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Order By Column Not Row with rs.Getrows

This ASP script will enable you to order your database by columns instead of the default by rows, which is not easy on the eye. Due to the way HTML

Who Is Using the Oracle Database?

There is a table called v$session, which is visible if you haveDBA privileges. This table contains an entry for each session connected to the Oracle database. To see who is

Alternative to Using

Use this code to notify a form that displays another form when the displayed form is closed

Using the PaintPicture Method

It is possible to use the PaintPicture Method of the PictureBox or Form by entering different dimensions for source height/width and destination dimensions.Here is a sample:1) Create a new Standard

TemporaryDirectory – Get Windows temporary directory

Private Declare Function GetTempPath Lib “kernel32” Alias “GetTempPathA” (ByVal _ nBufferLength As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As LongFunction TemporaryDirectory() As String Dim buffer As String * 512, length As

FillWindowsTree – Fill a treeview with the windows hierarchy

Private Declare Function GetWindowText Lib “user32” Alias “GetWindowTextA” _ (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function GetClassName Lib “user32” Alias “GetClassNameA”

WriteToStdOutput – Write to standard output stream

Option ExplicitPrivate Declare Function GetStdHandle Lib “kernel32” (ByVal nStdHandle As Long) _ As LongPrivate Declare Function WriteFile Lib “kernel32” (ByVal hFile As Long, _ lpBuffer As Any, ByVal nNumberOfBytesToWrite As

ReadFromStdInput – Read from standard input stream

Private Declare Function GetStdHandle Lib “kernel32” (ByVal nStdHandle As Long) _ As LongPrivate Declare Function ReadFile Lib “kernel32” (ByVal hFile As Long, _ lpBuffer As Any, ByVal nNumberOfBytesToRead As Long,

GetWindowClass – The class name of a window

Private Declare Function GetClassName Lib “user32” Alias “GetClassNameA” (ByVal _ hwnd As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal nMaxCount As Long) As Long’ Return the class name of the specified

Displaying XML Data Islands with JavaScript

y capitalizing on Internet Explorer’s ability to embed XML data islands in Web pages you can create customized data-display pages with just a few lines of JavaScriptIn today’s IT world,

Put buffering and Response.Flush to good use

IIS5 enables buffering by default, therefore all the output from your ASP is actually sent to the browser only when the page completes its processing. In many cases this approach

Knob Control

This knob control lets the user select a numerical value by rotating it. Itworks like a scrollbar: just set the Min/Max properties and read the Valueproperty in the Scroll event.

Send fax from SQL Server using Microsoft Word

This article explains how you can create a Microsoft Word document from T-SQL and fax it through a method exposed by its Automation object model. You can create and destroy

Vemod MDI Background Control

This control does one thing, but does it well. It centers a picture on an MDI forms Client area. Windows Meta Files (WMF) can be transparent. Just place the control

Enumerate the users’ rights on a DB’s objects

SQL Server provides several security levels, and the control that the system administrators can pursue over the DB’s objects is extremely accurate. It’s often useful to know which rights each

Manage the SQL Server date format with SQL DMO

If you haven’t localized SQL Server for your language, the default date format is the American one: DD/MM/YY. You may need to display a date in different formats, and you