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    Automate install of ATI INF video driver (from device manager)

    Hi, I have a set of laptops, some of which have an ATI video chipset. They are Dell model e1505. I am trying to script the installation of the video drivers and have run into a hitch: the INF->right click->Install doesn't seem to work for this driver: it just fails silently. The driver...
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    Is implementing the PRG pattern the 'standard' way?

    I have been working on a custom CMS/shopping cart to fulfill some specific customer needs and find myself constantly clicking "Resend" when asked by my browser if it is okay to resubmit. I know that can be avoided by posting via GET, but I have noticed that not many websites (eg. Paypal) use...
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    Localized CMS/Shopping Cart Database

    TWB - Thanks for the reply. In researching this topic further I've been re-reading some old database books and thinking about the theory of a relational database design (no...really). For a full third (I think) normal form each table should represent one (and only one) idea and all necessary...
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    mysql_fetch_array(): Help with error needed

    I'd agree with ingresman-don't store stuff in $_POST. Its a special variable created for a special purpose. Using it like that is going to burn you in the future. The accepted way of doing this is: while ( ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC) !== false) { Which enforces...
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    Localized CMS/Shopping Cart Database

    I am in the process of reviewing the designs of some third party (ie. some open source) databases that handle CMS and Webstore information in an attempt to choose one to fork into a standardized code base for the company I work with. One thing that I have seen is a varied approach to...
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    Clearing nested floats (or another way around....)

    ...but its a demonstration of where I am failing: http://robertcarpenter.net/bench/nested-floats.html I am working with a CSS 3 column layout: Some *bare bones* psuedo html/css <div id=left style=float:left width:100>...</div> <div id=right style=float:right width:100>...</div> <div id=centen...
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    USB Drive showing up as Internal Drive.

    Hello...I have a real puzzler (at least for me) for you windows experts. I recently built an XP Pro system for a client and also purchased a Drobo for data storage. The system works well with one exception: the Drobo mounts as an internal drive, not a USB Mass storage device. So now, we...
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    Module Coding techniques

    Glen9999- Okay, I see how that can work for simple programs (eg. your sort testing program), but lets put this example in: If I write the software for a blog and I know that later I am going to want to be able to add hooks for plugins to be added later, but I don't know where I'll need to add...
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    Double-joined, grouped select statement...

    About subselects: honestly...I thought that engines like PHP didn't support them. Plus, if I remember correctly, my database professor in college had a philosophy something like "Sub-selects are evil. Use them only when there is no other solution. Even then, try not to use them." But that...
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    rearrange a table?

    ...mysql thinks of my tables? I have some databases that were setup with a bunch of boolean values and the real data fields afterwords. When I SELECT * FROM table I have to scroll waaay over in order to get to the stuff that I am looking for. Just curious. Thanks Robert Carpenter...
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    Double-joined, grouped select statement...

    r937 - thanks! I was hoping to not have to go the sub-select route. Is there a way around that? Until I tried yours, I wasn't sure that PHP allowed subselects. Otherwise, it seems to work just fine. I am curious about your sql syntax though...is that a standard way of laying out SQL...
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    Module Coding techniques

    I posted something similar in the Puzzles for Programmers forum about three weeks ago...I got one reply directing me to post it here before the post was deleted. Ouch. I don't think that this is the right forum but I am just doing what I was told. I am looking to learn about modulized code...
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    Double-joined, grouped select statement...

    I am going to try and explain this without dumping my whole database into this little box and hoping you all read it ;-). The design should be normal enough. If needed, I can post the definitions. I am setting up a multi-user CMS: a table for content, a table for users, and a table for...
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    Backwards compatibility? Where is the line?

    Dan- When you develop new modules, how do you (or your server guys) approach building a non-JS version as well? Are the two solutions disjoint, or parallel, or are they overlapping? In my view many of the non-JS solutions do the exact same thing as the JS solutions but without all the...
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    Backwards compatibility? Where is the line?

    I guess this is a survey question. When developing AJAX scripts how much attention should be given to parallel development of a non-AJAX version of the interface? The, for most people, quintessential example of well implemented AJAX, gmail, has full backwards compatibility: Basic HTML view...
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    Diagnosing &quot;split pair&quot;

    Success! Pairing the pairs correctly gives me a stable 100Mb connection. I connected my mac to it and connected to a network share and dumped files across the wire while watching the error count in network monitor. A full CD iso has gone across and my error count is at zero for both...
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    To be the only IT guy?

    I am "the IT guy" in a small private school. At our beginning of the year meeting one of the staff members asked me: "What is an IT?" I have been working here two years already. My budget is non-existent and I get paid < 1/5 of what most people with my skillset average. I support 15-20...
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    Diagnosing &quot;split pair&quot;

    LkEErie - I think I see the problem now. So instead of wiring up my patch cable to the 66 block as if it were an 8p8c connector, I need to wire it up so that all the pairs are consistent throughout the cable. So a split pair is not where the wires are misconnected, but where the wires that...
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    Diagnosing &quot;split pair&quot;

    strmwalker- I can't quite tell what you are saying, but I put my cat-5 cable into 66 as if it were a cat5 connector. yellow/slate - white/orange slate/yellow - orange violet/blue - white/green blue/violet - blue violet/orange - blue/white orange/violet - green violet/green - brown/white...
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    Diagnosing &quot;split pair&quot;

    Also...*other than the number of wires in the cable* what is the difference between cat5, 5e, 3, 6? Is some just held to a higher quality standard? Is the rate of twist different? Is the conductor material different? Bah! so many possibilities... Robert Carpenter Remember....eternity is much...

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