Date: 03/17/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, asp

As the software industry increasingly moves to a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, Fabrizio Capobianco of Funambol writes, the license's closing of the "ASP loophole" will become a vital protection for software users.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/252988068/

Date: 03/19/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, asp

JasperSoft is releasing a new open source version of its business intelligence software and calling itself the most widely-deployed business intelligence (BI) product in the world. The company’s LGPL and GPL Community Edition is downloaded over 70,000 times per month, CEO Brian Gentile (above) said, but the BI market is so large the company will now focus [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/254210212/

Date: 03/21/08 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser, html, asp

I love the idea of font-size-adjust and its aid to legibility. But I'm having a problem about how to apply it in practice.

Let's say I define .signature { font-family: Venice, Genoa, cursive; } in my stylesheet. Venice happens to have a .415 aspect. Should I specify that here? I understand that this will scale the fallback cursive font (if Venice and Genoa are missing) to the metrics I am looking for. Great so far.

The problem I foresee is that I have not specified the font/size/size-adjust to be used generally, relying on the users' defaults—a good usability practice. Therefore I don't know what aspect it has. If we assume (for discussion) the browser is set to use Verdana (aspect .58) my Venice looks far too small to begin with. So what does it matter if the substitutes match Venice, because none of them are going to match Verdana.

How do I always scale as appropriate to match an unknown font aspect? Can I simply use font-size-adjust:inherit whenever I change the font, or do I need to? The W3 says the initial value for this property is none, though the value is inherited, so can I rely on the (arbitrary) parent element to have the correct value or not? If there is no initial value, what am I inheriting? I could apply a font-size-adjust to BODY (or HTML…which is preferred?) so that I do have a basis, but if the user's chosen font didn't have the same aspect, I'd be throwing off his preference for font size, right?

Please help me clarify what the best practices for using this property are!

x-posted

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1371173.html

Date: 03/22/08 (MySQL Communtiy)    Keywords: database, asp

I need to design a database to store a large number of numeric markers and am interested in feedback on how best to do this.

There are currently 80+ markers that need measuring, and additional markers will likely be added in the future. Each set of markers is associated with a test_ID (containing date of collection, ect). Also, each marker will have meta-descriptive info stored in a separate table.

Reporting and performance are important aspects of this system. I need to be able to generate percentiles, max/min, standard deviation, and other statistics on a given date range. I will also need to query against certain markers with values above or below certain ranges.

An existing (old) database was created years ago with each marker as a separate column - we've worked with this but any time new markers are added I have to spend several days revising & testing scripts. I want to avoid this pitfall in the new system if possible.

There will be a LOT of data stored in the database, so performance and optimization are key objectives.

So, my initial thought was to store markers in a table like this:

CREATE TABLE results (
id int(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
test_id int(10) NOT NULL,
marker_id int(3) default NULL,
marker_value decimal(8,3) default NULL,
marker_second_value decimal(8,3) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
KEY test_id (screen_id),
KEY marker_id (analyteid)
)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/mysql/126320.html

Date: 03/23/08 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, mysql, technology, database, asp, sql, java, web

Hey everyone! I'm looking for a coding partner for a website I've been working on since last November. I find myself spending more time figuring out things and less time in actual development of the site--of course the learning could be rolled into the development, but it is apparent to me that more actual code needs to be written if I am to finish by my self-set deadline of the end of May.

The server-side script is done in PHP, the site uses a MySQL database, and there is some Javascript/AJAX implemented on the client-side.

This is probably the wrong place to find a person who has a strong background working with Javascript, but this is probably what I need more than anything since my knowledge is very limited in this area.

I can pay something, and I am open to a payment plan based on the revenue the site generates once it is officially launched.

A little background:

At one time I was a full-time professional photographer... it didn't work out so well since I really couldn't find a way to bring my potential clients to neutral ground in terms of negotiations. I also networked with many photographers in Orlando and around the United States who all seemed to make the same argument and really had a problem managing the administrative side of their business--often times hiring someone else to do it for the sake of not having to deal with it.

After completely bombing in the business in late 2006--a year after getting started, and acquring a full-time job in the technology sector, I got out of the business of actually taking the pictures, but the clients seemed to start pouring in due to the search engines ranking my current website high in returned results for folks looking for photographers in Orlando--where I'm based. There was no way that I could do the work while at the same time working my current job as a laser field service engineer--I wouldn't be in town. The solution was to help some of the photographers who I networked with out so I took care of all of the administrative work and hired them to do the actual photoshoot. We had a 40:60 [me:them] financial arrangement worked out which ultimately brought in about $20,000 last year for myself.

With the business growing, my time becoming more and more valuable, and advice from Mr. Trump [not personally, on T.V. lol] to "think big", I decided to start the National Photographer Group, LLC, and 9photographers.com, to take the whole thing to the web by creating a somewhat self-sufficient website where photographers could, for a monthly charge, use this site to take care of their administrative business--estimates, quotes, invoices, finances, project management, and lead generation.

As aforementioned, I started coding the site in November of 2007 and have put just about every weekend into some aspect of creating this website and business. I have already received many inquires from photographers anticipating the launch of the website.

So, I've been stubborn, to some extent, regarding whether or not I want to have somebody else help me with this script. The last thing that I want is for my script to be snatched up and spread over the web and have the business fail because of that. The business is going to go somewhere... but I'm finding that I really can't do it alone... I need some coding help, hence this entry.

So, if you are interested in working with me to help develop this site, or if you know someone who might be, or can point me in a direction where I can find someone who can help--preferably keeping the business in the U.S.A.-then by all means, please send a comment. Thank you for your time and sorry this was so long.

Lance.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/616702.html

Date: 03/25/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, asp, sql, microsoft

Microsoft and Jaspersoft are working together to ensure that Jasper’s business intelligence software suite runs well on the latest editions of Windows and SQL Server. At the Open Source Business Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Microsoft told ZDNet that the open source BI software will be optimized for Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008 and [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/257942458/

Date: 03/26/08 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, asp, web

Acquia, KnowledgeTree and JasperSoft touted new open source web publishing, social software, content management and business intelligence products at the Open Source Business Conference this week. Acquia, of Andover, Mass., said it is on track this fall t ship a new social web publishing platform code named “Carbon” that is based on the open [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/258627139/

Date: 03/26/08 (Security)    Keywords: software, asp, web

Acquia, KnowledgeTree and JasperSoft touted new open source web publishing, social software, content management and business intelligence products at the Open Source Business Conference this week. Acquia, of Andover, Mass., said it is on track this fall t ship a new social web publishing platform...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2181

Date: 03/27/08 (Web Development)    Keywords: html, database, asp, sql, web

I have taken over a website from another developer and am learning ASP.net and VB.net as I go. He had report functionality that did a query of the database, threw it in a gridview and then added a few lines of code that let it export from the gridview directly in Excel. The customer had me completely redesign the reports so that they required multiple queries of the database to get all the data and display it properly. I've put it into a basic HTML table. My questions are these:

1) Would it have been possible to manually put the data in a gridview, or is a gridview by definition bound to one sql query (I believe the answer is no, its not possible, but would just like to verify.
2) Is there any way to export info from an HTML table into an Excel spreadsheet? Or is it more a case of having to open a new Excel document and add in each field like I had to for the HTML table?

Any and all thoughts and suggestions are welcomed. Thanks in advance!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/472128.html

Date: 02/22/09 (Computer Help)    Keywords: asp

Hey hopefully this is a quick fix

I'm having troubles connecting to my home wireless network. The network works with my room mates computer and my computer can connect to other wireless networks but won't connect to ours.

I have an Acer Aspire 5100 and I'm running Vista.

Any help would be great. Thanks

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/952590.html

Date: 03/10/09 (Web Technology)    Keywords: asp, sql, security, web

According to a security group going under the name of TeamElite, the international sites of Kaspersky Iran (kasperskylabs.ir), Taiwan (web.kaspersky.com.tw) and South Korea (kasperskymall.co.kr) are susceptible to SQL injection attacks, allowing the injection of malicious iFrames and potentially assisting malicious attackers into obtaining sensitive data from the web sites in...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2842

Date: 02/11/09 (Javascript Community)    Keywords: php, css, html, asp, java, web

Hi there! I'm looking for help and I hope the JavaScript savvies can help me here. I can't write JS myself, but I am good enough to be able to read most of the code I copy&paste and know where to change the variables :-)

I am trying to set up a photo gallery using simple java script.

The requirements are relatively easy:

- I want a placeholder at the top where the images appear. Like 800x800 or something.
- I want thumbnails (or links) underneath and when you click one of them, the big image appears in the placeholder atop.
- I need the placeholder to adjust to landscape and portrait format. Most of my images have different aspect ratios.
- I need it to be pure JavaScript in one html page. No php or anything because my server does not allow it. CSS is ok, though.
- I want to be able to add an image once in a while without changing multiple html pages, so album generators which generate several pages from a set or images is out. I use that for vacation pics, but not for the purpose I have in mind now.

I found this page: Image Gallery and it's almost all I need, except that the creator is of the strange opinion that all pictures should have an aspect ratio of 1:1.

Any help, or pointing me to a website that can help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/javascript/165211.html

Date: 02/11/09 (Javascript Community)    Keywords: asp, java

Hello.

I'll start off by saying I suck at Javascript.

I have a classic ASP page which has a basic 2D table. The rows of text boxes are dynamically created and have names like txtItem1, txtItem2, txtQuantity1, txtQuantity2, etc. There are 10, but of the 10, they will rarely all be used. If the user needs more than 10, they can create another ten rows by pressing a button and submitting the form, so potentially the controls can be numbered up to 20 and up to 20 used.

I need to multiply 2 columns (txtItem and txtQuantity) of user inputted data and put the value in a 3rd column (txtTotal - appended with whatever row number it happens to be in as the rest of the controls are named). There may or may not be data in these fields, even if there is other data in the row, the user wants the option to just type in the value of the total "manually" as that is how the business works.

I need to do this on the fly, the user does not want to post back, so I have to use client side scripting.

Additionally, of these txtTotal fields, I need a subtotal at the bottom of the column.

Then I need to calculate a percentage, show it, and add it to the total for a grand total.

I'm a little overwhelmed.

If I could get some help with any of the three or so tasks I have:

1. Multiplying field one by field two giving field three... only if there is data to calculate.
2. Adding a column of fields of a variable number (ignore fields that are not populated) to give a grand total.
3. Calculate a percentage of the grand total, and total that again for a final total.

I would be forever in your debt, eternally grateful, and blissfully happy. Thank you in advance, a thousand times.

I've searched and found a few scripts that don't seem to do exactly what I want, so I'm begging.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/javascript/164951.html

Date: 03/10/09 (Security)    Keywords: asp, sql, security, web

According to a security group going under the name of TeamElite, the international sites of Kaspersky Iran (kasperskylabs.ir), Taiwan (web.kaspersky.com.tw) and South Korea (kasperskymall.co.kr) are susceptible to SQL injection attacks, allowing the injection of malicious iFrames and potentially assisting malicious attackers into obtaining sensitive data from the web sites in...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2842

Date: 08/20/08 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: database, asp, sql, web, hosting

I have two dead beat ASP sites I need to get off a under used dedicated rack and onto some sort of shared hosting service.... my biggest problem is that I despise GoDaddy and they're about the only name I know of in the ASP shared hosting world. Anyone else out there have any experience with shared ASP hosting services and who to avoid or who to check into.

Also this is legacy,lets gut VBA and make it a web script, ASP with minimal MSSQL backend data ( 2 databases, 1:1 per site )

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/78636.html

Date: 02/17/09 (Web Development)    Keywords: database, asp, sql, web

Hi,
What I am trying to do this time is create an asp.net listbox from
an SQL Server 2005 result set (done) which then users can sort the
records to form the running order within the same Listbox and then
submit all the records including the new running order back into
the database. Each record has already been automatically assigned
a running order number based on their position in the old website.

I am looking for suggestions on the quickest and *easist* way to do
this, examples would be much appreciated. My web application is asp.net
written in C#.

Any help is appreciated.

(cross-posted on asp.net)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/521763.html

Date: 01/20/09 (Web Development)    Keywords: php, browser, css, html, asp, java

Hello Again,
So I am wondering if anyone can help or has some similarly good idea
for a solution to this problem. We as currently trying to deploy a site
which will be generated HTML, on this site we need to provide an accessable
method to re-size the font between meduim, larger, largest. We need a
non-javascript alterntive, we where thinking of using a set of three
diffrent stylesheets to acheive this. But is there a cunning CSS hack
for example we can use to adjust the base font size rather than using a
scripting language (asp/php/javascript)?

I would have toyed with the idea of maybe triggering the browsers text
re-size ability but it needs to be usable across browsers up to two
versions old. Any thoughts gladly appreciated :)

Cheers

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/518617.html

Date: 01/15/09 (Web Development)    Keywords: php, mysql, asp, sql

Hello all!

I hope it is a right community for my question.

I have to setup a new MediaWiki site using IIS.


The server does not have PHP and MySQL installed, so I must install it first.

The step 1 was to install PHP.
I've done it as described here:

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/247/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis-60/

In this description the file php-cgi.exe is mentioned.

But I've got only the file php.exe after installation.

What could be my mistake?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/516803.html

Date: 03/08/09 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: php, asp, web

I'm looking for code, preferably PHP using GD2, but I'll take just about anything web-based server-side (so ASP.NET/C# is also fine) that generates a monthly calendar, graphically.

In essence, I have all the calendar data, and need to generate a GIF or PNG (or even JPG) of that calendar based on the data, suitable for back-ending into a URL so others can post it as an image on their web page.

I'm very familiar with real-time graphical generation, but I suspect there's existing open source code out there that does the drawing of the cells for each day and such that will save me a lot of time.

Any pointers greatly appreciated!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1246771.html

Date: 01/15/09 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, mysql, asp, sql

Hello all!

I hope it is a right community for my question.

I have to setup a new MediaWiki site using IIS.


The server does not have PHP and MySQL installed, so I must install it first.

The step 1 was to install PHP.
I've done it as described here:

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/247/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis-60/

In this description the file php-cgi.exe is mentioned.

But I've got only the file php.exe after installation.

What could be my mistake?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/653630.html