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Setting up Reverse DNS Records

This question is not directly programming related but I need my Server to pass Spam filters for my app to work properly. I talked to my ISP about rDNS and the guy from tech-support told me if I write an email with what they should add to my DNS record they would do that. My question: What should I tell him to add if my hostname is "http...

Multiple Domains to One Virtual Host | Wildcard Host (shared hosting)?

I have the following task: Create one website which is accessible with 20 different domains names. Same files, same folder, same ip. Question (shared hosting): Can this be accomplish with a bare cname's pointing to the same common subdomain or do we need one static ip for all? The problem is sure shared hosting and I'm trying to avoid...

Good articles describing the infastructure of large commercial sites like Amazon.com?

Can anyone point me to a good primer on how a large scale commercial website like amazon.com is set up? Most importantly, I'd like to know about how the databases are set up. Do they have a distributed set of databases to balance the load, that all sends updates to one 'master' database, etc.? Doesn't have to be the inside dope(although ...

Why do some websites require "www"?

Why do some websites require the "www" before the rest of the address, while others seem to resolve just as well with the "www" as without it? Is there some compelling reason why you would set up your domain name to work like this? ...

Silverlight accessing secured Webservice

I'm trying to get a Silverlight application to connect to a Java webservice using a service reference. I've come to the conclusion that Silverlight doesn't work the same way as as WPF or ASP.NET with respect to service connectivity. I've searched the net and all I found for authentication was articles talking about securing the applica...

Sending an Array into a PL/SQL Procedure

I have created a Web Service to send in a bunch of information to a PL/SQL procedure, however one of them is a array. What type do I use for this? I also want to put that array into a cursor after it comes in. ...

How to auto-add subdomain www when omitted by user (ASP.NET)?

Ok due to some client security something or other the DB tracking only works when there is a www in front of the subdomain. I want to prevent further support tickets from users going to thewebsite.com and finding out later the DB was not recording for them. I need it to redirect to www.thewebsite.com if they hit thewebsite.com. PS: I he...

Javascript IE7: Object Expected

I get Error "Object Expected" on line 1, char 1 (where-ever this is) on my script here in IE7. It works fine in Firefox, and the error console prints nothing. I tried multiple ways to call my function but none works: <a href="javascript:doit()">Turingmaschine starten</a> <a href="#" onclick="doit()">Turingmaschine starten</a> What co...

How to debug a file upload?

I'm trying to upload a PDF file to a website using Hot Banana's content management system using a Python script. I've successfully logged into the site and can log out, but I can't seem to get file uploads to work. The file upload is part of a large complicated web form that submits the form data and PDF file though a POST. Using Fi...

How to match SOAP responses to the schema

Hi I am trying to evaluate a web service. I am using the Axis API to create the requests. I send requests with some attacks, and then want to validate the obtained response to the response schema. I don't have much idea as to how can I achieve this. Can some one help me to achieve this, or give me some pointers that would give me some id...

What are the theoretical performance limits on web servers?

In a currently deployed web server, what are the typical limits on its performance? I believe a meaningful answer would be one of 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 or 1,000,000 requests/second, but which is true today? Which was true 5 years ago? Which might we expect in 5 years? (ie, how do trends in bandwidth, disk performance, CPU perform...

What other web analytics tools are out there?

What other web analytics tools people use other than google analytics?. ...

How do slippy maps work?

Slippy maps are web widgets which allow the user pan around a two dimensional plane by grabbing and dragging it. This control was made popular by Google maps, and can be seen on many modern mapping systems today. It's obvious as you watch them load that they are actually a grid of images which are loaded as-needed as the user pans. My qu...

Force iPhone web app to landscape mode

How do you force an iPhone web app (not a native app) into landscape mode? ...

CXF generated web service client

When using a generated webservice-client (CXF and Maven-Plug-in) I got the following error: Interceptor has thrown exception, unwinding now null. Can someone help me? Thanks! ...

Should a dropdown list be used to enter your state abbreviation?

Very simple question: should a dropdown list be used to populate state abbreviations? From my experience, I think most e-commerce sites do this so I would expect that it's acceptable. However, Jakob Nielsen has something to say about this. I think I disagree; I use the tab key then type the first letter of my state. Heck, even if it w...

Which do you prefer: Java Web Start, or Java Applets?

Which do you think is better as a programmer, and as a end user, and why? ...

What's the best CSS tutorial?

May I know the best CSS tutorials? Site links, books, video tutorials perhaps? ...

What's the best Javascript tutorial?

May I know the best Javascript tutorials? Site links, books, video tutorials perhaps? ...

Does anyone use QuickTest Professional's Web Extensibility?

In QTP 9.5 HP presented Web Extensibility which provides the ability to create new test objects that better model your application. I found very little on the web about this feature. Is it really useful? Does anyone here have any experience in using it? ...