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Question: I have a database hooked up to my Web page. I can do a search and it works fine, but during my search, if I spell a word wrong,
Question: I am trying to access some PDF files in a database. I give the address of the file in the browser as an IP address. I am trying to
Question: I tried loading two frames in the browser called “TOP” and “BOTTOM”. The “BOTTOM” frame loads a JavaScript file (j1.js) and another two frames in it called “LEFT” and
Question: I am using tags as dropdown menus at the top of my pages. But if I have an ActiveX control below my menu then the dropdown menus’ fall drops
Question: Is there any way to retain values in a page (text box, check box, radio, and so on) after going to some other page and coming back? I don’t
Question: I am having a problem accessing the form elements that are inside a DIV tag. It works in Internet Explorer but not in Netscape. The alert comes in both
Question: I need to create a page that will issue a unique authorization number after a customer has filled out a form. I have created a form that writes to
Question: Say I have 10 sockets and I want to have a thread which checks for a message from the sockets using their InputStreams. The thread will wait in the
Question: How can I capture KeyEvents in a Frame that doesn’thave any TextFields or TextAreas? Answer: To enable a particular AWTEvent in a Component it suffices to add alistener for
Question: I have the following: sql=”select * from products” How do I sort or order by two columns retrieved in the “*”? Answer: You need to specify them directly in
Question: How do I tell if the ‘submit’ button on a form has been clicked when I call the ASP page back to process the input? Answer: If you set
Question: I have a string that changes in length and has information separated by commas. For instance, it might contain something like: agfd, addc, aprev, ads, adft I need a
Question: Can I get milliseconds from time in ASP? For example, 12:30:00.234 HH:MM:SS.fff. Answer: No, not without using a custom COM component that will return the milliseconds. But then, by
Question: I created an ActiveX DLL that contains a class used to hold application settings. I registered the DLL (and a subsidiary DLL) on the Web server, but when I
Question: I have the following dump for MySQL and am having a problem getting it corrected for MS SQL. Can you help? Here is the dump file: # MySQL dump
Question: Do you have to individually catch each exception that a method maythrow? Or can you just have one generalized catch?For example, can I do this?: try{ method1 //which throws
Question: Are there any standard classes for performing one-way encryption ofstrings (e.g., passwords) in Java, similar to crypt() on Unix systems? Answer: The Java core APIs do not include an
Question: One of the things left out of Java that we had in C++ wasglobal variables. Is there a way to use global variables in Java? Answer: Even though Java
Question: Is it possible to edit report details in a print preview window? For example, if the report previewed has a line in it that I wish to remove, can
Question: When someone selects one item on my list, I want an inputfield to appear next to it. How do I do this? Answer: Rather than provide you with the
Question: How can I generate a Key Event from Java?I need to generate a KEY_TYPED Event, so the focused Component accepts it like normal key action. Answer: All you have
Question: How can I submit a form in ASP without a user clicking on a button? I tried: nameofform.submit() but I get the error: Microsoft VBScript runtime error ‘800a01a8’ Object
Question: How can I pass a date to a database using ASP? Answer: The answer depends on what database you are using. Say you are using a variable called ‘strDate’
Question: I have a form with a rather large text area inputting over 4000 characters of data into an Access database. I tried to upload it all at once, and
Question: How do you set the maximized state of a window within code? Answer: The Java AWT does not provide an interface for maximizing a window.The Swing JInternalFrame supports a
Question: Is there a way for me to kill, destroy, release, or otherwise cancel a form that has hung, without quitting the current instance of Visual FoxPro? I’ve tried practically
Question: How do I temporarily disable foreign keys in a table, insert more rows, and then enable them again? In particular, I need to know about syntax and what the
If you are developing COM components which run under MTS (Microsoft Transaction Server) then you may want to replicate one machine’s catalog to another machine. Here is a command line
If you want to improve performance of your application then you should always try to use strict type variables. You can use strict type (or strongly typed) variables by referencing
SQL Server 7.0 allows the tempdb system database to expand automatically as needed, rather than failing with an out-of-space error. If a reporting application needs a lot of space in











