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Form Variable Problem with Web Clipping App

Question: In my Web clipping app, I have a form like this: When I submit the form the query string looks like this: myserver.com/results.cgi?var1=xyz&var2&var3=abc The problem is if a form

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Lost Column in Outlook View

Question: I have accidentally deleted the ‘From’ column from my inbox. Could you instruct me how to get this column back? Answer: Right-click the header of any other column (like

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Problem with Using the AND Condition

Question: In the WHERE condition, I have not been able to use the AND condition when the two conditions on either side of the AND command relate to data the

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WAP and Session Tracking

Question: How do I maintain sessions in Nokia WAP Server? Answer: Session variables are covered in the WAP Server documentation.

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Const Member Functions

Question: What does the ‘const’ in the following funciton prototype mean? class A{public: void fn (int a ) const;} Answer: The const after a member function’s parameter list indicates that

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Template Function Error

Question: Consider the code: template class TestClass {public: T testFunc(T*);};template TestClass::testFunc(T* p1){ return sadfs; //actually, here I could //write anything I want} The problem is that VC++6 compiler doesn’t track

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Client Says Not to Use Joins in VB App?

Question: I have a client that used to be an Oracle programmer years ago who tells me I’m designing his SQL 7.0 database all wrong because I’m using joins in

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Opening an ASP Page Through VB

Question: How can I access an ASP page through VB? Answer: You can use the Internet Transfer control to connect to a web page and retrieve data from Visual Basic.

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Co-located Exchange with ISP

Question: We have co-located a Windows NT Exchange 5.5 SP3 server with our ISP and we have about 14 Outlook clients running from our office. All of the Outlook clients