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Creating a “Complete” Backup Solution

ne of the inherent difficulties in backup and contingency planning is that it usually takes only one thing to go wrong to bring down your entire system. To be truly

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Profiling in Oracle 8i

n a previous 10-Minute Solution, “New PL/SQL Features in Oracle 8i: Part I,” I write that Oracle PL/SQL programmers develop complex code nowadays, utilizing custom and Oracle-supplied packages. It therefore

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Outlook Quick Link

This utility if for those who hate having to alt-tab over to Outlook every time I wanted to create a new message. With this program, no matter what application is

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MB ProgressBar Control

This control is a great substitute for the ProgressBar included in the Common Windows Controls package and can give a nicer look to your applications. It has a BackColor property,

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The Procedures Sort Add-In

The Procedures Sort Add-In is a great add-in for those who like well-organized code. You can use it to sort your procedures in the active CodeWindow alphabetically. It preserve all

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The PrettyPrinter Add-In

The PrettyPrinter Add-in is a very simple VB5 and VB6 add-in that lets you print whole VB code modules or selected procedures, in both portrait or landscape mode. While the

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Performing Top-N Queries in Oracle

he task of retrieving the top or bottom N rows from a database table (by salary, sales amount, credit, etc.) is often referred to as a “top-N query.” This task

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Simplifying Date Data Entry, Part II

n last month’s article I showed you how to create a calendar page in ASP with pop-up functionality. In this month’s article, I’ll show you how to make your pop-up

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Using SQL Server 2000 Recovery Models

n my series of articles, “Paranoid and Proud of It,” I pointed out that systems require different backup strategies, depending on the criticality of the information stored in them. SQL