Comments by Chris Maunder (Top 137 by date)

What technology?

"This is not a quick question. " Please simply report it as such and move on. Let's encourage the sorts of questions that motivate people to answer instead of encouraging laziness.

Two windows open. One development, one live. Which do you think I posted the test post on? /slapshead

Your answer is copy and pasted from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ebwdx8yh(v=vs.71).aspx. Further plagiarism will result in your account being cancelled. By all means, quote and reference other sources. However, do not simply cut and paste entire articles posted elsewhere.

1. the original was DECLARE @Query VARCHAR(MAX) SET @Query = @Query + ... So @Query has not been initialised. 2. Yeah, I was being lazy. Break out DECLARE @Query VARCHAR(MAX) = '' into DECLARE @Query VARCHAR(MAX) SET @Query = ''

It's probably an issue with the stored proc you're calling. Please update your question and add the code for the sproc so we can help

Report the questions and move on :). It's a community effort to keep things focussed.

Report removed.

I've closed this question. Partly because it's a repost, and partly because you're treating members who are trying to help you like they are your staff. Everyone here helps each other for no other reason than they like to help others. I understand you're frustrated, but show some consideration.

Simpler simply to edit harish85's answer and update with links.

Report the question as a bad question and move on. No need to insult.

What have you tried?

My apologies - I did not take note of the "it will provide thread safety". You are absolutely correct in that thread safety is not provided by default and will have to be accounted for.

I'm looking for the "Sainthood" button on Christian's posts. I think I need to add one.

No, it's not a lie. You can create background threads in ASP.NET and in some (rare) situations it's a very effective tool. We do it ourselves.

I've updated the example to show you.

I was guessing, but "window based EXE" to me means a normal windows-based application.

Please SA - not everyone has English as their first language, nor are we, as developers, renowned for our spelling. Vote, report, or even better, use your abililty to edit posts to correct it so that others can read it more easily. Making someone feel bad helps no one.

Please read the docs for the DateTime structure: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime.aspx. DateTime.Day, DateTime.Month are what you're after.

Some code would help. Can you please post a small snippet?

The question was "How do I do it in ASP.NET".

What does the markup look like? Specifically, what is "lblTotal"?

You guys have the power to flag and close questions. If 5 of you flag a question it's gone. Just 5 people. The quality of the forum questions would rise considerably. Do your bit, we'll do ours.

Totally agree.

Point well made, but an even better way to make the point is to use the reporting mechanism, flag it as an incomplete question, and move on. I would much, MUCH rather everyone simply used the voting mechanisms we have in place rather than making others feel stupid and embarrassed.

Why can't you use any subquery, joins, unions, etc?

So vote the question as "Not a question" then.

Who are you directing this to?

Can I suggest, please, that you don't. It never turns out to be a good idea. Ever.

What have you tried and what, through debugging, is being shown as the bottleneck? Help us to help you.

Not a question. Removing

Encrypting passwords is a bad idea. The poster was asking about hashing. Two very different beasts.

It was a bit of an off-the-cuff answer since we use it that way and I can't recall experiencing the same issue recently. Obviously there's more to the story.

Please post the question at the forum on http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFDiagramDesigner_Part1.aspx, not here.

I think he means the text-to-html ratio of text within an HTML document. Maybe.

Show us the code for GetDataUser. That's where the error is. Have you checked your connection strings?

Christian - please post this as a comment, not as an answer. Better yet: report and close the question and move on to a question where you feel the author can best make use of what you can offer.

What's the error? You're not helping us help you.

Add the smallest snippet of code you can to your question and we might be able to help. Please edit the original question: don't post the info as an answer or comment.

From Steve: Still makes me say hmmm.... All of the other menu properties carry across the postback. Turns out on a postback, I was not resetting the properties for anything. All stayed except for RenderingMode. Moved RenderingMode before the bail on the postback, solved annoying problem

Post this as a comment, please, not an answer. It's just adding to the debris. (Deleting)

We can't answer if you haven't told us what you've tried and where your error is. Closing the question.

We can't answer if you haven't told us what you've tried and where your error is. Closing the question.

We can't answer if you haven't told us what you've tried and where your error is. Closing the question.

Why use a hammer? Deleting since this is too open and has no context.

Which is best? A hammer or a screwdriver?

This is a completely pointless comment. Let me know when you get it and I'll remove it.

What have you tried?

You haven't asked a question, you've just stated a problem. Ask a specific question and you may get some help

What have you tried?

How is client side scripting going to help with extremely large datasets on the server side?

What, specifically, isn't working? You need to be precise.

What's the question? We need more than that to help you

What type is "lboxStudentIDs.SelectedValue" and what type is "SchoolIDS"? You can't just cast between different types and expect it to work

What's your question?

But maybe Google is...

Ask a sepcific question. We won't do your homework.

Show us what you've tried and ask a specific question on what's blocking you and then we can help you.

If the poster has made no effort to help us answer his question then report the question and move on.

Do you want to do this within your code, at the database level? ie do you want the Access database to return the data pre-formatted. What have you tried so far?

You need to send us the statement you are using to insert the records.

If you tell us what you've tried we can provide specific help.

Best to just report the question as "Not a question" and move on.

That's great, but it's not a question. Ask us for specific help. We'll help, but we won't do your work for you. Reported as "Not a question"

Can you please post the code you have that wraps the "Phone Number" etc blocks? I think it's a wrapping problem

Which article?

That's not a question. What, specifically, are you asking?

*cough* blackberry *cough*

If the question is unclear then report it using the Flag icon above and to the right.

This is an impossible question and, unfortunately, will be removed. You need to ask specific questions. We can't just write your app for you, or tell you how to do your job. Break the problem down into peices, work on them, and when you're stuck ask for specific help.

Please just delete questions of this calibre.

On behalf of original poster: Hi sandeep, I gone through the links,but that is not working in my project,In eclipse am using code like table id="displayNameRole" <th>Sl.no</th> <thcolspan=5>Member Name</th> <th>Role Name&</th> <%int flag=0; for(String logedInUser_RoleId:logedInUserRoleIdList){ if(flag==0){ if(logedInUser_RoleId.equalsIgnoreCase(&quot;Role2&quot;)||logedInUser_RoleId.equalsIgnoreCase(&quot;Role1&quot;)){ flag=1;%> <th>Change Role </th> <%} } } %> </tr> <% int i=1; for(some code){ flag=1; out.println("<tr>"); out.println("<td>"+ i +"</td>); String roleName=(String)viewMemberRoleMap.get(viewMembersName.get(i-1)); String membersName=(String)viewMembersName.get(i-1); out.println("<td colspan=5>"+retrieveUserName.getUserName(membersName,null)+"</td>"); out.println("<td>"+roleName+"</td>"); for(String logedInUser_RoleId:logedInUserRoleIdList){ if(flag==1){ if(logedInUser_RoleId.equalsIgnoreCase("Role2")&)||logedInUser_RoleId.equalsIgnoreCase("Role1"){ flag=0; out.println("<td>") } } } out.println("</tr>"); i++; } But it is not working..What to do?

An out paramter will always be assigned a value. Even so, I follow the pattern of if (!int.TryParse(..., out variable)) variable = 0;

"Each Task has different attributes and details": What do you mean? Are there more fields depending on the type of Task?

Why are you trying to stop someone hitting the back button? I'm assuming it's to stop them viewing a page that should only be viewed when logged in. So, my comment relates to what to do if someone tries to view a page they aren't meant to, and the answer is, handle this on the server side when they try and view the page. If you are trying to stop them, at the client side, from viewing a page you can't. If javascript is disabled then you scripting efforts are a waste. If they manually look up their history and go to the page, or have bookmarked a page and then go to the bookmark, then you're back to square 1. Discourage someone from viewing a page, yes, but don't mess with the history, and don't assume they won't get to the page.

Far better to just edit your original comment than repost a new one.

How many times has a developer been tasked with something impractical? I'd say either help the poor suffering guy or move on.

Looks like your article is now "pending" but has been referred to the editors before it can be moderated and approved. Give it a few more hours and Sean will have had a coffee and be able to go through it.

Reason for my vote of 5 Automatic vote of 5 for accepting answer.

Please tell me you aren't leaving your sa password blank....

You can. You can also write code that's easily read by all levels of programmers that may need to touch your code. I prefer clarity to cleverness.

Better to post this in the Bugs and Suggestions forum. Removing this.

Doesn't work

Note quite: it's also available, as a previous answerer noted, in HttpContext.Current

Reason for my vote of 1 This isn't a question.

ASP.NET validation controls emit client side validation. Did you read the article link I posted?

This makes no sense. What are you actually trying to do?

Looks like Sloppy is the go. Thanks

No luck in getting this to install in Win7. I'll keep plugging away though.

Reason for my vote of 1 We can't help you unless you explain what you need.

Reason for my vote of 1 1 for downvoting the answer instead of clarifying the question in the case the answer was not quite what you wanted. Show some manners.

Reason for my vote of 1 You have not explained yourself. How can we possibly help you?

What is it about performance you wish to know?

Reason for my vote of 1 You've got to be kidding us if you want us to do your homework for you.

Reason for my vote of 1 You've not explained your problem at all.

Better to post this as a comment, not an answer...

Send code for what?

We do detect the location, but IP locating isn't an exact science. Even though, really, it should be.

We can't answer your question without more information.