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Using Parameters in XSL Select Statements

Question: Given the XML file: Sometimes we want to display name1 and sometimes name2. We figured that perhaps we could set a parameter. Then we could pass in the name

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Restoring an Exchange Server

Question: The BDC was the exchange server, and now it can’t see itself as BDC or a server. It shows on the SERVER MANAGER as a workstation. We have a

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Hiding the Command Window

Question: How can I hide the command window when a project is running? Answer: To hide the command window, issue the following command in your code: HIDE WINDOW COMMAND Related

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FoxPro Syntax

Question: I was told that aMemo and alines are FoxPro commands but I can not find them in FoxPro help. Is my version of FoxPro too old? I am on

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Information Store Size

Question: The company I work for has 15 employees and perhaps 25 legitimate mail boxes between users and service accounts. I have at least 5 users that have mail boxes

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Adding Message to Forwarding E-mail

Question: My company wishes to do some special e-mail forwarding. Is there a way to take an incoming message, place a message at the top or in the subject line,

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Escaped Characters

Question: When defining a string, is there a way to include a carriage return in the text? Answer: Yes. A carriage return is represented by the special escapedcharacter . However,

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ALTER TABLE Command

Question: I’ve archived/purged a few thousand rows of unnecessary data, but the disk space reading hasn’t changed. Do I need to use the ALTER TABLE command to reclaim empty space

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System.exit(0)

Question: Most GUI examples show System.exit(0) as the window closing eventhandler. However, System.exit(0) is a bad way to exit applications.The specification says that the VM will exit when all the

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Software Required to Make ASPs

Question: Which software is required for Active Server Pages development? Answer: Internet Information Server (IIS) is the most common way to implement ASP, but there are other plug-ins available for

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Listing Available Tables

Question: How do I list the available tables in a database I’m querying? Answer: You can get a list of tables in a database by calling the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables view like

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Return ID in Same Query as Insert

Question: How do I write a query that does an insert and returns the newly assigned ID from that field, all at one time? Answer: The @@IDENTITY variable returns the

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RecordCount Property-ADO

Question: How do I get the rowseffected from the execute method of an ADO command object?The code I’ve written is: Dim Cn as New ADODB.ConnectionDim Cmd as New ADODB.CommandDim Recordset

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Distribution List E-mail Stuck in Outbox

Question: When I try to send e-mail to the distribution list, it gets stuck in outbox. What should I do? Answer: I’d start by verifying that all of the addresses

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Counting Duplicate Rows

Question: How do I count the number of duplicate items in a table? Answer: Lets break down your question into several steps.First, let’s create a sample table using the following

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Creating Tables in a Stored Procedure

Question: Can I create a table in a stored procedure named from a parameter? Answer: You can dynamically create tables with variables, but you need to create a string and

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How to Initialize an Array

Question: How do you initialize or assign values to an array in a class? Answer: The short answer is that you can’t initialize an array member as you would initialize

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NT Backup While Exchange Is Running

Question: Can I use NT Backup to get a complete backup of PRIV.EDB and PUB.EDB while Exchange is running? Answer: NT Backup is Exchange-aware so you do not need to

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Error Handling Routines

Question: While converting source code from C to C++, I came up with difficulties in converting error handling routines like err_quit(),err_sys(),etc. Are there C++ versions of these functions and where

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Indirection Operator

Question: Can you use the indirection operator like a memcpy to copy the contents of a structure like this? *m_pMyInfo = stMyInfo; Or should you use the memcpy function? memcpy(m_pMyInfo,

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Synchronized Method Overhead

Question: I am interested in keeping my code running as fast as possible. Is there a cost associated with making my methods synchronized, and if so, how significant a cost?

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Outlook Meeting Requests

Question: Is there a way to turn off meeting requests for a user? Is there a way to turn off the “feature” that sets a tentative meeting when you open

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Informix Data Types

Question: Does Informix support user-defined data types? Answer: OWS/IDS does not support custom data types. This is supported in the 9.X series and in the new Internet Foundation 2000 and

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Synchronizing Workstation Clocks

Question: How do I synchronize all the Workstation clocks of a 100+ user community to the same reference? Answer: For NT 4.0, you can use the TimeServ.EXE, which is found

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Mail Access from Handheld

Question: Does OWA in Exchange 2000 have a feature for accessing e-mail through a handheld? Can I just type in the URL and retrieve my inbox? Answer: If only it

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Use “.equals” in Place of “==”

Java provides two methods to test for equality: the == Operator and the .equals method. The .equals is implemented by all objects. Most programmers tend to use == for equality,

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Check whether RAS is installed

When you work with RAS APIs, you should have to make sure if RAS library is installed on the system. A simple way is to verify the existence of the