MySQL 5.1 uses an authentication protocol based on a password hashing algorithm that is incompatible with that used by older (pre-4.1) clients. If you upgrade the server from 4.1, attempts to connect to it with an older client may fail with the following message:
shell> mysql
Client does not support authentication protocol requested
by server; consider upgrading MySQL client
To solve this problem, you should use one of the following approaches:
*Upgrade all client programs to use a 4.1.1 or newer client library.
*When connecting to the server with a pre-4.1 client program, use an account that still has a pre-4.1-style password.
*Reset the password to pre-4.1 style for each user that needs to use a pre-4.1 client program. This can be done using the SET PASSWORD statement and the OLD_PASSWORD() function:
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR
-> 'some_user'@'some_host' = OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd');
Alternatively, use UPDATE and FLUSH PRIVILEGES:
mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd')
-> WHERE Host = 'some_host' AND User = 'some_user';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Substitute the password you want to use for “newpwd” in the preceding examples. MySQL cannot tell you what the original password was, so you'll need to pick a new one.
*Tell the server to use the older password hashing algorithm:
1.Start mysqld with the --old-passwords option.
2.Assign an old-format password to each account that has had its password updated to the longer 4.1 format. You can identify these accounts with the following query:
mysql> SELECT Host, User, Password FROM mysql.user
-> WHERE LENGTH(Password) > 16;
For each account record displayed by the query, use the Host and User values and assign a password using the OLD_PASSWORD() function and either SET PASSWORD or UPDATE, as described earlier.
Note: In older versions of PHP, the mysql extension does not support the authentication protocol in MySQL 4.1.1 and higher. This is true regardless of the PHP version being used. If you wish to use the mysql extension with MySQL 4.1 or newer, you may need to follow one of the options discussed above for configuring MySQL to work with old clients. The mysqli extension (stands for "MySQL, Improved"; added in PHP 5) is compatible with the improved password hashing employed in MySQL 4.1 and higher, and no special configuration of MySQL need be done in order to use this MySQL client library. For more information about the mysqli extension, see http://php.net/mysqli.
It may also be possible to compile the older mysql extension against the new MySQL client library. This is beyond the scope of this Manual; consult the PHP documentation for more information. You also be able to obtain assistance with these issues in our MySQL with PHP forum.
For additional background on password hashing and authentication, see Section 5.7.9, “Password Hashing in MySQL 4.1”.
2005/11/22
Visual Studio
Error: Debugging Failed Because Integrated Windows Authentication Is Not Enabled
Stepping into a Web application or XML Web service failed because integrated Windows authentication is not enabled. For this reason, authentication of the user requesting debugging could not be done.
To enable integrated Windows authentication
1 Log onto the Web server using an administrator account.
2 From the Start menu, open the Administrative Tools Control Panel.
3 In the Administrative Tools window, double-click Internet Information Services.
4 In the Internet Information Services window, use the tree control to open the node named for the Web server.
A Web Sites folder appears beneath the server name.
5 You can configure authentication for all Web sites or for individual Web sites. To configure authentication for all Web sites, right-click the Web Sites folder and choose Properties from the shortcut menu. To configure authentication for an individual Web site, open the Web Sites folder, right-click the individual Web site, and choose Properties from the shortcut menu
6 In the Properties dialog box, select the Directory Security tab.
7 In the Anonymous access and authentication section, click the Edit button.
8 In the Authentication Methods dialog box, under Authenticated access, select Integrated Windows authentication.
9 Click OK to close the Authentication Methods dialog box.
10 Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
11 Close the Internet Information Services window.
Stepping into a Web application or XML Web service failed because integrated Windows authentication is not enabled. For this reason, authentication of the user requesting debugging could not be done.
To enable integrated Windows authentication
1 Log onto the Web server using an administrator account.
2 From the Start menu, open the Administrative Tools Control Panel.
3 In the Administrative Tools window, double-click Internet Information Services.
4 In the Internet Information Services window, use the tree control to open the node named for the Web server.
A Web Sites folder appears beneath the server name.
5 You can configure authentication for all Web sites or for individual Web sites. To configure authentication for all Web sites, right-click the Web Sites folder and choose Properties from the shortcut menu. To configure authentication for an individual Web site, open the Web Sites folder, right-click the individual Web site, and choose Properties from the shortcut menu
6 In the Properties dialog box, select the Directory Security tab.
7 In the Anonymous access and authentication section, click the Edit button.
8 In the Authentication Methods dialog box, under Authenticated access, select Integrated Windows authentication.
9 Click OK to close the Authentication Methods dialog box.
10 Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
11 Close the Internet Information Services window.
XP prof , IIS 5.1, ASP.NET 1.1
you could register asp.net with this command line:
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_regiis.exe -i
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_regiis.exe -i
2005/11/15
Technology Fast 50 | New England
Technology Fast 50
Click Tactics Tops Deloitte’s New England Technology Fast 50 Ranking of Fastest-Growing Technology Companies, with 7,584% Growth over Five Years
Technology Fast 50 Winners Experience Average Revenue Growth of 1,069 Percent
Published: 9/23/05
WALTHAM, Mass. – Click Tactics, a provider of Internet-based services and software for direct marketing programs, was named the fastest-growing technology company in New England with more than 7,500 percent revenue growth over five years, according to the ninth annual New England Technology Fast 50 program.
Sponsored by Deloitte & Touche LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the New England Technology Fast 50 ranks the region’s technology companies by revenue growth over five years, from 2000 to 2004. The 50 companies that comprise this year’s list were honored at an award event held last night at the Deloitte Tech-Venture Center in Waltham, Mass.
Click Tactics is one of nine companies that call Waltham home, which had the largest geographic concentration among all of the towns and cities on the list— including 5 of the top 10 companies. All told, this year's winners contributed almost $5.5 billion in revenues to the region's economy in 2004 and experienced average revenue growth of 1,069 percent.
“As the Fast 50 shows, New England is still a worldwide hub of Internet technology and life sciences innovation and economic influence,” said Steve DiPietro, a partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP and chairman of Deloitte’s New England Technology Fast 50 program. “While the past five years have been a rollercoaster ride for technology companies, the Fast 50 companies continue to demonstrate that there truly are no limits to growth and achievement when entrepreneurs apply their passion for success.”
The Technology Fast 50 companies are as follows:
Rank Company Name City, State 5-Year Growth %
1 Click Tactics, Inc. Waltham, MA 7,584%
2 Salary.com Needham, MA 3,733%
3 MBI Benefits, Inc. (Metavante Corporation) Waltham, MA 3,117%
4 VoiceSignal Technologies, Inc. Woburn, MA 2,751%
5 Capital Fulfillment Group Hingham, MA 2,455%
6 WorldWinner Newton, MA 2,386%
7 VistaPrint Lexington, MA 1,989%
8 Oasis Semiconductor, Inc. Waltham, MA 1,820%
9 NeuroMetrix, Inc. Waltham, MA 1,730%
10 athenahealth Waltham, MA 1,409%
11 Cardiotech International, Inc. Wilmington, MA 1,356%
12 Biogen Idec Inc. Cambridge, MA 1,330%
13 Cubist Pharmaceuticals Lexington, MA 1,203%
14 Netspoke (Premiere Global Services) Woburn, MA 1,185%
15 OpenAir, Inc. Boston, MA 1,185%
16 S4, Inc. Burlington, MA 1,083%
17 Evergreen Solar, Inc. Marlboro, MA 984%
18 Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. Cambridge, MA 978%
19 LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation Beverly, MA 963%
20 PACE Medical, Inc. Waltham, MA 963%
21 Outcome Sciences, Inc. Cambridge, MA 857%
22 BuyerZone.com Watertown, MA 850%
23 Ecora Software Corporation Portsmouth, NH 830%
24 AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. Needham, MA 799%
25 Picis Wakefield, MA 741%
26 Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. Waltham, MA 658%
27 Phase Forward Incorporated Waltham, MA 612%
28 Intranets.com Burlington, MA 529%
29 Matritech Inc. Newton, MA 501%
30 Unica Corporation Waltham, MA 474%
31 IntelliReach Corporation Dedham, MA 429%
32 eCopy, Inc. Nashua, NH 384%
33 Curis, Inc. Cambridge, MA 384%
34 Datafarm, Inc. Marlboro, MA 372%
35 Sepracor Inc. Marlborough, MA 347%
36 e-tractions Bedford, MA 336%
37 Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. Hopkinton, MA 332%
38 iBasis, Inc. Burlington, MA 331%
39 Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Woburn, MA 324%
40 Elcom International, Inc. Norwood, MA 319%
41 Palomar Medical Technologies Burlington, MA 313%
42 PaperThin, Inc. Quincy, MA 304%
43 Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Exeter, NH 294%
44 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. Burlington, MA 290%
45 CrunchTime! Information Systems, Inc. Boston, MA 281%
46 IntelliCare South Portland, ME 276%
47 Softscape, Inc. Wayland, MA 273%
48 Bruker BioSciences Corporation Billerica, MA 271%
49 ScanSoft, Inc. Peabody, MA 271%
50 Clinical Data Newton, MA 270%
Winners are selected based on percentage revenue growth over five years from 2000 to 2004. To be considered, Technology Fast 50 entrants must: have operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2000 and at least $1,000,000 in 2004; be headquartered in New England; be a “technology company,” defined as a company that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of its operating revenues or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify. Subsidiaries and divisions are not eligible, unless they have some public ownership and are separately traded.
This year’s New England Fast 50 list includes:
The software industry leading all industry sectors with 19 companies making the list. The life sciences industry (which includes companies focusing on the life sciences and biotechnology) is also well represented, with 10 companies.
Twenty-seven privately owned companies.
Twenty-seven first-time winners.
A six-time winner, Unica Corporation, which marks a new record for the New England Fast 50 program.
“These 2005 New England Fast 50 companies compete with technology and life sciences companies across the nation and even across the globe. They are among the elite and we congratulate them for their accomplishments and continued growth,” said William F. Lee, co-managing partner of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Also honored were the three companies recognized in the “Rising Stars” category, the fastest growing technology companies based on revenue growth over three years (2002–2004). In this special category were: Arbor Networks (Lexington, MA), with 417 percent over 3 years; Sionex Corporation (Bedford, Mass.), with 401 percent; and Aglitron Inc. (Woburn, Mass.), with 266 percent.
The Technology Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, in association with the American Stock Exchange, William Gallagher Associates and Mass High Tech.
About Deloitte
Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other’s acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names “Deloitte,” “Deloitte & Touche,” “Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu” or other related names. Services are provided by the member firms or their subsidiaries or affiliates and not by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein.
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is the U.S. member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the U.S., services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP, and their subsidiaries), and not by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.
About Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is nationally and internationally recognized for its premier practices in antitrust and competition; aviation; bankruptcy; civil and criminal trial and appellate litigation (including white collar defense); communications; corporate (including public offerings, public company counseling, start up companies, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and licensing); defense and national security; financial institutions; intellectual property counseling and litigation; international arbitration; life sciences; securities regulation, enforcement and litigation; tax; and trade. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr was formed in May 2004 through the merger of two of the nation’s leading law firms, Hale and Dorr LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP. With a staunch commitment to public service, the firm is renowned as a national leader in pro bono representation. The firm has more than 1,000 lawyers and offices in Baltimore, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, London, Munich, New York, Northern Virginia, Oxford, Palo Alto, Waltham and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.wilmerhale.com/.
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Last Updated: October 31, 2005
Source: Deloitte & Touche USA LLP - United States (English)
Click Tactics Tops Deloitte’s New England Technology Fast 50 Ranking of Fastest-Growing Technology Companies, with 7,584% Growth over Five Years
Technology Fast 50 Winners Experience Average Revenue Growth of 1,069 Percent
Published: 9/23/05
WALTHAM, Mass. – Click Tactics, a provider of Internet-based services and software for direct marketing programs, was named the fastest-growing technology company in New England with more than 7,500 percent revenue growth over five years, according to the ninth annual New England Technology Fast 50 program.
Sponsored by Deloitte & Touche LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the New England Technology Fast 50 ranks the region’s technology companies by revenue growth over five years, from 2000 to 2004. The 50 companies that comprise this year’s list were honored at an award event held last night at the Deloitte Tech-Venture Center in Waltham, Mass.
Click Tactics is one of nine companies that call Waltham home, which had the largest geographic concentration among all of the towns and cities on the list— including 5 of the top 10 companies. All told, this year's winners contributed almost $5.5 billion in revenues to the region's economy in 2004 and experienced average revenue growth of 1,069 percent.
“As the Fast 50 shows, New England is still a worldwide hub of Internet technology and life sciences innovation and economic influence,” said Steve DiPietro, a partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP and chairman of Deloitte’s New England Technology Fast 50 program. “While the past five years have been a rollercoaster ride for technology companies, the Fast 50 companies continue to demonstrate that there truly are no limits to growth and achievement when entrepreneurs apply their passion for success.”
The Technology Fast 50 companies are as follows:
Rank Company Name City, State 5-Year Growth %
1 Click Tactics, Inc. Waltham, MA 7,584%
2 Salary.com Needham, MA 3,733%
3 MBI Benefits, Inc. (Metavante Corporation) Waltham, MA 3,117%
4 VoiceSignal Technologies, Inc. Woburn, MA 2,751%
5 Capital Fulfillment Group Hingham, MA 2,455%
6 WorldWinner Newton, MA 2,386%
7 VistaPrint Lexington, MA 1,989%
8 Oasis Semiconductor, Inc. Waltham, MA 1,820%
9 NeuroMetrix, Inc. Waltham, MA 1,730%
10 athenahealth Waltham, MA 1,409%
11 Cardiotech International, Inc. Wilmington, MA 1,356%
12 Biogen Idec Inc. Cambridge, MA 1,330%
13 Cubist Pharmaceuticals Lexington, MA 1,203%
14 Netspoke (Premiere Global Services) Woburn, MA 1,185%
15 OpenAir, Inc. Boston, MA 1,185%
16 S4, Inc. Burlington, MA 1,083%
17 Evergreen Solar, Inc. Marlboro, MA 984%
18 Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. Cambridge, MA 978%
19 LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation Beverly, MA 963%
20 PACE Medical, Inc. Waltham, MA 963%
21 Outcome Sciences, Inc. Cambridge, MA 857%
22 BuyerZone.com Watertown, MA 850%
23 Ecora Software Corporation Portsmouth, NH 830%
24 AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. Needham, MA 799%
25 Picis Wakefield, MA 741%
26 Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. Waltham, MA 658%
27 Phase Forward Incorporated Waltham, MA 612%
28 Intranets.com Burlington, MA 529%
29 Matritech Inc. Newton, MA 501%
30 Unica Corporation Waltham, MA 474%
31 IntelliReach Corporation Dedham, MA 429%
32 eCopy, Inc. Nashua, NH 384%
33 Curis, Inc. Cambridge, MA 384%
34 Datafarm, Inc. Marlboro, MA 372%
35 Sepracor Inc. Marlborough, MA 347%
36 e-tractions Bedford, MA 336%
37 Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. Hopkinton, MA 332%
38 iBasis, Inc. Burlington, MA 331%
39 Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Woburn, MA 324%
40 Elcom International, Inc. Norwood, MA 319%
41 Palomar Medical Technologies Burlington, MA 313%
42 PaperThin, Inc. Quincy, MA 304%
43 Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Exeter, NH 294%
44 LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. Burlington, MA 290%
45 CrunchTime! Information Systems, Inc. Boston, MA 281%
46 IntelliCare South Portland, ME 276%
47 Softscape, Inc. Wayland, MA 273%
48 Bruker BioSciences Corporation Billerica, MA 271%
49 ScanSoft, Inc. Peabody, MA 271%
50 Clinical Data Newton, MA 270%
Winners are selected based on percentage revenue growth over five years from 2000 to 2004. To be considered, Technology Fast 50 entrants must: have operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2000 and at least $1,000,000 in 2004; be headquartered in New England; be a “technology company,” defined as a company that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of its operating revenues or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify. Subsidiaries and divisions are not eligible, unless they have some public ownership and are separately traded.
This year’s New England Fast 50 list includes:
The software industry leading all industry sectors with 19 companies making the list. The life sciences industry (which includes companies focusing on the life sciences and biotechnology) is also well represented, with 10 companies.
Twenty-seven privately owned companies.
Twenty-seven first-time winners.
A six-time winner, Unica Corporation, which marks a new record for the New England Fast 50 program.
“These 2005 New England Fast 50 companies compete with technology and life sciences companies across the nation and even across the globe. They are among the elite and we congratulate them for their accomplishments and continued growth,” said William F. Lee, co-managing partner of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Also honored were the three companies recognized in the “Rising Stars” category, the fastest growing technology companies based on revenue growth over three years (2002–2004). In this special category were: Arbor Networks (Lexington, MA), with 417 percent over 3 years; Sionex Corporation (Bedford, Mass.), with 401 percent; and Aglitron Inc. (Woburn, Mass.), with 266 percent.
The Technology Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, in association with the American Stock Exchange, William Gallagher Associates and Mass High Tech.
About Deloitte
Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other’s acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names “Deloitte,” “Deloitte & Touche,” “Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu” or other related names. Services are provided by the member firms or their subsidiaries or affiliates and not by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein.
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is the U.S. member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the U.S., services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP, and their subsidiaries), and not by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.
About Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is nationally and internationally recognized for its premier practices in antitrust and competition; aviation; bankruptcy; civil and criminal trial and appellate litigation (including white collar defense); communications; corporate (including public offerings, public company counseling, start up companies, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and licensing); defense and national security; financial institutions; intellectual property counseling and litigation; international arbitration; life sciences; securities regulation, enforcement and litigation; tax; and trade. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr was formed in May 2004 through the merger of two of the nation’s leading law firms, Hale and Dorr LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP. With a staunch commitment to public service, the firm is renowned as a national leader in pro bono representation. The firm has more than 1,000 lawyers and offices in Baltimore, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, London, Munich, New York, Northern Virginia, Oxford, Palo Alto, Waltham and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.wilmerhale.com/.
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Last Updated: October 31, 2005
Source: Deloitte & Touche USA LLP - United States (English)
2005/11/14
MySQL Core Certification
生平第一次收到從丹麥寄來的信。（為什麼不是瑞典啊？？）
裡面除了證書之外，另有三隻筆，海灘球一個，貼紙兩張。
看來我得趕快把 Professional 也考過，海灘球才夠分.....
2005/11/06
MCAD - MCSD
MCSD
*Exam 70–316
Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
*Exam 70–300
Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
MCAD
Exam 70-315
Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Exam 70–320
Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework
*Exam 70–229
Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server^(TM) 2000 Enterprise Edition
*Exam 70–316
Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
*Exam 70–300
Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
MCAD
Exam 70-315
Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Exam 70–320
Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework
*Exam 70–229
Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server^(TM) 2000 Enterprise Edition
P. B. Shelley
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
------ P. B. Shelley, British poet
冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎？
------ 英國詩人 雪萊·P.B.
------ P. B. Shelley, British poet
冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎？
------ 英國詩人 雪萊·P.B.
2005/10/27
Study ranks Delaware No. 1 for work environment, Louisiana last
Study ranks Delaware No. 1 for work environment, Louisiana last
By Mark Jewell, AP Business Writer | October 25, 2005
BOSTON --Delaware ranked first and Louisiana last in a University of Massachusetts study that tried to measure where workers are treated best, based on factors including job opportunities, job quality and workplace fairness.
Rounding out the top five best states for workers were, respectively, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Vermont and Iowa. After Louisiana, the next-lowest states were Texas and Arkansas, along with three states that fared slightly better in a tie: Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah.
Massachusetts tied with Hawaii for 18th, with the Bay State hurt in part by its high cost of living and large pool of workers who wish to work full-time but are stuck with part-time jobs.
The "Decent Work in America" study, released Tuesday by UMass Amherst's Political Economy Research Institute, was based on a "work environment index" that compared states based on 2004 data. The data covered factors including average pay; job opportunities; employee benefits; percentage of low-income workers; fair treatment between genders; and ability for employees to unionize.
Those factors were used in ranking states on a scale of 1 to 100 for job opportunities, job quality and workplace fairness. Those three numbers were averaged to determine an overall score, with Delaware posting an 89 and Louisiana a 31.
Texas' next-to-last ranking drew criticism from the state's governor's office and from a Texas economic development official, who said the abundance of small states near the top of the rankings indicates the study criteria may be too narrow.
"The top five states represent states with fairly small state economies that are not nearly as broad and complex as ours," said Carlton Schwab, president and chief executive of the Texas Economic Development Council, a private nonprofit association of economic development professionals. "They have a fraction of the economic activity that we have in our state. Oftentimes, it may not be a fair comparison."
Schwab also said Texas typically ranks highly by other economic measures, including venture capital funding and business startups.
Kathy Walt, a spokeswoman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, said, "This is a survey done by a university with a very strong liberal bias, that has driven a survey to fit its world view.
"Texas has created 200,000 net new jobs over the past two years because of its very strong tax climate, its strong business climate, model tort reform in the nation and its educated work force."
Brigitte Nieland, a spokeswoman at the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, declined to comment on her state's last-place ranking, and messages left with Louisiana Economic Development, the state's development agency, were not immediately returned Tuesday.
The study's authors, who expect to update the rankings annually, said their findings were based on the first index to evaluate states' treatment of workers rather than their business climates.
States ranking high for work environments generally enjoyed strong economic growth and low poverty rates, with the reverse true for those ranking low.
"This suggests that anti-poverty strategies focused on creating decent jobs is viable as well as desirable, a finding that is especially pertinent in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, whose impact was devastating on the poor in New Orleans," the authors said.
One of the study's authors, Robert Pollin, noted Massachusetts typically ranks higher in most economic studies than it did in the workplace environment study. He attributed the result in part to the state's large number of part-time workers unable to find full-time employment, and a high cost of living that offsets the state's high wages.
While the Bay State ranked 10th in the nation in workplace fairness, it was 25th for job opportunities and 27th for job quality.
"Massachusetts is not doing disastrously by these other measures, but once we account for the cost of living and the tight labor market, it's not doing that well," Pollin said.
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On the Net:
UMass-Amherst Political Economy Research Institute's "Decent Work in America" study:
http://www.umass.edu/peri/resources/wei/summary.htm
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By Mark Jewell, AP Business Writer | October 25, 2005
BOSTON --Delaware ranked first and Louisiana last in a University of Massachusetts study that tried to measure where workers are treated best, based on factors including job opportunities, job quality and workplace fairness.
Rounding out the top five best states for workers were, respectively, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Vermont and Iowa. After Louisiana, the next-lowest states were Texas and Arkansas, along with three states that fared slightly better in a tie: Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah.
Massachusetts tied with Hawaii for 18th, with the Bay State hurt in part by its high cost of living and large pool of workers who wish to work full-time but are stuck with part-time jobs.
The "Decent Work in America" study, released Tuesday by UMass Amherst's Political Economy Research Institute, was based on a "work environment index" that compared states based on 2004 data. The data covered factors including average pay; job opportunities; employee benefits; percentage of low-income workers; fair treatment between genders; and ability for employees to unionize.
Those factors were used in ranking states on a scale of 1 to 100 for job opportunities, job quality and workplace fairness. Those three numbers were averaged to determine an overall score, with Delaware posting an 89 and Louisiana a 31.
Texas' next-to-last ranking drew criticism from the state's governor's office and from a Texas economic development official, who said the abundance of small states near the top of the rankings indicates the study criteria may be too narrow.
"The top five states represent states with fairly small state economies that are not nearly as broad and complex as ours," said Carlton Schwab, president and chief executive of the Texas Economic Development Council, a private nonprofit association of economic development professionals. "They have a fraction of the economic activity that we have in our state. Oftentimes, it may not be a fair comparison."
Schwab also said Texas typically ranks highly by other economic measures, including venture capital funding and business startups.
Kathy Walt, a spokeswoman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, said, "This is a survey done by a university with a very strong liberal bias, that has driven a survey to fit its world view.
"Texas has created 200,000 net new jobs over the past two years because of its very strong tax climate, its strong business climate, model tort reform in the nation and its educated work force."
Brigitte Nieland, a spokeswoman at the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, declined to comment on her state's last-place ranking, and messages left with Louisiana Economic Development, the state's development agency, were not immediately returned Tuesday.
The study's authors, who expect to update the rankings annually, said their findings were based on the first index to evaluate states' treatment of workers rather than their business climates.
States ranking high for work environments generally enjoyed strong economic growth and low poverty rates, with the reverse true for those ranking low.
"This suggests that anti-poverty strategies focused on creating decent jobs is viable as well as desirable, a finding that is especially pertinent in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, whose impact was devastating on the poor in New Orleans," the authors said.
One of the study's authors, Robert Pollin, noted Massachusetts typically ranks higher in most economic studies than it did in the workplace environment study. He attributed the result in part to the state's large number of part-time workers unable to find full-time employment, and a high cost of living that offsets the state's high wages.
While the Bay State ranked 10th in the nation in workplace fairness, it was 25th for job opportunities and 27th for job quality.
"Massachusetts is not doing disastrously by these other measures, but once we account for the cost of living and the tight labor market, it's not doing that well," Pollin said.
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On the Net:
UMass-Amherst Political Economy Research Institute's "Decent Work in America" study:
http://www.umass.edu/peri/resources/wei/summary.htm
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2005/10/24
Ajax.NET - The free library for .NET (C#)
Ajax.NET - The free library for .NET (C#)
Asynchronous JavaScript with XmlHttpRequest - C# Example
Ajax.NET Professional
Asynchronous JavaScript with XmlHttpRequest - C# Example
Ajax.NET Professional
SAJAX - Simple Ajax Toolkit
SAJAX
Simple Ajax Toolkit by ModernMethod - XMLHTTPRequest Toolkit for PHP
What is Sajax?
Sajax is a tool to make programming websites using the Ajax framework — also known as XMLHTTPRequest or remote scripting — as easy as possible. Sajax makes it easy to call ASP, Cold Fusion, Io, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python or Ruby functions from your webpages via JavaScript without performing a browser refresh. The toolkit does 99% of the work for you so you have no excuse to not use it.
Why is (S)Ajax a big deal?
Ajax scripting marks a dramatic shift from form-oriented web development to a more interactive, GUI-style system. Our library makes it so simple to do this that your friends will make fun of you if you don't.
What languages does it support
Right now only ASP, Cold Fusion, Io, Lua, PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby. If you can contribute a backend for other systems, such as Java, please contact us for our submission guidelines.
Simple Ajax Toolkit by ModernMethod - XMLHTTPRequest Toolkit for PHP
What is Sajax?
Sajax is a tool to make programming websites using the Ajax framework — also known as XMLHTTPRequest or remote scripting — as easy as possible. Sajax makes it easy to call ASP, Cold Fusion, Io, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python or Ruby functions from your webpages via JavaScript without performing a browser refresh. The toolkit does 99% of the work for you so you have no excuse to not use it.
Why is (S)Ajax a big deal?
Ajax scripting marks a dramatic shift from form-oriented web development to a more interactive, GUI-style system. Our library makes it so simple to do this that your friends will make fun of you if you don't.
What languages does it support
Right now only ASP, Cold Fusion, Io, Lua, PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby. If you can contribute a backend for other systems, such as Java, please contact us for our submission guidelines.
FreeTDS
FreeTDS.org
FreeTDS is a set of libraries for Unix and Linux that allows your programs to natively talk to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases.
Introductory Database Access with PHP
FreeTDS is a set of libraries for Unix and Linux that allows your programs to natively talk to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases.
Introductory Database Access with PHP
2005/10/21
apache friends - XAMPP
XAMPP
Many people know from their own experience that it's not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start."
Many people know from their own experience that it's not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start."
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