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Visual InterDev Hangs

Question: When connecting to an Informix database using Visual InterDev and SCO Retriever 32 ODBC, I can see tables and column names but when I try to look at data,

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Removing Characters from Strings

Question: I need to delete certain characters from a string, particularly a money field in the format 99,999,999.99. Is there an easy way to delete the commas and period from