http://developercenter.northcomp.comen-usCopyright 1996-2012 Northstar Computer Systemseditor@northcomp.comeditor@northcomp.comhttp://backend.userland.com/rsshttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Cant-Clone-Recordsethttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Cant-Clone-RecordsetA user recently complained that he couldn't use the Clone method on a recordset. This method is only available for recordsets that aren't forward-only recordset...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Calling-Subroutineshttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Calling-SubroutinesIn VBScript, you can call a subroutine simply by using the name of the subroutine, as shown here: H...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Calling-Stored-Procedureshttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Calling-Stored-ProceduresYou can use your stored procedures with ASP and ADO Connection objects; however, you don't need to use the word 'call' to do it. Just do like this, assuming the...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Calling-Another-Pagehttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Calling-Another-PageA number of readers have asked if it is possible to "call" another ASP page in the way you might call a subroutine in another language. Currently, the only opti...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Cache-Common-Datahttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Cache-Common-DataIf you're using data from a database in a lookup manner, keep it in local variables or an array instead of continually checking the recordset. This will make yo...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-Multi-Page-Formshttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-Multi-Page-FormsA reader asked for some advice on multi-page forms, in which a large form (like an insurance application) requires more than one screen of information. As was m...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/IIS-6-File-Typeshttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/IIS-6-File-TypesOne of the "enjoyable" parts of running a web hosting company is dealing with the changes that appear in new releases of products. I run exclusively on Windo...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-Format-Functionhttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-Format-FunctionIf you want an ASP solution for the missing Format function that you might have liked in Visual Basic, here’s a version in VBScript: '''''''''''''''...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-SQL-Statementshttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-SQL-StatementsIf you are building SQL statements within your ASP code that have data that might have single quote characters in it, be sure to replace every single quote with...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-Sorting-Queryhttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-Sorting-QueryIn many of my tables, I provide the option to sort by a column, as is used in the ASP Techniques Tip Archive. To make this work, I build a SQL statement that ad...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/TRANSACTION-Directivehttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/TRANSACTION-DirectiveIf you’re using transactions in your ASP application, remember that the @TRANSACTION directive, however you’re using it, has to be on the first line of your ASP...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Generating-Static-HTML-from-ASPhttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Generating-Static-HTML-from-ASPIn some cases, you may want to generate static HTML pages from your ASP pages. In cases where you're not frequently updating pages or only update them periodica...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-List-Automaticallyhttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-List-AutomaticallyIn a previous tip, you learned how to build a list (such as a combo box or list box) using a database recordset. If you're using the list multiple times, Amos C...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-DSN-Less-Connectionhttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-DSN-Less-ConnectionI've gotten a few questions lately asking about DSN-less connections and how to do them in ASP. For starters, DSN stands for Data Source Name, which was a confi...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-Document-Pickerhttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-Document-PickerIf you have limited space on your page, drop-down lists are an easy way to minimize space consumption for long lists of links or documents. Let's say, for insta...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-List-Automaticallyhttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-List-AutomaticallyHere's a tip sent in by Wilfred Mathews on how to build either a drop-down list or a multi-row list box by using a database query. While using the Select...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-Date-Formatting-Functionhttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Building-a-Date-Formatting-FunctionOne rule many companies are adopting prior to Y2K is that all dates show all four digits of the year, often in a MM/DD/YYYY format. The problem is that the Form...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Build-a-Dynamic-Copyright-Linehttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Build-a-Dynamic-Copyright-LineEver been to a site whose copyrights are out of date? Avoid the problem by creating a dynamic copyright line that can be included in your file through an inclu...http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Buffering-in-Windows-Serverhttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Buffering-in-Windows-ServerOne change from IIS 4.0 to IIS 5.0 is how buffering is done. Buffering refers to whether content from the ASP page is sent before or after the page is complete....http://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Buffering-and-Debug-Statementshttp://developercenter.northcomp.com/article/Buffering-and-Debug-StatementsOne of the things I do frequently while I'm programming is dump values out to indicate where I'm at as the page executes. However, if an error occurs, you may o...