Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday September 11th 2003
Re: FN-FORUM: Robots.txt
date posted 11th September 2003 23:46
On 11 Sep 2003 22:51:08 -0000, susan [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Could someone point me in the right direction? Why to have the file and
> what to include and why?
everything you need to know:
http:...
FN-FORUM: Robots.txt
date posted 11th September 2003 23:11
Could someone point me in the right direction? Why to have the file and
what to include and why?
Any help muchos appreciated
Especially at this time
And yes I have asked google ;)
susan
susanengel
gr...
RE: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 22:48
I think Photoshop might have something that does something that might be
what you want, if that makes sense... ;-)
Rob
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Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server stored proc question
date posted 11th September 2003 22:34
Hi John
Server.transfer and Server.Execute
Norman
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Re: FN-FORUM: Exchange Server 2000 Upgrade
date posted 11th September 2003 22:33
> What about going straight to Exchange 2003? MS might be Pricing ex2000
> out of the way ;)...
>
> Have a look at http://www.spellsoftwaretrade.com/
hmmm - Exchange 2003 may be a bit expensive.......
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server stored proc question
date posted 11th September 2003 22:31
Hello,
In jsp/servlets there is the following method for redirecting the request
and response objects to be processed by another servlet/jsp page
request.getRequestDispatcher("/error.jsp").forward(r...
RE: FN-FORUM: Exchange Server 2000 Upgrade
date posted 11th September 2003 22:24
What about going straight to Exchange 2003? MS might be Pricing ex2000
out of the way ;)...
Have a look at http://www.spellsoftwaretrade.com/
Chaz...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl W Cra...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server stored proc question
date posted 11th September 2003 22:19
Cheers for the help Andy, I will try that and see if it returns a random set
every time
Best Regards
John...
FN-FORUM: Exchange Server 2000 Upgrade
date posted 11th September 2003 22:16
Hi All,
I am looking for Exchange Server 2000 Upgrade from Exchange Server 5.5....
my client has a 45 user CAL already for 5.5, but I can't find a decent price
anywhere...
can anyone help?
Rgds,
C...
RE: FN-FORUM: CD Recording Dilemma
date posted 11th September 2003 22:15
Matt
Don't know if it's a Mac (don't get involved) but Pc/Windoze......
There are a number of options with all the burner softweare we use (Adaptec
and Nero etc...) that let you create different fo...
RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Server stored proc question
date posted 11th September 2003 22:03
Random numbers in MSSQL - use RAND() but you need to give it a seed as
an argument as well. You can also do;
SELECT TOP 10 *, NEWID() neworder FROM table ORDER BY neworder=20
NEWID produces (as it's...
RE: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 20:55
I understood that floppy disks degrade a little over time if they're not
used regularly.
Sorry I can't remember the technical details on this one (:
Andy
Andrew McDonald
Webguru Services
e: [EMAIL...
FN-FORUM: SQL Server stored proc question
date posted 11th September 2003 20:29
I am thinking about putting together a stored procedure in MSSQL to bring
back random records from a recordset, at the moment I am counting the total
numebr of rows and then producing 10 unique random...
Re: FN-FORUM: graphic design question...
date posted 11th September 2003 20:22
Arioso, Chevara, Conga, Timmons. I don't know where I got them, they may
have came with OpenOffice.
If it's for an image, you could always use commas then edit the image -
commas tend to be more cu...
Re: FN-FORUM: graphic design question...
date posted 11th September 2003 20:09
The best faces to use for quotes are serifs, I always try different ones
and end up using Times. Stone Sans is quite good as well.
Lindsey
____________________
Apperley Design
design | create | inn...
RE: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 20:04
When using floppy disks (only when I absolutely have to) I always format
them first and I never use the Windows format utility because it does not
reformat old disks. I Always run format from a comma...
FN-FORUM: graphic design question...
date posted 11th September 2003 19:46
anyone know offhand a font i can find some nice curly quotation marks
in?
most typefaces just have horrible squared off or slanted " marks...
i'm after something circular, sans looking... been sea...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Zap Blaine in a box
date posted 11th September 2003 19:37
For anyone in the centre of London at 9pm tonight, and at a bit of a
loose end (and have a laser pointer handy...)
Reminder for willing participants from Farker LindseyP:
* Only use lasers whi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Win2k SP4?
date posted 11th September 2003 19:08
I'm supporting an SBS2k server with sp4 remotely over a VPN and using VNC.
No problems and the hardware sucks.
I'm not brave enough to install sp4 remotely though.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
Re: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 18:04
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
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Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks.....
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 18:02
yeah, i realised a couple minutes after sending it!
Pete Croft wrote:
>David Eckersall wrote:
>
>
>
>>just change the first bit to SELECT DISTINCT TOP 5 * FROM.... then
>>
>>
>
>
>That'll fai...
Re: FN-FORUM: CD Recording Dilemma
date posted 11th September 2003 18:00
With newer 'Burn Proof' writers you can get away with using the maximum
speed. However if you're burning an audio CD then you should generally burn
at about 4x or 8x because the head units in CD playe...
RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 17:57
I've resigned myself to making the field unique in the table and just
checking as I write it away - should have done that in the first place!
Thanx to all who tried to answer this one
Paul.
-----Or...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 17:53
David Eckersall wrote:
> just change the first bit to SELECT DISTINCT TOP 5 * FROM.... then
That'll fail because of the presence of the ordering field ...
--
Peter Croft
PC Associates...
RE: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 17:51
Thanks for the offers to send me disks!
I finally managed to get one cleanly formatted - I remembered seeing a
driver floppy disk with a monitor I bought just a couple of years ago, so I
knew that it...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 17:36
just change the first bit to SELECT DISTINCT TOP 5 * FROM.... then
Kalagoo.Com wrote:
>Nice try but the records it returns have to be distinct.
>
>i.e. I want to return the last 5 distinct search qu...
Re: FN-FORUM: asp error using CDONTS
date posted 11th September 2003 17:36
surely that line should either be...
SendMail.To [EMAIL REMOVED]
...or...
SendMail.To strEmailHeldAsVariable
Paul
Paul Cooper
Internet Developer
Intex Design
http://www.intexdesign.net
>From...
Re: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 17:32
ok.. should have read that more closely..
local pcworld still open? :)
want me to bang a ready made one in the post for you?
Craig
Pete Croft wrote:
> Craig Tinson wrote:
>
>
>>just as easy...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 17:29
Kalagoo.Com wrote:
> Nice try but the records it returns have to be distinct.
> i.e. I want to return the last 5 distinct search queries made (my field
> 'searchstring') Have to order by ANUM desc...
Re: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 17:28
Craig Tinson wrote:
> just as easy to download stuff like that from www.bootdisk.com
Well, yes, apart from Ross's problem appears to be that all of his
floppy disks are knackered ...
Cheers,
Pet...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 17:13
Nice try but the records it returns have to be distinct.
i.e. I want to return the last 5 distinct search queries made (my field
'searchstring') Have to order by ANUM desc as the last 5 records are a...
RE: FN-FORUM: FTP uploads and secret areas
date posted 11th September 2003 17:12
I don't think you can run IIS on XP Home but if you could you'd need to...
+ Install it..
Then....
+ Find a folder you wanted to allow web users access to and Web Share it
(Right click, properties,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 17:12
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Ross Hamilton wrote:
> Did floppy disks ever work?!
Yes, when floppy drives cost more than 5GBP and blanks cost ~50p each.
If you format them yourself, you'll tend to get bette...
Re: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 17:10
just as easy to download stuff like that from www.bootdisk.com
the files you download even have a built-in winimage type writer..
just run the exe.. put in a floppy and a few seconds later you have...
Re: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 17:05
Ross Hamilton wrote:
> Pete C wrote:
>> Windows 98 should boot from the CD (depending on version).
> That's what I thought, but apparently not on the MSDN version I have :(
Weird. I haven't trie...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 17:04
should do the jobby
SELECT TOP 5 * FROM (SELECT fieldname1, fieldname2, fieldname3 FROM
TABLENAME ORDER BY pk_fieldname)
Kalagoo.Com wrote:
>Hi peeps,
>
>Anyone know if it is possible to do a 'top...
Re: FN-FORUM: THANKS - photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 17:02
There are a few sweet flash MX component that will do all this and are fed
xml docs..
any use?
www.flashcomponents.net
James Tomaszewski - New Media Designer
w - www.lightningclaws.com
t - 07887 9...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 16:58
The 'group by' gives the deduped result but I still cannot use the 'order
by' as the anum is not part of the original select statement - gives an
error. If I group by field, anum it accepts the order...
RE: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 16:55
Pete C wrote:
> Windows 98 should boot from the CD (depending on version).
That's what I thought, but apparently not on the MSDN version I have :(
--
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DJSE Limited, Willow End, Mawtho...
Re: FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 16:43
Ross Hamilton wrote:
> Why does one of my clients insist on running Windows 98, so I need to set up
> a testbed machine?!
Windows 98 should boot from the CD (depending on version).
Cheers,
Pete...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 16:38
Kalagoo.Com wrote:
> Hi peeps,
> Anyone know Type your question here and then click Searchif it is possible to do a 'top x' DISTINCT select and order by
> an autonumber desc?
> But I only need to...
FN-FORUM: Floppy disks...
date posted 11th September 2003 16:36
Did floppy disks ever work?!
It must be years since I've managed to copy something on a floppy disk. I'm
sure when I was young you could make a DOS boot disk in ten seconds flat,
and it would work f...
FN-FORUM: SQL Question
date posted 11th September 2003 16:15
Hi peeps,
Anyone know if it is possible to do a 'top x' DISTINCT select and order by
an autonumber desc?
current query:
SELECT TOP 5 *
FROM SiteSearches
ORDER BY ANUM DESC
I Need:
SELECT DISTINCT...
FN-FORUM: FTP uploads and secret areas
date posted 11th September 2003 16:14
Afternoon all,
I'm getting a lot of work recently where a client wants to allow others to
view a file via the web for a temporary amount of time.
So far I'm fudging it a bit by simply uploading the...
FN-FORUM: Font licensing
date posted 11th September 2003 16:10
This might be of interest to some of you design types:
'Two unnamed companies are being investigated by the Federation Against
Software Theft (FAST) for possible breaches of font piracy.
News of...
Re: FN-FORUM: My new CD
date posted 11th September 2003 16:09
> Just got the Martina Topely-Bird Quixotic album and I have to say it's
> fantastic... She should of won the Mercury music prize for this effort me
> thinks!
>
> Anyone after a truly original 'chillo...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 16:09
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 2:49 pm, Sam Morgan wrote:
> Customer has been supplied with some PHP code by a web service supplier=
and
> wants to use that code in an ASP page he already has.
>
> I've said...
Re: FN-FORUM: Any Front Page nuts... or translators?
date posted 11th September 2003 15:59
which job?? lol
"Official Client Interpreter"?? no way.. that was just a fluke.. lol
"Front Page Developer"?? must be joking *chuckles* I have "weaned" more
people away from frontpage in the last 2...
Re: FN-FORUM: Any Front Page nuts... or translators?
date posted 11th September 2003 15:47
Craig Tinson wrote:
> sounds like they are trying to say something like:
>
> "We have a site that was developed using front page and the front page
> extensions.
>
> Front page allows easy retrieva...
RE: Re: FN-FORUM: domain probs
date posted 11th September 2003 15:43
Well, the client is really unhappy with the work the freelancer did,
although he has paid for it all, now he wants to change the freelancer
and my guess is that is what made the guy behave like this....
FN-FORUM: My new CD
date posted 11th September 2003 15:43
Hi All
Apologies for the off topic post...
Just got the Martina Topely-Bird Quixotic album and I have to say it's
fantastic... She should of won the Mercury music prize for this effort me
thinks!
A...
RE: FN-FORUM: asp error using CDONTS
date posted 11th September 2003 15:31
Stick a "SET" at the beginning of the line.=20
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From: David Turner [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 11 September 2003 16:06
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
Subject: FN-FORUM: asp error usin...
RE: FN-FORUM: Table positioning
date posted 11th September 2003 15:31
It's simplistic, but couldn't you just enclose everything in yet *another*
table and attribute it with 'align="center"'?
Tables... ::urgh:: ::blurrgh::
charlie.
- -
"charlie owen is certainly well t...
Re: FN-FORUM: asp error using CDONTS
date posted 11th September 2003 15:31
try putting a:
response.write email("email")
line before the offending line and see if it's pulling a correct email
address..
hth
Craig
David Turner wrote:
> i am getting the following error...
Re: FN-FORUM: Any Front Page nuts... or translators?
date posted 11th September 2003 15:29
sounds like they are trying to say something like:
"We have a site that was developed using front page and the front page
extensions.
Front page allows easy retrieval of recordsets from an access d...
FN-FORUM: asp error using CDONTS
date posted 11th September 2003 15:26
i am getting the following error
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
Type mismatch: 'to'
on line xxx
code follows
----------------------------------------------------
set email = Server.Cr...
FN-FORUM: Any Front Page nuts... or translators?
date posted 11th September 2003 15:21
Can anyone translate this request?
> I have used microsoft front page to develop the project .i think front
> page has its own language based mainly on html
> the database is is access .
> in t...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 15:20
At 13:49 11/09/03, Sam Morgan wrote:
>Okay, talking to a client who wants to run PHP and ASP in the same page.
>I've said not possible to run both from same page as different =
>interpreters,
>am I w...
FN-FORUM: THANKS - photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 15:16
David Turner wrote:
> there are 43 to choose from on this page...
>
> http://www.hotscripts.com/ASP/Scripts_and_Components/Image_Galleries/
>
> and i have no experiece of any of them....
>
> good l...
RE: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 15:07
there are 43 to choose from on this page...
http://www.hotscripts.com/ASP/Scripts_and_Components/Image_Galleries/
and i have no experiece of any of them....
good luck!
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Re: FN-FORUM: pay-per-click Ad's
date posted 11th September 2003 15:06
On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 02:29 PM, J Sutton wrote:
>
> Just putting a quote t
> ogether for a client who wants pay-per-click ad=92s
> on their site and was wondering if any of you had any...
Re: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 15:01
Photoshop 7 generates photogallery files just how you want 'em. You could
then modify the html.
J :O)
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Re: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 15:01
On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 02:02 PM, Mark Anderson wrote:
>
> Different engines in the same site yes, different engines in the same
> page
> not as far as I know!
It is possible, dependi...
RE: FN-FORUM: CD Recording Dilemma
date posted 11th September 2003 14:58
[ Not a flame, just some corrections and additions ]
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, David Turner wrote:
> the quality of the cd you are burning onto matters. the media can only be
> burnt at a certain speed....
Re: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 14:50
David Turner wrote:
> i think there are quite a few freeware ones. in asp and php and perl...
>
> the sort of hosting you have will affect your decision... so give us a clue,
> what platform for.......
RE: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 14:45
For a plain html one that can resize images, and use custom style
sheets, (before u upload) I would try out ThumbHTML. It's very
refreshing to have something that does everything you want it to.
Che...
RE: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 14:38
Hi,
My photo gallery program can load any given directory of images and then
place them in an album with thumbnails/medium/full sized images. Check out
the link at: http://nahoo.net/gallery
All the...
RE: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 14:37
i think there are quite a few freeware ones. in asp and php and perl...
the sort of hosting you have will affect your decision... so give us a clue,
what platform for.... ;-)
or is it just plain htm...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 14:32
Yeah don't worry, I like to K.I.S.S. as much as possible so wont be trying
it, I really just wanted to know if I was right or wrong, so in a way I am
right, but actually wrong. :)
Regards
Sam Morg...
RE: FN-FORUM: CD Recording Dilemma
date posted 11th September 2003 14:31
the quality of the cd you are burning onto matters. the media can only be
burnt at a certain speed. something to do with the solvent that is burnt
away by the laser... erm... i think...
i could be as...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 14:27
I would like to metoo this thought.
even if it is possible technically... and it will be... even if you have to
write a php compiler in asp. :-)
dont do it. work out what the client is trying to do...
Re: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 14:16
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ema" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:40 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
>
> Anyone have to hand a link to...
Re: FN-FORUM: CD Recording Dilemma
date posted 11th September 2003 14:13
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Tony Crockford wrote:
> On 11 Sep 2003 12:58:42 -0000, Matt Thomas [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> >
> > I recently recorded some data on a CD Recordable, and it opened fine on
> > m...
Re: FN-FORUM: Table positioning
date posted 11th September 2003 14:11
Stylesheet
BODY
{
MARGIN: 0;=20
PADDING: 0;=20
HEIGHT: 100%;=20
TEXT-ALIGN: center;
}
TABLE
{
MARGIN-LEFT: auto;
MARGIN-RIGHT: auto;
WIDTH: XXXpx;
}=20
should do it......
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 14:09
Customer has been supplied with some PHP code by a web service supplier and
wants to use that code in an ASP page he already has.
I've said to him to go back to the supplier and get it in ASP. I coul...
Re: FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 14:04
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Ema wrote:
>
> Anyone have to hand a link to a *photo gallery generator* that allows
> thumbnails and the chosen larger image to be shown on the *same page*? I
> know I've seen o...
FN-FORUM: photo gallery (one page)
date posted 11th September 2003 14:01
Anyone have to hand a link to a *photo gallery generator* that allows
thumbnails and the chosen larger image to be shown on the *same page*? I
know I've seen one and have searched thru my bookmarks,...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 13:59
At 12:49 11/09/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Okay, talking to a client who wants to run PHP and ASP in the same page.
OK. Moving on to the obvious question... why?...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 13:57
The other option would be to use ASP to create an httpxml object, so
load a php "page" into a string and then output that with the ASP.=20
-----Original Message-----
From: David Eckersall [EMAIL REMO...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 13:56
Yes it is possible, at least with an apache server. Or at least it
should be... I'm including javascript and php and the mechanism
_should_ work for php and asp.
You need to use server-side includes...
FN-FORUM: pay-per-click Ad's
date posted 11th September 2003 13:50
Just putting a quote t
ogether for a client who wants pay-per-click =
ad=92s
on their site and was wondering if any of you had any recommendations
from previous experiences?
=A0
Any feed back is grate...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP and ASP in same page.
date posted 11th September 2003 13:47
iirc you can download a php-language module for asp.
so just you can code asp in jscript/javascript/vbscript you can also use
php.
what you'd then have is something like this
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Re: FN-FORUM: CD Recording Dilemma
date posted 11th September 2003 13:44
On 11 Sep 2003 12:58:42 -0000, Matt Thomas [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I recently recorded some data on a CD Recordable, and it opened fine on
> my computer but not on any others (PC Based). Does anyo...
Re: FN-FORUM: CD Recording Dilemma
date posted 11th September 2003 13:41
Out of interest, why should the burn speed matter? Surely a CD burnt by a
64x CDRW will be the same as one burnt by an 8x? It will just have burnt
faster?
Or am I missing something?
(I have experi...