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Simple Table Grids Without Images

When designing an internet application that must provide results in a grid, many developers will use small (1 pixel by 1 pixel) images in order to create a grid effect

Populate a Flexgrid With Desired Columns and Filtered Rows

Populate a flexgrid control with specified columns and filtered rows by drawing the control and calling this routine: Dim strWhere As StringstrWhere = ” WHERE PeopleAddressesID=4502″Call PopulateFlexGrid(Me.MSFGrid, “tblPeopleAddresses”, strWhere,”PeopleAddressesID”, “BuildingName”,

Connecting to SQL Server 7 via MS-DOS 6.2

Question: I have some complex engine control software that has to run under MS-DOS 6.2, but it needs to transfer data to SQL Server 7. What’s the best way to

Counting Across a Row

Question: I have a table that stores test answers. It looks something like this: Student Date_taken Q1 Q2 Q3 … Q78 If each question (Q%) is true/false (ENUM(”,’T’,’F’)), how do

DTS to Excel File

Question: I tried a DTS export of a table to an Excel file. The data types of all the columns in the table are varchar. When it exports to the

Filtering a Recordset

If you have a recordset already created and want to filter it by some criteria, you can use the Filter property of the recordset to do it. Just change the

Back-Referencing A Matched Element

You can use the dot operator (.) in XSL transformation stylesheets to refer to, effectively, “whatever element was just identified.” Let’s say you had this template in a stylesheet: Say

Stack Recordset Returns

If you’re getting a bunch of data for an ASP page, you can retrieve all the data through a single stored procedure and through a single call. Here’s what your

Move ASP Code to Compiled Components

Moving your ASP code to compiled components is always a good idea. Compiled components enable fast execution, along with easy development, debugging, and testing. For example, creating a record set

History Information

Question: Is it possible to display the address of the previous Web site as a string so that I can use it elsewhere? Answer: If the user got to your

Incorrect Rounding with Math.pow

Question: I have noticed that all rounding to x decimals scripts uses the following format: tenToPower = Math.pow(10, nDecimals);newNumber = String((Math.round(nNumber * tenToPower) / tenToPower)); However, that doesn’t work with

Dbspace Marked Down

Question: I have tried to reorganize Informix chunks on my disks. So I stopped the Informix and started to copy chunks to a new location with a cplv command (AIX).

Use SQL Server Savepoints Intelligently

You can use savepoints in rolling back portions of transactions to predefined locations. A T-SQL savepoint defines a location to which a transaction can return if part of the transaction

Browser-Neutral Code for Referring Style Objects

Programming with style sheets is never an easy task if you want to write browser-neutral HTML code. This is because the DOM (Document Object Model) of the Internet Explorer and

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