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SQL – update records in one table based on values in another

Len — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:21:24 +0000

After messing around for a while to figure out a way to do this, eventually I figured it out using the EXISTS clause. Here is an example : UPDATE tbl1 SET tbl1_field = ( SELECT tbl1_field FROM tbl1 WHERE tbl.tbl1_id = tbl2.tbl2_id) WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT tbl1_field FROM tbl1 WHERE tbl.tbl1_id = tbl2.tbl2_id); SQL – [...]

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Connecting to a named instance of SQL remotely

Len — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:47:36 +0000

I got stuck for about a day and half with this. A client had a server with two instances of SQL installed – the default being SQL 2000 and the named instance being SQL2005. I needed to connect through SQL Management Studio remotely. The default configuration was that the SQL2005 instance was using dynamic ports – [...]

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Generating a random number (integer) in ASP.NET

Len — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:53:38 +0000

For one of my sites (Eeliz.com) I needed to randomly position an image either left or right. For this I used the following random number function : Public Function RandomNum(ByVal MaxNum As Integer, _ Optional ByVal MinNum As Integer = 0) As Integer ‘initialise the number generator [...]

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Configuring 3D Vista – IIS7

Len — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:16:22 +0000

When we upgraded our servers we moved to IIS 7. For sites which incorporated 3D Vista 360 degree tours this caused a bit of an issue…To get the movie to play certain MIME types need to be configured – and this is how 3D Vista advise on their site : 1 – Go to Start [...]

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Javascript replace

Len — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:37:04 +0000

Another quick snippet. I was using the Javascript replace method in my site when I noticed that by default it only made a singular replace. So I hunted down the solution for a global replace… MyString.replace(/oldtext/gi, “newtext”) Javascript replace is a post from: Infobox Media Web Blog

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Random order in SQL

Len — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:34:07 +0000

Another quick code snippet I found pretty useful this week. In a SQL command you can use “ORDER BY NEWID()” to randomly order your results. This can be implemented in a number of ways – to randomly display advertising features, news items or any other set of records or you can use “SELECT TOP 1 ID [...]

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Helicon root redirect

Len — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:38:07 +0000

Another quick issue…I needed to use Helicon 3.x to redirect the root of a website to a subfolder… Here is the code RewriteBase RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?mywebsite\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^/?$ http://www.mywebsite.com/myfolder [R=301,L] Helicon root redirect is a post from: Infobox Media Web Blog

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Using devExpress Text Box as a hidden field

Len — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:49:17 +0000

I use the devExpress controls in a range of my websites. Tonight I was having a problem implementing an ASPxTextBox as a hidden field…the normal hidden field was no good as I am inside an ASPxCallbackPanel and I was losing the value. Basically, my problem was that my ASPxTextBox was working fine, but as soon as [...]

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