Category Archives: Dev

Querying a database directly from UltraEdit

(This post was originally published April 23, 2009)

Using UltraEdit’s powerful external tool integration, this article will show you how to submit an SQL query directly from UltraEdit and have the results returned directly to the editor.

This example uses Microsoft SQL Server 2000, but the basic technique can be applied to most any database tool. Continue reading Querying a database directly from UltraEdit

Adding an Automatic BCC to Outlook

(This post was originally published April 23, 2009)

Note: This article is a bit out of date (in regards to newer versions of Outlook), but contains some interesting information in the comments section (which is reproduced here). At some point I will bring this article up to date, since I might have some new use cases for this functionality (i.e., automatically archiving posts to Evernote).


By using the built-in rules in Outlook you can automatically CC an email address on outgoing messages (and even specify additional criteria like keywords in subject lines, etc.), but there is no option to use BCC. This article will show how to modify Outlook to automatically BCC an email address on all outgoing messages. Continue reading Adding an Automatic BCC to Outlook

How to retrieve data from an Oracle database with VBscript

(This post was originally published September 21, 2006)

This article will give you a brief example of how to create a VBscript process that can retrieve data from an Oracle database. The techniques presented here can more than likely be adapted to connect to other databases as well. I’ll walk through a script that I wrote to solve a small problem with a web-based application that I support. The finished script will also touch upon techniques for logging and setting the date/time from within a VBscript process. Continue reading How to retrieve data from an Oracle database with VBscript