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Question: I need to post an XML document from one server to another server. Can I use XMLHTTPRequest for this? Answer: Yes, the XMLHTTP Request object can be used to

Question: I have three quick questions: Is the Informix standard ANSI? Does it accept the function CAST()? What is the largest size char that I can declare? Answer: Informix conforms

Question: What is the most efficient method of converting Informix data in a Unix operating system to text or dbf data in an NT operating system (size = 8GB)? Answer:

Question: How can I write a function in C++ that would create a folder/subfolder on the hard-disk? Answer: Standard C or C++ don’t define such a function. However, most platforms

Question: Is there a macro that returns the name of a function which calls the macro? If not, how can I define such a macro? Answer: Yes and no. The

Question: The following code produces an error when compiled on Microsoft Visual C++ 6 SP3: for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) cout

Question: I want to create a system error object that will take care of system errors and database errors. Should I inherit it from the error object, or should I

‘ The fractional part of a floating-point number’ note that negative numbers return negative valuesFunction Fract(number As Variant) As Variant Fract = number – Fix(number)End Function

‘ A random number in the range (low, high)Function Rnd2(low As Single, high As Single) As Single Rnd2 = Rnd * (high – low) + lowEnd Function