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Setting up local SSI's on Win2k Professional.

Do you keep getting the following error when you try to implement local Server Side Includes (SSI's) on Windows 200 Professsional?

Error Type:
Active Server Pages, ASP 0126 (0x80004005)
The include file 'includes/top.asp' was not found.

Find out what's going wrong and how to fix it :)

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Databases

The Zen of Recursion

Anyone working on a content management system should have a good grasp of "recursion" and how to implement it. This article explains how use MS SQL Server stored procedures recursively to traverse through hierachal data :)

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Manuals

Using Meta Generator Extention for DW4

This tutorial explains you how to use the Meta Generator extension. This awesome Extension is the best way to quickly create custom Meta Tags in DW! With this new extension, you have almost 40 custom tags you can create from within this one object! Read More
Manuals

How to make a simple, but useful, Dreamweaver extension

Intended to take some of the mystery out of how extensions work, this tutorial is a walk-through on how to create a simple object extension. It shows the entire process from creating the necessary HTML and JavaScript right through to packaging the extension so that it can be installed using the Dreamweaver Extension manager. Read More
Server Side

Simple Text Replace - For Swearing Validation/Custom Tags etc.

In the development of a forum program in ASP, I found it neccesary to implement several features, if the project was the match the forerunners of the day.

I figured that using this bit of code, I could acheive all of them. This code works to replace anything a user types in a specific feild of a new record with custom text or HTML you wish to appear.

Thats all there is to it. PLEASE NOTE: The file in this zip archive contains the results of my swearing validation, and as such, contains a LOT of swears. Be warned before opening :)

Hope this is of some use!

Joe Utichi
www.dreamcastuk.net
www.ps2-4u.com

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Server Side

PHAkt Connections for Dummies

The main tutorials for setting up your PHAkt connection are great. But since I knew so little, I found I needed specific guidance about what to put in each field. The exact syntax was messing me up, and I missed some comments in the install notes. This is what I wish I knew when I started. Read More
Databases

Installing mySQL under Linux

mySQL is a robust Relational Database Management System. Currently it runs under Linux, Windows, OS2, and several other operating systems. Aside from the fact that it is free (yes, you heard right), mySQL has become the database management system of choice for many small and large solutions (Yahoo has been known to use mySQL).
This tutorial teaches how to install mySQL under Linux.

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Server Side

Using PHAkT v1.0: Connecting to a MySQL Database using MyODBC

Connecting to a MySQL Database from within UltraDev can be a little daunting, especially if you're new to UltraDev. This tutorial explains how to connect to a MySQL database using MyODBC. Extremely usefull for PHAkt users!

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Server Side

Using PHAkT v1.0: Connecting to a MySQL Database using JDBC

This tutorial takes the user through using the new JDBC connection method for UltraDev's PHP server model PHAkT. This tutorial is a lot shorter than the MyODBC tutorial, as this is a much simpler way to connect. It is aimed at the MAC or PC user.

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Server Side

Advanced Search Technology with SQL WhereStrings

As your database gets more complicated, searching across multiple fields in the database is more difficult. The solution is to build your SQL query on the fly using a Wherestring. This type of Advanced Search Technology (AST) will significantly add to your site. Learn how to use AST principles to create dynamic search pages on your site. Read More
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