It’s time to get your new web-based database up and going… awesome!  How do you go about making sure the info passed from your server to the user (or staff member) isn’t intercepted by the wrong person?  Enter the SSL Certificate.  You’ve all seen the padlock icon in your browsers – just check your Gmail account, can’t miss it.
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While in a meeting today we got into a healthy spirited debate about whether a response card we use was “broken”.  I started to realize something – both sides of the conversation were making valid points.  Everyone agreed the options on the card aren’t worded exactly how we’d like.  Some said the card was broken because we don’t get enough response in a particular category.  Some said it was not broken because several hundred people a weekend return a card.  (Full disclosure – I am on the “not broken” side.)
After our time of discussion was completed it hit me. Â Just because something is not optimized doesn’t mean it is broken. Â I’m sure not optimized in all I do, but God doesn’t just throw me away and start over with someone else. Â He tweaks, shapes, and changes me to what He needs as I grow.
Don’t get me wrong, I am a firm believer in cutting losses and removing unnecessary things from your __________ (life, work, hobby, you fill in the blank).  I just think we need to be slower to say whether something is broken and make sure we evaluate if it’s optimized first.
What do you think?
Please don’t read my title and think I’m a Blackberry hater. The truth is my first smart phone was a Blackberry Pearl. I’ll always hold a special place for Blackberry in my techy heart. Continue reading
There are three components to executing a Report Grid from Query with Parameters on a page in Arena.
Do you want a custom report (with parameters) that specific users can access which leaves the results in Arena – not using Reporting Services? (Doing this allows you to email, bulk update or do any other core Arena utility with the selected results.) Or do you want to write data back to a custom table quickly and easily to then use it in a report or to drive content for your website? Well, this is the long-long, secret series of posts just for you.
If you’ve ever worked on a page in Arena that has the Person Quick Search module, you’ll notice that it automatically steals the cursor focus. Which also means that it steals the use of the Enter key…at all times.
Click here to download the session’s PowerPoint and some templates I’ve built that will hopefully help get you started.
I have 7 nephews and nieces. Â Usually when I get to spend time with them it’s all or none. Â This weekend, however, my middle niece had a “Big Girl’s Night” with Leslie, which allowed us to spend some one-on-one time with Mary Beth.
This morning, MB really wanted to go swimming and, to let Leslie have some time to do yoga, I volunteered to take her swimming by myself. Â Boy, did I learn a lot during that hour and a half in the pool.
I can do it myself.
Here’s what I have been doing for my SQL 2008 Maintenance Scheme.
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