[mdlug] Apple drank the M$ cool-aid

[bob dion]

Dave Arbogast wrote:
> If you do the iPod promo and try to use their on-line rebate form, 
> http://www.apple.com/promo/rebate/  it allows you to enter free hand the 
> date. If you use "07" rather than "2007" it will accept it on the page 
> for entering the product, but when you try to submit the rebate, the MS 
> Dot Net frame work chokes.
> 
> I find it interesting they are hosting on apple.com with M$ OS rather 
> than what they try and say is OS X....
> 
> -dave
> 
> PS - From what I understand, Jobs doesn't return calls from fellow 
> Millionaires at institutions, so why bother to inform them. Their call 
> center has no clue.
> 
> 
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> Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the 
> current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information 
> about the error and where it originated in the code.
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> Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: String or binary 
> data would be truncated.
> The statement has been terminated.
> 
> Source Error:
> 
> An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current 
> web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the 
> exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
> 
> 
> Stack Trace:
> 
> [SqlException (0x80131904): String or binary data would be truncated.
> The statement has been terminated.]
>   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, 
> Boolean breakConnection) +857610
>   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException 
> exception, Boolean breakConnection) +735222
>   
> System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject 
> stateObj) +188
>   System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, 
> SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet 
> bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj) +1838
>   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.FinishExecuteReader(SqlDataReader ds, 
> RunBehavior runBehavior, String resetOptionsString) +149
>   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReaderTds(CommandBehavior 
> cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, Boolean 
> async) +886
>   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior 
> cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String 
> method, DbAsyncResult result) +132
>   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(DbAsyncResult 
> result, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe) +415
>   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() +135
>   CSIFramework.Database.DataProvider.ExecuteNonQuery(String StoredProc, 
> IDataParameter[] Parameters, IDbConnection connection) +198
> 
> [DataException: Data Provider Exception: String or binary data would be 
> truncated.
> The statement has been terminated.]
>   CSIFramework.Database.DataProvider.ExecuteNonQuery(String StoredProc, 
> IDataParameter[] Parameters, IDbConnection connection) +295
>   CSIFramework.Database.DataProvider.ExecuteNonQuery(String StoredProc, 
> IDataParameter[] Parameters) +11
>   ApplePromotionOnline.Root.ClaimInformation.SaveData() +2115
>   ApplePromotionOnline.Root.ClaimInformation.cmdContinue_Click(Object 
> sender, EventArgs e) +38
>   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +105
>   System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String 
> eventArgument) +107
>   
> System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String 
> eventArgument) +7
>   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler 
> sourceControl, String eventArgument) +11
>   System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData) +33
>   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean 
> includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +5102
>     
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; 
> ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.42
> 


You should slashdot this

BD