November 3, 1999

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Replace Selected Content

Question: How do I replicate the pasteHTML function supported by Internet Explorer in Netscape? Rewriting the layer isn’t the problem. The problem is determining the position of the text returned

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Caching JavaScript Code

Question: Is it possible to cache a JavaScript or remote .JS file on a client? It seems that while you can cache images, HTML, objects, and so on, caching .JS

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JSP Methods

Question: Is there a way to declare and invoke methods in JavaServer Pages? Answer: Methods can be declared in the same way as variables in JavaServerPages. It can help to

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Default Date Format

Question: I have an issue with date formats. I have a VB client piece of software that generates a select based on a particular date. However it only works on

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Deleting Duplicate Rows

Question: I have this table: declare tbl1 (x int,y int,z int); I don’t have a column I could use as a unique key. There are some duplicate rows (not just

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Add a Custom Favorites Icon

Question: When I add sites to my Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites, the site’s logo (or icon) appears by the Web page’s name instead of the little “e” that usually appears

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Access CGI Environment Variables

Question: Can JavaScript access CGI environment variables? Once a user has logged into my site, I would like to retrieve the user name from the “REMOTE_USER” variable. Answer: No, there