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Popup or not popup that is the question

SVG fun example

[CMS] dScribe new version soon

The next version of dScribe will be release in few hours.

This version will be the first Beta (following the three alpha versions already released).

A lot of things has been done recently, so I would like just to mention this:

• dScribe will now be multi projects. Yes you can handle with this tool multiple websites from one place.
• I implemented a Setup page to configure the basic settings dScribe need (admin name, passwords, servers, etc...)
• Deployment function will be now operational. So you would be able to define 3 types of servers, Development, Test, and Production.
• Some nice features for an Admin role, like the way to Start/Stop a site, managing an error page, etc..

And of course the usual bugs fixed ;-)

I will also publish another article (the eight now if I'm right) where I will talk about editing and approval process.

Finally if you have some comments and want to implement something I forgot, let me know !

Popup user control with Drag and Drop

I really like the Popup control Tomáš Petrícek created and published on codeProject.

I love the idea to have my little popup window coming and disappearing automatically, and also the gradient idea.

But for a small project, I need a drag&drop feature. So I know Tomas is busy on the next version, but I couldn't wait further more. I needed to implement the idea for a glossary window, you know you click on some word, and automatically a popup coming with some dictionary explanations.

So I included in his control this feature, so now the popup can move along the window.

This is actually a first version, fully functional, but I expect of course some improvements, or maybe the one Tomas should release.

I expect to implement a trigger in the user control to enable or disable the draganddrop feature.

The Drag and Drop Javascript code is cross browser done (NS and IE). Of course I will appreciate your comments on this and again thanks to Tomas for this very nice idea.

By the way this is working as DHTML so google popup blocker will never catch up this 'fake' window ;-)

Download the DLL (Zip file)

Download the project (Zip file)

Google creators blogs

This time it's not Google blogging but their creators Larry Page and Sergey Brin *.

I like their introduction ;-)

Together we have a web site called "Google". It reunites visitors with "that page they saw yesterday but can't remember the address of".

And now we have a web log.

I laughed at this post:

November 8, 2003 Free Food!!!
    Posted by: Larry Page

Come on Bill it's your turn now to blog ;-))

* Of course just in case you don't know this page is a thanksgiving joke done by Google ;-)

Dinoblog

No I don't talk about dinosaurs but Dino Esposito. He's blogging now in this weblog space.

Wow! I can tell I am a real serious Dino's fan.

Welcome Dino and please post long and interesting bogs( 'a la' Chris Brumme for example).n

When I am going to tell to my mother that I share a virtual space with you she won't believe me ;-))

Reflector new version ?

I am getting lost with the versions, but I think this one is new for me (Version 3.4.4.0)

Digger for your smartphone

Lutz Roeder, the excellent writer of Reflector, had written a game for smartphone, Digger:

Digger is a game for Smartphone 2003. The goal is to collect a given number diamonds and exit the level without getting hit by stones or ghosts. The status line tells you the level, number of lives, diamonds you collected and how many you need to collect. Press "*" to continue after you died. "#" will exit the program.

Digger.cab - Installer
Digger.zip - Source code

The Curse and Blessings of Dynamic SQL

An SQL text by Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP.

Erland has also posted an interesting list of articles

Texts on SQL

This is a small collection of texts about some features in SQL Server that people frequently ask about in the newsgroups about MS SQL Server. Rather than being a FAQ with many questions with short answers, these are in-depth articles on some of my favourite topics

• The curse and blessings of dynamic SQL. How you use dynamic SQL, when you should - and when you should not. (Added June 2001, Updated May 2003)
• Arrays and Lists in SQL Server. Several methods on how to pass an array of values from a client to SQL Server, and performance data about the methods. (Added March 2003)
• Dynamic Search Conditions. How to write a stored procedure that permits users to select among many search conditions, using both dynamic and static SQL. (Added May 2003)
• Implementing Error Handling with Stored Procedures and Error Handling in SQL Server – a Background. Two articles on error handling in SQL Server. I have split the topic on two articles, so if you only want to learn how to implement your error handling you can start there. The background article is more of interest to intermediate and advanced SQL users. Both articles also cover ADO. (New! Added July 2003)
• How to share data between stored procedures. Different ways of passing sets of data between stored procedures. (Added July 2001, Updated May 2003)
• Connecting to MS SQL Server from Unix. A brief summary of what's available. Since I don't work with Unix myself, not extremely well-informed, but people have kept asking me about this. (Added Jan 1999, Last update March 2003)