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Question: After I have already declared an object, how can I call its constructor again to re-initialize its member variables? Answer: You can’t do that. C++ guarantees that for each
Question: What is the purpose of static methods in Java? Answer: Static methods can be invoked without an instance of an object. They provide the ability to execute methods in
Question: Can I specify the column I want to select from as an argument to the procedure? Something like: create procedure show_product(language char(2), ID integer) returning char(255);define p_prod_name CHAR (255);select
Question: I cannot initialize the program after I have installed it. When I run “oninit”, it seems to work, but then when I run “onstat” it tells me that the
Question: In Informix SE, I can use ISQL to generate a default form from a table and then query, update, or delete data within the form? How do I do
Question: Is there a way to perform a selective restore? I need to restore just one mailbox or public folder. I’m using the NT backup/restore utility. Answer: I’m afraid not.
Question: What are some of the ways that databases can be secured so that they can’t be hacked into, etc.? Answer: The first level of security is always the OS
Question: I am using Informix 7.24 and my raw partitions are getting quite large. Is there a way to tell the size of a database? I could then decide which
Question: How can ‘Ontape’ functions be used to back up Informix/Lawson DB to disk? Is dbspace required or can a large area in a directory (e.g., /gsc/bigspace) be used? Answer:
Question: Which is faster, LOCATE (without parameters) or GO TOP? How fast is the one from the other? Why is one faster than the other? Answer: They are usually equal
This Add-in lets developers quickly find & replace properties in their active VB6 project without exiting the VBIDE or editing any source code and with minimal usage of the vb
Introduction In my previous article [1], published atVB2TheMax site, I’ve described briefly how COM+ security and role-based securitywork. I promised you to discuss in the next article about web/IIS security;still
‘ convert a reversed full name back to the “FirstName LastName” format” for example, ConvertReverseFullName(“Smith, John A.”) ==> “John A. Smith”Function ConvertReverseFullName(ByVal ReverseFullName As String) As String Dim i As
‘ convert a string to camel case’ for example: CamelCase(“new file name”) => “NewFileName”‘Function CamelCase(ByVal Text As String) As String Dim i As Long ‘ convert all non-alphanumeric chars to
‘ Modify a phone-number to the format “XXX-XXXX” or “(XXX) XXX-XXXX”.Function FormatPhoneNumber(ByVal text As String) As String Dim i As Long ‘ ignore empty strings If Len(text) = 0 Then
‘ reverse a full name” for example: ReverseFullName(“John A. Smith”) ==> “Smith, John A.”Function ReverseFullName(ByVal FullName As String) As String Dim i As Long ‘ search for the last space
‘ Takes a first and last name and converts it to the format LastName, FirstNameFunction FormatFullName(ByVal FirstName As String, ByVal LastName As String) As _ String FirstName = Trim$(FirstName) LastName
‘ change a sentence in CamelCase to a sentence with spaces’ for example ConvertCamelCase(“FileExchange”) => “File Exchange”Public Function ConvertCamelCase(ByVal Value As String) As String Dim i As Long For i
‘ Format a credit card numberFunction FormatCreditCard(ByVal text As String) As String Dim i As Long ‘ ignore empty strings If Len(text) = 0 Then Exit Function ‘ get rid
Question: I’ve done a lot of programming in Java, and am relatively new to C++. One of the things that annoys me (just personally), is using a prefix such as
Question: In my class declaration I have a member: CSomeUsefulClass* m_one; In my implementation file, there is a function: DoMyThing(){CSomeUsefulClass* m_two;m_two = new CSomeUsefulClass(param1, param2);//blah…m_one = m_two;//do my thing…} then
We can speed up the data transfer between servlet and applet in a Web application by compressing the data transferred between them. The example below demonstrates how this is done:
Use the fillInStackTrace() method to rethrow a Throwable type of exceptional condition in your code. This is useful if you want to rethrow a exception that occurred while using a
Programmers who use dynamic_cast sometime discover that their applications suffer from mysterious crashes although seemingly, they are bug free. In most cases, the reason is that they forgot to turn
The sequence && is parsed as the logical AND operator. According to the Maximal Munch parsing principle, it’s never construed as two & (address of) operators: void func (char **
Certain special characters are represented as escape sequences. An escape sequence begins with a (backslash) followed by an alphanumeric character. For example, the escape sequence represents the newline character. Note
When you call a function through a pointer to function, use that pointer as if it were the function itself, not a pointer. For example: #include char buff[10];void (*pf) (char
C++ doesn’t allow you to assign integer value to an enumeration directly: enum Direction (Up, Down};Direction dir;Dir=0; // error, can’t assign int to enum type However, you can use static_cast
Question: If I declare one variable in a servlet class, and if I create many instances of that servlet, what will be the status of that variable? Answer: If the
Question: Is there any difference between heap and free store in C++? Answer: The free store is a region of memory from which a program allocates dynamic memory using new.











