Category: Programming
Apostrophe in a SQL Query String
June 16th, 2009I was running into a problem with a SQL query string being terminated to soon. One of the variables I was using in the concatenation of the string contained an apostrophe. In order to handle this situation you have to put two apostrophes to escape the… more »
Running Tom Cat on Windows 7
February 4th, 2009I was trying to get Tom Cat to start on Windows 7. When trying to start the service I would receive an error message stating the service could not start.
After some digging around on the internet the solution to the problem was to set the environment v… more »
Lock Workstation on Startup
November 13th, 2008Found it. I did not even need to write a script. Just put a shortcut to C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe in your startup folder.
I found this solution at this site: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/how-to-automatically-login-to-windows-and-then-lock-… more »
Script Virtual PC Virtual Machines to start
November 13th, 2008Both my web server and exchange server are running on Microsoft Virtual PC. I was getting tired of having the start the servers manually when restarting the host. I did some searching on the internet and came up with a VB script to fix the problem.… more »
Random Football Team Chooser made with Jython
September 1st, 2008I have been learning how to use Jython recently which is a mix between python and java. I decided, for helping me pick football teams this year in my pool, I would create my own program that would randomly generate winners. I was able to compile my cod… more »
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