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Close Connections When You Are Finished With Them

By proactively closing connections when they are no longer needed, you reduce demand on the database server and make resources available to other users. Connections are closed when they go

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System.out Vs. System.err

System.out leads the output to the standard output stream (normally mapped to the console screen). System.err leads the output to the standard error stream (and, by default to the console,

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Setting the Expiration Date in ASP

Records can be deleted depending upon an expiration date in ASPThe sample code is given below: set connected= server.createobject(

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Run Your RMI Implementation Under Java 2

If you’re running the client or server with Java 2, then you’ll need to specify a security policy file, to prevent SecurityExceptions being thrown. This policy file will allow your

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Trim Multiple Spaces in a String to a Single Space

If a string has two or more consecutive spaces, this will bring them down to a single space. Private Function TrimToSingleSpace(strToTrim As String) As StringstrToTrim = Trim(strToTrim)Do Until InStr(1, strToTrim,

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How to Read Client-Side Cookies From a Servlet

Reading cookies from a servlet is easy. You can gain access to any cookies sent by the browser from the javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest passed to the servlet’s doGet, doPost, etc methods. HttpServletResponse

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Find Unfinished Code

Never walk away from a routine that is not functionally complete but that will still compile. You might forget, or be out sick, and the module may never be finished.

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How to Write Underlined Text

Interestingly, underline is not a supported font style, i.e., you cannotsay Font.UNDERLINE to draw an underlined text. The trick is to use Graphics.drawLine() method to draw a line just below

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Minimizing Flicker in Animation

Flickering in animation is caused due to the default behavior ofupdate() function. This default behavior first clears the screen and then calls paint() to do the painting. Overriding the update

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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

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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

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Alternative to Using

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

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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

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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

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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”

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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