Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations derfloh on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by jmeckley

  1. jmeckley

    Linq: Parent/Child question

    linq would do the same thing, the syntax is different that's all. Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  2. jmeckley

    Unique Values In Drop Down List

    it's a different language, vba is a scripting language where .net is a compiled language. there are strengths and weaknesses of each. try to resist the urge to treat .net like VBA. It's difficult because we default to what we know and assume it should be the same, but it's not. the same would...
  3. jmeckley

    Unique Values In Drop Down List

    Ah, now I see it. you need to create an anonymous object. var query = (from row in dt select new {row.ID, row.Name}).Distinct(); Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  4. jmeckley

    Unique Values In Drop Down List

    what is the name of "ID" column in database? is the ID column mapped? Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  5. jmeckley

    Unique Values In Drop Down List

    you need to select distinct ID and Name from the database. To show a distinction between Names you may want to display the Id in the text value as well something like value = ID text = Name (ID) Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  6. jmeckley

    validation of a property

    there are 2 parts to this question: 1. where to validate and 2. how to validate. where: client or server? always validate on the server as you should never trust the user's input (response). client validation is a nicety that improves the user experience, but it doesn't replace server...
  7. jmeckley

    Unit test frameworks

    xunit, nunit and mbunit are the big three. there is also mspec, but I think that is built on top of one of these, I could be wrong. I would avoid MS Test. compare to the rest of the options it's too little too late. all of them work with the testrunner.net VS plug-in. nunit also has built in...
  8. jmeckley

    Creating Web Site Forms

    if you are using front page, then you're using MS products. Being that your new to development, WebMatrix may be a good choice. but if you don't undestand programming, then no server side processing will be easy to grasp. Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  9. jmeckley

    javascript direcotry listing impossible to figure out!

    care you share the solution so others can learn? Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  10. jmeckley

    Custom Change js File - Suggestions?

    either *************************************************************/ Drupal.admin.attachBehaviors = function (context, settings, $adminMenu) { $adminMenu.find('> div').show(); $(window).bind('keypress', function(e) { var kcode = (e.which); if(kcode == '96') {...
  11. jmeckley

    VS2010 C#/Web, Drop Down Listbox question

    out of the box no, this is purely an html issue. it has nothing to do with webforms. what you can do is use javascript to increase the width of the html element when it has focus. jquery library makes working with js easier. Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  12. jmeckley

    crystal report 9 comptible with visual studio 2005?

    What have your results turned up so far. If you need a place to begin researching I'm sure SAP (Crystal Reports), MS or even a google search would be able to answer this for you. Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  13. jmeckley

    ajax password strength extrender

    the password extender is informative for the user. it acts as a warning, but doesn't prevent weak or moderately strong passwords. Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  14. jmeckley

    How to troubleshoot emptry Crystal Report

    IIRC MS Access uses % for wild cards. Jason Meckley Senior Programmer faq855-7190 faq732-7259 My Blog
  15. jmeckley

    How to troubleshoot emptry Crystal Report

    a report is another form of UI and therefore difficult, if not impossible to test/debug other than manually producing the output and verifying the results. to minimize the UI foot print you can use design techniques to abstract the UI away from the logic and data, there by allowing you greater...
See more

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top