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October 1, 1996

ODBC Slowdown

Question: I am trying to create a “proof of concept” Visual Basic Project.In it, I am using a VB front end to access and maintain data in anORACLE 7 database

Aligning Columns in a List Box

Question: I have a List with names and addresses from a database.I want to have the list as shown below.Mr. Smith Street 10Mr. Andersson Street 25I’ve tried aligning them by

Calling Stored Procedures

Question: Can one call a stored procedure or function in oracle 7through odbc from visual basic? This might be a questionfor an oracle user group, so if you know where

Getting Procedure Location Name

Question: Can I get the name of the procedure that an error has occurred in?For example, I would like to send my error to a form that containsthe error number,

Creating Nested Queries

Question: My question is with regards to VB’s ability to handle complexSQL. I have the application I am developing set up in the followingway: I copy the SQL created into

Binding to a Database

Question: Is it possible to bind a cell in a grid with a database field (as we can do for text boxes and some other controls)? Answer: In VB3, the

Generating Special HTML Tags

Question: I am trying to use Print# statements to create an HTMLtext file and VB3 that I am using keeps interpreting the HTML characters as Data Types and operators saying

Application Finding VBXs and DLLs

Question: I have created a VB executable file and now want to distribute it to users. I want this executable to reside on our network drive. The problem that I

Creating Long Delays

Question: I’ve been trying to create a simulator – it requires as close to real-time operation as possible. I have a couple of questions about timers.How do I activate a