March 2023 - ozdotnet - codify.mailman3.com

Postman help please
by Dr Greg Low April 5, 2023

April 5, 2023

Hi folks, Anyone a gun on Postman? I'm trying to debug a file upload. * I create a request that looks like the typical request, including a body saying form-data and with a key of file and a value set to File with an uploaded file. * I save a 200 response for it. * I choose to mock the collection and create a server. * I start a new request pointing to the mock server, and set the body the same way as before. * I send the request. In the server logs, I see this: [cid:image001.png@01D95E43.FC7535E0] The content-length looks about right. The content-type does say multipart/form-data, and has a boundary, etc. But the body is empty. Is there some trick to getting it to log the body? That's what I'm trying to see. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile SQL Down Under | Web: https://sqldownunder.com<https://sqldownunder.com/> | About Greg: https://about.me/greg.low

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Re: [OT] VPN
by Tom P March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023

Hi folks Any current recommendations for a VPN provider? I procrastinated on this but would like to get one now after some privacy updates by my ISP that I interpret as bad news. NordVPN still ok? Any new recommendations? Cheers Tom On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 at 23:40, Grant Castner <gcastner(a)outlook.com.au> wrote: > I have been using NordVPN for a couple of years now with no issues > > Dr Grant Castner > BCom(Hons) LLB(Hons) PhD > 0458 770 749 > http://twitter.com/grantcastner > https://au.linkedin.com/in/grantcastner > ------------------------------ > *From:* ozdotnet-bounces(a)ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-bounces(a)ozdotnet.com> on > behalf of Tom P <tompbiz93(a)gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2021 7:53:09 PM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet(a)ozdotnet.com> > *Subject:* Re: [OT] VPN > > Is the speed ok with Proton? Reviews indicate speed is not as good as Nord > for example. > > > On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 19:30, Grant Maw <grant.maw(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Using Proton. Paid version. Very happy with it, works on Linux, PC and my > Android tablet. > > Has never let me down, has plenty of endpoints etc > On 13/10/21 4:41 pm, Tom P wrote: > > Hi folks > > What VPN provider are some of you using at home and are happy with? There > are many and mixed reviews. ExpressVPN, Nord… etc. > > Cheers > Tom > > -- > Thanks > Tom > > -- > Thanks > Tom > -- Thanks Tom

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Replacement for old PictureBox
by Dr Greg Low March 17, 2023

March 17, 2023

Hi Everyone, I'm migrating an old VB6 app to .NET. It used a PictureBox control and of course that had all sorts of options for drawing all over it. In the end, it was used to generate JPG images that were printed. I'd really prefer to use PDF as output anyway. Does anyone have a favourite control that presents a drawable surface that you can output as a PDF? (Or ideally as a JPG as well?) I get the impression that the .NET version of the PictureBox is way different, although it does seem to expose a Graphics object that you can then draw on. Is it better to stick with the standard .NET control and work out how to migrate the code? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile SQL Down Under | Web: https://sqldownunder.com<https://sqldownunder.com/> | About Greg: https://about.me/greg.low

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[OT] "Shrinking" IDs in SQL Server
by Tom P March 13, 2023

March 13, 2023

Hello I was hoping some of the SQL experts here could help with a problem I am facing. Currently have covid too so perhaps I'm not thinking clearly... Long story short, is there a way in SQL Server to convert strings (varchars) of any length to exactly 32, keeping uniqueness? It would also be nice if I could convert them back to ensure I haven't lost information. Briefly, the reason I want to do this is my target is varchar(32) but the IDs I am dealing with are made up of composite business keys of larger length. I need to be able to use the current business keys and generate unique 32 character equivalents in a deterministic way. Appreciate any advice. Thanks Tom

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Blazor update publish problems
by Greg Keogh March 7, 2023

March 7, 2023

Folks, we have an intermittent serious problem with publishing updates to our Blazor app. I'm hoping someone knows of tricks or techniques to fix it. When publishing a new version I delete all files from the vdir beforehand, then I stop+start the Azure app service in an attempt to force the new version to be visible. However, on the client-side just about anything can go wrong. We see stalls, absurd JavaScript errors, 3rd party control licencing errors, 403 file errors, etc. Any stupid thing that can go wrong probably will. I know the app release is perfectly valid and passes all tests, but when deployed it goes randomly up sh*t creek for the end user in the web browser. I assume the behaviour of web browsers is to blame and we have limited control over that. Is there some server or client side configuration or meta that can help avoid this problem? Or some other technique? We have some large companies using our app and they're getting very irritated, so any advice would be most welcome. Thanks, *Greg Keogh*

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[OT] APNIC charges for historical resources
by Greg Keogh March 1, 2023

March 1, 2023

Folks, It's almost Friday... I just received an email from APNIC to tell me that a class C IP block I've owned for 27 years is now under their control and I will be charged $500/year to keep this *historical* resource that was created before APNIC existed. See Maintenance Fee Change <https://help.apnic.net/s/article/historical-fee-change>. Has anyone else received a similar notification? My thoughts were: this is either kidnapping, extortion or a "protection racket", or all three. I'm reminded of the 1990s when Melbourne IT were effectively selling the dictionary for a minimum ~$135 per domain name, and special words like "realestate" or "sales" etc were up for the highest bidder at eye-watering prices. Ah, the days of the Internet boom...! I'd like to write an official complaint about APNIC's money-grubbing scam to someone, but who? The ACCC is a toothless tiger. There is a federal ombudsman, but would APNIC be on their radar? Cheers, *Greg K*

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