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Using ADO-Connected Recordsets with MTS

Question: Can I use ADO-connected recordsets with MTS? From the information I can find it seems that MTS does not handle them. Answer: You can, but the question is, do

Persistence and Serialization

Question: What is the best source, print or online, for learning how to implement persistence in C++? I want to save my objects to disk and restore them, and I

BIOS Version Information

Question: I have scoured the Web and can’t find any information on where to obtain BIOS version/name information. As far as I can tell, there are no APIs or C

Getting Data That Is in One of Two Tables

Question: I have a query that retrieves a field which is a foreign key in two tables. The tables are organization_name and person_name. Each instance of the foreign key is

SQL Redirection to a Text File

Question: How do I redirect the output of a SQL query to a file? Answer: Use the isql command-line switches to redirect the output of a query to a file.

queues

Question: I am a young programmer trying to learn C++. I have finished the three books that I own, but none of them cover queues or stacks. I have searched