Sometimes, you want to track certain Facebook interactions within your internal analytic tools. Below is code to detect like, unlike, and send message clicks for the Facebook Like Button social plugin. This logs to Google Analytics. Just add the following event subscriptions between some Javascript tags after the Facebook JS SDK has been loaded. “response” is the URL that was liked or sent. Adjust what happens for each event, as desired.

        FB.Event.subscribe('edge.create', function (response) {
            _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Something', 'Like', response]);
        });
        FB.Event.subscribe('edge.remove', function (response) {
            _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Something', 'Un-Like', response]);
        });
        FB.Event.subscribe('message.send', function (response) {
            _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Something', 'Comment', response]);
        });

If you’re having issues with your iframe not automatically resizing to full height in Firefox on Mac when using FB.Canvas.setAutoResize, try manually setting the height using FB.Canvas.setSize as in the code below. Obviously, this is only really an option if your know how tall your application will render and it’s the same from page to page or you manually set it on each page.

    <div id="fb-root"></div>    <script type="text/javascript"  src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js"></script>    <script type="text/javascript">        FB.init({ appId: '<%= ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FacebookAppID"] %>', status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true });        FB.Event.subscribe('auth.sessionChange', function (response) {            if (response.session) {                // A user has logged in, and a new cookie has been saved                            } else {                // The user has logged out, and the cookie has been cleared            }        });

        $(document).ready(function () {            FB.Canvas.setSize({ height: 1100 });        });    </script>

public void GetFacebookComments()
{
    var appId = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AppID"];
    var appSecret = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Secret"];
    // use app signed api key
    FacebookAPI api = new FacebookAPI(appId + "|" + appSecret);

    string url = String.Format("https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=SELECT fromid, text, id, time, username, xid, object_id FROM comment WHERE xid IN (SELECT xid FROM comments_info WHERE app_id = {0}) ORDER BY time desc&access_token={1}&format=json", appId, api.AccessToken);

    HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
    using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
    {
        StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
        comments = reader.ReadToEnd();
    }
    JSONObject fbComments = JSONObject.CreateFromString(comments);
    if (fbComments.Array != null)
    {
        String[] xidArray = new String[] { "xid1", "xid2", "etc" };

        foreach (var xid in xidArray) {
            var xidComments = fbComments.Array.Where(m => m.Dictionary["xid"].String == xid);

            if (xidComments != null && xidComments.Count() > 0)
            {
                var lastDiscussBy = xidComments.First().Dictionary["fromid"].String;
                var dtDateTime = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
                var lastDiscussTime = dtDateTime.AddSeconds(Convert.ToDouble(chzComments.Last().Dictionary["time"].String)).ToLocalTime();
            }
        }
    }
}

mysql -u root -p[root_password] [database_name] < dumpfile.sql

Running this command in PowerShell, I was given this lovely error message.

The '<' operator is reserved for future use.

I’m not an expert PowerShell coder. I try my hand at it to get things done, but I don’t study it regularly. I pretty much know that if I need to do task A, there’s probably a command for it that I just need to get syntactically correct. I expect to put that command in a window that is supposed to run commands and I expect it to work. Apparently, the ‘<’ operator is called a “redirection operator” and PowerShell doesn’t support them in this way. I had no concept of “redirection operator” before today. It’s still a fuzzy concept.

In the end, I found two solutions to my problem. One of them was good and one was not. First, here’s what you don’t want to do:

Get-Content dumpfile.sql | mysql -u root -p[root_password] [database_name]

This will cause your entire file to get loaded into an object that can be manipulated in local memory. Fine if you know your file is small, but bad if your file is large. My file is 300+ MB. Instead, try this:

&cmd /c "mysql -u root -p[root_password] [database_name] < dumpfile.sql"

This basically runs this command as though you typed it in the command line. It was much faster.

P.S – Thank you, Luke, for helping me figure this out.

Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "LINKEDSERVERNAME".

OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "LINKEDSERVERNAME" returned message "[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] The specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the Driver and Application". (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)

The simple solution to my problem was to uninstall my 32-bit driver and instead install the 64-bit Connector/ODBC driver. For those of you looking for additional help on how to configure a linked server connection to MySQL, see HOWTO: Setup SQL Server Linked Server to MySQL and How to create a Link Server for mySQL in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in SQL Server 2005.

• 4 new ASP.net MVC apps
• 2 enhanced PHP apps
• 1 website launched
• 1 new job as rock star [web developer]
• 1 trip to Jersey to visit new niece
• 1 mommy-son trip to Branson

Goals for the rest of the year*:

• Continue to rock the projects at work
• Develop an Android app and put on market
• Find something with OS X and port Android app to Objective-C
• Complete at least one more side web development projects
• Hot air balloon ride this fall sounds nice (sans kids)
• Weekend trips with the kids
• Vacation with the hubby
• Chill

*subject to change

Bryant Soccer Club Chick-fil-a Fundraiser Flyer

• 1 lb. Assorted Sixlets: 1 Pound Bags
• 1 lb. Neapolitan Covered Pretzels: 1 Pound Bags
• 1 lb. Roasted Soy Beans (Salted, Whole): 1 Pound Bags
• 1 lb. Dry Roasted Edamame (Salted): 1 Pound Bags
• 1 lb. Roasted Pistachios (Salted, In Shell): 1 Pound Bags
• 1 lb. Georgia Pecans (Raw, No Shell): 1 Pound Bags
• 2 lbs. Roasted Peanuts (Salted, In Shell): 1 Pound Bags

Let me know if you are interested in ordering from them. I can refer a friend and get you 10% off your first order.

Enjoy and happy holidays!

Tyler Reciting Luke Chapter 2, Verse 8 – 14