Cool...thanks. Yeah, I started learning PHP and was going to learn mySQL, but then the tides changes a bit on that project. Lots of automated Word/DB connectivity forms lately. But I'll check that link out, thanks. AND I totally forgot about my favorite book that I had from before when I was going a lot of ASP and just learning all this stuff...so I dug it up...time to review it again to read the stuff that was over my head and avoided back then. (Active Server Page in Plain English ISBN: 0-7645-47453-3), this is a fantastic ASP, SQL HTML, ADO reference book. I totally forgot I had it. It's not on my nightstand. A...I can appreciate reading hundreds of help file pages!<g>
And YES!!! Please do join us and write some stuff for TechTrax (by MouseTrax). We have over 6500 subscriber's now and our Google hits are in the hundred thousands in the last year since we started tracking. Plus, I just learned that one of our articles (Beth Melton's Office Shortcut Bar article) was mentioned on TechTV! Too cool! ;-) Plus I know a lot of softies read it...so it'll help that push for MVP status that Ray and I are raggin' them for you!<smirk/wink> Adrian writes for us when he can and his "everything you wanted to know about Response.Redirect" is one of the top hits. I'd ask Ray to write, too...but you know what a lazy ass he is!<g, d&r, v, v, f> Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant Microsoft MVP, Certified MOS Expert Editor/TechTrax Ezine � Free Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: Shawn K. Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ASP] Help with a weird query? Hi Dian, > Very cool, Shawn! Thanks so much! My pleasure. > ...any recommendations on a good reference book for all this crap? > I know a lot of it is just learned through time/experience. But I > have a dozen SQL books and, although I haven't read through all of > them, I do use many as references and none have all this stuff > listed so I'd at least know my choices. My first experience with SQL was with Access 2.0, where I literally printed out the entire help file (several hundred pages) on base and read them after work in the barracks. Probably not what most people would consider a fun evening, but I had work to do. ;) Anyway, I think most of the SQL I know was from my need to create fancy queries in Access 2.0, and since it had a rather short SQL string limit I had to find as many ways as possible to shorten the SQL to less than 256 characters. Since I use MySQL for most everything these days I just use the MySQL online library when I need to know how to do something. It's as simple as "mys select" in DQSD: http://dqsd.net/ I've actually created a pretty spiffy function that wraps SQL generation for ASP. Maybe I'll write an article about that for MouseTrax. Regards, Shawn K. Hall http://ReliableAnswers.com/ '// ======================================================== "The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work." -- Robert Frost, American poet (1874-1963) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages --------------------------------------------------------------------- Post : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.8 - Release Date: 12/8/2004 -- This email scanned and certified clean by AVG! Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.8 - Release Date: 12/8/2004 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/17folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages --------------------------------------------------------------------- Post : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
