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Android Lollipop Issue

Android Lollipop Issue

Apparently there is an issue with the latest Android Lollipop version. It refuses to save application defaults. You can set the default repeatedly, but yet every time you try to use the same type of link, it still prompts you to select the default program. Argh!!

Granting Permissions Based on AD User Group Membership

Granting Permissions Based on AD User Group Membership

After several different trial and error expeditions, I finally have a working PageLoad event to check whether the currently logged in user is a member of a specific group in Active Directory. The first step I used was a stored procedure to get a list of the user’s groups in Active Directory. We needed this for another project and I just reused it for this one. USE [master] GO /****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[GetLdapUserGroups] Script Date: 11/18/2013 11:58:14 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS…

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Using ExecuteScalar to Populate a Variable in C#

Using ExecuteScalar to Populate a Variable in C#

After many attempts and various and sundry internet searchings, I have finally have properly working code to display the result of a scalar query in tSQL using asp.net C#. I had to add the reference to System.Configuration in Visual Studio. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Data; using System.Data.Sql; using System.Data.SqlClient; using System.Configuration; Then I have this code in the PageLoad event of code behind: int addcount; //variable to hold my result string strConnection =…

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Irritating “Invalid URL” Message

Irritating “Invalid URL” Message

Several months ago, I started getting “Invalid URL” message when going to Facebook or Google, but only on my home network. I tried different browsers, etc., but couldn’t figure out what the problem was. I think I might have gotten it under control now. I tried flushing my DNS cache and that cleared it up this time. I will continue trying that when I get the error again. If you start getting this error on Facebook or Google (or any…

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