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here are numerous reasons why building data entry forms can cause an ASP developer headaches. If you are building a form that captures a date (for example, a date of
n my first article on this subject, I discussed the need to have a healthy dose of paranoia when planning how to protect your systems and information. I also demonstrated
n my last article, “New PL/SQL Features in Oracle 8i: Part I“, I described some of the new features in Oracle 8i that extend the power, performance, and flexibility of
he Web has changed software development forever, and it doesn’t take a prophet to know that this trend will continue. Even now, client/server and object-oriented programmers are tripping over basic
The two previous tips discussed new features that were added to C99, and which C++ doesn’t support. This time I would like to present one of the changes that were
classes overload the operators >> for reading from a file and word) // as long as sizeof hasn’t been reached { vs.push_back(word); //copy word to vector }}
One of the classic examples of using recursion is calculating a factorial of a number. Here’s a typical implementation of this function: int factorial (int num){ if (num==1) return 1;
In C89 and C++, array dimensions must be declared using integer constant expressions. This allows the compiler to compute the array’s size at compile time. In C99, this rule was
In earlier stages of C, function declarations looked like this: int func() /*no parameters inside parentheses*/int a,b; /*instead, parameters were declared here*/float f; /*another parameter*/{/*
Question: How can I schedule an automatic reboot? I have the schedule service started and set up to start automatically, and I know how to dothe “at” commands. What I
Question: How do I fix the “a file xxxx.4gl cannot be written to” error, which occurs when I try toprint a document? Answer: Sorry, but I’m not a 4gl person.
Question: Our shop develops apps with VB 5.0 and 6.0. Are either of these versions of VBWindows 2000 compliant/compatible? Answer: Yes, they are. I have done a considerable bit of
Instead of copying all the files manually you can use the Copy Web Application feature in Visual InterDev 6.0 to easily move your Web application from one server to another.
For objects that may or may not be used in an application, it’s often most efficient to declare the objects without instantiating them until the need to use them arises
Suppose you are writing a method in a class that accepts a parameter of a given type. Such a method can also be called with an argument of a different
This allows a user to select a row in a listivew by clicking anywhere on that row. Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib
When the SQL SERVER is used as the database, and Access is the front-end application, this tip can help to dynamically change the Access pass through query definition. This enables
String in Java is a constant object, which means that, by default, it can be created and read but not modified. Developers sometimes use this String extensively, forgetting the overhead
Sometimes you want to build a link URL which contains both server side and client side information. For instance, in your asp code you want to build this link: Delete
Question: I have recently written a small dialog based MFC app to carry out a few performance calculations for our product. I have managed to get o/p to the printer
Question: enum Foo { first = 10, second = 20 };Foo foo; What does the standard say about the default value of foo, is it the value of the first
Question: To use or , I need to use “using namespace std;”. What is the meaning of it? When I have multiple .h and .cpp files, where should I put
This control reproduces and extends the color picker provided by Office 2000. It has a drop down palette that shows any color combination you want and (optionally) a custom button
INTRODUCTION In my latest article here at VB2TheMax, I showed my code structure for COM+ components (Example of code structure for COM+ component) in preparation for a couple of debug
The Scripting.Dictionary object is marked as having a “Both” threading model, which means that you can freely assign it to a Session or an Application variable. However, the actual threading
Unlike Session variables, there is only one instance of each Application variable. This means that storing data in an Application variable – including memory-consuming data such as long strings or
All include files appear to the ASP processor as belonging to the main ASP file, therefore they are read in memory and parsed as if they were physically pasted into
Here’s a collection of quick-and-dirty tips for improve the performance and the robustness of your ASP applications:Use the Option Explicit directive to ensure that all variables are correctly declared and
You should never use more than one script language on the same ASP page, for example by mixing pieces of VBScript with portions of JavaScript. The reason is that there











