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CompareValidator - Final

Although the suggested solution indicated below would work well for English localized dates, it would not work for foreign localizations ( ie. month abbreviations in non-English languages ). A more generic solution would be to check for three alphabe... Continue Reading »

Sep 19

By: Shaun Walker

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CompareValidator Continued...

Well maybe there are not as many Regular Expression experts as I had imagined. I only received a single response to my earlier Blog on the CompareValidator.Aaron Robinson writes:var yearFirstExp = newRegExp("^\\s*((\\d{4})|(\\d{2}))([-./])(\\d{1,2})\... Continue Reading »

Sep 18

By: Shaun Walker

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CompareValidator Revealed

I have always had an issue with the CompareValidator control when it comes to date validation. Its main limitation is that it seems to force the end user into entering a specific date format which is not always obvious or logical. In the case of DotN... Continue Reading »

Sep 16

By: Shaun Walker

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CompareValidator Revealed

function ValidatorConvert(op, dataType, val) {function GetFullYear(year) {return (year + parseInt(val.century)) - ((year < val.cutoffyear) ? 0 : 100);}var num, cleanInput, m, exp;if (dataType == "Integer") {}else if(dataType == "Double") {} else i... Continue Reading »

Sep 16

By: Shaun Walker

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DAL Obsession

I have not been very good at communicating lately... this seems to happen every time I get consumed by a large scale development project. I tend to obsess and ultimately end up spending every waking moment focused on completing the deliverable.If you... Continue Reading »

Sep 13

By: Shaun Walker

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JET SQL Reporting

Well... my requests for assistance on JET SQL to the community have been very successful thus far. My last request on information relating to multiple joins generated a lot of excellent feedback. I would like to recognize the following individuals fo... Continue Reading »

Sep 11

By: Shaun Walker

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More queries...

send answers to shaunw1@shaw.caCREATE PROCEDURE GetSiteLog2 ( [@PortalId] int, [@PortalAlias] Text(50), [@StartDate] datetime, [@EndDate] datetime )ASSELECT SiteLog.DateTime, case when SiteLog.UserId is null then null else Users.FirstName + ' ... Continue Reading »

Sep 11

By: Shaun Walker

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PDC - Birds of a Feather

I mentioned the PDC Birds of a Feather sessions in a previous Blog and would like to provide some clearer instructions. 1. Browse to PDC 2003 Birds Of a Feather (BOF)!! 2. Select the "Vote/Comment on a topic" option3. Select "Open source Portals : IB... Continue Reading »

Sep 11

By: Shaun Walker

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Proprietary Dependence

One of the goals of the DotNetNuke project is to architect a solution in such a way that it minimizes its dependency on proprietary technologies ( the .NET Framework is obviously an exception to this rule ). And the Database Access Layer Abstraction ... Continue Reading »

Sep 08

By: Shaun Walker

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WIN2K Strikes Again

Ran into a problem today with one of my servers. It is a DELL Dimension 8100 - P4 1.4 running Win2K Server - about 3 years old. Anyways yesterday the monitor started displaying funny so I thought I would test it by attaching it to another system and ... Continue Reading »

Sep 05

By: Shaun Walker

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