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What is the best MySQL Client Application for Windows

Are there any MySQL Client applications for Windows that get even close to what the Enterprise Manager / Server Management Studio is for Microsoft SQL? I have two requirements and one "nice to have" feature: Editing table structure should not be a pain in the a** -> I don't want to click an "add another column" button, then edit the c...

Minimize javascript HTTP calls from AjaxControlToolkit controls?

I love the ease that the ASP.NET Ajax control Toolkit provides to ASP.NET developers. However, I've not found it to be a scalable solution at all. I have a page with 2 date input fields. By putting a TextBox and an CalendarExtendar control attached to it for each date field, I get several (11, in fact) external Javascript calls to /Scrip...

good postgresql client for windows?

coming back to postgresql after several years of oracle ... what are the state-of-the art postgresql administrative/ddl generating/data inserting frontends on windows? it would be nice if it had integration for postgis as well. it should be standalone or alternatively a plugin for intellij idea thinking back, all the windows programs ...

When should I use Inline vs. External Javascript?

I would like to know when I should include external scripts or write them inline with the html code, in terms of performance and ease of maintenance. What is the general practice for this? Real-world-scenario - I have several html pages that need client-side form validation. For this I use a jQuery plugin that I include on all these pa...

Simple .net portal. Easy to add new modules

I am writing a simple database with web access. I have previous experience with microsoft's (very!) old IBuySpy portal system. I am sure there must be something a bit more up to date I could use now! I want a simple light weight system that will allow my friend to have tabs with news and pictures etc, and it be easy for me to add tabs ...

Saving the time the user is logged on.

In the application I am developing I have to store the time some particular users remain logged into the application, unfortunately, in web applications there are several ways the user can log off. 1.- User clicks log off. 2.- User session expires. 3.- User closes the window. 4.- User types another site url in the address bar. The firs...

Are clean URLs a backend or a frontend thing

What do you think.. are clean URLs a backend or frontend 'discipline' ...

Oracle linux front end

Hello is there any Oracle database ( around version 10 ) front end that we can use in Linux. free or open source? I am currently using Ubuntu 8.10 and if possible I just want it to need the thin JDBC to connect to oracle and not the whole ( huge ) client of oracle installed in it. Thanks ! ...

What's a good front end query tool for SYBASE?

Good morning, I've had enough of the text-only editor. Is there a SQL Management Studio-like sql editor for SYBASE? I can't imagine people work with the text editor -- makes me want to pull my teeth out. I couldn't get SQL Management Studio to work with it. No dice with visual Studio 2008 either. Thanks, -Alan. ...

best practices for database applications

I asked myself, what the community considers "best practices" when it comes to building a frontend for a database. e.g.: should every form has its own connection? should all the database related stuff go into a separate layer? That is: creating a class, that handles all things database, which I then instantiate from my forms and so on...

What are the various possibilities to use MySql in a desktop applicaion

Can MySql database be used as a back-end of a desktop application. What are the various possible ways to do it? ...

Looking for a CMS framework

Hello, I'm looking for a framework to create a CMS. It will not be used to manage the frontend, but only to fill the database. Preferably it has build-in interfaces for uploading images, resizing images, WYSIWYG editor etc. I've got some experience with Drupal, but the learning curve is pretty steep. I've seen promising demos with Djang...

Need advice choosing a DB engine with easy design and editing frontend

I need to develop a database-based application that offers its users an easy-to-use UI to extend the DB as well as view and edit its contents. Its users will not be IT-savvy. They're the kind used to filling their data into several excel sheets. Up to now, those excel data sheets have been manually edited, causing consistency errors. A...

jQuery Change Div Button States & Click Disable

The javascript jQuery code below works, except I would like to add 2 features to the button's state. When a user clicks one of the buttons, the other button that was not clicked gets a new class (look). Both button's state should change to unclickable. [div id="1" class="__button_image"] [/div] [div id="2" class="__button_image"] [...

C# Making a Frontend to a Console Program?

I wrote a console program in c# that takes up to three files as input, and does some data calculations on them. I'd like to make a simple frontend that allows the user to easily *import files - basically choose up to three files to be routed to the backend code *change settings - i have about 10 settings that i'm currently storing in ...

Extjs Training

Our company is starting a major re factor of its front end Javascript code. We have decided to use Extjs as a framework and would like to invest in some training for several of our employees. We are mostly looking for Extjs specific material, but some advanced architecture wouldn't hurt. We are happy to fly our employees on location.The ...

How to select an html element that has two class names ?

IE7 doesn't support :last-child pseudo selector. I am thinking of explicitly adding a class name to denote it as the last element but not sure how to select this element inside a css file. Anyone have any ideas on how to do this ? ...

What are the used/unused features of Python 3?

I've recently did some web design as a hobby with a primary motivation to learn interesting things. It was certainly nice to learn Python, but I found out there has just been a Great Python Rewrite too late, so I had to learn both Python 3 and 2.6 essentially. I'm a newbie, so I'd like people to share what they think the strengths/weak...

Naming a New Assembly for Application Front End

Hi there, Im after some suggestions for naming a new assembly. The project is a multi-tier rich client app using WPF and we've got good names for all the assemblies (data and business layers) except for the front end. The assembly in question holds the actual user interface and classes for data binding. We want it to be something shor...

Javascript content rotation based on percentage

Hi everyone, I need to be able to rotate content inside a placeholder div based on percentage like this. The rotation will occur on page load. So each time a user reloads a page he has these chances of seeing content 1, 2 or 3 in the content placeholder: Content 1 = show 50% of the time Content 2 = show 25% of the time Content 3 = show...