Using ASP.NET AJAX CascadingDropDown with Visual Basic and a Database

Feb 15, 2008
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Submitted By: Justin Stanley
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• AJAX
• ASP.NET
• MS SQL
• VB
• Web Services
• Windows

This morning, I had the chance to play around with another ASP.NET AJAX control:  the CascadingDropDown control.  Like the name implies, it's a nifty little AJAX-enabled control that dynamically enables and populates a DropDownList based on the value selected in a previous list.  Kinda like the coding version of those old skool "Choose Your Own Adventure" books.

You've seen this kind of thing in action plenty of times, I'm sure.  Remember the last time you filled out a registration form that had you pick a country, then ...

Pulling Data from Active Directory with the ASP.NET AJAX AutoComplete Extender

Feb 05, 2008
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Submitted By: Justin Stanley
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• Active Directory
• AJAX
• ASP.NET
• VB
• Web Services
• Windows

From time to time, I get the chance to take off the "database guy" hat I usually wear around the office and pretend I'm a developer.  A good deal of that coding involves some sort of web-based tool or another so, being a Microsoft shop, I figured it was time for me to get up to speed on their implementation of AJAX.  For the last couple of weeks, I've been playing around with the AJAX Control Toolkit for ASP.NET (http://www.asp.net/ajax/) and today had the chance to put one of those controls (the Auto...

Google Maps/Amazon/Banned Books Mashup - Part 2

Geocoding with Google Maps API

Jan 07, 2008
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Submitted By: Justin Stanley
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• AJAX
• General Advice
• Google
• MySQL
• PHP

When we last heard from Our Hero, we’d begun the joyous process of creating a simple Google Maps/Amazon mashup.  We took a peek at what the finished product should look like, we obtained our Google Maps API key, and we created our database tables and populated them with some data.  All good things.

We also talked about geocoding, that process of converting a street address into the coordinates (longitude and latitude) that Google Maps digs.  Our LOCATIONS table has some street addresses and empty columns just hankerin’ for some longit...

Creating a Google Maps/Amazon.com/Banned Books Mashup

Part One of God Only Knows How Many Steps...

Dec 27, 2007
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Submitted By: Justin Stanley
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• General Advice
• Google
• JavaScript
• MySQL
• PHP

And now for something completely different…

Sorry to disappoint all the little nerdlings who come around here only for the Drupal goods, but today’s post won’t be at all related to our favorite CMS.  We’ve talked about different Drupaly topics for weeks, now it’s time to shake things up a little.  Today, kids, we’re going to make a basic Google Maps mashup.

Yeah, I know.  The world needs another Google Maps mashup like I need a hole in my head, right?  Who cares.  They’re fun, and we’ll try to make our s...