Rails 3.1 JQuery-UI
If you are considering the upgrade to Rails 3.1.x and you wish to include the JQuery-UI in your web application follow these simple steps: Load jquery-ui in ...
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Readonly checkboxes with JQuery
I have encountered a problem where I needed to disable some checkboxes on my forms. As you know, a disabled html item by design isn’t going to be posted back...
Autocomplete fields in Rails 3.1 with JQuery-UI pt. 2
As I have written in my previous post, I’m playing with autocompletion in my web app. I have found some new tricks, that will speed up the process. Never lik...
Autocomplete fields in Rails 3.1 with JQuery-UI
Almost every time you create a web application you will have to add at least one autocomplete field in your application. Here is one of the possible ways of ...
Rails 3.1 beta on Ubuntu
As I have written before, I use Ubuntu for my rails development, and have been using it as my main OS last 10 months. I have been trying all the rails 3.1 be...
Installing Rails 3 in Ubuntu 10.04
As I am exploring different languages and platforms for web development, I have encountered(a few months ago) ruby on rails. It has impressed me so much that...
Moving oracle tables with lob columns to another tablespace
I have encountered a problem with oracle database that it does not reuse lob data. So, if you have 5000 rows of some lob data, and you delete them from the t...
Datediff function in Oracle
As I am working on Oracle database at my day job, I have found something that is by default on sqlserver but not in oracle. That is the datediff function tha...
Sending an SMS message using .NET CF on Win Mobile
My best man asked me a few months ago to create him an app that would allow him to send a predefined sms to a predefined number on a click of a button using ...
Allow only one instance of MDI child in your VB.NET MDI application
I have encountered a problem in class today, we needed our Contact Manager application only to run one instance of every MDI child form, so the user will not...
Creating ASP.NET MVC application against Oracle database pt. 1
This is a first in a series of posts, as I will try to build ASP.NET MVC application against Oracle XE database, but this example can be used for any Oracle ...
How to get directory contents in C#
I am creating a backup application and have to get the list of files in some directory here is the simple way to do it. If you only need contents of one dire...