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    Created vbScript - Browse for Folder or File

    ##vbScript - Browse for Folder or File Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. Some scripts need input (other than from the command line) …
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    Replied To a Post in Select statement with where statement

    Try str = "select * from Miscellaneouse where Position = '" & SlcComboBox1.SelectedItem & "' "
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    Created vbScript - Convert Integer to Binary String

    ##vbScript - Convert Integer to Binary String Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. vbScript has a number of functions for converting from one …
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    Created vbScript - Sorting With and Without Code

    ##vbScript - Sorting With and Without Code Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. Sorting is something that must be done from time to …
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    Replied To a Post in how to create a music applicaiton

    Start by learning how to program. Sorry for being so blunt but based on the effort you put into asking the question, what type of answer were you expecting? We …
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    Created vbScript - Run an External Program and Capture the Output

    ##vbScript - Run an External Program and Capture the Output Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. When you want to execute an external …
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    Replied To a Post in Ionic data is null

    >Any help? Probably not, based on the almost complete lack of details.
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    Replied To a Post in Will a true AI have a net positive or negative impact on society?

    Remember back in the early days of the PC when software was confusing (unlike now, right?). There was a big push to make software "user friendly". Typically this consisted of …
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    Created vbScript - Create a FolderWatch on a Folder

    This is the first in (hopefully) a series of posts about vbScript. Please see my post [vbScript - The Basics](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/516400/vbscript-the-basics) for more details on vbScript. My wife and I take …
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    Tried to upload script56.zip but it was too big. The script56.chm and several other files can be downloaded [here](https://isvbscriptdead.com/)
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    Created vbScript - The Basics

    ##vbScript - the basics My plan is to post a series of hopefully useful and informative vbScript Functions and Subs. I started writing up my first code snippet and found …
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    Replied To a Post in Increment mysql database table column by +1 continuously in every 24 hours

    I'm assuming that `>30` means expired so why not just do a `case` in the query that returns a value for `Expired` (or unexpired) of `True` or `False`. That way …
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    Edited What's wrong of my query?

    In this query i want to display the unbooked rooms, but the booked rooms are displayed instead of the unbooked rooms... create table guest ( guest_id int auto_increment primary key …
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    Gave Reputation to JamesCherrill in Will a true AI have a net positive or negative impact on society?

    I think you'll find the shift in the opinion of those in power is about > as long as something isn't rich it's ok to enslave it. "Worker's rights" vs …
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    Replied To a Post in Detect multiple functions with the same name

    If you post a couple of files I'll see if I can write a script. I don't know php syntax but I might be able to toss something together with …
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    Created Windows 10 Updates

    Here at the cottage I have a 3 gig/month cap. If I go over I pay extra. That gives me about 100 meg a day to play with. In preparation …
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    Replied To a Post in Syntax Error in From Clause. Selecting between two Dates

    Where I used to work, we standardized our date formats on all computers and databases/apps as yyyy-mm-dd. For one thing it made comparing dates trivial.
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    Replied To a Post in How to fetch data from database increamentally

    How do you know that each row corresponds to the same numbered record? In your situation you should be selecting the record that contains that word. It should be set …
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    Replied To a Post in How to fetch data from database increamentally

    Of course it fetches all the words. That's what you are telling it to do. In order to restrict what gets returned you have to provide a `WHERE` clause as …
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    Replied To a Post in Will a true AI have a net positive or negative impact on society?

    I may seem overly argumentative but this is the most interesting discussion we've had here in quite a while.
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    Replied To a Post in Will a true AI have a net positive or negative impact on society?

    >To a deer or an owl or a dolphin human technology/knowledge is awful or useless. OK. So you mean human technology. Certainly a computer is useless to a badger but …
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    >Why don't you just ban the members who are spamming? We do. They just create new accounts. >What's the turnaround time for creating a new email account to spam from? …
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    Replied To a Post in Will a true AI have a net positive or negative impact on society?

    >from a completely objective standpoint there is no reason that humans need to exist at all From a completely objective standpoint there is no reason that any particular species need …
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    Replied To a Post in Biggest DaniWeb pain points

    I think I suggested a while back that the mods should have a toggle button available to show/hide deleted threads. Surely the logic already exists to show/hide because non-mods are …
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    Replied To a Post in Computer working slow

    Using Task Manager, what apps are using the most CPU and memory? If you go to the Performance Tab and click on Open Resource Monitor (bottom of screen) you may …
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    Replied To a Post in Biggest DaniWeb pain points

    >the number of posts per day have dwindled there as well Maybe people would rather just go to Facebook and nowhere else. If you go to the Daniweb home page …
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    Replied To a Post in Will a true AI have a net positive or negative impact on society?

    Re-jig? There's a euphemism. Our serious problems can be summed up as "too damn many people". Unfortunately there are too many bad ideas of how to address this. As long …
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    Replied To a Post in Search button in VBNET

    Try cmbSearch.CommandText = "SELECT Assignment FROM Apu WHERE StudentID = '" & txtStudentID.Text & "';" The format is SELECT <fields> FROM <table> WHERE <conditions> I strongly suggest, however, that instead …
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    Replied To a Post in Biggest DaniWeb pain points

    >They have to be closed after a certain time surely? I agree. I think threads should be automatically closed after a given period (6 months perhaps). Anything added at that …
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    Replied To a Post in Biggest DaniWeb pain points

    >the average user just wants answers More and more lately, the average user just wants someone else (us) to do their homework for them. Dani wants us to turn these …
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    Replied To a Post in Computer working slow

    Make sure you have only one anti-virus package running. You might also try disabling your anti-virus (temporarily) to see if that speeds things up. If that works then it is …
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    Replied To a Post in C programming

    The loop continues as long as x is less than y. It isn't until x = 55 that the test fails.
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    Replied To a Post in javascript

    If you can't be bothered to ask a question then why should we go to the trouble of helping?
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    >I read the forums, and saw people raising issues that occurred to me who were poo-pooed without the chance to explain further I think it would have been appropriate, then, …
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    Edited SQL Server trigger update

    Hi I need your help with regards on my trigger in sql server update. Want I wanted to do is to update the existing record in my database and then …
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    Edited Python histogram bin shift by shifted values

    I want to shift my plot to the right by fixed value , I have npy file contain 7 columns, I plot the histogram for the column number 7 as …
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    >What are the biggest pain points you have with DaniWeb? 1. spammers 1. people who copy/paste homework 1. people who revive multi-year old threads by posting nonsense 1. people posting …
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    Replied To a Post in Microsoft buys Github. MSFT's track record on prior acquisitions?

    Skype is worse since m$ took it over. First of all, I amn unable to defer/block updates while at the cottage but more importantly, there is now no way to …
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    Replied To a Post in C++ guess word

    And what is your question? Before you reply I suggest that you read the [Daniweb Posting Rules](https://www.daniweb.com/welcome/rules) and [Suggestions For Posting Questions](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/435023/read-this-before-posting-a-question).
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    The major Amiga mag on this side of the pond was Transactor. It was originally for the Commodore 64 but when the Amiga came out they moved to the new …
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    Gave Reputation to GrimJack in Looking for an example of food and drink on a handheld device ?

    It seems to me that would get pretty messy right off the bat. My cell could only hold a stack of about 10 wings before they started falling off; plus …
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    >I am going to retire pretty soon Welcome back and congrats. I retired in 2008 and haven't spent one second regretting it. >and how wonderful the Amiga was You and …
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    Replied To a Post in Illegal start of expression in my toString

    Just a note - Markdown syntax uses `*` (and a few others) as formatting characters. In order to use these chars for actual display you either have to 1. "escape" …
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    Gave Reputation to Nightocoder201 in Illegal start of expression in my toString

    Hello everyone, I am having trouble with my program its solving expressions and when I compile it I get a "Illegal start of expresson" line in my output. I am …
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    Replied To a Post in Illegal start of expression in my toString

    It's worth noting the the OP did the following: 1. asked politely 1. chose a descriptive thread title 1. posted details 1. posted proof of effort That's a lot more …
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    Replied To a Post in Who might have interest in building a Dazah app?

    I have to agree. Consider that I started to learn my craft decades before the internet became a thing. I have almost zero knowledge of how to develop a web …
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    Replied To a Post in Illegal start of expression in my toString

    Matching up `{` and `}` can be a pain. If you are running under Windows you can use the following script to reformat or do a quick check. Save the …
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    Replied To a Post in Illegal start of expression in my toString

    I think 79-97 are all part of the same if-then-else-end if construct, just badly indented.
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    > We've updated our privacy policy. - Everyone today it seems.
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    Men are generally against reason when reason is against them. - Thomas Hobbes

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