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@pottski: Even when you select a date from the calendar you know a week is configured with? Is the server date & time correct? Is it set up to connect to the right database? Is all data in the new DB since the move?

I would try to keep it as simple as possible - SOAP with WSDL can get mega-complex. Stick with the most native REST/JSON/XML implementation that is available to both platforms/systems.

Best practise would be to implement this as a web service - the added layer has a couple of benefits which I think out-weigh the disadvantage of extra maintenance. Web service: ensures that data is always in provided in the correct format, regardless of DB changes behind the scenes. can easily be manipulated and interrogated at a later date by other software (also ties in with #1) security - goes without saying that this is more secure than opening up SQL to outside, even with IP and user-based access in place The web service layer also allows you to do anything you want - cache, log, format, and add custom security where appropriate.

It could well be. But it is there to challenge the party with at a later date if necessary - it can't say different things to different people, and it can't say "well I didn't exactly say this, or that..." I haven't been watching The Liars' Debate on TV for two main reasons - a) I won't be voting LibLabCon anyway and b) It's all about the person, not the political issues themselves, IMO.

At the moment we just wait until we either a) get told about the beeping from the cupboard or b) get alerted via Monit that a switch has failed. But we only have 2 switch cabs out of about 6-7 with UPSs on them. I would say monthly checks would be adequate, but increase the frequency as the age of the battery increases.

Which is why I don't listen to them - I read what they have down in black & white.

I think that is partly what is being proposed - ensuring that there is choice as to where a SEN student attends. E.g. a place who can cater for their highly specific needs (non-mainstream), or mainstream and they just need a helping hand in certain areas. But as broc says, it's getting the balance right. Parents of SEN children will probably need to receive advice on the best place.

I think this will depend on how your accounts are defined as staff or student. E.g. if the 'Description' field is completed, you can search like this: For all accounts where the Description field contains 'Staff'. If it's by Class of Service - first find the ID of the CoS by clicking it on the left. Its ID should appear in the blue bar next to the name. Then search like this: Obviously replace that string with your CoS ID.

... apart from all their policies?

Can you do anything else with the 'ex' variable in the exception to find out what exception is being thrown? Codes/descriptions etc?

Wow. I find myself in agreement with Mr Cameron and the conservative policy in this area. My understanding and 2p worth: Some children who are classed as having "special educational needs" cannot be taught in mainstream education due to them having special educational needs. Having them educated separately is an advantage two-fold: 1) they get the exact focus and attention from specialists; 2) non-SEN students in mainstream are not affected by the teaching to levels which SEN students can cope with. I see nothing wrong with this.

Is that Tesco, or Tesco's?

Something like If reader.item("foo") Is Not Null Then....? Basically just use VB code to check if it's set/empty/null before doing something with it. What type of object is 'reader' anyway? The API docs for that object should tell you what methods are available for checking these sort of things.

You should see the picture of David Cameron outside of Peacocks. Ow.ly - image uploaded by @scottgdouglas

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Have a look at the source code to the Virtual Tour on my school website for an idea of how to achieve the pop-up photos and placement of hover areas. CSS is here. I found the easiest way of getting the co-ordinates of rooms on the map image was to: open it in Irfanview, drag a selection around the room you want, and look at the co-ordinate references in the titlebar of Irfanview. Pop-up image is provided by jQuery + Fancybox. I'm not sure about having other hover areas within a pop-up photo though. HTML Markup: </pre><dl id="imap"> Music Mrs Bain References: CSS Image Maps, Redux - Flickr-like Technique? How to Create an Image Map Using CSS - WebReference.com

Big improvement [over the iPhone].

The Green Party want to reduce the national speed limit to 55mph on motorways and trunk roads, and to 40mph on rural roads.

Sensationalist headline and as usual, terrible reporting from the Daily Fail. But yes, very interesting use of technology. It sounds much more capable of spotting the speeders who slow down to the actual limit when they see the huge yellow boxes and then speed up again once out of sight. Of course, the "average speed" method is already in use on some roads but the infrastructure, from my understanding , needs a lot more behind it. With GPS and wireless data, this new method looks a lot more efficient and cost-effective. Speaking of interesting use of mobile technology, I'm impressed by the new wireless smart meter system as planned by British Gas - outlined in the PDFs at the bottom of the news article Centrica plc - Media - News - British Gas plans two million smart meters in British homes by 2012 (29 March 2010).

IE8 on XP - no problems at any zoom level, text size, or compatibility mode.

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Yes, I agree with Shaun.

That conservative response can't be right. There isn't a single mention of the word 'change'.

Zimbra is not Exchange though - you're getting a better and more flexible product with Zimbra in my opinion. Zimbra also has a gradual upgrade path with each release at no extra cost (although I understand with a new cheaper additional license type, major version increments will cost extra) - whereas upgrades to the latest Exchange (2003 -> 2007, 2007 -> 2010) will always cost, if I'm not mistaken. With Exchange, you also have the overhead of the Windows operating system - cost/antivirus. But it does all depend on what your individual requirements are. It's just in most cases, those are fairly modest and Zimbra (free edition) fits the bill perfectly and makes any Exchange solutions redundant. This is also where having Linux knowledge in the team is a great benefit to any organisation.

For email, I use the Android K-9 Mail app which has almost-push for our in-house Zimbra via IMAP. It's not strictly push that we're familiar with, but it's as good as. I'm not sure if your LEA Zimbra has IMAP or not though - this would be something to check. As for calendar and contacts though, I don't have an answer for that.