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    PHP Pages Load as Blank in IE6

    Hello, I have a problem that is driving me nuts and I hope someone might have an idea or suggestion to resolve it. Whenever I try to bring up any PHP-type pages on the Web they produce a blank screen (on the bottom it shows 'Done'). It's also possible that some other pages are doing the same...
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    Instream Input Data

    Hello, I am curious to know if it is possible to have input data placed directly 'instream' in the program, in other words, whether it is possible to paste the data right into my program and run against it (I normally execute my scripts from within my Perl editor). I know this may seem...
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    How to Read Seq Text File, Write Text File W/O Specific Lines

    Hello, I am a novice in Perl. Can someone be kind enough to suggest a 'quick' script to accomplish the following: 1. Input - sequential text file. 2. Output - sequential text file. 3. Process: a. Read and Write out 1st record ('column headings'). b. Process remaining data records...
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    Need Help In T-SQL Code Being Executed In Query Analyzer

    Hello! I have some code that I am trying to execute in one piece in Query Analyzer, but somehow it won't. The strange thing is that it works in 2 separate parts. The following code, Step 01 and Step 02, seems to run just fine as one piece of code: ------------- STEP 01 -------------- BEGIN...
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    How to modify column datatypes in SQL Server 2000

    Hello, I'm new to using SQL Server 2000. I recently created a table with about 12 columns by importing an already existing spreadsheet. When I look at the table in SQL Server Enterprise Manager, the grid of data is rather wide and I have to scroll to the right to see all columns. Even though...
  6. canguro

    Calling All W2K Gurus: I Put In New HD, But Where Is W2K Booting From?

    Hello, I just got thru installing a new Hard Drive and using the install manufacturer's CD to copy over all the files from the old HD, but I am confused about whether my boot is coming from W2K on the old HD or W2K on the new HD (I assume the 'copy' put a bootable form of W2K on the new HD)...
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    Fancy Footwork Needed With Install of 2nd Win 2000 Hard Drive??

    Hello, I am hoping someone can help straighten me out on the right direction to take on my problem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Currently, I have the following setup: 1. 40 GB drive ('C'), with Win 2000 installed. It has one partition dedicated to the entire HD, with...
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    Can One Get a Free Eval Copy of Crystal Reports (? Enterprise) 8?

    Hello, I am new to Crystal Reports, but I have heard some good things about its capabilities. I have a few questions and I hope someone can clear up the confusion. Actually, I am wondering if I really should be 'aiming' at Crystal Enterprise. Does this come with Crystal Reports? Is it...
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    Request for Advice on Appropriate Use of 'Sleep' Function

    Hello, I am writing a couple of Perl programs that I hope to use periodically to retrieve data from specific websites. I know that it would be bad practice to fire off a lot of hits against websites, because it would compromise the servers of those websites and probably other clients trying to...
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    Problem With Typing Text in Draw Mode of MS Word

    Hello, I am using the Draw mode of MS Word (I have Word 97) to create a flowchart. I can successfully create many objects, like Decision and Process, and then place text inside the object. But I have no idea how to type text outside of the object. For example, 2 very important pieces of text...
  11. canguro

    Hello, I am new to Perl and tryi

    Hello, I am new to Perl and trying to learn it by doing some reading and by writing some simple programs, for example I am trying to access a website and extract data for a pet project (but not for commercial use). I found the module TableExtract in CPAN and successfully installed it. I am...
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    URL page only retrieves partially

    Hello, I am trying to retrieve the page defined by the following URL: http://www.earnings.com/fin/earnListing.jsp?tckr=&exch=&eff=&date=2003-05-04 However, only the last (small) portion of the page comes back. Can someone straighten me out? Here is my code: use warnings; use strict; use...
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    Edit Format of Date Field in Perl

    Hello, I am creating output records which contain a date field in the format MON-DD-YY, for example Apr-11-03, but I need to change it to the format MM/DD/YYYY, i.e. 04/11/2003. I have looked into the Date:Manip module documentation, but I am not seeing how to do it. I must be missing...
  14. canguro

    Extract part of a long string in Perl based on identifiable literal

    Hello, As a newbie in Perl I am curious if anyone might know if the following can be done: 1. I have a long string, perhaps typically on the order of 2000 bytes. There is a definite literal (let's call it 'literal1') which occurs once in the string but I can not be sure in...
  15. canguro

    print() on closed filehandle --- But why???

    Can someone please steer me straight with respect to my simple-minded test? I am running this program on Win 2K, and attempting to retrieve HTML, remove the tags (which I think is now working OK), and then write the scalar direct to a file 'open'ed for OUTPUT. Here is the code...
  16. canguro

    Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///)

    Hi, Everyone, I'm trying to learn Perl on my own and making some progress, however, I'm still a newbie. I figure I can speed up my learning process by trying out some simple programs. I have a pet project that attempts to retrieve some stock data info and strip the tags from the HTML. (By...
  17. canguro

    Mandrake Linux Install CD not booting

    Hello, I am new to Linux, but eager to break new ground. I have Win 2000 on my PC, with 256 MB RAM, a Pentium 4 using 2 Ghz, and 28 GB free space. I downloaded the 3 ISO images for Mandrake 9.0 from this site: http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29, where the first is the Mandrake...
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    Fujitsu 3.0 Freeware Compiler and Oracle9i

    Can anyone in the Oracle9i Forum tell me whether I can use the Fujitsu 3.0 Freeware Compiler for COBOL to invoke Oracle9i? I am trying to train myself in the process of writing COBOL programs that can do database updates. If Fujitsu 3.0 won't work, is there another free (or low cost) product...
  19. canguro

    Can Fujitsu 3.0 interface with Oracle8i, Oracle9i?

    In the specs for Fujitsu’s vers. 3.0 Freeware compiler there is a line which says that it has an “Embedded SQL Preprocessor”. I have done a lot of COBOL programming on mainframes, but this is my first try at using a PC-based version. I recently took some Oracle training and would be happy to...

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