Category Archives: General

FrontPage 2003 added regular expressions to its Find and Replace tool. This is a big improvement and allows for more powerful code editing. Unfortunately, it requires a lot of trial and error to figure out its regular expression syntax which … Continue reading →

Yesterday I experimented with a fancier web application design. Most of my web applications have no design at all because I focus on the functionality. I figure it is the graphics designer job to create the design. Unfortunately, he never … Continue reading →

Today I learned how to change the design of a table in Access without opening the database file in Access and overwriting the file. This is necessary if you are using an Access database on a web site where a … Continue reading →

Today I wrote a PHP script to return MySQL database records according to the search criteria entered into a web form. This is similar to my Active Server Pages scripts. I used my simple reading list database as an example. … Continue reading →

I am currently studying for certification exam 70-305, “Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Visual Basic.NET and Visual Studio.NET”. I am reading the Exam Cram book written by Mike Gunderloy.

Today I managed to populate my Books table using a PHP script. The bulk inport for MySQL did not work so I had to write a little VBScript to generate the PHP code for multiple SQL, INSERT INTO statements. I … Continue reading →

I found that the Williamsport Sun-Gazette web site had been hacked this Sunday morning. According to their defaced home page, they were hacked by some Turkish muslims from North Cyprus. I have a screen shot of their defaced home page. … Continue reading →

Today I installed the Oracle XE database and created a table, a database user, and an application. I imported data from a CSV file into my table. The Oracle XE administration interface is entirely browser based. Oracle XE