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    Re: [2005] SQL Select With A Single Quote

    Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They Stop You :wave:
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    Re: I need to get fired

    "The Bobs" - He's a go-getter with upper management written all over him. :D
  3. Re: [2005] The age old problem of rounding numbers?

    My article on it: What You Should Know About Rounding in VB.NET

    Which rounding method to use depends a lot on your requirements. Just avoid getting stuck in a all day meeting with accountants...
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    Re: Why is the dollar so low?

    It has almost nothing to do with either of those.

    It's caused by the Federal Reserve Board, who controls the money supply independently of the President or Congress. Currently they're allowing an...
  5. Thread: Ps3

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    Re: Ps3

    The new 40GB PS3 won't play PS2 games. Sony deliberately handicapped it so that it couldn't.
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    Re: I need to get fired

    Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta :D
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    Re: [2005] String$() Equivalent

    The direct equivalent is StrDup in the Microsoft.VisualBasic name space. The old name of String$ couldn't be used because it conflicted with the .NET String object. Here's an example:

    For Counter...
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    Re: What questions to ask in an interview

    I write a weekly series on VB.NET interview questions on my blog. Here's the most recent one: VB.NET Interview Questions #6. I include general tough interview questions in addition to VB.NET specific...
  9. Re: Limit what the user enters in a text field

    1. Use MaskedTextBox

    2. Don't use MessageBox, use the ErrorProvider Component if you're using VS 2005.
  10. Re: Ex-Guitar Hero developer ridicules the power of the PS3

    You can't have too much money or too many ads. :D
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    Re: What's my market value?

    Indeed.com has some good salary reporting tools. I used them in this article: The VB.NET Salary Gap
  12. Re: Ex-Guitar Hero developer ridicules the power of the PS3

    The thing I find most hilarious are those who wear costumes to play it while they're being filmed. :ehh: :sick: :bigyello:
  13. Re: Ex-Guitar Hero developer ridicules the power of the PS3

    There's enough ridiculing to be had watching geeky doofuses playing Guitar Hero on YouTube. :D
  14. Re: Ex-Guitar Hero developer ridicules the power of the PS3

    Blogger doesn't give you a lot of choice on how to layout the page if you pick a default template. I think you can change the style somewhat if you dig into it deep but it isn't nearly as flexible as...
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    Re: .net 2.0 winform deployment

    You should know I wrote an article about it: ClickOnce Deployment :D

    The biggest one is that it installs on a per-user basis, not a per-machine basis. This makes it difficult when you want to use...
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    Re: .net 2.0 winform deployment

    It's a separate install but if you build the regular web deployment HTML page a user can choose to install the Framework, directly from the MS web site, and then your program will install afterward....
  17. Re: How are websites like eBay and Google so fast?

    eBay is quick to load, most of the time, but they have a significant challenge with data replication. Often when you enter a new auction it can take hours for it to fully replicate throughout their...
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    Re: [Serious] Male depression

    So it's an eeeeevil conspiracy right? :rolleyes:
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    Re: [Serious] Male depression

    So, where is your rigorous, published, peer-reviewed research?
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    Re: [Serious] Male depression

    I think he nailed down your position exactly and that position is that:

    A) The drug companies and doctors conspire to trick people into thinking they're sick

    B) Then they prescribe drugs that...
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    Re: [Serious] Male depression

    They've been listening to Tom Cruise. :bigyello:
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    Re: [Serious] Male depression

    And faith healing will cure cancer. :rolleyes:
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    Re: [Serious] Male depression

    Once again you're talking about emotional or seasonal depression, not chronic depression. Try dealing with a person who has a major depressive disorder or who is bipolar and you'll figure out that it...
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    Re: [Serious] Male depression

    Sorry, but clinical depression is a disease caused by chronic chemical imbalances due to genetic predisposition, other illnesses or injury. It can, in most cases, be controlled by proper medication....
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    Re: Payment Gateways

    PayPal primarily caters to the low volume credit card and ACH processing market. Established and moderate sized businesses can get more favorable terms but they don't make these available to...
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    Re: Payment Gateways

    Funny how the "PayPal Sucks" site recommends another, competing, credit card processor. Why would they do that? Hmmm, it makes you wonder, doesn't it?

    PayPal works fine if you follow the rules....
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    Re: [2005] Creating snap-ins for IE 7

    True. A particularly bad feature if you want a BHO for nefarious purposes. :eek:
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    Re: [2005] Creating snap-ins for IE 7

    The MSDN Browser Helper Object (BHO) example is for C++.

    However, it is possible in C# and thus, most likely doable in VB.NET as well. See this article for C# details:...
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    Re: Accessing a very large database

    More details are needed such as...

    What kind of database? SQL Server, Access, Oracle?

    What kind of indexes are on the table?

    How are your queries constructed?

    Etc, etc, etc.
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    Re: Wish I had a cat

    Kitten vs. Terrier
    http://optempo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/wylie_fight.jpg

    Kitten wins, eats Terrier
    http://optempo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/10240017.jpg

    :D
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    Re: Stealing - A growing crime trend

    You should really start a blog where you could post all of this valuable information. :D
  32. Re: VB6.0 component calls Dotnet component and dotnet component throws error

    Don't allow the .NET component to throw an exception. Instead have it trap all exceptions and return a valid error code to your VB6 component. This will allow the VB6 component to deal with the error...
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    Re: Organise a list

    Here's what I came up with:

    Dim CoordinateList As New List(Of PointF)(New PointF() {New PointF(14, 22), New PointF(17, 21), _
    New PointF(15, 8), New...
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    Re: Organise a list

    It would take the two PointF objects as the arguments and work things out in the routine from there to determine which value was greater of the two. The List object would be sorted accordingly.
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    Re: Organise a list

    One way would be to write a comparer delegate routine and use it to sort your list. I haven't written a tutorial article on this yet but I might use your example as a springboard for one.
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    Re: It's Hard for a Soldier...

    Have you ever seen the movie The Apostle?
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    Re: Al Gore wins Nobel prize

    It makes you feel sooo much better about yourself. :bigyello:
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    Re: It's Hard for a Soldier...

    My opinion, it's about freakin' time. I joined the Marines in 1980 in the hope of dealing with those [insert insult here] and here it is 27 years later and we're still putting up with their BS. :mad:
  39. Thread: vista garbage

    by bgmacaw
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    Re: vista garbage

    The expense of the software, hardware and support for doing the upgrade is the big reason. For example, at my last job all desktops were on either Win98 or 2000 because they didn't want to make any...
  40. Re: [2008] Saving a bitmap to the computer, then resize it.

    Here's a code example article of mine that might be of some help to you: 3 Handy Icon Functions You Can Use
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