The MSDN Roadshow returns to Augusta, ME and the Central Maine Commerce Center’s Florian Auditorium on Sept. 24, from 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. (That’s a later start than recent roadshows, because directly before it, there’s a TechNet event about Windows 7 and Remote Desktop.)
MSDN Roadshows are a chance for Microsoft evangelists — namely, Chris [...]
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MSDN Northeast Roadshow: Sept. 24 in Augusta, ME
Working With The Authorize.net Customer Information Manager (CIM), Part 1: Overview
I’m going to spend several posts discussing authorize.net’s Customer Information Manager, a Web service for storing and retrieving personally identifiable information about the people who place credit card orders on your Web site.
Today, I’m focusing solely on an overview of CIM: What it is, how it works, why it works that way, and approaches to [...]
JavaScript Function Arguments: They’re An Array And You Can Treat Them As Such
One of the nicest features of JavaScript is the ability to treat function arguments as an array. We all know how to write a function that takes a known number of arguments:
function foo(bar) {
alert(bar);
}
function getArea(shape, measure, unit) {
var output = ‘The area of a ‘ + measure + ‘ ‘ + unit + ‘ ‘ [...]
Using JavaScript To Perform A Task Traditionally Solved With Server-Side Scripting
Asked recently on Yahoo! Answers:
Does anyone know how to automatically update a birthday list on a web page?
Our web page has a section that displays all staff birthdays for the week. This section is updated manually every Monday morning. Is there a way to have this update done automatically everyday. Must display all birthdays for [...]
The Trouble With PHP’s Weak Data Types: An Example Examined And Explained
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Multiple nested MySQL functions in PHP?
I was going through code today, trying to make some things more compact. The application worked without problems, so I knew that mysql error statements were superfluous.
This is the type of statement I was changing, I figured that I’d remove the seemingly unnecessary $result2 variable
$result2 = [...]
The Difference Between Null, Empty And Zero-Length Data / Strings
A common problem faced by new programmers is understanding the difference between null, empty and zero-length variables, especially when working with database records.
While, for most intents and purposes, the three things have the same effect — either you have some data you can work with, or you don’t — they arise from different circumstances. Understanding [...]
