I decided to share this information on the web as I’ve visited many sources where the workaround for the conversation failed sql error is not entirely accurate.

If you receive this ASP error, it’s probably due to the fact that you are trying to return a list of results where the declared variable in your if statement = a certain interger value. Depending on who designed the table structure and relations in a SQL database, you cannot declare this statement if your data contains symbol(s) such as a comma (which was used to relate your record with other records).

To resolve this issue, simply use the SQL LIKE clause as well as including percentages %variablename% around the variable in cases where the identifier is greater than 2 digits in length (i.e. id=1,3,12,15,233). Now when you execute the sql statement, whatever value is in your variablename (example 15), only records will display that contain the number 15 (exactly 2 digits long). The commas used to seperate your related ID’s will be ignored in this case..

Good luck!

I found this funny..

So I saw an interesting Facebook advertisement that displayed a web site that will convert your pictures into cartoon images.

That does seem pretty cool, however I really do feel bad for those people who decided to actually download their toolbar. Read all of the bonus programs that come along with it! I can imagine all of the pop-ups shortly after installing this program..

So it has been quite some time since I’ve posted a blog entry.. Sorry about that Been super busy with work and life.

These days I’ve been getting pretty sick of this rain here in New England. Actually, I can’t really complain much due to the fact that my electricity bill is not as high as last year. Last year we had some really hot days and I would crank the central air to 65-68 degrees. The past couple of months I’ve had the heat and central air off, so I’ve been saving quite a bit of $$$ I’ll be taking a cruise at the end of the month to Bermuda (finally nice weather) where I’ll be able to spend all that saved up $$$ on liquor and entertainment.

Anyhow, I’m back and will be posting more often.

-Jonathan

Link: http://www.ericgiardina.com
Title: Eric Giardina
Description: This is a personal blog web site for my cousin Eric Giardina, who is currently serving in Iraq. I would like to encourage visitors to please read and post audio/text comments on his web site. Be sure to check out Eric’s music, videos, and pictures!
Established: February 29, 2008

Check out this video - (Eric Giardina - One Last Shot)

For the past year I’ve been doing internship work for Blue Robin Inc. and ever since the first day, I’ve grown very attached to the company, it’s staff, and the many friendly clients. I am very pleased they offered me a full-time job opportunity upon graduation which I gladly accepted. Below is a recent Press Release sent out by Blue Robin to various news sources:

http://www.sbwire.com/news/view/15465

Waltham , MA — (SBWIRE) — 01/09/2008 — Blue Robin, Inc., a developer of proven and cost-effective eBusiness Infrastructures, today announced that Mr. Jonathan Kingsbury has been appointed the Director of Professional Services of Blue Robin. Jonathan holds a Bachelors Degree in MIS (Management Information Systems) from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

In his new position as Director of Professional Services at Blue Robin, Jonathan will play the key role in both customer support and the Blue Robin product development progress. His main responsibilities are to identify and act upon emerging technologies to both improve and streamline the current and future Blue Robin client-centric support initiatives. Jonathan will work with both the Blue Robin CTO and COO to streamline the current support mechanisms and implement and maintain a new infrastructure for both product and server-level support.

“Blue Robin’s growth in diverse industries with a wide range of business intelligence systems requires a client-centric individual with superb technical knowledge. Jonathan is one of the most customer-oriented professionals I have ever known. Jonathan will fill a vital role as we continue to expand the scope of our products and markets. His experience and contributions will be instrumental in Blue Robin’s growth and expansion,” Hadi Shavarini, CEO, Blue Robin.

“This is a great opportunity to join such leading edge company. I am very excited to be a part of Blue Robin’s growth. I plan to keep focused on ensuring all of Blue Robin’s implementation and project launches go smoothly and clients continue to be satisfied, in order to secure the company’s growth and accomplish our mission,” states Jonathan Kingsbury.

About Blue Robin, Inc.
Blue Robin is a leading eBusiness Infrastructure developer located in Waltham, MA. Blue Robin designs, develops, implements, and supports eBusiness infrastructures that combine data, voice, and video, utilizing the latest and the greatest hardware and software technology in diverse operating environments.

Once a great social networking site, now a nuisance. Upon logging into facebook today, this is what appeared on my dashboard under “Requests”

I’m not sure if the engineers/developers of facebook are getting the word, but there has been much talk about how facebook is slowing turning into MySpace (social networking disaster of a site) or just a site that was once great user-friendly site, to just an overall mess. I really do hope they get the word that these “3rd party applications” are destroying facebook with complete clutter. Granted the user should be to blame for installing the application, however are the users really aware of the hassle they generate upon installing the application?

I think someone needs to develop an “un-install all apps” application for facebook!!

Today I decided to implement a few new new features to Jon-Kingsbury.com by creating an Album and Resume page:

Album:
Pictures from the past couple of years which include:
-Trip to Rome, Italy 2005
-New England Dragway
-1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass
-2006 Harley Sportster Custom 1200cc

Resume:
-My currently updated resume

Please do comment some of my pictures in the Album!

Enjoy!!