Const Class

I call it as const class since the class is used mainly for constants. I learned this this strategy when I used MVP for desktop applications. Concept is very simple, use this class to manage all the constants used in your application so that all the related constants are organized in a better structure.

For example, all the table name field names for a SQL table are defined in a class. Instead of hard-coded strings in your application, you can use this class to manage the table and fields names. I also added some query in the class to get some query SQLs. This makes the maintenance of my application much easier. Whenever I want to change the table or field or query strings, I know where to find them to make changes. No more need to search for the hard-code strings in my application.

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Parameterized SQL Query Over Ad Hoc SQL

I have been using Ad Hoc SQL query for very long time in various .Net projects, including ASP.Net. I realized the danger of SQL injection attacks, however, in most cases, I don't provide UI for client or hacker to enter any parks of SQL query. As most people mentioned that the reason of Ad Hoc SQL queries are used in most cases is based on the fact that most of examples codes are using Ad Hoc SQL queries.

Parameterized SQL query is better than Ad Hoc SQL query not only because it could prevent SQL injection attacks. It is better than Ad Hoc one in terms of performance. SQL server has ability to cache parameterized SQL query as stored procedure so that they could be compiled and executed in less time.

Based on the second reason, I have been convert most of SQL queries into parametrized SQL query. The conversion is actually very simple in most cases. I think this should be a rule for any applications with SQL related queies.

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WordPress

I have heard WordPress.Com many times and tried to browse its information. I think it is an open source based blogging tool. Anyway, today, I registered an account at WordPress with my new blog account here: chudq.wordpress.com. After I install the software, I may start blogging from the new site. A new experience for me!

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Network Drive Mapping in SQL Database Project

Today I tried to add a feature to map to a network drive in a .Net SQL database projjavascript:void(0)ect. The codes is based Windows API functions to map to a network drive. It works fine as a windows application. However, when I tried the same codes in my SQL database project, it fails to map to a network drive. I got an windows exception about something like a log on session failure (I need to use a user and password to make a map drive). The source codes is based on aejw.com's codes.

That's too sad. Maybe there are some other ways to get around this. One way is to run an external process to make a mapping by starting a process from SQL server. Another way may be something like described in this discussion on topic of C# Mapping a network drive, running a process of net.exe directly in C#.

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Remote Twitter Widget From My Blog

I have to remove the widget of Twitter from my blogger since I cannot access to my blog at work. The company I work does not allow me to access most web emails such as yahoo mail, hot mail and gmail. Recently Twitter is banned as well. No choice to do it.

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More on SproutCore

Just read an article on Cocoa for Windows + Flash Killer = SproutCore. The article provides in depth of SproutCore and its background stories. I really enjoying reading it. It looks like that SproutCore has strong support by Apple and has great potential to rock the web development and application development. Very exiting!

There is also another article on this at AppleInside: Apple's open secret: SproutCore is Cocoa for the Web.

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