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16,400 | 2 | null | 16,363 | 0 | null | I have also been highly annoyed by that behavior. The only solution I have found is to manually change the properties page for each web appllication so it hits a real running instance in IIS.
I prefer this anyway, because debugging with the integrated web server can give you a very false impression of how your applic... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:26:01.020 | 2008-08-19T15:26:01.020 | null | null | 1,219 | null |
16,395 | 2 | null | 9,033 | 24 | null |
# Partial Methods
[Charlie Calvert explains partial methods on his blog](http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2007/11/11/partial-methods.aspx)
[Scott Cate has a nice partial method demo here](http://weblogs.asp.net/scottcate/archive/2008/06/18/teched-orlando-compiler-tricks.aspx)
1. Points of extensibility in C... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:23:12.040 | 2008-08-20T17:24:49.830 | 2008-08-20T17:24:49.830 | 1,950 | 1,950 | null |
16,387 | 2 | null | 16,340 | 1 | null | Is using the existing hashcode from the byte array field not good enough? Also note that in the Equals method you should check that the arrays are the same size before doing the compare.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:19:32.203 | 2008-08-19T15:19:32.203 | null | null | 748 | null |
16,406 | 1 | null | null | 1 | 1,503 | You can easily use the `PropertyChanges` events to set the flag. But how do you easily reset it after a save to the `ObjectContext`?
| Best way to implement a dirty flag in EF | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T15:30:48.203 | 2012-04-25T16:37:37.403 | 2012-04-25T16:37:37.403 | 1,332,690 | 1,956 | [
"frameworks",
"entity"
] |
16,408 | 2 | null | 16,340 | 1 | null | Generating a good hash is easier said than done. Remember, you're basically representing n bytes of data with m bits of information. The larger your data set and the smaller m is, the more likely you'll get a collision ... two pieces of data resolving to the same hash.
The simplest hash I ever learned was simply XOR... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:31:02.757 | 2008-08-19T15:31:02.757 | null | null | 1,954 | null |
16,403 | 1 | 16,546 | null | 7 | 3,811 | One of my biggest typographical frustrations about HTML is the way that it mangles conjoined whitespace. For example if I have:
```
<span>Following punctuation rules. With two spaces after the period. </span>
```
One of the two spaces following the period will be considered to be insignificant whitespace and be r... | How do you handle white space in your HTML | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-08-19T15:27:31.470 | 2012-07-31T16:03:34.743 | 2011-09-09T02:35:40.103 | 540,162 | 1,948 | [
"html",
"whitespace"
] |
16,409 | 2 | null | 16,155 | 0 | null | You could drop off the constructor and just put them in each individual class. Then what you have is each class has its own __construct, which is probably the same depending on if it is a shipper or vendor. If you want to only have those constructs defined once I don't think you want to go down that route.
What I thi... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:31:47.390 | 2008-08-19T15:31:47.390 | null | null | 1,797 | null |
16,410 | 2 | null | 16,403 | 1 | null | You can use a styled pre block to preserve whitespace. Most WYSIWYG editors also insert for you...
Overall, it's good that the browser ignores whitespace. Just view the source on this website for yourself and imagine how crazy the site would look if every space was displayed.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:31:59.277 | 2008-12-25T01:56:10.583 | null | null | 40 | null |
16,385 | 2 | null | 15,695 | 4 | null | I've never used (or even heard of) Stripes.
Regardless, there's a book from [The Pragmatic Bookshelf](http://www.pragprog.com/) called [Stripes: ...and Java web development is fun again](http://www.pragprog.com/titles/fdstr/stripes) that may be worth checking out. You could also check out the Stripes [mailing list arc... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:19:16.040 | 2008-08-19T15:19:16.040 | null | null | 1,318 | null |
16,412 | 2 | null | 16,403 | 7 | null | If you really want your white space to be preserved, try the css property: white-space: pre;
Or, you could just use a <pre> tag in your markup.
By the way, it's a good thing that HTML browsers ignore white space in general, it allows us to have clearly formatted source code, without affecting the output.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:33:49.630 | 2008-08-19T15:33:49.630 | null | null | 1,951 | null |
16,414 | 2 | null | 14,527 | 14 | null | The following is an example of a template that would produce the required output in XSLT 1.0:
```
<xsl:template name="getExtension">
<xsl:param name="filename"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="contains($filename, '.')">
<xsl:call-template name="getExtension">
<xsl:with-param name="filename" select="subs... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:34:44.903 | 2008-08-19T15:34:44.903 | null | null | 1,908 | null |
16,416 | 2 | null | 16,402 | 2 | null | Sounds like `robocopy` tool is exactly what you need.
Very replication command-line tool.
- [MS TechNet reference](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145)- [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy)`robocopy`- [guide](http://atlex.nl/tmp/robocopy_switches.txt)- [guide](http://www.tacktech... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T15:35:27.163 | 2012-08-17T15:08:48.130 | 2012-08-17T15:08:48.130 | 761,095 | 770 | null |
16,411 | 2 | null | 16,140 | 1 | null | I really like the [Apache Felix tutorials](http://felix.apache.org/site/tutorials-examples-and-presentations.html). However, I think in general leveraging OSGi in your application isn't one of those "let's use this framework, because it's hype" decision. It's more of a design question, but then everything that OSGi giv... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:32:05.017 | 2008-08-19T15:32:05.017 | null | null | 198 | null |
16,417 | 2 | null | 16,403 | 2 | null | It may not be very elegant, but I apply CSS to a <pre> tag.
There's always the "white-space" CSS attribute, but it can be a bit hit and miss.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:36:44.710 | 2008-08-19T15:36:44.710 | null | null | 1,025 | null |
16,420 | 2 | null | 16,406 | 1 | null | what about the event? See also [http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/2008/07/13/OverridingObjectContextSaveChanges.aspx](http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/2008/07/13/OverridingObjectContextSaveChanges.aspx).
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:39:20.230 | 2008-08-19T15:39:20.230 | null | null | 1,659 | null |
16,421 | 2 | null | 16,403 | 1 | null | Take a look at the [pre tag](http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_pre.asp). It might do what you want.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:39:58.807 | 2008-08-19T15:39:58.807 | null | null | 1,959 | null |
16,422 | 2 | null | 16,413 | 3 | null | This won't solve your problem, but if you only needed lat/long data for these addresses, the Google Maps API will parse non-formatted addresses pretty well.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:40:15.593 | 2008-08-19T15:40:15.593 | null | null | 72 | null |
16,427 | 2 | null | 16,403 | 0 | null | You'd better use white-space: pre-wrap than white-space: pre or
With your example, the latter solutions can start a new line on "rules. " just because your on-reakable ace hit the end of the line.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:43:17.990 | 2008-08-19T15:43:17.990 | null | null | 1,730 | null |
16,431 | 2 | null | 15,133 | 15 | null | Here's one:
[http://www.codeplex.com/ResourceRefactoring](http://www.codeplex.com/ResourceRefactoring)
It'a actually a Microsoft "open source" Visual Studio(2005 and up) tool that integrates with the IDE. You can easily replace every occurence of a string with a ressource reference with a few clicks.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:45:17.330 | 2008-08-19T19:18:30.490 | 2008-08-19T19:18:30.490 | 1,165,587 | 1,165,587 | null |
16,423 | 2 | null | 16,413 | 6 | null | Are there any standards at all in the way that the addresses are recorded? For example:
1. Are there always commas or new-lines separating street1 from street2 from city from state from zip?
2. Are address types (road, street, boulevard, etc) always spelled out? always abbreviated? Some of each?
3. Define "error".
... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:40:18.917 | 2008-08-19T15:40:18.917 | null | null | 51 | null |
16,433 | 2 | null | 15,695 | 0 | null | We considered it when we were looking at open source frameworks. But we saw the same thing your did that there really just isn't much support or information for it. You should always weight the community support factor surrounding open source projects before picking one. (which is what you are doing here)
| null | CC BY-SA 4.0 | null | 2008-08-19T15:47:10.040 | 2018-12-19T06:01:47.287 | 2018-12-19T06:01:47.287 | 1,997,093 | 1,940 | null |
16,432 | 1 | 18,342 | null | 184 | 99,801 | Let's say that you want to output or concat strings. Which of the following styles do you prefer?
- `var p = new { FirstName = "Bill", LastName = "Gates" };`- `Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", p.FirstName, p.LastName);`- `Console.WriteLine(p.FirstName + " " + p.LastName);`
Do you rather use format or do you simply concat... | String output: format or concat in C#? | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T15:46:53.863 | 2021-07-11T16:29:30.573 | 2013-10-28T17:41:13.077 | 63,550 | 920 | [
"c#",
"string",
"coding-style",
"string.format"
] |
16,437 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 2 | null | I think this depends heavily on how complex the output is. I tend to choose whichever scenario works best at the time.
Pick the right tool based on the job :D Whichever looks cleanest!
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:50:34.933 | 2008-08-19T15:50:34.933 | null | null | 1,951 | null |
16,436 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 1 | null | Personally, the second one as everything you are using is in the direct order it will be output in. Whereas with the first you have to match up the {0} and {1} with the proper var, which is easy to mess up.
At least it's not as bad as the C++ sprint where if you get the variable type wrong the whole thing will blow up... | null | CC BY-SA 4.0 | null | 2008-08-19T15:49:57.010 | 2021-07-11T16:29:30.573 | 2021-07-11T16:29:30.573 | 2,667,173 | 194 | null |
16,434 | 1 | 129,435 | null | 8 | 1,609 | Are there any good online resources for how to create, maintain and think about writing test routines for numerical analysis code?
One of the limitations I can see for something like testing matrix multiplication is that the obvious tests (like having one matrix being the identity) may not fully test the functionality... | How to test numerical analysis routines? | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T15:48:07.857 | 2017-09-30T00:28:58.807 | 2017-09-30T00:28:58.807 | 3,924,118 | 277 | [
"testing",
"numerical"
] |
16,441 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 2 | null | I prefer the second as well but I have no rational arguments at this time to support that position.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:51:26.537 | 2008-08-19T15:51:26.537 | null | null | null | null |
16,438 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 7 | null | For very simple manipulation I'd use concatenation, but once you get beyond 2 or 3 elements Format becomes more appropriate IMO.
Another reason to prefer String.Format is that .NET strings are immutable and doing it this way creates fewer temporary/intermediate copies.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:50:44.170 | 2008-08-19T15:50:44.170 | null | null | null | null |
16,340 | 1 | null | null | 54 | 50,403 | Say I have an object that stores a byte array and I want to be able to efficiently generate a hashcode for it. I've used the cryptographic hash functions for this in the past because they are easy to implement, but they are doing a lot more work than they should to be cryptographically oneway, and I don't care about th... | How do I generate a hashcode from a byte array in C#? | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T14:55:33.173 | 2019-05-07T17:41:22.180 | 2015-06-26T01:24:48.177 | 63,550 | 1,948 | [
"c#",
"hash"
] |
16,443 | 1 | null | null | 9 | 21,770 | Is it possible (in Vb.Net 2005), without manually parsing the dataset table properties, to create the table and add it to the database?
We have old versions of our program on some machines, which obviously has our old database, and we are looking for a way to detect if there is a missing table and then generate the ta... | Create DB table from dataset table | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-08-19T15:51:34.057 | 2018-12-14T12:19:27.437 | 2011-01-03T02:05:49.673 | 481,927 | 1,936 | [
"database",
"vb.net",
"visual-studio-2005"
] |
16,446 | 2 | null | 16,413 | 1 | null | There are data services that given a zip code will give you list of street names in that zip code.
Use a regex to extract Zip or City State - find the correct one or if a error get both.
pull the list of streets from a [data source](http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/zipstreet.asp) Correct the city and state, and then... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:52:48.313 | 2008-08-19T15:52:48.313 | null | null | 805 | null |
16,449 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 5 | null | Generally, I prefer the former, as especially when the strings get long it can be much easier to read.
The other benefit is I believe one of the performances, as the latter actually performs 2 string creation statements before passing the final string to the `Console.Write` method. `String.Format` uses a StringBuilder ... | null | CC BY-SA 4.0 | null | 2008-08-19T15:53:59.060 | 2021-07-11T16:22:43.043 | 2021-07-11T16:22:43.043 | 2,667,173 | 1,908 | null |
16,448 | 2 | null | 16,340 | 4 | null | Have you compared with the [SHA1CryptoServiceProvider.ComputeHash](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.sha1cryptoserviceprovider.computehash.aspx) method? It takes a byte array and returns a SHA1 hash, and I believe it's pretty well optimized. I used it in an [Identicon Handler](http://... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:53:28.983 | 2008-08-19T15:53:28.983 | null | null | 5 | null |
16,444 | 2 | null | 16,413 | 119 | null | I've done a lot of work on this kind of parsing. Because there are errors you won't get 100% accuracy, but there are a few things you can do to get most of the way there, and then do a visual BS test. Here's the general way to go about it. It's not code, because it's pretty academic to write it, there's no weirdness, j... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:52:05.397 | 2022-12-25T14:56:20.893 | 2022-12-25T14:56:20.893 | 722 | 722 | null |
16,450 | 2 | null | 9,033 | 98 | null | Maybe not an advanced technique, but one I see all the time that drives me crazy:
```
if (x == 1)
{
x = 2;
}
else
{
x = 3;
}
```
can be condensed to:
```
x = (x==1) ? 2 : 3;
```
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:54:52.677 | 2008-08-19T15:54:52.677 | null | null | 1,865 | null |
16,451 | 1 | 711,398 | null | 23 | 14,055 | I need to call a web service written in .NET from Java. The web service implements the WS-Security stack (either WSE 2 or WSE 3, it's not clear from the information I have).
The information that I received from the service provider included WSDL, a policyCache.config file, some sample C# code, and a sample applicat... | Calling .NET Web Service (WSE 2/3, WS-Security) from Java | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-08-19T15:54:59.153 | 2013-11-15T00:18:58.997 | null | null | 1,958 | [
"java",
".net",
"axis2",
"ws-security",
"wse"
] |
16,452 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 5 | null | For basic string concatenation, I generally use the second style - easier to read and simpler. However, if I am doing a more complicated string combination I usually opt for String.Format.
String.Format saves on lots of quotes and pluses...
```
Console.WriteLine("User {0} accessed {1} on {2}.", user.Name, fileName... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:55:01.273 | 2008-08-19T15:55:01.273 | null | null | 1,573 | null |
16,453 | 2 | null | 16,434 | 1 | null | Check out a book by [David Gries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gries) called [The Science of Programming](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0387964800). It's about proving the correctness of programs. If you want to be sure that your programs are correct (to the point of proving their correctness), th... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:55:28.263 | 2008-08-19T15:55:28.263 | null | null | 1,318 | null |
16,322 | 1 | null | null | 190 | 23,020 |
## Overview
One of the things I've asked a lot about on this site is [LINQ](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa904594.aspx). The questions I've asked have been wide and varied and often don't have much context behind them. So in an attempt to consolidate the knowledge I've acquired on Linq I'm posting th... | Learning about LINQ | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T14:50:43.430 | 2018-10-05T10:50:03.593 | 2020-06-20T09:12:55.060 | -1 | 493 | [
"linq",
"linq-to-sql",
"linq-to-entities",
"linq-to-objects"
] |
16,402 | 1 | 16,416 | null | 0 | 345 | I have a bunch of files that I need to be able to and quickly. My current method for doing so is moving a flash drive with a readme file of where stuff goes whenever I need to move stuff, which is rather inelegant and cumbersome.
My idea for a solution would be to write up a quick script to move files around that I ... | Easy installation method for windows/ Batch Reference needed? | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T15:26:40.287 | 2017-02-10T20:06:02.590 | 2017-02-10T20:06:02.590 | 1,773,434 | 652 | [
"windows",
"batch-file",
"installation"
] |
16,456 | 2 | null | 16,233 | 2 | null | > Note that a responsible web developer does not use fonts that are only
available on Windows (and especially ones that are only available on
Vista), nor do they use a technology that isn't supported by at least
the majority of browsers.
There's nothing wrong or incorrect about using Windows/Vista-specific fonts... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T15:56:26.043 | 2014-05-03T17:56:12.340 | 2014-05-03T17:56:12.340 | 707,111 | null | null |
16,357 | 2 | null | 16,320 | 2 | null | I like a single object to be correlated to a single record in the database, i.e. an object must be instantiated. This is your basic [ActiveRecord](http://martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/activeRecord.html) pattern. In my experience, the one-object-to-one-row approach creates a much more fluid and literate presentation in ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:06:37.923 | 2008-08-19T15:06:37.923 | null | null | 1,227 | null |
16,447 | 1 | 16,465 | null | 4 | 19,160 | I am trying to generate a report by querying 2 databases (Sybase) in classic ASP.
I have created 2 connection strings:
> connA for databaseA
connB for databaseB
Both databases are present on the same server (don't know if this matters)
Queries:
`q1 = SELECT column1 INTO #temp FROM databaseA..table1 WHERE xyz="A"`
`q2 =... | Select Query on 2 tables, on different database servers | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T15:53:19.373 | 2019-03-22T10:32:59.860 | 2020-06-20T09:12:55.060 | -1 | 1,311 | [
"sql",
"asp-classic",
"vbscript",
"sybase"
] |
16,455 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 9 | null | Concatenating strings is fine in a simple scenario like that - it is more complicated with anything more complicated than that, even LastName, FirstName. With the format you can see, at a glance, what the final structure of the string will be when reading the code, with concatenation it becomes almost impossible to imm... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:56:23.377 | 2008-08-19T15:56:23.377 | null | null | 541 | null |
16,454 | 2 | null | 16,413 | 5 | null | Based on the sample data:
1. I would start at the end of the string. Parse a Zip-code (either format). Read end to first space. If no Zip Code was found Error.
2. Trim the end then for spaces and special chars (commas)
3. Then move on to State, again use the Space as the delimiter. Maybe use a lookup list to validate... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:55:41.303 | 2008-08-19T15:55:41.303 | null | null | 733 | null |
16,460 | 1 | 16,500 | null | 2 | 790 | I was writing some control when I came to the scenario where I needed to remove items from a list, only when they matched a certain condition.
The `RemoveAll` method of the generic `List` class does a good job, but removes items that match the condition, specified by the predicate.
What if I want to only remove a c... | Removing N items from a list conditionally | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T15:57:51.300 | 2012-04-25T17:01:35.703 | 2012-04-25T17:01:35.703 | 1,332,690 | 1,801 | [
".net"
] |
16,464 | 2 | null | 16,460 | 1 | null | Unless the method provides a "limit" parameter (which it doesn't) your best option is to go with a simple loop that removes the items that match, breaking when your incremented "match counter" hits your limit.
That's pretty much how the internal function works anyway, but in a more optimized way.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:59:41.640 | 2008-08-19T16:13:05.170 | 2008-08-19T16:13:05.170 | 1,951 | 1,951 | null |
16,466 | 2 | null | 16,460 | 1 | null | In framework 3.5, RemoveAll method takes a predicate as a parameter. So you may use
```
list.RemoveAll(item => ShouldIRemoveThis(item));
```
where ShouldIRemoveThis is a method that returns a boolean indicating whether the item must be removed from the list.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:00:46.550 | 2008-08-19T16:00:46.550 | null | null | 31,505 | null |
16,468 | 2 | null | 16,460 | 0 | null | Can you use LINQ? If so, you can just use the .Take() method and specify how many records you want (maybe as total - N).
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:01:11.543 | 2008-08-19T16:01:11.543 | null | null | 5 | null |
16,465 | 2 | null | 16,447 | 4 | null | With both queries, it looks like you are trying to insert into #temp. #temp is located on one of the databases (for arguments sake, databaseA). So when you try to insert into #temp from databaseB, it reports that it does not exist.
Try changing it from to in both statements.
Also, make sure that the connection str... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:59:47.833 | 2008-08-19T16:28:32.783 | 2008-08-19T16:28:32.783 | 51 | 51 | null |
16,470 | 2 | null | 16,402 | 0 | null | I like to use VBscript for this kind of thing. The VBS engine is on every recent windows machine and the language is a little more like real programming than a batch script.
Also, if your installer grows to require WMI functions too, this becomes a piece of cake.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:01:41.323 | 2008-08-19T16:01:41.323 | null | null | 1,490 | null |
16,463 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 4 | null |
1. Formatting is the “.NET” way of doing it. Certain refactoring tools (Refactor! for one) will even propose to refactor the concat-style code to use the formatting style.
2. Formatting is easier to optimize for the compiler (although the second will probably be refactored to use the 'Concat' method which is fast).
3.... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:59:21.623 | 2008-08-19T15:59:21.623 | null | null | 1,968 | null |
16,471 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 6 | null | While I totally understand the style preference and picked concatenation for my first answer partly based on my own preference, part of my decision was based on the thought that concatenation would be faster. So, out of curiosity, I tested it and the results were staggering, especially for such a small string.
Using ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:02:27.967 | 2008-08-19T16:02:27.967 | null | null | 194 | null |
16,472 | 2 | null | 16,413 | 6 | null | Another request for sample data.
As has been mentioned I would work backwards from the zip.
Once you have a zip I would query a zip database, store the results, and remove them & the zip from the string.
That will leave you with the address mess. MOST (All?) addresses will start with a number so find the first occ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:03:28.387 | 2008-08-19T16:03:28.387 | null | null | null | null |
16,474 | 2 | null | 16,447 | 2 | null |
# temp is out of scope in q2.
All your work can be done in one query:
```
SELECT a.columnA, a.columnB,..., a.columnZ
FROM table2 a
INNER JOIN (SELECT databaseA..table1.column1
FROM databaseA..table1
WHERE databaseA..table1.xyz = 'A') b
ON a.columnB = b.column1
```
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:03:52.160 | 2008-08-19T16:03:52.160 | 2020-06-20T09:12:55.060 | -1 | 1,960 | null |
16,473 | 1 | 16,484 | null | 20 | 6,853 | Say we have the following method:
```
private MyObject foo = new MyObject();
// and later in the class
public void PotentialMemoryLeaker(){
int firedCount = 0;
foo.AnEvent += (o,e) => { firedCount++;Console.Write(firedCount);};
foo.MethodThatFiresAnEvent();
}
```
If the class with this method is instantiated... | Can using lambdas as event handlers cause a memory leak? | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T16:03:46.187 | 2012-06-27T13:20:33.513 | 2012-04-25T17:01:41.663 | 1,332,690 | null | [
"memory-leaks",
"lambda",
"event-handling"
] |
16,461 | 2 | null | 16,447 | 4 | null | your temp table is out of scope, it is only 'alive' during the first connection and will not be available in the 2nd connection
Just move all of it in one block of code and execute it inside one conection
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:58:06.463 | 2008-08-19T15:58:06.463 | null | null | 740 | null |
16,482 | 2 | null | 9,033 | 9 | null | Preprocessor Directives can be nifty if you want different behavior between Debug and Release modes.
[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ed8yd1ha.aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ed8yd1ha.aspx)
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:07:50.390 | 2008-08-19T16:07:50.390 | null | null | 1,767 | null |
16,475 | 2 | null | 16,413 | 17 | null | I've done this in the past.
Either do it manually, (build a nice gui that helps the user do it quickly) or have it automated and check against a recent address database (you have to buy that) and manually handle errors.
Manual handling will take about 10 seconds each, meaning you can do 3600/10 = 360 per hour, so 40... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:04:45.340 | 2008-08-19T16:31:12.993 | 2008-08-19T16:31:12.993 | 479 | 479 | null |
16,480 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 4 | null | I'd use the `String.Format`, but I would also have the format string in the resource files so it can be localised for other languages. Using a simple string concat doesn't allow you to do that. Obviously, if you won't ever need to localise that string, this isn't a reason to think about it. It really depends on what th... | null | CC BY-SA 4.0 | null | 2008-08-19T16:06:37.880 | 2021-07-11T16:26:25.620 | 2021-07-11T16:26:25.620 | 2,667,173 | 1,367 | null |
16,484 | 2 | null | 16,473 | 16 | null | Yes, save it to a variable and unhook it.
```
DelegateType evt = (o, e) => { firedCount++; Console.Write(firedCount); };
foo.AnEvent += evt;
foo.MethodThatFiresAnEvent();
foo.AnEvent -= evt;
```
And yes, if you don't, you'll memory, as you'll hook up a new delegate object each time. You'll also notice this because ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:08:24.663 | 2008-08-19T16:08:24.663 | null | null | 267 | null |
16,413 | 1 | 16,444 | null | 133 | 160,871 | Problem: I have an address field from an Access database which has been converted to SQL Server 2005. This field has everything all in one field. I need to parse out the address's individual sections into their appropriate fields in a normalized table. I need to do this for approximately 4,000 records, and it needs to ... | Parse usable Street Address, City, State, Zip from a string | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T15:34:41.703 | 2022-12-25T14:56:20.893 | 2021-02-08T07:36:45.097 | 7,927,776 | 149 | [
"string",
"parsing",
"sql-server-2005",
"street-address"
] |
16,489 | 2 | null | 16,473 | 4 | null | You wont just leak memory, you will also get your lambda called multiple times. Each call of 'PotentialMemoryLeaker' will add another copy of the lambda to the event list, and every copy will be called when 'AnEvent' is fired.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:11:30.227 | 2008-08-19T16:11:30.227 | null | null | 1,367 | null |
16,486 | 2 | null | 16,473 | 0 | null | Yes in the same way that normal event handlers can cause leaks. Because the lambda is actually changed to:
```
someobject.SomeEvent += () => ...;
someobject.SomeEvent += delegate () {
...
};
// unhook
Action del = () => ...;
someobject.SomeEvent += del;
someobject.SomeEvent -= del;
```
So basically it is just ... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T16:09:37.283 | 2012-06-27T13:20:33.513 | 2012-06-27T13:20:33.513 | 7,116 | 17 | null |
16,487 | 1 | 1,449,595 | null | 12 | 8,594 | I am using SourceForge for some Open Source projects and I want to automate the deployment of releases to the SourceForge File Release System. I use Maven for my builds and the standard SFTP deployment mechanism doesn't seem to work unless you do some manual preparation work. I have come across some old postings on oth... | How can I deploy artifacts from a Maven build to the SourceForge File Release System? | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-08-19T16:11:16.297 | 2010-12-09T19:52:08.020 | null | null | 1,969 | [
"java",
"maven-2",
"sourceforge"
] |
16,478 | 2 | null | 16,451 | 0 | null | [CXF](http://cwiki.apache.org/CXF20DOC/ws-support.html) - I'd look into CXF. I've used it to create a web service and client in java using ws-secuirty. I also connected a .net web service to it.
They have pretty good documentation too. I had more luck with it than axis.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:06:09.003 | 2008-08-19T16:06:09.003 | null | null | 1,310 | null |
16,491 | 1 | 16,502 | null | 50 | 88,202 | How do you restore a database backup using SQL Server 2005 over the network? I recall doing this before but there was something odd about the way you had to do it.
| Restore database backup over the network | CC BY-SA 2.5 | 0 | 2008-08-19T16:13:31.813 | 2019-02-01T10:17:42.900 | 2014-11-25T21:06:35.830 | 2,641,576 | 1,545 | [
"sql-server",
"database",
"sql-server-2005",
"backup",
"restore"
] |
16,496 | 2 | null | 16,460 | 5 | null | @buyutec
Instead of
```
list.RemoveAll(item => ShouldIRemoveThis(item));
```
you can use:
```
list.RemoveAll(ShouldIRemoveThis);
```
The lambda has the same signature as the method, so they are equivalent so you can just pass the method directly.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:18:23.100 | 2008-08-19T16:18:23.100 | null | null | 1,367 | null |
16,497 | 2 | null | 15,656 | 2 | null | In IIS, check the settings on the application pool that SSRS is running in. On the properties pane->Performance tab you can set the amount of time the worker process needs to be idle for before it shuts down. You can also disable this entirely.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:18:30.463 | 2008-08-19T16:18:30.463 | null | null | 1,644 | null |
16,493 | 2 | null | 16,460 | 0 | null | Anonymous delegates are useful here. A simple example to remove the first even numbers from a list.
```
List<int> myList = new List<int>;
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) myList.add(i);
int total = 0;
int limit = 5;
myList.RemoveAll(delegate(int i) { if (i % 2 == 0 && total < limit) { total++; return true; } return fals... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:16:08.470 | 2008-08-19T16:16:08.470 | null | null | 1,200 | null |
16,498 | 2 | null | 16,473 | 2 | null | Your example just compiles to a compiler-named private inner class (with field firedCount and a compiler-named method). Each call to PotentialMemoryLeaker creates a new instance of the closure class to which where foo keeps a reference by way of a delegate to the single method.
If you don't reference the whole object ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:19:24.453 | 2008-08-19T16:19:24.453 | null | null | 1,659 | null |
16,499 | 2 | null | 16,451 | 2 | null | - [http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/user-guide.html#UsingWSDLWithAxis](http://ws.apache.org/axis/java/user-guide.html#UsingWSDLWithAxis)- [http://ebay.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ebay.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1230](http://ebay.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ebay.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1230)
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:19:51.177 | 2008-08-19T16:19:51.177 | null | null | 150 | null |
16,501 | 1 | 16,509 | null | 840 | 372,979 | For a person without a comp-sci background, what is a lambda in the world of Computer Science?
| What is a lambda (function)? | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T16:20:37.650 | 2022-08-13T21:41:45.270 | 2014-07-04T06:04:33.790 | 661,933 | 1,344 | [
"lambda",
"language-agnostic",
"computer-science",
"terminology",
"theory"
] |
16,500 | 2 | null | 16,460 | 8 | null | If you want to specify both a limit for number of items to remove and a condition to select the items to remove, you can use this approach:
```
int limit = 30; // Suppose you want to remove 30 items at most
list.RemoveAll(item => ShouldIRemoveThis(item) && limit-- > 0);
```
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:19:51.397 | 2008-08-19T16:19:51.397 | null | null | 31,505 | null |
16,502 | 2 | null | 16,491 | 22 | null | The database is often running as a service under an account with no network access. If this is the case, then you wouldn't be able to restore directly over the network. Either the backup needs to be copied to the local machine or the database service needs to run as a user with the proper network access.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:20:53.687 | 2008-08-19T16:20:53.687 | null | null | 533 | null |
16,505 | 2 | null | 16,501 | 4 | null | You can think of it as an anonymous function - here's some more info: [Wikipedia - Anonymous Function](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_function)
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:23:33.073 | 2008-08-19T16:23:33.073 | null | null | 1,951 | null |
16,507 | 2 | null | 16,403 | 0 | null | The PRE tag can be a valid solution, depending on your needs. However, if you are trying to use the 2 space rule in sentences throughout your site, you'll soon find that the other characters the PRE tag preserves are the line feed/carriage returns (or lack of) will muck up any styling you try to do.
In general, I t... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:25:02.367 | 2008-08-19T16:25:02.367 | null | null | 1,580 | null |
16,504 | 2 | null | 16,501 | 64 | null | It refers to [lambda calculus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus), which is a formal system that just has lambda expressions, which represent a function that takes a function for its sole argument and returns a function. All functions in the lambda calculus are of that type, i.e., `λ : λ → λ`.
Lisp used the... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T16:23:19.033 | 2018-02-01T20:50:01.897 | 2018-02-01T20:50:01.897 | 2,756,409 | 1,659 | null |
16,511 | 2 | null | 16,501 | 3 | null | It is a function that has no name. For e.g. in c# you can use
```
numberCollection.GetMatchingItems<int>(number => number > 5);
```
to return the numbers that are greater than 5.
```
number => number > 5
```
is the lambda part here. It represents a function which takes a parameter (number) and returns a boolean v... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:28:41.753 | 2008-08-19T16:28:41.753 | null | null | 31,505 | null |
16,512 | 2 | null | 15,851 | 1 | null | This question was not about optimizing the algorithm - but thanks anyway ;-)
At the time I wrote it, I considered the labeled continue as a readable solution.
I asked SO a [question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15481/java-coding-standard-best-practices-labeled-brakecontinue#15501) about the convention (havin... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:28:43.093 | 2008-08-19T16:28:43.093 | 2017-05-23T12:10:51.083 | -1 | 1,870 | null |
16,513 | 2 | null | 16,501 | 9 | null | I like the explanation of Lambdas in this article: [The Evolution Of LINQ And Its Impact On The Design Of C#](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163400.aspx). It made a lot of sense to me as it shows a real world for Lambdas and builds it out as a practical example.
Their quick explanation: Lambdas are a way t... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:29:06.027 | 2008-08-19T16:29:06.027 | null | null | 5 | null |
16,510 | 2 | null | 16,501 | 114 | null | A lambda is a type of function, defined inline. Along with a lambda you also usually have some kind of variable type that can hold a reference to a function, lambda or otherwise.
For instance, here's a C# piece of code that doesn't use a lambda:
```
public Int32 Add(Int32 a, Int32 b)
{
return a + b;
}
public Int... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T16:27:49.320 | 2011-11-23T01:44:01.113 | 2011-11-23T01:44:01.113 | 558,592 | 267 | null |
16,457 | 2 | null | 16,432 | 1 | null | I actually like the first one because when there are a lot of variables intermingled with the text it seems easier to read to me. Plus, it is easier to deal with quotes when using the string.Format(), uh, format. Here is [decent analysis](http://blog.cumps.be/string-concatenation-vs-memory-allocation/) of string concat... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T15:57:20.567 | 2008-08-19T15:57:20.567 | null | null | 1,962 | null |
16,517 | 1 | 16,519 | null | 45 | 24,140 | I'm working on a quick setup program in Visual Studio and wanted to change the banner bitmap. Anyone know off-hand what the ideal (or the required) dimensions are for the new banner image? Thanks.
| Image size for BannerBitmap property in Windows Installer | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T16:32:01.417 | 2017-11-28T20:32:47.417 | 2014-03-03T15:15:34.387 | 1,683 | 1,683 | [
"windows-installer"
] |
16,458 | 1 | 137,090 | null | 9 | 3,296 | I'm using `ColdFusion` to return a result set from a SQL database and turn it into a list.
I need some way to generate an alphabetical navigation bar for that list. I have ColdFusion and the jQuery library available.
I'm looking to generate something like this:
```
A | B | C | ...
- A
- A
- B
- B
- B
- C
- D
... | Dynamic Alphabetical Navigation | CC BY-SA 3.0 | 0 | 2008-08-19T15:57:33.827 | 2020-03-01T01:32:13.547 | 2017-12-14T07:02:20.910 | 4,248,328 | 666 | [
"javascript",
"jquery",
"sql",
"html",
"coldfusion"
] |
16,519 | 2 | null | 16,517 | 76 | null | Found it on MSDN docs for [BannerBitmap Property](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3kbk77sf(v=vs.100).aspx):
> For best results, you should use a bitmap with dimensions of 500 pixels wide by 70 pixels high.
| null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T16:33:47.560 | 2017-11-28T20:32:47.417 | 2017-11-28T20:32:47.417 | 975,724 | 1,683 | null |
16,509 | 2 | null | 16,501 | 1,196 | null | Lambda comes from the [Lambda Calculus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus) and refers to anonymous functions in programming.
Why is this cool? It allows you to write quick throw away functions without naming them. It also provides a nice way to write closures. With that power you can do things like this.
... | null | CC BY-SA 4.0 | null | 2008-08-19T16:27:22.643 | 2020-04-22T10:01:10.667 | 2020-04-22T10:01:10.667 | 257,796 | 1,797 | null |
16,515 | 2 | null | 13,678 | 0 | null | I started with LabVIEW about 2 years ago and now use it all the time so may be biased but find it ideal for applications where data acquisition and control are involved.
We use LabVIEW mainly for testing where we take continuous measurements and control gas valves and ATE enclosures. This involves both digital and ana... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:31:17.987 | 2008-08-19T17:57:57.920 | 2008-08-19T17:57:57.920 | 186 | 186 | null |
16,525 | 2 | null | 16,233 | 3 | null | You can of course use [SIFR](http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/sifr/).
This degrades gracefully in browsers that do not support it and is accessible.
It's not really suitable for using on loads of text but for headings and highlight text it's perfect.
Of course this is a work around to an intrinsic limitation of br... | null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T16:42:13.003 | 2013-04-02T15:27:24.190 | 2013-04-02T15:27:24.190 | 830,691 | 1,970 | null |
16,516 | 2 | null | 16,473 | 3 | null | Well you can extend what has been done [here](http://diditwith.net/PermaLink,guid,aacdb8ae-7baa-4423-a953-c18c1c7940ab.aspx) to make delegates safer to use (no memory leaks)
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:31:26.020 | 2008-08-19T16:31:26.020 | null | null | 380 | null |
16,528 | 2 | null | 15,496 | 62 | null | I think another "overlooked" feature of java is the JVM itself. It is probably the best VM available. And it supports lots of interesting and useful languages (Jython, JRuby, Scala, Groovy). All those languages can easily and seamlessly cooperate.
If you design a new language (like in the scala-case) you immediately h... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:47:35.740 | 2008-08-19T16:47:35.740 | null | null | 1,870 | null |
16,531 | 2 | null | 16,413 | 8 | null | > This won't solve your problem, but if
you only needed lat/long data for
these addresses, the Google Maps API
will parse non-formatted addresses
pretty well.
Good suggestion, alternatively you can execute a CURL request for each address to Google Maps and it will return the properly formatted address. From t... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:51:08.913 | 2008-08-19T16:51:08.913 | null | null | 40 | null |
16,490 | 2 | null | 16,483 | 2 | null | HTTPS requests are not cached so sending an doesn't make any sense. The not caching is a security precaution.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:12:00.897 | 2008-08-19T16:12:00.897 | null | null | 17 | null |
16,514 | 2 | null | 16,501 | 17 | null | Slightly oversimplified: a lambda function is one that can be passed round to other functions and it's logic accessed.
In C# lambda syntax is often compiled to simple methods in the same way as anonymous delegates, but it can also be broken down and its logic read.
For instance (in C#3):
```
LinqToSqlContext.Where( ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:30:34.913 | 2008-08-19T17:40:58.097 | 2008-08-19T17:40:58.097 | 905 | 905 | null |
16,535 | 2 | null | 16,529 | 0 | null | I'd implement some sort of custom `text serialization` and transmit plain text. As you say, you can rebuild the information doing the reversed process.
| null | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T16:51:42.937 | 2012-08-11T16:07:40.477 | 2012-08-11T16:07:40.477 | 1,477,076 | 1,782 | null |
16,529 | 1 | 16,549 | null | 3 | 1,275 | I've been developing a "Form Builder" in Javascript, and coming up to the part where I'll be sending the spec for the form back to the server to be stored. The builder maintains an internal data structure that represents the fields, label, options (for select/checkbox/radio), mandatory status, and the general sorting o... | Communication between Javascript and the server | CC BY-SA 3.0 | null | 2008-08-19T16:49:30.913 | 2015-10-14T12:53:30.417 | 2015-10-14T12:53:30.417 | 5,284,246 | 1,951 | [
"javascript",
"server"
] |
16,527 | 2 | null | 16,413 | 4 | null | If it's human entered data, then you'll spend too much time trying to code around the exceptions.
Try:
1. Regular expression to extract the zip code
2. Zip code lookup (via appropriate government DB) to get the correct address
3. Get an intern to manually verify the new data matches the old
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:47:16.677 | 2008-08-19T16:47:16.677 | null | null | 175 | null |
16,532 | 2 | null | 16,233 | 11 | null | This is a timely thread; we switched to Arial because Calibri is WAY small compared to all the other fallback fonts! It pained me greatly to switch to (gag) Arial because it's a crap copy of Helvetica:
[http://www.ms-studio.com/articles.html](http://www.ms-studio.com/articles.html)
The sizing difficulties (too big if... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:51:17.103 | 2008-08-19T16:51:17.103 | null | null | 1 | null |
16,540 | 2 | null | 13,204 | 0 | null | Is cron sending emails with logs?
If not, pipe the output of cron to a log file.
Make sure to redirect STDERR to the log.
| null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:56:04.113 | 2008-08-19T16:56:04.113 | null | null | 175 | null |
16,545 | 2 | null | 16,458 | 1 | null | I would get the SQL result set to return the list in the first place, you can easily just take the first letter of the required item, and a count. The quickest way would be to do a join on a table of 26 characters (less string manipulation that way).
In CF use the count value to ensure that if there is no result you ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:59:39.413 | 2008-08-19T16:59:39.413 | null | null | null | null |
16,544 | 2 | null | 12,855 | 2 | null | I don't know whether this would work in DB2, but I'll tell you how I'd do this in SQL Server. I the way MSSQL does this is ANSI standard, though the specific collation strings may differ. Anyway, if you can do this without trashing the rest of your application -- are there other places where the "name" column needs ... | null | CC BY-SA 2.5 | null | 2008-08-19T16:59:22.657 | 2008-08-19T17:07:22.033 | 2008-08-19T17:07:22.033 | 1,818 | 1,818 | null |