Timothy E. Archer

Today I wanted to create the favicon.ico file for my blog. I had a PNG version of the graphic I wanted to use, and I figured I’d quickly use Paint Shop Pro to open it and save it to a .ico file. No dice, PSP does not save files in the .ico format.

So, my next step was to ask a co-worker who has Adobe Photoshop to do it for me. I figured that this would be a done deal and he’d email me back the .ico file I desired. However, he also walked up to me and told me Photoshop can’t do it.

What is so special about the .ico file format that these major programs can’t create them? continue reading…

Are you a Sungard HE customer using the Banner ERP Software?
Have you ever wanted to know how to easily select a student’s account balance?

Well, all of a student’s charges and payments are held in the tbraccd table. Banner defines the tbraccd table as the “Account Charge/Payment Detail Table”. Furthermore, each entry in the tbraccd table has a specific detail code defined in the tbraccd_detail_code column. This column relates to the tbbdetc table, which Banner defines as the “Detail Charge/Payment Code Definition Table”.

Essentially, the tbraccd table stores the type of transaction, and the transaction amount. The tbbdetc table tells us whether that transaction type is a charge or a payment. continue reading…