Nite shot

Hi there everybody, I'm new here, Just bought a Canon G9 need to pointers on how to take a nite photo. Trying to shot out of 17th floor window view of the city, I'm not getting anything decent yet, Suggestion anybody? Would really appreciated... Thank you.
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can you post an example of what you've shot so far and link to the kind of photo you're looking to take?

Are you using the night scene mode?
Are you using a tripod?
Show us a pic.