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Creating a Drop-Down List File in ASP

Using this tip, you can create a drop-down list, which is populated from a database, and include it in a Web (ASP) page. This will basically increase the performance via

ADO in VB

Question: I am trying to upgrade a program from DAO to ADO that will take a flat file and create a new database, add the needed fields and then populate

Writing a Query Showing ID Status

Question: I am a SQL beginner and I am trying to write this query. I have a table with four columns: ID STATUS DESCRIPTION CURRDATE1 open Test1 6/1/001 open Test1

Grouping By One Field When Selecting Several

Question: These are the fields of my table: id, email, firstname, and lastname. There can be multiple records for a single email. I only want to group by email and

Selecting with Distinct

Question: I am trying to query a database with the following: SELECT DISTINCT SystemName, OwnerID, Location, Productver, StartDate, EndDate, ProjectNameFROM DevicesORDER BY SystemName I only want to have the DISTINCT

Mobile E-mail and Automobile E-mail Trend

Question: I’ve heard that Nokia’s strategic aim is to make sure that every automobile on earth has its own e-mail address by 2010. Have you heard that too? Answer: I’ve

Binding a Grid to a Cursor

Question: Is it possible to have a grid bound to a cursor? If so please tell me how. Answer: A grid is bound to a cursor the same way that

Problem with Multiple Table Joins

Question: I have two tables Region(RegionId-PK, RegionName) and District(DistrictId-PK, DistrictName, RegionId-FK). When I open a recordset (rs) like : Dim rs as new ADODB.Recordsetrs.Open “SELECT District.*, Region.RegionName FROM District INNER

Passing a Parameter to a Stored Procedure

Question: How do you pass a parameter to a stored procedure from within another stored procedure? Answer: To call a stored procedure from inside another stored procedure, let’s take an

Handling Multiselect Lists

When using a select list that will allow multiple selections, the selections will be provided to you in the Request object as a comma-separated list. Using the new Split function,

Rebooting the Web Server

If you’re doing a lot of development using server-side components, you’ll have found that once the DLL has been used by IIS, you have to reboot the Web services in

Time Synchronization Under NT 4

Question: How do I synchronize all NT 4 workstation system clocks on a network with a central point of contact? Answer: The NT 4.0 Server Resource Kit contains a file

The MB TipOfTheDay Control

Many commercial programs have a Tip of the Day dialog, that shows a tip or trick whenever the application starts. With the MB TipOfTheDay Control you can add this nice

Peek – Read a value of any type from memory

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)’ read a value of any type from memoryFunction Peek(ByVal address As

StringFromBSTR – Convert a BSTR to a VB string

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)’ convert a BSTR into a VB StringFunction StringFromBSTR(ByVal pointer As Long)

StringFromAddr – Read a string at a given address

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib “kernel32” Alias “RtlMoveMemory” (dest As _ Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)Private Declare Function lstrlenA Lib “kernel32” (ByVal lpString As Long) As _

The age of a person

You can quickly evaluate the age of a person using the following function: Function Age(BirthDate As Date, Optional CurrentDate As Variant) As Integer If IsMissing(CurrentDate) Then CurrentDate = Now Age

Calculating the Difference Between Two Times

When you need to compute the time that elapsed between two dates, use the standard function difftime(). This way, you avoid potential bugs such as leap years or Y2K issues.

Converting a Number to a String

The standard strstream family of classes enables you to convert numeric values into their string representation easily. You need to instantiate an strstream object, insert the numeric value to it

Linkage Specification

Linkage between C++ and non-C++ code fragments can be achieved using a linkage-specification. For example: extern “C” int func(int arg1); // func has C linkage The quoted string in the

Pass Template Parameters by Reference

In the following declaration of the template min, the template parameter T is passed by value: template bool equal(T first, T sec){//

Formatting Tables in HTML Pages

The best way to tackle alignment/wrapping issues with invisible tables is tomake the tables visible. To do this, you should set the border property oftables that contain form fields or

Bool Values

Question: How do I make 1 bool take 1 bit instead of 1 byte? Answer: Instead of an array, you should use an STL container that is specifically designed to

Software to Convert Informix dat to dbf

Question: Is there any software that will convert database files from Informix to dbf files? Answer: I’m not aware of any. Sort of like rebuilding a Ferrari and putting in

Constraints on Social Security Number

Question: How do I put a named constraint on a social security number defined as number(9) so that no hyphens are allowed in? Answer: To prevent numbers with hyphens from