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Can Add Records But Not Update Them

Question: I am developing an application package with VB 6.0 and SQL Server 7.0. My problem is that I can add new records to the ADO recordset but I am

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Remove Unsightly Frame Gaps in Netscape

When you create an HTML frameset using the FRAMEBORDER=”0″ attribute, the frames look fine in Internet Explorer. However, there’s an unsightly white gap between non-white pages when you view the

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Split Function

Question: How is the data laid out in the array and how do you know the size of the array! Answer: Each string that results from the Split function is

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Setting Daily Events

Question: I want to kick off a function once a day (for examle, at midnight). The timer seems a very inefficient way to do this. Is there any way of

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Variant Naming Specification

Question: I know a recordset object should be named rstName, but don’t know all about variant naming specifications. I looked for it on MSDN for a long time, but couldn’t

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Migration: Access to SQL Server

Question: I have written an application using VB6/Access. I use DAO. How easy is it to convert the application from Access to SQL Server? Should I make a lot of

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Objects And Classes

Question: I need to compare two object instances of the same class. But I need to compare the contents and not the references (ie: “obj1 is obj2” – will not

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Display and Save a Grahic

Question: I have an application in which I have to enter employee info and save their photo. I can do that if I use a data control and bound control