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Build an XML Document for a Recordset on the Fly

(Note: This tip assumes that you have an ActiveConnectionsetup to your DSN.) This function creates an XML document from an ADO Recordset, programmatically. Public Function CreateXML(strRoot As String,strSQLStatement As String,

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Default Script Error Handling on Your Web Pages

The unhandled or unexpected script error is a real issue these days. Script errors can be seen even on many of the professionally designed Web sites and Web-based customer applications.

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Export HTML Table to Excel

Here is a simple way to export an HTML table to Excel with a single line of code. For the technique to work, you must have Excel installed on the

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Don’t Buffer Your ASPs

Using the Buffer propertyof the Response object to buffer Active Server Pages (ASPs) generally isn’t a very good idea.When you buffer an ASP, none of thepage is outputted until the

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Choose Appropriate Image Format

A major problem with using images on Web sites is thatimages take much longer to load than text. So you haveto choose your image formats carefully. Two image formats are

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Using Web Dialogs in IE

Opening a new browser window is a handy but sometimes misused feature. Eventually, your user ends up with tons of open browser windows they just forget about. Sometimes a Web

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Using Ports with Informix

Question: From a Windows system I am trying to connect to an Informix database running on a Sun Solarix box, which was just moved behind a firewall. The Windows machine