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Rebuild Large Table with New Extents

Question: What is the best way to backup and/or unload a table and restore/reload to a new dbtable with new extents? Answer: If you have enough drive space, do an

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Using ORDER BY Based on a Parameter

Question: I want to construct an SQL query or stored procedure that will order its result set based on a query parameter. Something like: SELECT *FROM customersORDER BY ? Unfortunately,

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Maximizing the Browse Window

Question: When I use the BROWSE command it always displays the results in a normal window. Is there a command to maximize the browse window in the program? Answer: The

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Disabling Items in a Listbox

Question: I have a listbox with two properties called DisabledItemBackcolor and Forecolor. How can I disable single items in the listbox? List.Enabled(ItemID)=.F. disables all items (like the Enabled-Property itself). You

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Convert Text to Proper Case

Question: I am using SQL Server 7 and would like to convert an uppercase string to proper case. Is there an easy way to do it? Answer: SQL Server has

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Creating an Executable File from a Project

Question: I copied my executable file and the VFP6R.DLL, VFPRENU.DLL, FOXUSER.DBF and FOXUSER.FPT files to my user’s PC. When I try to run it, the screen form flashes and the

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Current Time/Date Stamp

Question: How do I set up a field in a table to accept the current date and time? And how do I insert the current time/date into this field? Answer:

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API Registry Calls

Question: I have code in Visual Basic that allows a user to search the Registry and return a value from the passed key and path. Can you show me a

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WAP Gateway and WML Documents

Question: Do I necessarily need a WAP gateway in order to view WML documents that reside on my Web server, or what is the WAP gateway for? Answer: You don’t