Code that makes me smile – sql comparisons

Ok, just a brief one, but important, for me, nonetheless! I have a page on our site that displays various special offers – the CMS part is coded so that each offer is an entry in the a database, the form contains two date variables, offer start and offer end dates. The idea being that … Read moreCode that makes me smile – sql comparisons

Adventures with Sharepoint – Document Library Setup/Permissions

Keeping things nice and simple, just the one document library but since we have several departments who will manage their documents directly it seemed the most sensible way was to add sub folders and assign permissions to each one for editors.  Rather than extend the collaboration to everyone we are keeping the majority of the … Read moreAdventures with Sharepoint – Document Library Setup/Permissions

Adventures with Sharepoint – Domain user access

Out of the box SP needs users to be authorised – but what if you just want all of your domain users to be able to access the system without password entry? For all my testing I have a domain user account that shares the same restrictions/properties as the rest of the users, RDP into … Read moreAdventures with Sharepoint – Domain user access

Adventures with Sharepoint

I’ve mentioned sharepoint before as it’s been suggested I look into it for document management purposes, but also for other uses (company Intranet, memo broadcast, collaborative working, and so on) so I have setup a version on an old server to give it a try. There may well follow several small posts as I get … Read moreAdventures with Sharepoint

EDA, what, they have EDAs now?

In the ever changing world of tech there is constant reinvention, and it seems that various offerings come full circle every few years – notice how in the years before smartphones (sic) PDAs were all the rage – I remember us trialling a couple of ipaqs and being won over because they could do everything … Read moreEDA, what, they have EDAs now?

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