Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
17  3388 
What, exactly, is your question?
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
Sorry,
I need to accomplish the goals listed up top, but I don't know enough
about VB.net to get there. I am hoping someone can tell me how to
modify the given code to accomplish those goals.
Tim
Scott M. wrote:
What, exactly, is your question?
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
It sounds like you need some specialized scanning hardware & software, which
is not part of .NET.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Sorry,
I need to accomplish the goals listed up top, but I don't know enough
about VB.net to get there. I am hoping someone can tell me how to
modify the given code to accomplish those goals.
Tim
Scott M. wrote:
>What, exactly, is your question?
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
I don't think so really... all the scanner is doing is speeding up the
data entry. What if I changed it to say:
TraceCode - a textbox that a user types a 12 char string in to
ScanDate - when user presses enter key, a the date/time is captured
When the user hits the enter key, the two fields are transacted to the
SQL server and the two fields are cleared.
The only thing I don't have working is the stupid date/time. I figured
out that I can put a simple txtTraceCode.Text = "" to clear the field
after the transaction is completed.
The rest works perfectly given the code below (which was taken, almost
exactly out of Karl Moore's vidual Basic .NET: The Tutorials). All of
the SQL stuff works perfectly.
Thanks!
Tim
Scott M. wrote:
It sounds like you need some specialized scanning hardware & software, which
is not part of .NET.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@m79g2000cwm.googlegr oups.com...
Sorry,
I need to accomplish the goals listed up top, but I don't know enough
about VB.net to get there. I am hoping someone can tell me how to
modify the given code to accomplish those goals.
Tim
Scott M. wrote:
What, exactly, is your question?
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
Not sure why you want to put the date in the text box when the enter key is
pressed, since you are going to immediatly send it to the database and then
clear it.
Basically you want to do the following:
txtDatetime.Text = Now().ToString
Since you said that the scan code is always 12 characters long, you could
put the following in the in the TextChanged event for the scan code:
If txtTraceCode.Text.Length = 12 then
txtDatetime.Text = Now().ToString
EndIf
--
Terry
"Ti***********@gmail.com" wrote:
I don't think so really... all the scanner is doing is speeding up the
data entry. What if I changed it to say:
TraceCode - a textbox that a user types a 12 char string in to
ScanDate - when user presses enter key, a the date/time is captured
When the user hits the enter key, the two fields are transacted to the
SQL server and the two fields are cleared.
The only thing I don't have working is the stupid date/time. I figured
out that I can put a simple txtTraceCode.Text = "" to clear the field
after the transaction is completed.
The rest works perfectly given the code below (which was taken, almost
exactly out of Karl Moore's vidual Basic .NET: The Tutorials). All of
the SQL stuff works perfectly.
Thanks!
Tim
Scott M. wrote:
It sounds like you need some specialized scanning hardware & software, which
is not part of .NET.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Sorry,
>
I need to accomplish the goals listed up top, but I don't know enough
about VB.net to get there. I am hoping someone can tell me how to
modify the given code to accomplish those goals.
>
Tim
>
Scott M. wrote:
>What, exactly, is your question?
>>
>>
><Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
>news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googleg roups.com...
Hello all,
>
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
>
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
>
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
>
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
>
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
>
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
>
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
>
Try
>
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
>
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
>
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
>
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
>
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
>
End Try
End Sub
End Class
>
Please HELP! :)
>
>
You simply want the date to populate a textbox when a button is pressed?
Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
txtDate.Text = Now.ToShortDateString
End Sub
If you want to clear the textboxes, just set their EnableViewState
properties to False and they will clear automatically after posting to the
server.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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>I don't think so really... all the scanner is doing is speeding up the
data entry. What if I changed it to say:
TraceCode - a textbox that a user types a 12 char string in to
ScanDate - when user presses enter key, a the date/time is captured
When the user hits the enter key, the two fields are transacted to the
SQL server and the two fields are cleared.
The only thing I don't have working is the stupid date/time. I figured
out that I can put a simple txtTraceCode.Text = "" to clear the field
after the transaction is completed.
The rest works perfectly given the code below (which was taken, almost
exactly out of Karl Moore's vidual Basic .NET: The Tutorials). All of
the SQL stuff works perfectly.
Thanks!
Tim
Scott M. wrote:
>It sounds like you need some specialized scanning hardware & software,
which
is not part of .NET.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@m79g2000cwm.googleg roups.com...
Sorry,
I need to accomplish the goals listed up top, but I don't know enough
about VB.net to get there. I am hoping someone can tell me how to
modify the given code to accomplish those goals.
Tim
Scott M. wrote:
What, exactly, is your question?
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googleg roups.com...
Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One
is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a
label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for
the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is
successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically
populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
Timothy,
I assume that your date on the database is in DateTime format.
To set a datetime string as you get it to a DateTime that are four commands
(they are internally almost all the same), in sequence of easy to use are
that
dim mydate as datetime = CDate(scannedDate) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2dt118h2.aspx
,, = Convert.ToDateTime(scannedDate) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2dt118h2.aspx
,, = DateTime.Parse(overloaded) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms289484.aspx
,, = DateTime.ParseExact(overloaded) http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...exacttopic.asp
Have a look at those, although I assume that the first one will directly
work fine for you.
And don't forget to use parameters http://www.vb-tips.com/dbpages.aspx?...6-7139b8970071
I hope this helps,
Cor
<Ti***********@gmail.comschreef in bericht
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Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
Comment...
Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to 'false' date /
time stamping...ie the user has messed with the system clock and so on ...
If this time will be used for control / report purposes, I would recommend
either ...
a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default obtained from
the server ...
b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the server or a
common source.
Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan ... when
item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if scanned, you will need to
get the date from a common source ... if saved, set the default value in the
data table to get the current date time on the server and only issue an
insert with the text field... and let the server fill the date/time stamp.
Jeff.
PS:
b: - Get a data from a common place...
Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
SELECT GetDate();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
Using MSAccess...
SELECT Now();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
Hold on Jeff. What if the client, web server and database are in diffeent
time zones? I don't think anyone suggested using the client for the date,
but I think the server should generate that, not the database.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
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>
Comment...
Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to 'false' date
/ time stamping...ie the user has messed with the system clock and so on
... If this time will be used for control / report purposes, I would
recommend either ...
a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default obtained from
the server ...
b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the server or a
common source.
Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan ... when
item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if scanned, you will need
to get the date from a common source ... if saved, set the default value
in the data table to get the current date time on the server and only
issue an insert with the text field... and let the server fill the
date/time stamp.
Jeff.
PS:
b: - Get a data from a common place...
Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
SELECT GetDate();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
Using MSAccess...
SELECT Now();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
....exactly... my point.
what if you have multiple clients in different time zones ... multiple web
servers in different time zones ... and multiple databases servers in
different time zones... with a user from one time zone, connecting to a web
server in another and a database in a third ... and the next time the user
log-ins ... same CLIENT machine ... he hits a different web server and
different database for his next scan transaction ... you need some type of
'control' in the date stamping ... and to me the logical one is the Database
Server.
you need to set a base line for time stamping ... and to me, relying on the
CLIENT for this, is not good practice...as per you suggestion...
Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
txtDate.Text = Now.ToShortDateString
End Sub
I simply made a suggestion to use the database as the control date / time
'stamper' (for lack of a better term). If you have different databases in
different time zones, when you synchronize your data ... if you are not
identifying which server the record was initially created on, you offset you
timestamps accordingly during the sync process ... or when you build a
consolidated report to include data from other database servers in different
timezones, you offset your timestamps based on the database server's
'timezone' ...
relying on the CLIENT is poor practice and has a hard time standing up to an
audit ... unless you have a mechanism / policy in place that controls the
time on a CLIENT machines.
Just my 2 cents ... just offering a suggestion thats all.
Jeff
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eH**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Hold on Jeff. What if the client, web server and database are in diffeent
time zones? I don't think anyone suggested using the client for the date,
but I think the server should generate that, not the database.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:ez**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
Comment...
Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to 'false'
date / time stamping...ie the user has messed with the system clock and
so on ... If this time will be used for control / report purposes, I
would recommend either ...
a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default obtained from
the server ...
b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the server or a
common source.
Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan ... when
item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if scanned, you will need
to get the date from a common source ... if saved, set the default value
in the data table to get the current date time on the server and only
issue an insert with the text field... and let the server fill the
date/time stamp.
Jeff.
PS:
b: - Get a data from a common place...
Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
SELECT GetDate();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
Using MSAccess...
SELECT Now();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googleg roups.com...
>>Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
Yes, but again, I don't think anyone was suggesting the client in the first
place.
In my opinion, the database is not the place to put a time stamp of this
kind. While I agree that good primary keys are partially time based, this
is not what the OP has stated the time would be used for. The time is going
to become data that is used by the business layer of the applicaiton.
Databases should not be in charge of creating business data in this manner.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:Ov*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
...exactly... my point.
what if you have multiple clients in different time zones ... multiple web
servers in different time zones ... and multiple databases servers in
different time zones... with a user from one time zone, connecting to a
web server in another and a database in a third ... and the next time the
user log-ins ... same CLIENT machine ... he hits a different web server
and different database for his next scan transaction ... you need some
type of 'control' in the date stamping ... and to me the logical one is
the Database Server.
you need to set a base line for time stamping ... and to me, relying on
the CLIENT for this, is not good practice...as per you suggestion...
Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
txtDate.Text = Now.ToShortDateString
End Sub
I simply made a suggestion to use the database as the control date / time
'stamper' (for lack of a better term). If you have different databases in
different time zones, when you synchronize your data ... if you are not
identifying which server the record was initially created on, you offset
you timestamps accordingly during the sync process ... or when you build a
consolidated report to include data from other database servers in
different timezones, you offset your timestamps based on the database
server's 'timezone' ...
relying on the CLIENT is poor practice and has a hard time standing up to
an audit ... unless you have a mechanism / policy in place that controls
the time on a CLIENT machines.
Just my 2 cents ... just offering a suggestion thats all.
Jeff
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eH**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>Hold on Jeff. What if the client, web server and database are in
diffeent time zones? I don't think anyone suggested using the client for
the date, but I think the server should generate that, not the database.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:ez**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>
Comment...
Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to 'false'
date / time stamping...ie the user has messed with the system clock and
so on ... If this time will be used for control / report purposes, I
would recommend either ...
a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default obtained
from the server ...
b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the server or a
common source.
Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan ... when
item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if scanned, you will
need to get the date from a common source ... if saved, set the default
value in the data table to get the current date time on the server and
only issue an insert with the text field... and let the server fill the
date/time stamp.
Jeff.
PS:
b: - Get a data from a common place...
Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
SELECT GetDate();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
Using MSAccess...
SELECT Now();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.google groups.com...
Hello all,
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is successful.
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
Try
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Please HELP! :)
Okay... will stop here. We can continue agreeing to disagree.
Thanks
Jeff.
PS... never mentioned time based PK for you to agree with ... I do not like
these and avoid them.
PPS. you suggested the client get the time stamp ... txtDate.Text =
Now.ToShortDateString
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Yes, but again, I don't think anyone was suggesting the client in the
first place.
In my opinion, the database is not the place to put a time stamp of this
kind. While I agree that good primary keys are partially time based, this
is not what the OP has stated the time would be used for. The time is
going to become data that is used by the business layer of the
applicaiton. Databases should not be in charge of creating business data
in this manner.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:Ov*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
...exactly... my point.
what if you have multiple clients in different time zones ... multiple
web servers in different time zones ... and multiple databases servers in
different time zones... with a user from one time zone, connecting to a
web server in another and a database in a third ... and the next time the
user log-ins ... same CLIENT machine ... he hits a different web server
and different database for his next scan transaction ... you need some
type of 'control' in the date stamping ... and to me the logical one is
the Database Server.
you need to set a base line for time stamping ... and to me, relying on
the CLIENT for this, is not good practice...as per you suggestion...
Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
txtDate.Text = Now.ToShortDateString
End Sub
I simply made a suggestion to use the database as the control date / time
'stamper' (for lack of a better term). If you have different databases
in different time zones, when you synchronize your data ... if you are
not identifying which server the record was initially created on, you
offset you timestamps accordingly during the sync process ... or when you
build a consolidated report to include data from other database servers
in different timezones, you offset your timestamps based on the database
server's 'timezone' ...
relying on the CLIENT is poor practice and has a hard time standing up to
an audit ... unless you have a mechanism / policy in place that controls
the time on a CLIENT machines.
Just my 2 cents ... just offering a suggestion thats all.
Jeff
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eH**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>Hold on Jeff. What if the client, web server and database are in
diffeent time zones? I don't think anyone suggested using the client
for the date, but I think the server should generate that, not the
database.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:ez**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Comment...
Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to 'false'
date / time stamping...ie the user has messed with the system clock and
so on ... If this time will be used for control / report purposes, I
would recommend either ...
a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default obtained
from the server ...
b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the server or
a common source.
Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan ...
when item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if scanned, you
will need to get the date from a common source ... if saved, set the
default value in the data table to get the current date time on the
server and only issue an insert with the text field... and let the
server fill the date/time stamp.
Jeff.
PS:
b: - Get a data from a common place...
Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
SELECT GetDate();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
Using MSAccess...
SELECT Now();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googl egroups.com...
Hello all,
>
This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
appreciated.
>
I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One
is
TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
>
When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
next scan.
>
Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is
successful.
>
Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically populated,
the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
for the next scan.
>
Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
>
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
String
>
Try
>
objConnection.Open()
objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
>
objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
>
strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
TraceCode) " & _
"VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
>
objTransaction.Commit()
objConnection.Close()
>
Catch
Button1.Text = "Failed"
objTransaction.Rollback()
objConnection.Close()
>
End Try
End Sub
End Class
>
Please HELP! :)
>
PS... never mentioned time based PK for you to agree with ... I do not
like these and avoid them.
Well, you are in the minority on that one. Having a PK that is, in part,
time stamped is the best way to avoid data concurrency issues when doing
updates, inserts and deletes.
PPS. you suggested the client get the time stamp ... txtDate.Text =
Now.ToShortDateString
I did suggest this code, but this is server-side code (not client-side
JavaScript, for example) and thus, will get the time from the web server,
not the client. VB.NET code (or any .NET code for that matter) does not
function on the client.
>
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>Yes, but again, I don't think anyone was suggesting the client in the
first place.
In my opinion, the database is not the place to put a time stamp of this
kind. While I agree that good primary keys are partially time based,
this is not what the OP has stated the time would be used for. The time
is going to become data that is used by the business layer of the
applicaiton. Databases should not be in charge of creating business data
in this manner.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:Ov*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
...exactly... my point.
what if you have multiple clients in different time zones ... multiple
web servers in different time zones ... and multiple databases servers
in different time zones... with a user from one time zone, connecting to
a web server in another and a database in a third ... and the next time
the user log-ins ... same CLIENT machine ... he hits a different web
server and different database for his next scan transaction ... you need
some type of 'control' in the date stamping ... and to me the logical
one is the Database Server.
you need to set a base line for time stamping ... and to me, relying on
the CLIENT for this, is not good practice...as per you suggestion...
Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
txtDate.Text = Now.ToShortDateString
End Sub
I simply made a suggestion to use the database as the control date /
time 'stamper' (for lack of a better term). If you have different
databases in different time zones, when you synchronize your data ... if
you are not identifying which server the record was initially created
on, you offset you timestamps accordingly during the sync process ... or
when you build a consolidated report to include data from other database
servers in different timezones, you offset your timestamps based on the
database server's 'timezone' ...
relying on the CLIENT is poor practice and has a hard time standing up
to an audit ... unless you have a mechanism / policy in place that
controls the time on a CLIENT machines.
Just my 2 cents ... just offering a suggestion thats all.
Jeff
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eH**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Hold on Jeff. What if the client, web server and database are in
diffeent time zones? I don't think anyone suggested using the client
for the date, but I think the server should generate that, not the
database.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:ez**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
Comment...
>
Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to 'false'
date / time stamping...ie the user has messed with the system clock
and so on ... If this time will be used for control / report purposes,
I would recommend either ...
>
a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default obtained
from the server ...
>
b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the server or
a common source.
>
Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan ...
when item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if scanned, you
will need to get the date from a common source ... if saved, set the
default value in the data table to get the current date time on the
server and only issue an insert with the text field... and let the
server fill the date/time stamp.
>
Jeff.
>
PS:
>
b: - Get a data from a common place...
>
Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
SELECT GetDate();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
>
Using MSAccess...
SELECT Now();
using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
>
>
>
>
<Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.goog legroups.com...
>Hello all,
>>
>This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
>appreciated.
>>
>I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One
>is
>TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a label.
>The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
>date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
>>
>When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
>the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
>SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for the
>next scan.
>>
>Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
>ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is
>successful.
>>
>Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
>when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically
>populated,
>the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
>for the next scan.
>>
>Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
>>
> Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
>As
>System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
> Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
> ("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
> Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
> Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
>String
>>
> Try
>>
> objConnection.Open()
> objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
>>
> objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
>>
> strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
>TraceCode) " & _
> "VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
>txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
> objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
> objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
>>
> objTransaction.Commit()
> objConnection.Close()
>>
> Catch
> Button1.Text = "Failed"
> objTransaction.Rollback()
> objConnection.Close()
>>
> End Try
> End Sub
>End Class
>>
>Please HELP! :)
>>
>
>
I did just realize though, that you and I have been assuming 2 different
fundmental things...
I have been assuming this is an ASP.NET web application, hence my last
comment:
I did suggest this code, but this is server-side code (not client-side
JavaScript, for example) and thus, will get the time from the web server,
not the client. VB.NET code (or any .NET code for that matter) does not
function on the client.
I think you have been commenting from the point of a WinForms application.
If that is the case (the OP didn't specify), then you are correct, the code
would execute on the client.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eb*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>PS... never mentioned time based PK for you to agree with ... I do not
like these and avoid them.
Well, you are in the minority on that one. Having a PK that is, in part,
time stamped is the best way to avoid data concurrency issues when doing
updates, inserts and deletes.
>PPS. you suggested the client get the time stamp ... txtDate.Text =
Now.ToShortDateString
I did suggest this code, but this is server-side code (not client-side
JavaScript, for example) and thus, will get the time from the web server,
not the client. VB.NET code (or any .NET code for that matter) does not
function on the client.
>>
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>Yes, but again, I don't think anyone was suggesting the client in the
first place.
In my opinion, the database is not the place to put a time stamp of this
kind. While I agree that good primary keys are partially time based,
this is not what the OP has stated the time would be used for. The time
is going to become data that is used by the business layer of the
applicaiton. Databases should not be in charge of creating business data
in this manner.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:Ov*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
...exactly... my point.
what if you have multiple clients in different time zones ... multiple
web servers in different time zones ... and multiple databases servers
in different time zones... with a user from one time zone, connecting
to a web server in another and a database in a third ... and the next
time the user log-ins ... same CLIENT machine ... he hits a different
web server and different database for his next scan transaction ... you
need some type of 'control' in the date stamping ... and to me the
logical one is the Database Server.
you need to set a base line for time stamping ... and to me, relying on
the CLIENT for this, is not good practice...as per you suggestion...
Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
txtDate.Text = Now.ToShortDateString
End Sub
I simply made a suggestion to use the database as the control date /
time 'stamper' (for lack of a better term). If you have different
databases in different time zones, when you synchronize your data ...
if you are not identifying which server the record was initially
created on, you offset you timestamps accordingly during the sync
process ... or when you build a consolidated report to include data
from other database servers in different timezones, you offset your
timestamps based on the database server's 'timezone' ...
relying on the CLIENT is poor practice and has a hard time standing up
to an audit ... unless you have a mechanism / policy in place that
controls the time on a CLIENT machines.
Just my 2 cents ... just offering a suggestion thats all.
Jeff
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eH**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Hold on Jeff. What if the client, web server and database are in
diffeent time zones? I don't think anyone suggested using the client
for the date, but I think the server should generate that, not the
database.
>
>
>
>
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:ez**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl.. .
>>
>Comment...
>>
>Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to 'false'
>date / time stamping...ie the user has messed with the system clock
>and so on ... If this time will be used for control / report
>purposes, I would recommend either ...
>>
>a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default obtained
>from the server ...
>>
>b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the server
>or a common source.
>>
>Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan ...
>when item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if scanned, you
>will need to get the date from a common source ... if saved, set the
>default value in the data table to get the current date time on the
>server and only issue an insert with the text field... and let the
>server fill the date/time stamp.
>>
>Jeff.
>>
>PS:
>>
>b: - Get a data from a common place...
>>
> Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
> SELECT GetDate();
> using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
>>
> Using MSAccess...
> SELECT Now();
> using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
>>
>>
>>
>>
><Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
>news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.goo glegroups.com...
>>Hello all,
>>>
>>This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
>>appreciated.
>>>
>>I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements. One
>>is
>>TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a
>>label.
>>The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
>>date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
>>>
>>When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or as
>>the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to a
>>SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for
>>the
>>next scan.
>>>
>>Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
>>ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is
>>successful.
>>>
>>Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
>>when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically
>>populated,
>>the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear, ready
>>for the next scan.
>>>
>>Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
>>>
>> Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
>>As
>>System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
>> Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
>> ("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_connection =true")
>> Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("", objconnection)
>> Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
>>String
>>>
>> Try
>>>
>> objConnection.Open()
>> objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
>>>
>> objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
>>>
>> strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
>>TraceCode) " & _
>> "VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
>>txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
>> objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
>> objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
>>>
>> objTransaction.Commit()
>> objConnection.Close()
>>>
>> Catch
>> Button1.Text = "Failed"
>> objTransaction.Rollback()
>> objConnection.Close()
>>>
>> End Try
>> End Sub
>>End Class
>>>
>>Please HELP! :)
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Scott.
agree...I had assumed a winform application...since the OP stated using
Scanning hardware .... I assumed a desktop / winform client application ...
and that is why I had given a SELECT script for obtaining a 'date time'
stamp from the database machine - control machine ... and for this example,
the database machine was the easiest ... unless there is an easier way to
obtain a date time value from another machine - that the client machine
'knows' about ?
agree...if a webform / asp.net application ... script executes on server ...
problem solved - web server is control system. would not want to pull
unnecessary data to the client ...
Jeff.
PS: I do not lilke using the time-stamp approach with PK's for the simple
reason that all database venders handle dates and times slightly different -
and when building a database independent UI / Client - Server application, I
find it much easier to code a framework without them ... if this puts me in
the minority, I will need to do a bit more research to convince me
otherwise.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I did just realize though, that you and I have been assuming 2 different
fundmental things...
I have been assuming this is an ASP.NET web application, hence my last
comment:
>I did suggest this code, but this is server-side code (not client-side
JavaScript, for example) and thus, will get the time from the web server,
not the client. VB.NET code (or any .NET code for that matter) does not
function on the client.
I think you have been commenting from the point of a WinForms application.
If that is the case (the OP didn't specify), then you are correct, the
code would execute on the client.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eb*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>PS... never mentioned time based PK for you to agree with ... I do not
like these and avoid them.
Well, you are in the minority on that one. Having a PK that is, in part,
time stamped is the best way to avoid data concurrency issues when doing
updates, inserts and deletes.
>>PPS. you suggested the client get the time stamp ... txtDate.Text =
Now.ToShortDateString
I did suggest this code, but this is server-side code (not client-side
JavaScript, for example) and thus, will get the time from the web server,
not the client. VB.NET code (or any .NET code for that matter) does not
function on the client.
>>>
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
Yes, but again, I don't think anyone was suggesting the client in the
first place.
In my opinion, the database is not the place to put a time stamp of
this kind. While I agree that good primary keys are partially time
based, this is not what the OP has stated the time would be used for.
The time is going to become data that is used by the business layer of
the applicaiton. Databases should not be in charge of creating business
data in this manner.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:Ov*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
...exactly... my point.
>
what if you have multiple clients in different time zones ... multiple
web servers in different time zones ... and multiple databases servers
in different time zones... with a user from one time zone, connecting
to a web server in another and a database in a third ... and the next
time the user log-ins ... same CLIENT machine ... he hits a different
web server and different database for his next scan transaction ...
you need some type of 'control' in the date stamping ... and to me the
logical one is the Database Server.
>
you need to set a base line for time stamping ... and to me, relying
on the CLIENT for this, is not good practice...as per you
suggestion...
>
Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
txtDate.Text = Now.ToShortDateString
End Sub
>
I simply made a suggestion to use the database as the control date /
time 'stamper' (for lack of a better term). If you have different
databases in different time zones, when you synchronize your data ...
if you are not identifying which server the record was initially
created on, you offset you timestamps accordingly during the sync
process ... or when you build a consolidated report to include data
from other database servers in different timezones, you offset your
timestamps based on the database server's 'timezone' ...
>
relying on the CLIENT is poor practice and has a hard time standing up
to an audit ... unless you have a mechanism / policy in place that
controls the time on a CLIENT machines.
>
Just my 2 cents ... just offering a suggestion thats all.
>
Jeff
>
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eH**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl.. .
>Hold on Jeff. What if the client, web server and database are in
>diffeent time zones? I don't think anyone suggested using the client
>for the date, but I think the server should generate that, not the
>database.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
>news:ez**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl. ..
>>>
>>Comment...
>>>
>>Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to
>>'false' date / time stamping...ie the user has messed with the
>>system clock and so on ... If this time will be used for control /
>>report purposes, I would recommend either ...
>>>
>>a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default obtained
>>from the server ...
>>>
>>b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the server
>>or a common source.
>>>
>>Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan ...
>>when item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if scanned, you
>>will need to get the date from a common source ... if saved, set the
>>default value in the data table to get the current date time on the
>>server and only issue an insert with the text field... and let the
>>server fill the date/time stamp.
>>>
>>Jeff.
>>>
>>PS:
>>>
>>b: - Get a data from a common place...
>>>
>> Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
>> SELECT GetDate();
>> using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
>>>
>> Using MSAccess...
>> SELECT Now();
>> using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>><Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
>>news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.go oglegroups.com...
>>>Hello all,
>>>>
>>>This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
>>>appreciated.
>>>>
>>>I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements.
>>>One is
>>>TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a
>>>label.
>>>The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
>>>date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
>>>>
>>>When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or
>>>as
>>>the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to
>>>a
>>>SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for
>>>the
>>>next scan.
>>>>
>>>Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
>>>ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is
>>>successful.
>>>>
>>>Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user, and
>>>when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically
>>>populated,
>>>the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear,
>>>ready
>>>for the next scan.
>>>>
>>>Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
>>>>
>>> Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
>>>As
>>>System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
>>> Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
>>>>
>>>("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_con nection=true")
>>> Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("",
>>>objconnection)
>>> Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
>>>String
>>>>
>>> Try
>>>>
>>> objConnection.Open()
>>> objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
>>>>
>>> objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
>>>>
>>> strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
>>>TraceCode) " & _
>>> "VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
>>>txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
>>> objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
>>> objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
>>>>
>>> objTransaction.Commit()
>>> objConnection.Close()
>>>>
>>> Catch
>>> Button1.Text = "Failed"
>>> objTransaction.Rollback()
>>> objConnection.Close()
>>>>
>>> End Try
>>> End Sub
>>>End Class
>>>>
>>>Please HELP! :)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Scottt...
I have done a small poll ... and people I have asked and responded, have
never used a timestamp / datetime field as part of their PK set ... and the
one fella that did (or at least was brought in to a project after design),
had to go back and re-write them, cause he was getting too many
transactions, and the app would flequently encounter collisions due to the
timestamp / composite key approach.
So, I will remain in the 'minority' (quite a large on from where I sit) and
keep 'not' using timestamps / datatime fields in my PK's .... surrogate key
approach works just fine for me.
Thanks.
Jeff.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:ei**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
Scott.
agree...I had assumed a winform application...since the OP stated using
Scanning hardware .... I assumed a desktop / winform client application
... and that is why I had given a SELECT script for obtaining a 'date
time' stamp from the database machine - control machine ... and for this
example, the database machine was the easiest ... unless there is an
easier way to obtain a date time value from another machine - that the
client machine 'knows' about ?
agree...if a webform / asp.net application ... script executes on server
... problem solved - web server is control system. would not want to pull
unnecessary data to the client ...
Jeff.
PS: I do not lilke using the time-stamp approach with PK's for the simple
reason that all database venders handle dates and times slightly
different - and when building a database independent UI / Client - Server
application, I find it much easier to code a framework without them ... if
this puts me in the minority, I will need to do a bit more research to
convince me otherwise.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I did just realize though, that you and I have been assuming 2 different
fundmental things...
I have been assuming this is an ASP.NET web application, hence my last
comment:
>>I did suggest this code, but this is server-side code (not client-side
JavaScript, for example) and thus, will get the time from the web
server, not the client. VB.NET code (or any .NET code for that matter)
does not function on the client.
I think you have been commenting from the point of a WinForms
application. If that is the case (the OP didn't specify), then you are
correct, the code would execute on the client.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eb*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>PS... never mentioned time based PK for you to agree with ... I do not
like these and avoid them.
Well, you are in the minority on that one. Having a PK that is, in part,
time stamped is the best way to avoid data concurrency issues when
doing updates, inserts and deletes.
PPS. you suggested the client get the time stamp ... txtDate.Text =
Now.ToShortDateString
I did suggest this code, but this is server-side code (not client-side
JavaScript, for example) and thus, will get the time from the web
server, not the client. VB.NET code (or any .NET code for that matter)
does not function on the client.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
Yes, but again, I don't think anyone was suggesting the client in the
first place.
>
In my opinion, the database is not the place to put a time stamp of
this kind. While I agree that good primary keys are partially time
based, this is not what the OP has stated the time would be used for.
The time is going to become data that is used by the business layer of
the applicaiton. Databases should not be in charge of creating
business data in this manner.
>
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:Ov*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>...exactly... my point.
>>
>what if you have multiple clients in different time zones ...
>multiple web servers in different time zones ... and multiple
>databases servers in different time zones... with a user from one
>time zone, connecting to a web server in another and a database in a
>third ... and the next time the user log-ins ... same CLIENT machine
>... he hits a different web server and different database for his
>next scan transaction ... you need some type of 'control' in the date
>stamping ... and to me the logical one is the Database Server.
>>
>you need to set a base line for time stamping ... and to me, relying
>on the CLIENT for this, is not good practice...as per you
>suggestion...
>>
>Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
> txtDate.Text = Now.ToShortDateString
>End Sub
>>
>I simply made a suggestion to use the database as the control date /
>time 'stamper' (for lack of a better term). If you have different
>databases in different time zones, when you synchronize your data ...
>if you are not identifying which server the record was initially
>created on, you offset you timestamps accordingly during the sync
>process ... or when you build a consolidated report to include data
>from other database servers in different timezones, you offset your
>timestamps based on the database server's 'timezone' ...
>>
>relying on the CLIENT is poor practice and has a hard time standing
>up to an audit ... unless you have a mechanism / policy in place that
>controls the time on a CLIENT machines.
>>
>Just my 2 cents ... just offering a suggestion thats all.
>>
>Jeff
>>
>"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
>news:eH**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl. ..
>>Hold on Jeff. What if the client, web server and database are in
>>diffeent time zones? I don't think anyone suggested using the
>>client for the date, but I think the server should generate that,
>>not the database.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
>>news:ez**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl.. .
>>>>
>>>Comment...
>>>>
>>>Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to
>>>'false' date / time stamping...ie the user has messed with the
>>>system clock and so on ... If this time will be used for control /
>>>report purposes, I would recommend either ...
>>>>
>>>a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default
>>>obtained from the server ...
>>>>
>>>b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the server
>>>or a common source.
>>>>
>>>Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan ...
>>>when item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if scanned,
>>>you will need to get the date from a common source ... if saved,
>>>set the default value in the data table to get the current date
>>>time on the server and only issue an insert with the text field...
>>>and let the server fill the date/time stamp.
>>>>
>>>Jeff.
>>>>
>>>PS:
>>>>
>>>b: - Get a data from a common place...
>>>>
>>> Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
>>> SELECT GetDate();
>>> using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
>>>>
>>> Using MSAccess...
>>> SELECT Now();
>>> using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>><Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
>>>news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.g ooglegroups.com...
>>>>Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
>>>>appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements.
>>>>One is
>>>>TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a
>>>>label.
>>>>The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
>>>>date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
>>>>>
>>>>When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or
>>>>as
>>>>the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted to
>>>>a
>>>>SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for
>>>>the
>>>>next scan.
>>>>>
>>>>Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type the
>>>>ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is
>>>>successful.
>>>>>
>>>>Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user,
>>>>and
>>>>when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically
>>>>populated,
>>>>the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear,
>>>>ready
>>>>for the next scan.
>>>>>
>>>>Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
>>>>>
>>>> Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal
>>>>e As
>>>>System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
>>>> Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
>>>>>
>>>>("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_co nnection=true")
>>>> Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("",
>>>>objconnection)
>>>> Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
>>>>String
>>>>>
>>>> Try
>>>>>
>>>> objConnection.Open()
>>>> objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
>>>>>
>>>> objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
>>>>>
>>>> strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
>>>>TraceCode) " & _
>>>> "VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
>>>>txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
>>>> objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
>>>> objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
>>>>>
>>>> objTransaction.Commit()
>>>> objConnection.Close()
>>>>>
>>>> Catch
>>>> Button1.Text = "Failed"
>>>> objTransaction.Rollback()
>>>> objConnection.Close()
>>>>>
>>>> End Try
>>>> End Sub
>>>>End Class
>>>>>
>>>>Please HELP! :)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Every app is different and has different requirements, you know that.
Having said that, using a PK that is, in part (not completely), time based
is the best way to avoid concurrency issues. Just about every book and
enterprise application I've read and worked with follow this approach. Does
that make it "law", no. In development there are a number of different ways
to solve any problem. If you have one that works for you, great.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:eZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Scottt...
I have done a small poll ... and people I have asked and responded, have
never used a timestamp / datetime field as part of their PK set ... and
the one fella that did (or at least was brought in to a project after
design), had to go back and re-write them, cause he was getting too many
transactions, and the app would flequently encounter collisions due to the
timestamp / composite key approach.
So, I will remain in the 'minority' (quite a large on from where I sit)
and keep 'not' using timestamps / datatime fields in my PK's ....
surrogate key approach works just fine for me.
Thanks.
Jeff.
"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
news:ei**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
Scott.
agree...I had assumed a winform application...since the OP stated using
Scanning hardware .... I assumed a desktop / winform client application
... and that is why I had given a SELECT script for obtaining a 'date
time' stamp from the database machine - control machine ... and for this
example, the database machine was the easiest ... unless there is an
easier way to obtain a date time value from another machine - that the
client machine 'knows' about ?
agree...if a webform / asp.net application ... script executes on server
... problem solved - web server is control system. would not want to
pull unnecessary data to the client ...
Jeff.
PS: I do not lilke using the time-stamp approach with PK's for the simple
reason that all database venders handle dates and times slightly
different - and when building a database independent UI / Client - Server
application, I find it much easier to code a framework without them ...
if this puts me in the minority, I will need to do a bit more research to
convince me otherwise.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>I did just realize though, that you and I have been assuming 2 different
fundmental things...
I have been assuming this is an ASP.NET web application, hence my last
comment:
I did suggest this code, but this is server-side code (not client-side
JavaScript, for example) and thus, will get the time from the web
server, not the client. VB.NET code (or any .NET code for that matter)
does not function on the client.
I think you have been commenting from the point of a WinForms
application. If that is the case (the OP didn't specify), then you are
correct, the code would execute on the client.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:eb*************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
PS... never mentioned time based PK for you to agree with ... I do not
like these and avoid them.
Well, you are in the minority on that one. Having a PK that is, in
part, time stamped is the best way to avoid data concurrency issues
when doing updates, inserts and deletes.
PPS. you suggested the client get the time stamp ... txtDate.Text =
Now.ToShortDateString
I did suggest this code, but this is server-side code (not client-side
JavaScript, for example) and thus, will get the time from the web
server, not the client. VB.NET code (or any .NET code for that matter)
does not function on the client.
>
>
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
>Yes, but again, I don't think anyone was suggesting the client in the
>first place.
>>
>In my opinion, the database is not the place to put a time stamp of
>this kind. While I agree that good primary keys are partially time
>based, this is not what the OP has stated the time would be used for.
>The time is going to become data that is used by the business layer
>of the applicaiton. Databases should not be in charge of creating
>business data in this manner.
>>
>"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
>news:Ov*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl.. .
>>>
>>...exactly... my point.
>>>
>>what if you have multiple clients in different time zones ...
>>multiple web servers in different time zones ... and multiple
>>databases servers in different time zones... with a user from one
>>time zone, connecting to a web server in another and a database in a
>>third ... and the next time the user log-ins ... same CLIENT machine
>>... he hits a different web server and different database for his
>>next scan transaction ... you need some type of 'control' in the
>>date stamping ... and to me the logical one is the Database Server.
>>>
>>you need to set a base line for time stamping ... and to me, relying
>>on the CLIENT for this, is not good practice...as per you
>>suggestion...
>>>
>>Sub Button1_Click() Handles Button1.Click
>> txtDate.Text = Now.ToShortDateString
>>End Sub
>>>
>>I simply made a suggestion to use the database as the control date /
>>time 'stamper' (for lack of a better term). If you have different
>>databases in different time zones, when you synchronize your data
>>... if you are not identifying which server the record was initially
>>created on, you offset you timestamps accordingly during the sync
>>process ... or when you build a consolidated report to include data
>>from other database servers in different timezones, you offset your
>>timestamps based on the database server's 'timezone' ...
>>>
>>relying on the CLIENT is poor practice and has a hard time standing
>>up to an audit ... unless you have a mechanism / policy in place
>>that controls the time on a CLIENT machines.
>>>
>>Just my 2 cents ... just offering a suggestion thats all.
>>>
>>Jeff
>>>
>>"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
>>news:eH**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl.. .
>>>Hold on Jeff. What if the client, web server and database are in
>>>diffeent time zones? I don't think anyone suggested using the
>>>client for the date, but I think the server should generate that,
>>>not the database.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>"jeff" <jhersey at allnorth dottt comwrote in message
>>>news:ez**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl. ..
>>>>>
>>>>Comment...
>>>>>
>>>>Getting the Date / Time from the 'client' machine can lead to
>>>>'false' date / time stamping...ie the user has messed with the
>>>>system clock and so on ... If this time will be used for control /
>>>>report purposes, I would recommend either ...
>>>>>
>>>>a. Have the database fill the datetime stamp with a default
>>>>obtained from the server ...
>>>>>
>>>>b. Create a function to get the current date / time from the
>>>>server or a common source.
>>>>>
>>>>Question - What do you considered the 'Time Stamp' for the scan
>>>>... when item is scanned or when the record is saved ... if
>>>>scanned, you will need to get the date from a common source ... if
>>>>saved, set the default value in the data table to get the current
>>>>date time on the server and only issue an insert with the text
>>>>field... and let the server fill the date/time stamp.
>>>>>
>>>>Jeff.
>>>>>
>>>>PS:
>>>>>
>>>>b: - Get a data from a common place...
>>>>>
>>>> Assuming MSSQL Server Database...
>>>> SELECT GetDate();
>>>> using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection ...
>>>>>
>>>> Using MSAccess...
>>>> SELECT Now();
>>>> using a ExecuteScaler on an OLEDBConnection.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>><Ti***********@gmail.comwrote in message
>>>>news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp. googlegroups.com...
>>>>>Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>This is my first attempt at an application, so kid gloves are
>>>>>appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>I need to make a very simple form that only has a few elements.
>>>>>One is
>>>>>TraceCode - a text field that is populated when a user scans a
>>>>>label.
>>>>>The other is ScanDate - a date/time field that should equal the
>>>>>date/time of the scan (e.g. 7/31/2006 5:00:00 AM).
>>>>>>
>>>>>When a button is clicked, or Enter is pressed on the keyboard (or
>>>>>as
>>>>>the last character of the scan), the data should be transmitted
>>>>>to a
>>>>>SQL table, and the two text field should be cleared and ready for
>>>>>the
>>>>>next scan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>Currently, I have a simple form, but you have to manually type
>>>>>the
>>>>>ScanDate. Also, the fields don't clear after the update is
>>>>>successful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>Ideally, there would only be one textbox available to the user,
>>>>>and
>>>>>when they scan the TraceCode, the ScanDate is automatically
>>>>>populated,
>>>>>the data is transacted to the SQL table, and the fields clear,
>>>>>ready
>>>>>for the next scan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>Here is the only code I have, and it is for the "GO" button":
>>>>>>
>>>>> Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal
>>>>>e As
>>>>>System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
>>>>> Dim objConnection As New SqlClient.SqlConnection _
>>>>>>
>>>>>("server=.;database=SafetyStock;trusted_c onnection=true")
>>>>> Dim objCommand As New SqlClient.SqlCommand("",
>>>>>objconnection)
>>>>> Dim objTransaction As SqlClient.SqlTransaction, strSQL As
>>>>>String
>>>>>>
>>>>> Try
>>>>>>
>>>>> objConnection.Open()
>>>>> objTransaction = objConnection.BeginTransaction
>>>>>>
>>>>> objCommand.Transaction = objTransaction
>>>>>>
>>>>> strSQL = "INSERT INTO ActiveSafetyStock(ScanDate,
>>>>>TraceCode) " & _
>>>>> "VALUES('" & txtDatetime.Text & "', '" &
>>>>>txtTraceCode.Text & "')"
>>>>> objCommand.CommandText = strSQL
>>>>> objCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
>>>>>>
>>>>> objTransaction.Commit()
>>>>> objConnection.Close()
>>>>>>
>>>>> Catch
>>>>> Button1.Text = "Failed"
>>>>> objTransaction.Rollback()
>>>>> objConnection.Close()
>>>>>>
>>>>> End Try
>>>>> End Sub
>>>>>End Class
>>>>>>
>>>>>Please HELP! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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