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I'm looking to query a Windows Search 4.0 index through a web interface, but having difficulties putting together the information I've gathered, since I'm not a programmer. My original question was laid out in this thread: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowsdesktopsearchhelp/thread/46ddf830-0b98-4806-a67a-a0aea5d7bac6/ The response I received is great, however I don't know how to use it. From what I can tell there should be a section that specifies the connection, a section that defines the query, and a section that displays the query and results in the page. Does anyone have any reading recommendations on getting started using Asp.net, or even putting together the query/UI components? I don't want to ask someone to do it for me, but tips in the right direction would be helpful since I haven't been able to find any tutorials or walkthroughs.
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2FingersToGlory posted:I am having a new webiste built and need a bit of advice. The site is pretty much a standard ecommerce site with an ordering system, shopping cart, etc. A local programmer (programmer A) who was reccomended to me proposed programming the site in php and using mysql for database management. However our current hosting company does not support php or mysql. They reccomended someone (programmer B) who proposed programming the site in asp with ms access databases. Basically, anyone who recommends Access for a website backend has no clue about databases. When it comes time for maintenance, you won't be able to find someone who will touch Access with a ten foot pole because they know it'll be a huge mess. PHP is widely used by many successful companies and so is ASP, but PHP is just plain better. Get a new host and don't look back.
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Apr 30, 2009 18:14
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tef posted:Alternatively, if there are similar pieces of software for ci that suck a lot less I'd be interested too We use http://www.viewtier.com/products/parabuild/index.htm at work. You will tear your hair out once in a while but we have like 30 builds up and running that are built by Parabuild and once you have set up a build things should work smoothly afterwards. Maybe try the eval version.
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Apr 30, 2009 19:18
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royallthefourth posted:but PHP is just plain better. I disagree (depending on the version of ASP). Using an Access database is pretty much the only red flag in his post, but it's a big loving flag - unless the site is guaranteed to be tiny and then it's just a normal-sized red flag.
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Apr 30, 2009 19:41
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If there was a miscommunication and something more normal like MSSQL is what the ASP solution is going to use, then it's fine. If it's access, clarify to be certain that's what they mean and then say goodbye and take the LAMP stack*. A lot of people have preference of one solution over the other (including other contenders like Ruby on Rails, etc). I personally would go with the one that is giving you the most confidence, which sounds like the php guy. Also I'd suggest shopping around for other hosting companies if you haven't already. Sometimes people get locked in to huge rates with a place they like, and never realize the same quantity and quality of what they want is out there for much cheaper. Plus many will offer multiple solutions for webhosting (microsoft stuff, php, Ruby on Rails). *  LAMP or "LAMP stack" = web developer lingo for "Linux Apache MySQL PHP", which is a very common combination of technologies to run a website with.
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Apr 30, 2009 20:56
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Thanks everyone for the info, it's really going to help decide who we go with.Bhaal posted:If there was a miscommunication and something more normal like MSSQL is what the ASP solution is going to use, then it's fine. If it's access, clarify to be certain that's what they mean and then say goodbye and take the LAMP stack*. A lot of people have preference of one solution over the other (including other contenders like Ruby on Rails, etc). I personally would go with the one that is giving you the most confidence, which sounds like the php guy. There was no miscommunication, this is a direct quote from programmer b: "My experience is in ASP programming using MS-Access Databases." I can't speak for the rates we pay with our hosting company, but the guy provides excellent service. Is it unusual for a hosting company not to support php/mysql?
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Apr 30, 2009 21:12
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2FingersToGlory posted:Is it unusual for a hosting company not to support php/mysql? All I can say from what hosting shopping I've done is that, untill more recently, most places were either Linux or Windows, but I have recently seen more places with virtual private servers that can run any OS from a menu the company supports and Windows is usually on there.
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Apr 30, 2009 22:13
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2FingersToGlory posted:Is it unusual for a hosting company not to support php/mysql? Yes.
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Apr 30, 2009 23:01
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I'd like to get back into programming for fun but I have limited resources and knowledge about what languages and tools are available. I'd like to write small programs with graphics, like the little video games I used to make on my calculator back in junior high. I'm deployed, on a ship, and have terrible bandwidth for downloading compilers, so if there's anything that would already be present on a windows XP install that would be great. Or something small that doesn't require an install. Another question, that affects the language I'd like to use: how, in programming simple animations, can you produce a smooth animation without blinking? The usual technique to animate an object on a calculator was to draw something, blank the screen, then draw it again in another spot. But thats overkill because only a few pixels really needed to change. There has to be a better way, on a computer.
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May 1, 2009 10:30
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Kobax posted:I'd like to get back into programming for fun but I have limited resources and knowledge about what languages and tools are available. Java is quite simply the best language for your needs. Very easy to use graphics library, but still very powerful. The JDK is the only download you'll need, less than 20MB if I recall. You might also look at Flash, but that will be more expensive to acquire. In programming animations, the basic idea to creating a smooth animation is to buffer the next frame off screen and swap the entire buffer in. You can even triple buffer for (sometimes maybe) greater reliability of smoothness!
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May 1, 2009 10:42
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quadreb posted:Java is quite simply the best language for your needs. Very easy to use graphics library, but still very powerful. The JDK is the only download you'll need, less than 20MB if I recall. You might also look at Flash, but that will be more expensive to acquire. I wasn't sure on the terminology but buffering is exactly what I was talking about. So Java is the smallest language that includes graphical buffering?
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May 1, 2009 10:52
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Kobax posted:I wasn't sure on the terminology but buffering is exactly what I was talking about. Well, not exactly. You could program an executable binary with notepad if you were perverted enough to learn how to do so. But Java is a language that is free, tons of learning examples and books are available for it, and the graphics don't require you to learn the advanced lower level DirectX or OpenGL libraries. You can step in day one and learn how to drawCircle() and move it around, with buffering or otherwise.
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May 1, 2009 11:13
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Java? When the hell did Java become good at anything graphical? Grab Python and Pygame and go nuts. Edit: I can reccommend Notepad++ or Komodo Edit. Both are pretty good all-round text editors, too because using notepad should be reserved for punishing child rapists. Munkeymon fucked around with this message at 21:23 on May 1, 2009 |
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May 1, 2009 18:07
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Munkeymon posted:Java? When the hell did Java become good at anything graphical?  But yes, at the risk of replying to every newbie question with "PYTHONPYTHONPYTHON", what you want is what Munkeymon said.
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May 1, 2009 18:11
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Agreeing with the Python suggestion. The JDK is larger than 20MB if I recall and to use it effectively you really need an IDE, which can be in the hundreds of megs.
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May 1, 2009 18:36
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Oh god, python will kill his understanding of curly braces. There's nothing more important than curly braces. Edit: Also pygame looks pretty drat complicated for a more or less complete beginner, but I don't have experience with it. You also would need a decent python IDE too. Or just use KWrite/Notepad++ with extensions and get most of the benefits of an IDE in either language. Where is the equivalent to Javadocs? baquerd fucked around with this message at 19:31 on May 1, 2009 |
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May 1, 2009 19:24
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quadreb posted:Oh god, python will kill his understanding of curly braces. There's nothing more important than curly braces. http://www.xach.com/lisp/taste-for-the-web.html
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May 1, 2009 19:51
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Otto Skorzeny posted:http://www.xach.com/lisp/taste-for-the-web.html That is the worst article.
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May 1, 2009 19:55
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Avenging Dentist posted:That is the worst article. It's not an article silly
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May 1, 2009 19:57
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Otto Skorzeny posted:It's not an article silly Well of course. "It" is a pronoun.
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May 1, 2009 19:59
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quadreb posted:Also pygame looks pretty drat complicated for a more or less complete beginner this is horribly wrong.
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May 1, 2009 20:11
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Otto Skorzeny posted:http://www.xach.com/lisp/taste-for-the-web.html This is a much better satire of paul graham: http://www.paulgraham.com/hijack.html
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zootm posted:Agreeing with the Python suggestion. The JDK is larger than 20MB if I recall and to use it effectively you really need an IDE, which can be in the hundreds of megs. No you don't. You don't need something that huge unless you're doing massive projects. Notepad works fine. If you want syntax highlighting, Notepad++ or Programmer's Notepad will work, not to mention that DrJava is 8MB and has every feature you could ever want to use for small projects.
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May 1, 2009 21:28
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SQL question (MS SQL 2005): I've got two user defined functions (we'll call them FOO and BAR), and we're going to use fields A (my source data), and B, C as target fields. I'm looking to update a table, using these CLR/user defined functions, and was hoping to do it at once. This does not work: UPDATE table SET B = FOO(A), C = BAR(A+B) The portion of the command BAR(A+B) is looking at the current, pre-update value of the B field, which is null. This makes it sad. Is there a way to explicitly reference the results of FOO(A) without calculating it twice, as input to another function in the same statement? If there is a way, is it so inefficient that I'm better off updating a large number of records in two statements (one for FOO, one for BAR)? Thanks 
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May 1, 2009 21:49
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This is an implementation detail. You should probably assume that the server is smart enough to cache the result of B so that it doesn't calculate it twice. To prove this you can make a CTE with FOO(A) precalculated and joined off A. The run times should be near similar, or worse for the CTE (in favor of what should be caching).
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May 1, 2009 22:13
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I ask for IAC extended ASCII just to be safe, and that doesn't change anything. Disregard, off-by-one error in my transmit function was loving things up 
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May 1, 2009 22:16
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I'm wondering how custom code works on bulletin board system like vBulletin or PHPBB. Say for example, I wanted to give users the ability to put in a custom code like [robot] and that would display a stored jpg of a robot. Or for a more advanced example, maybe [ageinseconds=23], where the user would include the input variable 23, their age in years, and the resulting page would display their age in seconds after doing some simple multiplication. How would I go about setting that up? wheres my arm fucked around with this message at 07:46 on May 2, 2009 |
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May 1, 2009 22:25
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Hey guys. I tried libcurl as suggested earlier when I asked about getting information off of a webpage and it works great. Im having touble displaying the informaton beciase its all in html. How do I make the program view the html like the internet would?
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May 6, 2009 02:47
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L:ordSilent posted:Hey guys. I tried libcurl as suggested earlier when I asked about getting information off of a webpage and it works great. Im having touble displaying the informaton beciase its all in html. How do I make the program view the html like the internet would? I don't know how to respond to this. Are you trying to write a web browser? Using libcurl?
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May 6, 2009 02:55
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no, I just want to display a part of what I got from the internet.
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May 6, 2009 03:15
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L:ordSilent posted:no, I just want to display a part of what I got from the internet. Paste it into notepad, save as HTML, open it in Firefox.
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May 6, 2009 03:17
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I kinda of what to do it in program. I have it log in and print only the part of the site that I want to view. I eventually want to put this on my phone or something.
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May 6, 2009 04:04
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L:ordSilent posted:I kinda of what to do it in program. I have it log in and print only the part of the site that I want to view. I eventually want to put this on my phone or something. Then why not make this a web application, where you browse to your PHP site or whatever, it does the login and then outputs only the part of the site that you want to view. Then you just use your regular browser or your cell phone's browser.
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May 6, 2009 05:22
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While that would be easier I really want to try to do it the other way if possible.
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May 6, 2009 06:51
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L:ordSilent posted:While that would be easier I really want to try to do it the other way if possible. So... you want to write a web browser. Ok.
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May 6, 2009 07:20
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On windows there's a p. simple api for using explorer's engine to display poo poo iirc regardless, there are a zillion saner ways to do this
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May 6, 2009 07:33
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Ah. I guess that would be a browser. Scratch my pervious question then. What can i do to strip the html away from the information i want?
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May 6, 2009 11:03
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L:ordSilent posted:Ah. I guess that would be a browser. Scratch my pervious question then. What can i do to strip the html away from the information i want? In your language of choice that supports regular expressions: String.Replace("<.+?>", "") will strip out anything between angle brackets.
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L:ordSilent posted:Ah. I guess that would be a browser. Scratch my pervious question then. What can i do to strip the html away from the information i want? I found libxml2 to be quite good*, since I assume you're using c with libcurl. * powerful, but I used the python wrapper lxml.
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Pipe it through lynx --dump
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