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Question: I want to have an image pop up, like a tool tip, when I hover over specific text. Is there any way to do this with DHTML or Javascript?
Question: I want to provide the facility to add/delete/modify Windows NT users from a remote browser. However, I don’t know how to do it. Can you kindly help? Answer: This
Question: I have a problem with the add and update query in SQL. I am trying to update the database with a string which contains one or more apostrophes. SQL
Question: I tried using the replace function as shown below, but I receive an error on using “Next i”. Function formatOutput( theText )Dim iDim sNewStringFor i = 1 to Len(theText)
Question: Is it possible to design a pull down menu that will show over an object? Every way that I’ve tried still hides the part of the menu behind the
Question: Can we call a nested procedure in ASP? Answer: Nope. This isn’t supported in any Visual Basic-variant language. Having done nested procedures before (Pascal, I think), I never saw
Question: After retrieving data into a recordset object, I want to filter this data. I tried using the objRs.filter method of ADO, but it doesn’t seem to work. This is
Often when you’re developing script, you may want to determinejust how long the code takes to run. To do so, take advantage ofASP’s built-in Timer function. As you may know,
Question: How do I use Active Server Pages to create WAP pages? Answer: By setting the MIME type, you can use ASP to write WML. This command accomplishes this: Response.ContentType
Question: When I create a spinner control and limit the upper and lower limits to specific integers, how do I wrap around the spinner to a specific integer range? For
Question: After I install this driver, I see the error message when starting Lotus Notes Application: “The application uses CTL3D32.DLL, which is not the correct version. This version of CTL3D32.DLL
Question: Can WAP pages be built to interface directly with a phone and its functionality? Answer: Yes, you can write WAP pages that will display and call phone numbers directly,
Question: We have an application; within it is a file with the extension .DCT. What are .DCT files? Answer: DCT files are one of the files that Visual FoxPro uses
Question: How can I make the Visual FoxPro main window minimize and maximize through code? Answer: VFP forms and the _SCREEN object have a property called “WindowState” that can be
Question: I am trying to populate the stores (demo) database with a SQL script through dbaccess. The script keeps on returning syntax errors. The script is as follows: DECLARE status
Question: Can WAP pages be secure? Answer: Absolutely. WAP pages can be used for sending and receiving confidential information, such as credit cards and/or bank account statements. WAP was designed
When an error message is logged into the errorlog table, there is often a need to know the entire call stack, to debug the exact location of the error. This
Often the existing data in the database needs to get updated, even if they are part of any primary or foreign keys. In Oracle8.0, it is possible to defer integrity
There are times when duplicate records somehow creep into a table despite your best efforts. This happens more in cases where data is loaded into table from other sources because
The LIKE statement is often used in SQL queries with wildcards to find data that issimilar to a matching pattern. PL/SQL has two forms of wildcard: _ and %. The
You often encounter requirements for reports to retrieve the top-n/first-n rows of a table
In a nested procedure environment, I have often felt the need to isolatethe transactions of the child/called procedure from the parent/calling procedure’s transactions. Until Oracle8i, it used to be a
Use Cascading Style Sheets to create a floating text paragraph. First, add the attribute in the document’s section: Now, add the content you want to display in the window: Visit
Checking whether a table exists in a Microsoft SQL Server database is easy. You can use this query: SELECT ‘x’FROM sysobjectsWHERE type = ‘U’ and NAME = ‘mytable’ But this
In Microsoft SQL Server, you frequently need to navigate through data row by row. This is usually done using T-SQL server-side cursors. Considering that processing overhead on cursors is higher
Question: Is there a way to store data in an Excel file from an ADO recordset by doing some sort of block read/write instead of reading/writing every data field in
Question: I have a date field store in one of my database tables. How do I pull a record from that table within seven days of today’s date? today’s date
Question: Can I use Oracle’s PL/SQL in Visual FoxPro or SQL Server 6.0? Answer: No. PL/SQL is a language native to Oracle, not Microsoft’s products. Each Microsoft database product has
Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib “advapi32.dll” Alias “RegOpenKeyExA” _ (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Long, _ ByVal samDesired As Long, phkResult As Long) As
Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib “advapi32.dll” Alias “RegOpenKeyExA” _ (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Long, _ ByVal samDesired As Long, phkResult As Long) As











