tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:50:28 +0000SQLMS SQLdBASEProgramminghttp://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/noreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)Blogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-8912162613754337842Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:10:00 +00002009-07-28T10:27:36.893-07:00I've been a loyal dbase supporter for many years. Cut my teeth in programming through dBASE III+. A few years ago I changed course. Decided to learn a new language, namely C#. Why?, Because way back then, with all the failed promises and bad PR I saw the writing on the wall. Myself along with many others, were ridiculed by the dBASE community for leaving, or even daring to look at another http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2009/07/sad-day-for-dbasers-dbase-up-for-sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-8285444223702209135Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:16:00 +00002009-02-13T12:22:22.871-08:00A pivot is a normally used to transform large amounts data into a condensed list or grid. A Pivot report displays data in a grid along a vertical and horizontal axis. Financial reports are good candidates for Pivot reports.Microsoft Access refers to pivots as "Cross tabs." In MS Acces there is a wizard as well. It asks which columns should be on which axis, then auto-generates the code needed. http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2009/02/pivoting-your-data-in-ms-sql-creating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-2734513925532403072Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-01-13T10:19:17.593-08:00With the overall economy slumping, the tech industry is taking its fair share of hits. Massive layoff's are in the pipe-line.Not good news for a market that was once booming and moving upward at the speed of sound.Some of the most well knows and industry leaders are amongst the highest job cuts we will see this year.Among them are:Logitech - 9,000Ebay - 1,000Sony-Ericson - 24,600 over three yearshttp://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2009/01/is-your-job-under-threat-tech-market-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-1823101052852573018Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:06:00 +00002009-01-13T10:20:14.349-08:00How do you tactfully suggest to someone that there website design skills are sitting in the 90's?I have opportunity to do some work for a web design and hosting company. Going through their profile and looking at their work, I come to the distinct conclusion that they are still in the 1990's and web 1.0.Even their own site is boring, and hurtful to the eyes. Most of the sites that they have http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2009/01/bad-website-designers-developers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-657820243807754182Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:24:00 +00002009-01-08T02:35:35.869-08:00This question has been one that has been asked for many years but no definite answer has been forthcoming.Very much like which soft drink is best Pepsi or Coca Cola. It’s really about personal taste and what you can get out of it.There are two major development platforms to choose from. They are PHP and .NET from Microsoft. Then choosing .NET you have a further choice of development languages, http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2009/01/c-net-vs-php.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-2445420366841209138Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:03:00 +00002009-01-03T00:22:53.515-08:00With the many forms of addiction available in the world today, one has to be careful at what you eat or drink or otherwise take in, because you might well form an addiction.I come from a home where alcoholic addiction was prime. Drugs we used, and everybody was a smoker.We frown at Chemical dependencies and call it a sickness. But many are addicted, I use this term loosely, to something.What http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2009/01/are-you-web-holic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-6039060813932954986Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:43:00 +00002008-11-19T00:03:55.959-08:00A huge PR nightmare appeared recently from the Microsoft groups. I blogged about it. Many, including myself, posted messages in the dbase news groups.What was surprising was the quick turn-around time that DBI, and Marty Kay in particular, in responding to this PR mistake. Contacting the customer, posting a reply in the Microsoft news group. Even making a comment here on this blog."Our customer http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/congratulations-to-dbi-and-dbase.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-8999687827720525547Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:16:00 +00002008-11-18T23:29:57.845-08:00Google's voice recognition app finally arrived for the iPhone. You can download it from the Apple itunes store here iTunesGoogle’s search-by-voice application allows users to speak into their iPhone to submit queries to Google’s search engine. This will appeal to users who find it difficult to type using the iPhone keypad, especially when we are so used to using a qwerty keyboard.Google's http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/google-voice-search.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-687107875353508517Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:44:00 +00002008-11-17T00:05:53.529-08:00Promoting your product is an essential part of business. Especially if a company is struggling and lacking a good user base. Every potential customer should be swallowed up whole and grabbed with both arms.Promoting your product is not only about outside marketing but internal loyalty, product belief, and product knowledge. When a potential customer phones your company, you do all you can to helphttp://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/how-not-to-promote-your-product.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-6766459273489317709Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:21:00 +00002008-11-13T13:21:06.931-08:00On Tuesday Google Inc launched a free Web-based service that competes with the likes of eBay's Skype. Google recently added a voice and video chat feature to its Gmail email service. If you are a Gmail and Google App subscriber, you can now choose to speak with friends on a video screen and at the same time IM them in a Google Chat box.The video screen can be popped out of the chat box and moved http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/google-goes-for-video-and-voice-chat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-549813337938000032Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:56:00 +00002008-11-12T05:56:21.182-08:00Having just started my new business and website, http://www.integralwebsolutions.co.za about three months ago. I also started a blog called the brave programmer at http://blog.thebraveprogrammer.integralwebsolutions.co.zaI find that I am obsessed with statistics. I check my Google stats at least three times a day. I check my blog stats at least as much. In fact I have three blogs and I am http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/which-is-better-google-pagerank-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-2310657677972171775Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:32:00 +00002008-11-11T15:32:32.290-08:00It was only a matter of time wasn't it? Some bored teenager hacked the iPhone a while back. But that's not all. No sooner had the G1 been released when someone decided to hack Google's latest pride and joy.Although not as impressive as the iPhone hack. The G1 hack is none the less significant. The hack has the potential to turn the G1 into a brick. As reported here: http://www.koushikdutta.com/http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/googles-g1-phone-hacked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-4930150859561968989Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:28:00 +00002008-11-11T14:28:51.947-08:00So you have developed this mind blowing, gob smacking, beautiful website. It rocks! But the first day you put it up, you get an e-mail along the lines of, "your website sucks, the size is all wrong, things are not positioned correctly, its all outa whack". What in the world is going on here? Your site rocks, who is this idiot? What is he ranting and raving about?You soon find out that the http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/testing-your-web-page-in-over-60.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-1218346623192627649Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:04:00 +00002008-11-07T14:24:23.797-08:00Two people were shot and wounded in armed robberies at the Northgate shopping mall today, Friday. Now this might not seem alarming to many, as we are so used to crime now days. But the thing is, I was there in the mall with my family, wife, 2 year old daughter, 11 year old son. It could have been me that was shot, or my wife, or God forbid, my kids.A man was shot in the chest and was in a http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/robbers-hit-northgate-while-i-was-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-1601330082972220586Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:46:00 +00002008-11-06T11:46:30.405-08:00Internet giant Google has launched its much-awaited mobile phone. Many claim a direct challenge to the supremacy of the iPhone.The G1 was unveiled in New York last month and was put on sale in the UK early November. The G1 has been released exclusively by T-Mobile.It is stipulated that it will go head to head with other mobile products such as Apple's iPhone, the Blackberry and other smartphones http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/is-googles-g1-better-than-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-7488863322296346109Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:06:00 +00002008-11-06T01:17:10.984-08:00CNN made huge waves on Tuesday night by incorporating, what they claim to be, a three-dimensional hologram into its coverage of the U.S. election. The question I first asked when I saw this was, "was it really a hologram"?I'm sure that whatever it was, it was very sophisticated. But no hologram. The technology is so complex and computing power is so powerful, that we are not there yet.At about 7 http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/11/cnns-hologram-real-or-fake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-3326544053919679458Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:39:00 +00002008-10-28T01:25:58.798-07:00Social Networking? Can be a life saver or a pain in the never region. Can take up a large portion of your day, and life. Can be a great business tool or a production black hole. Like most things, SN (Social Networks) can be good or bad. Depending how you use them.I know of some people who spend up to three hours a day, updating their SN sites. Things like blogging, Facebook, twitter, plurk, http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/10/updateing-multiple-social-networking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-5067732662610130659Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:51:00 +00002008-10-26T09:53:38.536-07:00I know this has nothing to do with dbase. But it is worth the shout. Liverpool won today 1-0. Beating Chelsea. Moving to the top of the log.I think they have a good chance to take the title this year. Best chance they have had since the last time they won, 19 years ago.Liverpool, you will never walk alone.http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/10/liverpool-on-top-of-log.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-198936977573480606Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:52:00 +00002008-10-26T09:06:33.103-07:00It surprises me still when I hear about some folk who are still using older versions of dBASE. I mean DOS versions, like dBASEIV or dBASEIII or even dBASE 5.0 for dos. There seem to be a few that are still using or supporting dbase 5.7.I know for myself I am supporting a 5.7 installation in Cape Town. Been meaning to write an upgrade and get the client out of 5.7. But time and cost have http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/10/using-older-version-of-dbase.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-4365188961118444061Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:07:00 +00002008-10-05T12:12:19.026-07:00ProgrammingMS SQLSQLdBASEIn my previous post I wrote about accessing dBASE tables through MSSQL. Primarily I discussed accessing dBASE data using the OpenRowset function. If you tried this, you would have seen that it works pretty well. But as I mentioned, this is used as an adhoc procedure. Only when you need to access dBASE data a few times, would OpenRowset be a good choice. You must admit that the syntax is long. Ihttp://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/10/accessing-your-dbf-tables-via-linked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-3254170525695261440Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:24:00 +00002008-10-04T06:45:51.844-07:00ProgrammingMS SQLSQLdBASEFor years the dBASE (dbf) table format had been very popular to store data in. Many third party applications included ways to import and export to the dBASE (dbf) file type.This stopped at dBASE 5.0. Since then the dBASE table format has evolved and is now at level 7. The sad news is that third party application developers have not included the ability to import and export to this format.This http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/10/accessing-dbase-tables-with-ms-sql.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-500538429047420798Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:54:00 +00002008-09-01T09:54:25.326-07:00ProgrammingdBASEI've been working with dBASE since the first dBASE for Windows, in early 1996. The development team of my company has written in dBASE, and marketed, more than one hundred programs of the most varied characteristics: Commercial Management, billing and warehouse. Control patients in hospital services as Neurosurgery and Nuclear Medicine. A program that thousands of users downloaded http://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/09/is-there-problem-with-dbase-is-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-7718348744254004147Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:05:00 +00002008-08-24T07:08:57.273-07:00dBASE has been really the only PC programming language I have used over many years. I programmed on the mainframe while working, but still had dBASE II, III, III+ and on and on. I have the latest version but have stayed with Visual dBASE.I just got a request to update a program that was originally written in dBASE III by the owner of a business. I moved it to Visual dBASE in 2003. It hashttp://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/08/what-is-it-that-i-like-about-dbase.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-7006699678663801734Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:13:00 +00002008-08-22T14:13:14.353-07:00ProgrammingdBASEOft times you lie in your bed and dream. Dream of a brighter future. Dream of great things. Dream of things you do not have and of things you do have. Dream of impossibilities. Dream of changing the world. I love programming. I am a geek. I love anything computers. I started out with an old IBM PC, with 512k ram. Got hold of dBASEIII+, took out the manual and began teaching myself. I got a greathttp://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/08/does-anybody-actually-care.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670165558502811739.post-8127799747125338994Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:55:00 +00002008-08-20T13:20:34.725-07:00Most know of the great overpowering giant called Microsoft. Many of the small software operations either die out, or are completely overshadowed by the giant beast. Sometimes Microsoft will just devour them. When you have been with a programming language for close to 20 years, changing to another one is a frightening and daunting task. Nevertheless it can be done. I did, so you can too. The trickhttp://blog.dbase.integralwebsolutions.co.za/2008/08/dont-ever-give-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Bravery)5