Comments by jemaritn80

jemaritn80 17-Jul-13 8:21am View

Thanks, Mike. I didn't know that about @@IDENTITY.

jemaritn80 17-Jul-13 8:19am View

Thanks, SA!

jemaritn80 16-Jul-13 15:12pm View

But reading up on the issue, there does seem to be a preferred way. The reasons against static methods range from "a loss of generality and reusability" (which I don't see in cases such as mine) all the way to "every time a programmer uses a static method a baby fairy dies." In seriousness, though I am curious why instance methods would be better in my scenario.

jemaritn80 16-Jul-13 14:17pm View

I'm not disagreeing with you, I was disagreeing with Maciej that the question had been answered. I appreciate you taking the time to get the facts before going further. My response to is below. In essence, yes I do understand static vs. instance methods, but I'm not sure the disadvantages of my design. On StackOverflow it was suggested that this should be a singleton class, but again I'm not sure what the advantage of that would be.

jemaritn80 16-Jul-13 13:34pm View

I disagree. The question is not, "What is the best way to do this?" The question is, "Why is this way not the preferred way?" That question has not been answered.

jemaritn80 16-Jul-13 13:20pm View

Thank you. I do understand the difference between the two. The code I wrote above is syntactically correct which I believe demonstrates at least a rudimentary understanding. But I am interested in understand the design principles of OOP better. I believe if I could learn why the above sample is not preferred, it would strengthen not only my knowledge but my understanding of these principles.

jemaritn80 16-Jul-13 11:21am View

I've read that, but I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying this is an appropriate use of a static member, since the users authentication status is the same regardless of the state of the Database object?

jemaritn80 21-Jun-13 8:29am View

I'm not sure what you're asking. Do you want to swap the colors periodically? Or have it look more like "chaser" mode on christmas lights? Is this ASP.Net, WPF, or Windows Forms? If ASP.Net does it need to be client side or server side?

jemaritn80 21-Jun-13 8:16am View

Chill60<<I wasn't aware that there were other forums I should post this kind of question in. After looking around, I think I see how to do that now. I appreciate you bringing that to my attention. It would be more helpful if people who down vote were required to give a reason. It may reduce the number of down votes as well.

@Khan Ji<<I'm not sure why it wouldn't let you vote 5. That's weird.

jemaritn80 20-Jun-13 10:53am View

Thanks for encouraging me!

jemaritn80 20-Jun-13 10:52am View

Thanks, mate. That clears it up.

jemaritn80 20-Jun-13 9:40am View

I must be missing something. What you're saying is accurate, but HttpRequest.QueryString is a NameValueCollection. NameValueCollection "Represents a collection of associated String keys and String values that can be accessed either with the key or with the index." So, it would be Convert.ToString(string s) which should return null when s=null and not "". My test is consistent with this, but I am down voted. I'm curious to know what is wrong with my findings.

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