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SQL and Using Text and Combo Boxes

Question: I write a statement such as frmStatistics.datStatistics.RecordSource = “SELECT * FROM tblSpecialGroup Where Sex = ‘M’ AND Date BETWEEN ‘” & “051099” & “‘” & ” And ” &

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Replication: Many Clients, One Central DB

Question: Being new to SQL Server 7.0 I wanted to get other opinions on this: My company has many clients using a proprietary db schema that will replicate transactions to

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Event in a form

Question: I’m a beginner VB programmer and am having problems figuring out how to handle events in forms. I have a class that raises an event for each step in

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BitSet – Set a bit in a number

‘ Set a bit in a value” NOTE: requires Power2()Function BitSet(ByVal value As Long, ByVal bit As Long) As Long ‘ simply OR with the bit mask ‘ Range checking

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Power2 – A power of 2

‘ Raise 2 to a power’ the exponent must be in the range [0,31]Function Power2(ByVal exponent As Long) As Long Static res(0 To 31) As Long Dim i As Long

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ShiftRight – Shift a Long to the right

‘ Shift to the right of the specified number of times” NOTE: requires Power2()Function ShiftRight(ByVal value As Long, ByVal times As Long) As Long ‘ we need to create a

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RotateRight – Rotate a Long to the right

‘ Rotate a Long to the right the specified number of times” NOTE: requires Power2()Function RotateRight(ByVal value As Long, ByVal times As Long) As Long Dim i As Long, signBits

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RotateLeft – Rotate a Long to the left

‘ Rotate a Long to the left the specified number of times” NOTE: requires Power2()Function RotateLeft(ByVal value As Long, ByVal times As Long) As Long Dim i As Long, signBits

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BitToggle – Invert a bit in a value

‘ Toggle a bit in a value” NOTE: requires Power2()Function BitToggle(ByVal value As Long, ByVal bit As Long) As Long ‘ simply XOR with the negation of the bit mask

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RotateRightI – Rotate an Integer to the right

‘ Rotate an Integer to the right the specified number of times” NOTE: requires Power2()Function RotateRightI(ByVal value As Integer, ByVal times As Long) As Integer Dim i As Long, signBits

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RotateLeftI – Rotate an Integer to the left

‘ Rotate an Integer to the left the specified number of times” NOTE: requires Power2()Function RotateLeftI(ByVal value As Integer, ByVal times As Long) As Integer Dim i As Long, signBits

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ShiftLeft – Shift a Long to the left

‘ Shift to the left of the specified number of times” NOTE: requires Power2()Function ShiftLeft(ByVal value As Long, ByVal times As Long) As Long ‘ we need to create a

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BitClear – Clear a bit in a value

‘ Clear a bit in a value” NOTE: requires Power2()Function BitClear(ByVal value As Long, ByVal bit As Long) As Long ‘ simply AND with the negation of the bit mask

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BitTest – Test the value of a bit

‘ Test the value of a bit” NOTE: requires Power2()Function BitTest(ByVal value As Long, ByVal bit As Long) As Boolean ‘ simply AND with the bit mask ‘ Range checking

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Build List of Components in Hierarchy

It is sometimes useful to be able to obtain a complete list of the components in a container hierarchy. A getComponents() method is provided in the java.awt.Container class, but it

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Pausing SQL Server

Pausing SQL Server prevents new users from logging in and gives you time to send a message to current users asking them to complete their work and log out before

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Minimize the Use of Pointers and Dynamic Memory Allocation

Pointer-based operations are less frequently needed than they might seem. For instance, examine this class declaration: class PointerMisuse{private: CDC * m_pDeviceContext;public: PointerMisuse(); ~PointerMisuse();};PointerMisuse::PointerMisuse(){ m_pDeviceContext = new CDC;}PointerMisuse::~PointerMisuse(){ delete m_pDeviceContext;} Even

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Beware of Single Quotes When Working With SQL

When concatenating a SQL statement such as INSERT, you may have trouble if your field value contains an apostrophe (‘) such as in “Commedia Dell’Arte.” SQL thinks the apostrophe is

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Identify Host That Called Remote Method

When creating remote objects for use with Java’s Remote Method Invocation (RMI), you’ll often extend java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject. When you do extend UnicastRemoteObject, it becomes easy for the remote methods to determine

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Generate Beeps in Your Application

Many applications use an audible “beep” sound to signal that an error has occurred or to get the user’s attention for some reason. For example, a user interface that allows

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Assigning Integers to an Enum Type

In C, it is valid to assign integers to an enumerated type. For example: /*** valid in C but not C++ ***/enum Status {good, bad};void func(){ Status stat = 1;

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Initialize a Radio Button

Question: Is there a parameter that can be used within a radio button tag in an HTML form to set the default value for the radio group? Answer: The CHECKED

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Processing a Transaction on One or More Remote Servers

In SQL Server 6.5, this command specifies that a distributed transaction managed by Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) starts and the transaction_name specifies a user-defined transaction name that is

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Prevent Lenient Date Parsing

The java.text.DateFormat class and its java.util.SimpleDateFormat subclass are useful for formatting and parsing date and time values. For example, your application may allow a user to enter a date value