to one person a parameter in a function (e), means event, to another is meaningless. Hench why i prefer function(event) over a comment saying e is event. I have not been shown that writing like every single bit for variable names is needed in the last decade. oh its 10 charters vs 1, so much ram and memory, and file size. a decent compiler will parse it. I am not long names for the compiler, I am writing for some human.

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I've personally encountered that DON'T write code as a hobby at home. IMHO, it shows a lack of commitment to the art of development, For about 20 years I worked 60+ hour weeks and, where possible, would take vacation time as a bonus check rather than taking actual time off. I know people who have worked more hours a week than that. For years. My "hobby" was in fact writing code, but doing so for my employer.

When I first started coding I was a child, and then a teenager, and now an adult. Back then I hid behind a handle, and tried to remain as anonymous as possible. The stuff I was doing may have been illegal, some of it was definitely risky and stupid. When I transitioned to writing helpful applications instead of harmful (I didn't write too many viruses but my code harmed more people than it helped), in other words when I became an adult, I dropped the handle. Handles are good for normal kids though, so predators don't know their real names and whatnot, but as an adult I don't worry about things like that. Identity theft is the only threat that I've really thought about when using my real name. I agree with the credibility aspect, and the "time-killing joker" view on handles. I suppose if you were world famous and only known by your handle it would be okay to keep it, but for me personally, it was time to drop it.

Well, no, not China per se but they would certainly seem to fit the bill pretty accurately. I have come across top Indian IT firms that recruit by the thousands, and i know this for a fact, and 90% of who are not even properly qualified to do a complex job such as software development. They lack basic skills but since IT is one of the most promising field in the country and computer science students "graduate" by hundreds of thousands each year, the "talent" pool is massive which makes it extremely easy for this companies to hire them and keep them in buffers or "benches" as they call it just for the sake of showing good numbers to clients and giving them a fruity-n-rosy picture of available resources. To me its utter madness. There is no real incentive to deliver a quality job simply because people are in IT for all the wrong reasons (mainly money) and they don't share the vision and mission of the outsourcing company. So they don't have the same level of commitment.

We had an Indian company taking our code and converting it. In our initial discussions I stated two architectural requirements and they later stated I never said them!!! Then they said that they wanted more money due to meeting my specs. So when we had our next big meeting I gave them the requirement of 300 txn per second and would not let the Indian move away from the subject until he wrote it down on the board as a requirement. (he tried to pass over it stating that it was "standard" or some kind of bull cookie)

thanks man...atleast now i know for sure that no matter what i do, i wont be able to install SQL SErver 2000 atleast on Windows Vista. well, i do have another query, if u could help me with this, Is there any problem if i go to format the hard disk and install Windows XP instead of Windows Vista on my laptop? actually my laptop came with Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed, but due to some application compatibility issues i want to remove that and install XP. Can i go ahead with the regular process of installing an OS or is there any special care I need to take? Plz help

Uhmm.... i dont believe.... try with SQL front.. its more friendly and i work with this software in vista.... ;P

OK., i have assumed that as a Windows Application you would have only one instance, in your case i dont think so how it will work since once you close your main thread it will close entire stuff i.e there is no more resource to drive your application. Lets say you log in screen page contains Main () method and you are expecting to close that one, hence there is no more main () then how it your application will work around? Of course i might be wrong, if you come across any better soloution please post it across so that i can aware... :) Thanks Siva

obviously when you create any object instance, it allocate new empty memory. So just do one thing in form1 click event.create form2 instance, after then assign grid cell in form1 to form2 public property.Now in form2 load event assign that property to each textbox of form2.Now show form2.:rose: Regards Chintan www.visharadsoft.com (Nothing is so purify as KNOWLEDGE)

Retrieving column names of a table There are basically 3 approaches to this problem: 1.Use the sp_help procedure to get extended information about a database object. By database object, we mean a table, view etc. 2.You can use the following select statement to retrieve a table’s columns: SELECT TOP 0 * FROM table_name 3.The third approach, which I personally prefer, is using the schema object of SQL Server. For example, to retrieve the column names of Authors table, you can use the following SELECT statement: SELECT column_name FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME 'authors' Which results in the following result set: column_name ---------------------------- au_id au_lname au_fname phone address city state zip contract (9 row(s) affected) Tirtha Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82), American writer, philosopher, poet, essayist

Show the code, including var declarations and initialization, plus any errors/exceptions. Does it work at all ? up to a point ? or what ? :) Luc Pattyn [My Articles] [Forum Guidelines]

Why not use the "FOR XML" with the SELECT statment? This way you get a XML representation, which could be saved to file etc etc.. ? namaste, Nitin Koshy http://devwaves.blogspot.com ...and I thought I knew

Hi, There is simple approach to this problem create MDI form and on MDI Form_load event formLogin.Showdialog() --for .Net-- OR formLogin.show(vbmodal) --for VB classic-- [ remember formLogin is not a child Form ] and At Last on Successful Login Close formLogin.Close Thanks & Wishes Navneet Hegde Nashik(City Of Pilgrimage) Develop2Program & Program2Develop

You will need a proper parser for that. Regex with suffice as a tokenizer, but not for grammar parsing. I suggest you go with something like: GPPG[^]. ** xacc.ide-0.2.0.75 - now with C# 3.5 support and Navigation Bar! **

I found the solutions mate: Form2 frm = new Form2(); if (MdiChildren.Length != 0) { for (int i = 0; i < this.MdiChildren.Length; i++) { if (this.MdiChildren[i].GetType().Name != "Form2") { frm.Show(); frm.MdiParent = this; } } } else { frm.Show(); frm.MdiParent = this; } PS: you will have to modify this the above is real quick and dirty. You will have to check this for each and every form you open. Cheers.

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Thankx a lot for clearing my doubt