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Thursday, August 07, 2014

How to enable browser compatibility mode for your website

After every browser major release there will be something's which always mess up. Can’t say its always but it has happened so far :- )

So you might asked to force to the stable version of the browser to make sure your web application renders well in the browser. Here are some things we can add to existing page to make sure it works in the compatible mode by forcing the version we would like to render.

Method 1: If its at page level.

<head>
  <!-- Mimic Internet Explorer 9 -->
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE9" >
  <title>My webpage</title>
</head>

Method2: You can do the same globally in web.config by adding code like below

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <httpProtocol>
      <customHeaders>
        <clear />
        <add name="X-UA-Compatible" value="IE=EmulateIE9" />
      </customHeaders>
    </httpProtocol>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

The value attribute is used to set the default render engine to render page. If you are looking for IE8 compatibility use the following code

<add name="X-UA-Compatible" value="IE=EmulateIE8" />

we can also use this tag

<add name="X-UA-Compatible" value="IE=Edge" />

IE=edge indicates that IE should always use its latest rendering engine to render the page. This should ensure the page is rendered consistently with other browsers and in a standards-compliant manner

The following is the documentation that I've used to try understand how IE decides to actually trigger the compatibility mode.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff406036%28v=VS.85%29.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2009/02/16/just-the-facts-recap-of-compatibility-view.aspx

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Thank you Google!

I didn’t know Google does this. I was just shocked to realize this to what I got to see on my birthday! Thanks Google you rock. This is the one of the most intuitive thing you have ever done to keep us happy.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

How to search a column name within all tables of a database?

Here is how we can get table name and column which you are looking for,

SELECT table_name,column_name FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE column_name like '%engine%'
-- OR ---
SELECT c.name AS ColName, t.name AS TableName
FROM sys.columns c
    JOIN sys.tables t ON c.object_id = t.object_id
WHERE c.name LIKE '%engine%'

Sample OUTPUT for one of the query,

ColName TableName
EngineType DSS_Setup

Friday, April 18, 2014

CRICPICKS : APPS

For those who are not aware of Cricpicks Apps we are now available on both App Store and Google Play.

Please note that you can download CRICPICKS mobile applications from Google Play and we are coming soon on Mac App Store for iTunes!

Have fun playing CRICPICKS and good luck winning prizes!

How do I clear the Facebook Share's Cache?

Sometimes you have a new description, title or thumbnail image in your website. But when you share the website URL on Facebook, it may still using the old description/ title/ image that no longer exists.

In order to clearing the Facebook sharer cache, there are few different ways like using tinyurls or modifying the URL by adding query strings. Since Facebook considers each one as different URL this might be quick way to do it.

The best and preferred way is to use Facebook Debugger tool which is formerly known as URL Linter to clear fb cache of your website. Go to below link and Type your website's or article's URL there and click debug button..

http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug

After doing this, re-share your website's link on Facebook. You can find that Facebook sharer displaying your latest content.

Hope this helps!!