chars are: ' or " or ; - (If the …

Not found. If this is a plug that's not relevant to this site, I suggest you go elsewhere. Thanks.

You might have a problem with the exe. DW.exe is a program used to report errors. I know it comes with newer versions of IE and Office XP.

Here's some info on that. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q276550

Check this post:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=ukgzr86ICHA.1784%40tkmsftngp12

So, what do you do? What do you like? What do you hate? What are your hobbies? I think we all know that we have computers in common. Some of us are into programming, while others into networking, hardware, etc. But what's the other side of you like? The side when you're not around computers. (AS IF! :D ) I whipped up a questionaire:

Name: Daniel
Nickname: Danny-Boy (ooh, do I hate this one), Dan, Danny
Height: 5'10''
Weight: 173
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Location: NY
Age: 22
Hobbies: Listening to music, drawing, playing the piano, going out with friends and family, movies, laughing, sleeping, martial arts, working out, anime

Relationship Status: single

Fav Music: damn, a lot of stuff...lol... U2, Greenday, Nirvana, REM, The Offspring, GoldFinger, Dave Mathews Band, Metallica, Aerosmith, Classical music, video game music, Techno/Trance/Dance, Jazz

Education: Computer Science, Business Computer Information Systems, Psychology

Work: Free lance web designer and programmer (web dev)
Favorite Food: Pizza, Chinese/Spanish Food, Chicken, Steak, Tacos, and Fetuccini Alfredo

Favorite Movies: The Naked Gun (1, 2 1/2, 33 1/3), Total Recall, Predator, Terminator 2, Superman, Carlito's Way, GoodFellas, Dumb and Dumber, Liar Liar, High Fidelity, Shawshank Redemption, The Stand, and others I can't remember

Favorite TV Shows: The Family Guy, The Simpsons, X-Files, John Doe, Will and Grace, Seinfeld, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Just Shoot Me

Favorite Video Games: Secret of Mana (SNES), Zelda A …

If I do help you (it would never be for a program like this), then you'd be one of them. Just let it go man. Half of these people are little pubeless 14 year olds who have nothing to do but stuff like this. Grow up, go outside, smoke some weed, just don't let it get to you. (Joking about the weed part.)
If you do however want useful information towards something with a little more taste, then I'll be here.

Here is a link to a document I wrote it a long time ago because so many people asked me the same question over and over again. It shows you how to set up an FTP Server and how to access them. Don't mind the language. :)

http://www.xeonstudio.com/files/FTPTutor.txt

Good job so far. Just don't go crazy with the layouts.