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Access: Find 2nd occurence of a string
In a field named 'File' in MS Access XP I have text representing 'Artist - Album - Title'. I need to pull everything left of the second ' - ' string to create a directory path named ArtistAlbum. I can use "SELECT Left([File],InStr([File],' -')) AS DirName" but that pulls from...
Tags: ByVal FieldValue, DirName, File, InStr, Maricaibo, Microsoft Access, programming, SELECT Left, Variant Dim sPath
Q&A 2005-03-01

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Which script am I actually running
I need a UNIX command that when called from a script will allow me to know which directory the script is being run from. Our versioning for production and test is simply to use different directory path. If I use which, it will simply tell me which one...
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Q&A 2006-04-19
More command line info needed
Hi all;I'd like to do some 'repair' work on XP(problem-locks up loading drivers). I've booted from a PE disk and would like to either rename the "My Documents" folder (to reload XP w/o losing data) or to copy across to another PC on the LAN.I attempted to use the...
Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, PC
Discussion threads 2006-06-08
Use NT command shell to automate admin tasks
How would you like to free up precious time? Dominic Bosco demonstrates how you can write scripts to automate admin tasks.Prepare yourself for a crash course in NT command shell scripting, where you’ll learn all about variable declaration and substitution and the FOR command’s powerful file parsing mode. Invest your...
Tags: Dominic Bosco, Microsoft Windows NT, substitution
Technical articles 1999-10-07
Obtain important file information with these PHP file functions
Asa Web developer, it's common to have to interact with files on disk: check diskusage, read file permissions, find file modification times, and read filecontents. Fortunately PHPcomes with a full-fledged set of file functions for just this purpose and thisdocument lists them all, together with usage examples See Table A....
Tags: Contributor Melonfire, permission, PHP
Technical articles 2006-01-30
Extract text with awk
awk causes brain damageIf you made it past the 1900s without awk just keep up the good work and DON'T look back. When bash and light use of sed don't cut it, jump straight to Perl. Ignore this advice and you will find yourself 3 levels deep in escaped...
Tags: Programming languages, C/C++, techrepublic@..., DefaultExportPath, Awk, awk
Discussion threads 2007-08-21
Installing Zope
Stuck using HTML design tools to create your Web site? In this Daily Drill Down, Vincent Danen offers an alternative, Zope, which helps you create and manage dynamic Web applications via the Web itself.Most Web developers are on the constant lookout for the most powerful and flexible applications they can...
Tags: Development tools, Web, Vincent Danen, Zope
Technical articles 2000-11-21
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