Re: help with a newbie topic-prepopulating a form

2005-07-06 Thread Derek Broughton
Michael Jouravlev wrote: > The only book I would follow without asking for explanation would be a > nuclear power station operator's manual. In all other cases I have > time to sit down and think things over. Strictly speaking, you shouldn't actually be operating a nuclear power station without a

Re: M Galbreath

2005-07-06 Thread Derek Broughton
Larry Meadors wrote: > I would like the person who sent this to know that they are the lowest > form of life on the planet. > Oh, please. That's why the idiot shouldn't have been using a government email address. I've skipped almost all of this, but at the very least he _did_ make threatening n

RE: [OT] M Galbreath

2005-07-07 Thread Derek Broughton
Fogleson, Allen wrote: > Actually there would not have to be an ethics clause. Maryland is a > right to work state so the employer can fire you at any time for any > reason. Aren't most states this way? No, only 22 according to http://www.nrtw.org/rtws.org - however, they don't include Maryland,

Re: [OT] Hibernate vs. iBatis vs. POJO

2005-07-21 Thread Derek Broughton
Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > In such cases, the application IS important enough to code > trials, but the business won't allow you to but they STILL want you to > sweat the decisions! This is a typical way of doing things, going by my > experience. It depends what _your_ job is. If you're a consu

Re: [OT] Hibernate vs. iBatis vs. POJO

2005-07-22 Thread Derek Broughton
netsql wrote: > Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > It has not been unusual to estimate three months >> for something, and that's fairly realistic to do it right, and the >> business says "nope, 1.5 months is when we need it". > > > I need you to paint the house, but I only have budget to wash my hair? >

Re: [OT] Hibernate vs. iBatis vs. POJO

2005-07-22 Thread Derek Broughton
Ed Griebel wrote: > All too often that's how it works. If you say no, there are people > that will say yes. Even if they end up taking as much time as you said > it would, they've got the project, not you. Again, that's a situation where you are involving consultants. Consultants are expected t

RE: [OT] Hibernate vs. iBatis vs. POJO

2005-07-22 Thread Derek Broughton
Daniel Perry wrote: >> Again, that's a situation where you are involving consultants. >> Consultants >> are expected to know the technology and not learn it on their customers' >> time. When a company has its own IT staff, there are rarely >> opportunities for somebody else to underbid them. > >

Re: [OT] Hibernate vs. iBatis vs. POJO

2005-07-26 Thread Derek Broughton
Leon Rosenberg wrote: >> Von: Michael Jouravlev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> On 7/25/05, Leon Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I think the problem is rather that none of the dbs scales. >> > To scale you need something in front of db in the business layer >> > (middleware), so it's no

Re: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ down and out?

2004-11-23 Thread Derek Broughton
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 15:12, Dakota Jack wrote: > Anyone know what is up with http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ struts list > server? They have been down for days now. > It must be at your end. Works for me. -- derek - To un

Re: Bean not found error for an existing bean

2004-11-23 Thread Derek Broughton
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 12:59, Alpay Ozturk wrote: > Below jsp code causes the "org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Cannot > find bean mmBoxBean in scope request" exception to be thrown. How can > this happen? > > > That closing / shouldn't be there... > > > > messageId in mmBoxBean is n

Re: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ down and out?

2004-11-23 Thread Derek Broughton
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 15:46, Dakota Jack wrote: > I can get to the site, Derek, but searches do not work. Do you get > searches too? > Ah. No. I can browse the messages but a "Search" (for any of Subject, Author or Body) results in: "An unexpected error has occurred. Details of this trans

Validator : network unreachable

2004-11-24 Thread Derek Broughton
I'm running Validator 1.3.1, Apache 2.0.52, Tomcat 4.1.30, Struts 1.1 on a Debian Linux system. When connected to the net, Tomcat starts fine. When unconnected, I get the following message in catalina*.log. Why on earth does Validator need to reach the web? In the first place, my Tomcat is l

Re: Validator : network unreachable

2004-11-24 Thread Derek Broughton
On Wednesday 24 November 2004 11:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Probably trying to do xml validation using the dtd specified on the > doctype. Save dtd locally (and change reference) or make sure you have a > network path to jakarta.apache.org > Thanks, Jeff. I'm using tiles, and I do recall seein

Re: Validator : network unreachable

2004-11-24 Thread Derek Broughton
On Wednesday 24 November 2004 11:35, Matt Bathje wrote: > I am pretty sure this error is related to invalid/outdated versions of > validator and/or struts. Doh! I'm still pretty new to Tomcat. I keep forgetting that applications keep their own copies of everything. Though the Debian libcommo

Re: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

2004-11-25 Thread Derek Broughton
On Thursday 25 November 2004 12:01, Danko Desancic wrote: > The problem was conflict with some jars in CATALINA_HOME/common/lib > > Thanks for help And thank _you_ :-) I had a (apparently) completely unrelated jasper error and, sure enough, I had a number of old libraries in /common/lib. I remo

Tiles: using i18n string

2004-11-29 Thread Derek Broughton
Given a tile definition like: and a message that I would normally retrieve like: How can I pass the message to the tile? I realized that in this particular case, it made more sense to invoke the tile using: and have layout.jsp get the message from the k

Re: Reset button does not clear JSP fields

2004-11-29 Thread Derek Broughton
On Monday 29 November 2004 10:15, aris wrote: > Instead of a reset you could use a simple button and the related onClick > event to call a javascript that sets all field to "". > What do you think about this "workaround"? > Take note that it isn't an expected behaviour for a reset button. I suggest

Re: Help : creating dynamic styleId inside Logic:iterate

2004-11-29 Thread Derek Broughton
On Monday 29 November 2004 14:27, Aidas Semezys wrote: > It is not allowed to have just part of attribute value as JSP expression. > Here is the correct solution: > " > property="sharesPer"/> Thanks! That solved a problem I was about to ask ... -- derek -

Re: disable validation of validator.xml & validator-rules.xml

2004-12-01 Thread Derek Broughton
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 08:36, Joe Germuska wrote: > Ultimately, this is the responsibility of the commons-validator > library which Struts uses. For each config file, a > "ValidatorResources" object is constructed. This object uses > commons-digester to process the XML config. > > http://c

Re: Problem with validation using both minlength and maxlength on the same field

2004-12-01 Thread Derek Broughton
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 13:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to validate a simple field. I want to validate that the field > is an integer, and meets the min and max length requirements. In the same > application I am able to correctly validate a date field so I'm confident > my ove

Re: Problem with validation using both minlength and maxlength on the same field

2004-12-01 Thread Derek Broughton
e omitted a "not"), anyway... > -----Original Message- > From: Derek Broughton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 1:18 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Problem with validation using both minlength and maxlength > on the same

Re: [Vendor] Oracle JDeveloper 10.1.3 Preview version available

2004-12-06 Thread Derek Broughton
On Monday 06 December 2004 09:21, Duncan Mills wrote: > I'll bypass the fluff and get to the point - Oracle have just released a > preview (read beta) version of JDeveloper 10.1.3 for developers to have > a play with on OTN > (http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/101/index.html) . > The n

Re: Tiles or Frames or Both

2004-12-07 Thread Derek Broughton
On Monday 06 December 2004 17:55, Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > Also, with frames you can do some tricks that you can't do otherwise. > For instance, having a hidden frame with cached data and Javascript > cuntions can be incredibly powerful. True... > You can boost perforance by not > sending t

Re: Tiles or Frames or Both

2004-12-07 Thread Derek Broughton
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 12:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, December 7, 2004 10:31 am, Derek Broughton said: > > If you're going to do something that makes it worthwhile putting the JS > > in the > > frame, you probably should be using a script file - in w

Re: ValidatorForm ???

2004-12-08 Thread Derek Broughton
On Wednesday 08 December 2004 05:09, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > Bala.Paranj 'at' novainfo.com writes: > > Note: The information contained in this email and in any attachments is > > intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may > > contain confidential and/or privilege

Re: Problem with validation (?)

2004-12-09 Thread Derek Broughton
On Thursday 09 December 2004 14:28, Wendy Smoak wrote: > From: "aris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Use String (and occasionally Boolean) for form fields and things will > > work > > > > the way you need them to. > > > > I don't understand your answer... If I need an Integer field for my > > ActionFo

Re: Struts or straight HTML button for action w/ no assoc. form?

2004-12-09 Thread Derek Broughton
On Thursday 09 December 2004 18:28, Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > I always tend to chime in on topics like this because I sense a real > over-reliance on taglibs in general, certainly the Struts taglibs more > specifically. ... > My point is simply that, as with most good technology, use custom tahs >

Re: Problem with validation (?)

2004-12-09 Thread Derek Broughton
On Thursday 09 December 2004 18:02, Wendy Smoak wrote: > From: "Derek Broughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > What happens when somebody types "ABCDE" into your Integer field on the > > > form, and it fails validation? Can you re-display the inc

Re: Problem with validation (?)

2004-12-09 Thread Derek Broughton
On Thursday 09 December 2004 19:09, Laconia Data Systems wrote: > Derek- > Any conversions (String to Integer or whatever) need to happen in your > Business Bean layer Not me... I just replied to a reply. :-) -- derek - To unsub

Re: Opinions on Struts Layout

2004-12-10 Thread Derek Broughton
On Friday 10 December 2004 14:03, Brantley Hobbs wrote: > > Well, I ran across Struts Layout > (http://struts.application-servers.com/index.html). Perhaps I've been > living under a rock for a while, but it was something that I'd never > heard of before, and it seems to offer exactly what we longe

Re: [OT - Friday]Corporate Stupidity

2004-12-12 Thread Derek Broughton
On Friday 10 December 2004 16:57, Jim Barrows wrote: > Just found out that the 800lb brass monkeys have decided that it's a good > idea to do full background and checks on all their employees. Which has got > to be the dumbest thing ever been done to me as a contractor or employee... > > so what's

Re: Opinions on Struts Layout

2004-12-12 Thread Derek Broughton
On Friday 10 December 2004 16:38, David G. Friedman wrote: > Derek, > > If you made a list of bullet points for the parts of struts layout you like > most, perhaps we listmembers could point you in the direction of native > Struts parts or equivalent add-ons. I don't really see how there could be

Re: [OT - Friday]Corporate Stupidity

2004-12-13 Thread Derek Broughton
On Sunday 12 December 2004 11:40, Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > This might seem like an obvious comment, but this depends on what type > of job it is. > > I work for one of the largest financial companies in the U.S. in the > mutual fund sector. There are real, legitimate concerns with so much > mone

Re: how to save last 5 searches in the cookie?

2004-12-13 Thread Derek Broughton
On Monday 13 December 2004 18:35, Webmaster wrote: > Personally I dislike cookies and dont allow any on my box...way too many > virus attacks this year. In fact if the site Im visiting only works with > cookies I write to the webmaster and ask them why dont they use Session?? I > would strongly rec

Re: Generating valid HTML from tag

2004-12-14 Thread Derek Broughton
On Tuesday 14 December 2004 13:13, Martin Wegner wrote: > The Struts doc does suggest that should cause the > tag to be XHTML compliant but for some reason it does not. The W3C XHTML > validator also does not like the Struts output of the elements. > Struts does not close them: . > Well, then,

Re: Generating valid HTML from tag

2004-12-15 Thread Derek Broughton
On Tuesday 14 December 2004 17:09, D. Stimits wrote: > Martin Wegner wrote: > > The Struts doc does suggest that should cause the > > tag to be XHTML compliant but for some reason it does not. The W3C XHTML > > validator also does not like the Struts output of the elements. > > Struts does not

Re: Struts, JSTL and ResourceBundle

2004-12-15 Thread Derek Broughton
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 14:07, Jim Barrows wrote: > > From: Nicolas De Loof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My customer would like to be able to change i18n messages > > easily (without requirement to redeploy webapp or edit files > > in context/WEB-INF/classes/...) > > > The solution isn't to

Re: Page navigation links

2004-12-17 Thread Derek Broughton
On Friday 17 December 2004 13:25, Jim Barrows wrote: > > From: Donie Kelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Anybody got an example of how to implement a page navigation > > link for the > > top of a page like so... > > > > Home > MainFgorm > wizardpage1 > wizard page 2 > > You're looking for bread

Re: Generating valid HTML from tag

2004-12-14 Thread Derek Broughton
On Tuesday 14 December 2004 08:51, William Ferguson wrote: > I noticed that the html generated form the tag is not valid > HTML according to the W3C validation service (http://validator.w3.org). It > generates a tag with a 'name' attribute which has been deprecated. > > Since I'm striving to conf

Re: Error with JSTL 1.0.6 and struts 1.2.4

2004-12-20 Thread Derek Broughton
On Sunday 19 December 2004 23:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi David, > > I copied jstl.jar to WEB-INF/lib and errors still occur when I compiled > the project. > > I am using JDeveloper 10g with jdk 1.4.2 to develop my project. > > Could you tell me how to use standard jstl in my case. Having js

Re: html:file value

2004-12-22 Thread Derek Broughton
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 02:29, Dakota Jack wrote: > There actually are a lot of things you can do with this that are not > obvious and are consistent with what seems to be impossible. You can > actually get around almost all of the restrictions on type='file'> without breaking security. Yo

Re: bean:write filter question

2004-12-23 Thread Derek Broughton
On Wednesday 22 December 2004 16:42, Jeff Beal wrote: > > The only thing that I always forget is that nodeValue() only returns a > value for text nodes. It's not like XSLT where the text value of an > element is the text value of all contained text nodes. So, basically, > this.nodeValue wouldn't

Re: Required help to name a worksheet in xls

2004-12-29 Thread Derek Broughton
On Sunday 26 December 2004 23:53, Eddie Bush wrote: > Actually, you can export text an HTML table to Excel too -- just lie > and tell it the data is of type "application/excel" and then give the > filename as per above. > > ... handy :-) but horribly slow :-( -- derek ---

Re: New to Struts & seeking advice

2005-01-05 Thread Derek Broughton
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 12:55, Jim Barrows wrote: > > From: Mark McWiggins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > *Is AppFuse worth using as a basis for a real app? I tried > > working through the tutorial and got it going, > > but it is based on Hibernate and I was told that > > Hibe

Re: Struts Jar file error

2005-01-06 Thread Derek Broughton
On Thursday 06 January 2005 03:52, Vijaya S wrote: > Struts.jar file exist in Jakarta-struts-1.2.4\lib folder. When I execute > this jar file, I get the following error. > > “Failed to load Main-Class manifest attribute from > c:\Jakarta-struts-1.2.4\lib\struts.jar” And you expected what? It's no