Hiding MSN to tray in Windows 7

1. go to icon for messenger, right click -> properties

2. go to compatability-> run in compatible mode for Windows Vista.

3. restart msn, and click "cross" after signing in

Yet another learning tip (MSSQL)

select * from ju_test_1 j1, ju_test_2 j2 where
j1.id *= j2.id

is equivalent to:

select * from ju_test_1 j1 left outer join ju_test_2 j2 on
j1.id = j2.id

Thing to note is that non-ANSI is available only for 80 compatibility or lower. *Strongly recommended to rewrite using ANSI outer join operators.

*****
Msg 4147, Level 15, State 1, Line 3

The query uses non-ANSI outer join operators ("*=" or "=*"). To run this query without modification, please set the compatibility level for current database to 80 or lower, using stored procedure sp_dbcmptlevel. It is strongly recommended to rewrite the query using ANSI outer join operators (LEFT OUTER JOIN, RIGHT OUTER JOIN). In the future versions of SQL Server, non-ANSI join operators will not be supported even in backward-compatibility modes.

To check for numeric strings

in VB, I think isNumeric should do the trick.

for C#, one way is to:

try

{

val = Convert.ToInt32(textBox2.Text.ToString().Trim());

}

catch (Exception e)

{

//not a valid number

}

another method, slightly more troublesome, but still does the trick.

double res;

string a;

a = "#$%^&";

if (double.TryParse(a, out res)) { } else { MessageBox.Show("a is not a number"); }

a = "12345678";

if (double.TryParse(a, out res)) { MessageBox.Show("a is a number!!!"); }

a = "1234a5678";

if (double.TryParse(a, out res)) { } else { MessageBox.Show("a is not a number....."); }

Tips of the day

C# & operator: Logical AND (And equivalent of VB)

C# && operator: Conditional AND (AndAlso equivalent of VB)

useful email tips

from http://www.softflare.com/index.php?id=76

E-mail Set Up: My Server Requires Authentication

Mozilla Thunderbird

• Go to Tools, then Account Settings, then Outgoing Server (SMTP) (normally the bottom item of the left-hand menu)
• Select the server (if there is more than one account listed) that you wish to use to send e-mail and press the Edit... button.
• Check the Use name and password option.
• Add your User Name (which will be your full email address)
• Click OK

Thunderbird will ask you for your password the first time you send e-mail and you can optionally save it at that time so that it will not ask you again.

Microsoft Outlook 2007:

• Click Tools then Account Settings
• Ensure you are on the E-mail tab at the top of the windows
• Click on the relevant email account and click Change... at the top of the window
• Click More Settings
• Click Outgoing Server
• Check My Server Uses Authentication
• Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server - in certain cases where this doesn’t work you may need to click on log on using and:
  • Type Account Name (which will be your full e-mail address)
  • Type Password (which will be your email address password)
• Click OK
• Click Next
• Click Finish
• Click Close

This should fix Outlook to send email. Close Outlook and reopen it to start sending mail.

Microsoft Outlook 2002/2003:

• Click Tools then Email Accounts (Accounts and Services on older versions of Outlook)
• Click View and Change and Click Next (skip if it opens up to the account screen)
• Click Change or Properties of your Email Account
• Click More Settings
• Click Outgoing Server
• Check My Server Uses Authentication
• Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server - in certain cases where this doesn’t work you may need to click on log on using and:
  • Type Account Name (which will be your full e-mail address)
  • Type Password (which will be your email address password)
• Click OK
• Click Next
• Click Finish

This should fix Outlook to send email. Close Outlook and reopen it to start sending mail.

Microsoft Outlook Express:

• Click Tools then Accounts
• Click Mail
• Click Properties (for your domain name if there is more than one mail account listed)
• Click Servers
• In the Account or User Name field (which will be your full e-mail address)
• Put a checkmark by My Server Requires Authentication at the bottom of the page.
• Click Settings
• Make sure Use same settings as Incoming server is selected
• Click Apply
• Click OK
• Click Close

Organization in the sea of disorganization

If things do not fall in place quick enough, send chasers. And keep spamming once every 2 days until you get what you want.

Rubbish posts

parameter sniffing

*sniffle sniffle*

Agony of EMS Teacher....

P3 Teacher: "Class, repeat after me. Good, better, best!"

P3 Student:"(raises hand) Teacher, shouldn't it be better, betterer, betterest?"

P3 Teacher: "This is bad english! Who taught you that?"

P3 Student:"On TV got a Zorro say that.... teacher so you mean he wrong, is it?"

P3 Teacher: *dumbfounded* "Ok class, let us learn a new word...."

random number generator

it's not that random after all.... IF the value must be unique, append an additional unique value to it...

basics. yet i've forgetten it. hopefully i do not need to grow this list.

FUCKING BASIC CONCEPTS TO REMEMBER

DO NOT DELETE ANY TABLE IN THE PRODUCTION DATABASE ( 1 YEAR AGO)

APPEND A UNIQUE VALUE TO ANY RANDOM GENERATOR TO MAKE IT REALLY UNIQUE.

ALWAYS CLEAR ALL DATA (SESSION) UPON ENTERING THE LANDING PAGE

PDF generation using .net

iTextSharp looks fun. Real fun -.-