Category Archives: General

Last night I wrote a VBScript to load the web page which forces WordPress to check its mailbox for articles to be posted. Then I created a scheduled task to run the VBScript every hour. On a linux server this … Continue reading →

Today I upgraded to Ultra-Edit 12. Ultra-Edit is my favorite text editor. It features line numbering, find and replace using regular expressions, syntax highlighting, nine additional clipboards, word count, spell checking, hex editor, trailing space trim, and formatting to uppercase, … Continue reading →

Last night I was up until 2:00 AM installing WordPress on a Windows 2003 Server for http://www.caraccessories.com/wordpress. I ran into numerous technical problems because I tried to install the lastest versions of PHP and MySQL. Eventually I had to install … Continue reading →

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