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28
Posted by:
Kevin Schreiner
11/28/2007
The package has now been released back into the tracker. It's odd how certain things crop up that you wouldn't have expected. So - our friends across the pond (from my perspective) have a different way of handling decimal points than myself. This came as no shock to me, but when running your code as a combination of JS from a remote server (in our case google), JS from the local server, SQL from the local server and VB.net on the local server, somehow it becomes as annoying as trying to handle the exchange rates prior to the adoption of the euro.
The Database expected it one way, JS another and .Net is ignorant of the issue, as it allows you to be lazy and it will do its best to accomodate. In any case - after tracking down each location where the Decimals where grafted from the front-end or back to it, as the case may be - I have finally sorted out the blasted creature - and we are ready to move onward.
A few notable updates were also made in this release. First - adoption of the less optimistic approach of Geocoding, now that Google detects when you are making requests too quickly. A few additional checks and defaults were added for those times when things are missing (like the height of the map). There were a number of other things that were modified to keep the system stable, and to correct any culture issues that were identified.
I'm looking forward to a successful release, as I've got a set of new features underway, and want to get them rolled out ASAP!
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