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Informix Stored Procedures to VB

Question: I am returning a resultset from an Informix Stored Procedure to VB6 via ODBC and ADO. Is there any way of returning the field names? At this point I

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Displays Grid Fields Vertically

Question: How do I display the rows of a table’s contents vertically? I want to list the tracks of a CD, LP, etc. from their table at the bottom of

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MTS Queue Backing Up

Question: When e-mail messages are not being delivered and the MTA queue is backed up and all the services is running, what could be another step I can take to

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Web Databases and Connectivity

Question: Define a Web database, please. What are the advantages and disadvantages? How do I connect different software to the Web? Answer: A Web database is any database that you

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DECODE Function

Question: As I understand it, the DECODE function or procedure is available in XPS 8.3 and IDS 2000 9.2 or above. Is it available in 7.2x? If not, is there

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Disabling Function Keys in an Application

Question: How do I disable function keys in an application? Answer: You can disable function keys by using the ON KEY LABEL command. Putting an asterisk (*) after the key

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Moving Mailboxes Correctly

Question: We have set up a second Exchange server within our site and moved 170 mailboxes over to it. However, it does not appear that the mailbox data has transferred.

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Mailbox Names with Different Domains

Question: I have a problem creating the same mailbox names with different domain names at one server (one site). How can I go about doing that? Or can I only

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Getting the Address of a Function

Question: In VB, I can use the function AddressOf. It is the return address of function WNDPROC. Is there a similar function in PowerBuilder? Answer: In PowerBuilder you cannot get