Justin Cooney

Web Development Tips and Examples

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

  • VB.NET Basic Database Query Examples

    Here is my compilation of example code for a variety of database operations written in VB.NET These range from: (more…)

  • ShowModalDialog: How to Run a Function on the Parent Page

    Sometimes when putting together a Web-based application, you will need to show a custom modal dialog that is a bit more complex than the inbuilt JavaScript alert( or confirm( dialogs, and that unlike a jQuery modal dialog will run as a separate window. Your best option in this case is to use the JavaScript ShowModalDialog function. Since ShowModalDialog behaves differently than a traditional Window.open command, you’ll have to keep a few things in mind when developing your solution. (more…)

  • Basic Example of using the ASP.NET FileUpload to Save into a Database

    Here is a super-simple bare-bones example of an ASP.NET Web form page in C# that uses the .NET FileUpload component to allow a user to upload a file into a SQL Server database table. I’ve put this together as a template to show just how easy it is to do and how few lines of actual code the process actually requires. Surprisingly the examples I found online and at the Microsoft support site were incomplete or had errors, so this is my attempt at making things clear. (more…)