Author Archives: eSearing

About eSearing

Webdeveloper, Photographer, political junkie.

Javascript User entry validation

Posted on 07/23/2010 by eSearing

I have a form with an ID input box. If the id is less than 6 characters i want to disable the submit button until it reaches the 7th character. What I found was that users sometimes Type their id, … Continue reading →

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CSS – page break and dont print

Posted on 07/23/2010 by eSearing

Found this little CSS tidbit useful to day. I had output order entry records with multiple page detail. I wanted each page of the detail to print to its own sheet. The problem I faced was that the Top of … Continue reading →

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SQL – Performance issues with UPPER or lower case

Posted on 07/21/2010 by eSearing

Assume you have a large database with millions of records. One of the columns is an id number made of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and other symbols. And to make it easy on your users you merely convert … Continue reading →

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Javascript – Test if form element exists

Posted on 07/21/2010 by eSearing

var myobj = document.form.fieldname; if (myobj != null || myobj != ‘undefined’){ //do something }

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horizontal menu challenges

Posted on 07/19/2010 by eSearing

I needed to implement a self contained Horizontal menu that shows the user which section they are in by using a highlight that is different from the rest of the menu bar. No breadcrumbs. Using coldfusion allowed me to do … Continue reading →

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