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Filtering a Recordset

If you have a recordset already created and want to filter it by some criteria, you can use the Filter property of the recordset to do it. Just change the

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Back-Referencing A Matched Element

You can use the dot operator (.) in XSL transformation stylesheets to refer to, effectively, “whatever element was just identified.” Let’s say you had this template in a stylesheet: Say

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Stack Recordset Returns

If you’re getting a bunch of data for an ASP page, you can retrieve all the data through a single stored procedure and through a single call. Here’s what your

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Move ASP Code to Compiled Components

Moving your ASP code to compiled components is always a good idea. Compiled components enable fast execution, along with easy development, debugging, and testing. For example, creating a record set

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History Information

Question: Is it possible to display the address of the previous Web site as a string so that I can use it elsewhere? Answer: If the user got to your

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Incorrect Rounding with Math.pow

Question: I have noticed that all rounding to x decimals scripts uses the following format: tenToPower = Math.pow(10, nDecimals);newNumber = String((Math.round(nNumber * tenToPower) / tenToPower)); However, that doesn’t work with

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Dbspace Marked Down

Question: I have tried to reorganize Informix chunks on my disks. So I stopped the Informix and started to copy chunks to a new location with a cplv command (AIX).

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Use SQL Server Savepoints Intelligently

You can use savepoints in rolling back portions of transactions to predefined locations. A T-SQL savepoint defines a location to which a transaction can return if part of the transaction

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Browser-Neutral Code for Referring Style Objects

Programming with style sheets is never an easy task if you want to write browser-neutral HTML code. This is because the DOM (Document Object Model) of the Internet Explorer and

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Use LookupTable Object to Avoid Performance Problems

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Creating a Drop-Down List File in ASP

Using this tip, you can create a drop-down list, which is populated from a database, and include it in a Web (ASP) page. This will basically increase the performance via

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ADO in VB

Question: I am trying to upgrade a program from DAO to ADO that will take a flat file and create a new database, add the needed fields and then populate

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Writing a Query Showing ID Status

Question: I am a SQL beginner and I am trying to write this query. I have a table with four columns: ID STATUS DESCRIPTION CURRDATE1 open Test1 6/1/001 open Test1

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Grouping By One Field When Selecting Several

Question: These are the fields of my table: id, email, firstname, and lastname. There can be multiple records for a single email. I only want to group by email and

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Selecting with Distinct

Question: I am trying to query a database with the following: SELECT DISTINCT SystemName, OwnerID, Location, Productver, StartDate, EndDate, ProjectNameFROM DevicesORDER BY SystemName I only want to have the DISTINCT

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Mobile E-mail and Automobile E-mail Trend

Question: I’ve heard that Nokia’s strategic aim is to make sure that every automobile on earth has its own e-mail address by 2010. Have you heard that too? Answer: I’ve

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Binding a Grid to a Cursor

Question: Is it possible to have a grid bound to a cursor? If so please tell me how. Answer: A grid is bound to a cursor the same way that

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Problem with Multiple Table Joins

Question: I have two tables Region(RegionId-PK, RegionName) and District(DistrictId-PK, DistrictName, RegionId-FK). When I open a recordset (rs) like : Dim rs as new ADODB.Recordsetrs.Open “SELECT District.*, Region.RegionName FROM District INNER

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Passing a Parameter to a Stored Procedure

Question: How do you pass a parameter to a stored procedure from within another stored procedure? Answer: To call a stored procedure from inside another stored procedure, let’s take an

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Handling Multiselect Lists

When using a select list that will allow multiple selections, the selections will be provided to you in the Request object as a comma-separated list. Using the new Split function,

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Rebooting the Web Server

If you’re doing a lot of development using server-side components, you’ll have found that once the DLL has been used by IIS, you have to reboot the Web services in

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Time Synchronization Under NT 4

Question: How do I synchronize all NT 4 workstation system clocks on a network with a central point of contact? Answer: The NT 4.0 Server Resource Kit contains a file

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The MB TipOfTheDay Control

Many commercial programs have a Tip of the Day dialog, that shows a tip or trick whenever the application starts. With the MB TipOfTheDay Control you can add this nice

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Peek – Read a value of any type from memory

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)’ read a value of any type from memoryFunction Peek(ByVal address As

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StringFromBSTR – Convert a BSTR to a VB string

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)’ convert a BSTR into a VB StringFunction StringFromBSTR(ByVal pointer As Long)

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StringFromAddr – Read a string at a given address

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)Private Declare Function lstrlenA Lib “kernel32” (ByVal lpString As Long) As _

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The age of a person

You can quickly evaluate the age of a person using the following function: Function Age(BirthDate As Date, Optional CurrentDate As Variant) As Integer If IsMissing(CurrentDate) Then CurrentDate = Now Age