Comments for Pearl Tech http://blog.pearltechnology.com Tue, 10 May 2011 12:49:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Microsoft Certification Prep Tips by Joe Kraft http://blog.pearltechnology.com/microsoft-certification-prep-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Joe Kraft Tue, 10 May 2011 12:49:28 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=1218#comment-238 I was wondering how you've been so successful with your exams, great post and great information for anyone looking to grow their knowledge without taking short cuts. I was wondering how you’ve been so successful with your exams, great post and great information for anyone looking to grow their knowledge without taking short cuts.

]]> Comment on Focus on Security in the SDLC by Joe Kraft http://blog.pearltechnology.com/focus-on-security-in-the-sdlc/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Joe Kraft Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:18:37 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=1140#comment-221 A site that I missed before is Homeland Security's SDLC Process: https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/bsi/articles/knowledge/sdlc/326-BSI.html It's worth a read... A site that I missed before is Homeland Security’s SDLC Process: https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/bsi/articles/knowledge/sdlc/326-BSI.html It’s worth a read…

]]> Comment on Case Insensitive XML Search by Geer http://blog.pearltechnology.com/case-insensitive-xml-search/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Geer Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:51:45 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=1043#comment-219 Hey Aaron, Great article. Using Linq to XML really simplifies the coding. With XPath 1.0, there is a function called "translate" which can convert a string to lower/upper cases. An example would be, translate("Your string","abcde...other lower case letters...xyz","ABCDE...OTHER UPPER CASE LETTERS...XYZ"). It converts "Your String" to "YOUR STRING". However, W3C has a note on this function, saying "The translate function is not a sufficient solution for case conversion in all languages. A future version of XPath may provide additional functions for case conversion". I guess I just did what it recommend us to not do. Also, the example above can only handle English letters. Another comment on this is that if your XML data is in SQL Server Database (2005 or later), it's possible to perform the search within the database using XPath 2.0. Your search options/criteria could be passed in a Stored Procedure (for an example) as parameters, and implement a wrapper method in your application layer to make it reusable. I am not sure whether this would be more efficient than the Linq to XML approach, but the latter is definitely more efficient from the coding standpoint. Hey Aaron,
Great article. Using Linq to XML really simplifies the coding. With XPath 1.0, there is a function called “translate” which can convert a string to lower/upper cases. An example would be,
translate(”Your string”,”abcde…other lower case letters…xyz”,”ABCDE…OTHER UPPER CASE LETTERS…XYZ”).
It converts “Your String” to “YOUR STRING”. However, W3C has a note on this function, saying “The translate function is not a sufficient solution for case conversion in all languages. A future version of XPath may provide additional functions for case conversion”. I guess I just did what it recommend us to not do. Also, the example above can only handle English letters.
Another comment on this is that if your XML data is in SQL Server Database (2005 or later), it’s possible to perform the search within the database using XPath 2.0. Your search options/criteria could be passed in a Stored Procedure (for an example) as parameters, and implement a wrapper method in your application layer to make it reusable. I am not sure whether this would be more efficient than the Linq to XML approach, but the latter is definitely more efficient from the coding standpoint.

]]> Comment on Printer Friendly jQuery by Gabriel http://blog.pearltechnology.com/printer-friendly-jquery/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Gabriel Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:56:16 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=344#comment-195 Neat approach on the coding side, but it has one major flaw from the usability point of view: it invalidates the user-friendliness of having a print style sheet. That is, instead of the user simply hitting File > Print and the page prints out formatted, users now have to hit the print icon for any widgets that you may have on the page. Neat approach on the coding side, but it has one major flaw from the usability point of view: it invalidates the user-friendliness of having a print style sheet. That is, instead of the user simply hitting File > Print and the page prints out formatted, users now have to hit the print icon for any widgets that you may have on the page.

]]> Comment on Are you afraid of PM? by EmilyH http://blog.pearltechnology.com/are-you-afraid-of-pm/comment-page-1/#comment-185 EmilyH Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:27:48 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=969#comment-185 Great points Angelika! I agree that to be successful you have got to make the team see that you are there to help them. Great points Angelika! I agree that to be successful you have got to make the team see that you are there to help them.

]]> Comment on Are you afraid of PM? by Angelika Smith http://blog.pearltechnology.com/are-you-afraid-of-pm/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Angelika Smith Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:57:37 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=969#comment-184 I am a project manager that lives in the world of documentation and schedules. I have found this blog to "hit the nail on the head"! I have, several times, encountered individuals that don't want to let me into their project world. I have yet to find a team that doesn't have at least 1 (sometimes more)person that disagrees with project management. I have heard comments such as; "I don't have time for this." "I have a plan in my head." "I have never used PM before and I did just fine!". The way that I make them accept project management is by getting to know them (who are you? What do you do?) and I am genuinely interested in their response. I am not afraid to ask if I don't understand. I believe that the biggest part of being a successful project manager is caring about the TEAM and the PROJECT. I am a project manager that lives in the world of documentation and schedules. I have found this blog to “hit the nail on the head”! I have, several times, encountered individuals that don’t want to let me into their project world. I have yet to find a team that doesn’t have at least 1 (sometimes more)person that disagrees with project management. I have heard comments such as; “I don’t have time for this.” “I have a plan in my head.” “I have never used PM before and I did just fine!”. The way that I make them accept project management is by getting to know them (who are you? What do you do?) and I am genuinely interested in their response. I am not afraid to ask if I don’t understand. I believe that the biggest part of being a successful project manager is caring about the TEAM and the PROJECT.

]]> Comment on AJAX-aware Session Expiry in ASP.NET MVC by AaronH http://blog.pearltechnology.com/ajax-aware-session-expiry-in-asp-net-mvc/comment-page-1/#comment-139 AaronH Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:34:19 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=811#comment-139 Great comment! When you are using multiple application servers (in farm scenario), you must make sure the machine key matches or you will certainly have issues with session as you indicated. Great comment! When you are using multiple application servers (in farm scenario), you must make sure the machine key matches or you will certainly have issues with session as you indicated.

]]> Comment on AJAX-aware Session Expiry in ASP.NET MVC by Geer http://blog.pearltechnology.com/ajax-aware-session-expiry-in-asp-net-mvc/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Geer Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:07:07 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=811#comment-138 That’s a smart way to get around this. One more note about this is that, in a web application with Windows Authentication (without a login page), this can be resolved by simply adding a machineKey tag in the web.config. The machineKey tag will define a static encryption key which will be used by IIS to encrypt/decrypt session/view state. Without it, IIS will use different encryption key for each session which will cause problem on the first request after the session expires. It is similar for handling session/view state encryption in a web farm scenario. Details about the machineKey for web farm can be found on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff649308.aspx#paght000007_webfarmdeploymentconsiderations That’s a smart way to get around this. One more note about this is that, in a web application with Windows Authentication (without a login page), this can be resolved by simply adding a machineKey tag in the web.config. The machineKey tag will define a static encryption key which will be used by IIS to encrypt/decrypt session/view state. Without it, IIS will use different encryption key for each session which will cause problem on the first request after the session expires. It is similar for handling session/view state encryption in a web farm scenario.
Details about the machineKey for web farm can be found on MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff649308.aspx#paght000007_webfarmdeploymentconsiderations

]]> Comment on FileUpload Control not working in UpdatePanel by Masthanvali Shaik http://blog.pearltechnology.com/fileupload-control-not-working-in-updatepanel/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Masthanvali Shaik Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:14:26 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=606#comment-133 This solved my image upload problem which i am trying to solve from many hours. Thanks a lot This solved my image upload problem which i am trying to solve from many hours. Thanks a lot

]]> Comment on Deploying to Windows Azure by Another http://blog.pearltechnology.com/deploying-to-windows-azure/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Another Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:48:53 +0000 http://blog.pearltechnology.com/?p=504#comment-57 <strong>Title...</strong> Very interesting post. I would like to link back to it.... Title…

Very interesting post. I would like to link back to it….

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