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41,449 | 41,451 | I get a "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format" error on a SQL Server replication project | The exact error is as follows Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. I've recently started working on this project again after a two... | I've found the solution. I've recently upgraded my machine to Windows 2008 Server 64-bit. The SqlServer.Replication namespace was written for 32-bit platforms. All I needed to do to get it running again was to set the Target Platform in the Project Build Properties to X86. | I get a "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format" error on a SQL Server replication project The exact error is as follows Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. An attempt w... | TITLE:
I get a "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format" error on a SQL Server replication project
QUESTION:
The exact error is as follows Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependen... | [
"c#",
"sql-server",
"replication"
] | 324 | 120 | 277,406 | 12 | 0 | 2008-09-03T10:55:53.113000 | 2008-09-03T10:57:53.560000 |
41,460 | 44,701 | What are the differences between GPL v2 and GPL v3 licenses? | In simple terms, what are the reasons for, and what are the differences between the GPL v2 and GPL v3 open source licenses? Explanations and references to legal terms and further descriptions would be appreciated. | The page linked to in another answer is a good source, but a lot to read. Here is a short list of some the major differences: internationalization: they used new terminology, rather than using language tied to US legal concepts patents: they specifically address patents (including the Microsoft/Novell issue noted in an... | What are the differences between GPL v2 and GPL v3 licenses? In simple terms, what are the reasons for, and what are the differences between the GPL v2 and GPL v3 open source licenses? Explanations and references to legal terms and further descriptions would be appreciated. | TITLE:
What are the differences between GPL v2 and GPL v3 licenses?
QUESTION:
In simple terms, what are the reasons for, and what are the differences between the GPL v2 and GPL v3 open source licenses? Explanations and references to legal terms and further descriptions would be appreciated.
ANSWER:
The page linked to... | [
"licensing"
] | 221 | 127 | 95,634 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T11:05:11.203000 | 2008-09-04T20:27:35.820000 |
41,469 | 151,593 | How to fetch a Book Title from an ISBN number? | I am planning on creating a small website for my personal book collection. To automate the process a little bit, I would like to create the following functionality: The website will ask me for the ISBN number of the book and will then automatically fetch the title and add it to my database. Although I am mainly interes... | This is the LibraryThing founder. We have nothing to offer here, so I hope my comments will not seem self-serving. First, the comment about Amazon, ASINs and ISBN numbers is wrong in a number of ways. In almost every circumstance where a book has an ISBN, the ASIN and the ISBN are the same. ISBNs are not now 13 digits.... | How to fetch a Book Title from an ISBN number? I am planning on creating a small website for my personal book collection. To automate the process a little bit, I would like to create the following functionality: The website will ask me for the ISBN number of the book and will then automatically fetch the title and add ... | TITLE:
How to fetch a Book Title from an ISBN number?
QUESTION:
I am planning on creating a small website for my personal book collection. To automate the process a little bit, I would like to create the following functionality: The website will ask me for the ISBN number of the book and will then automatically fetch ... | [
"php",
"language-agnostic"
] | 35 | 44 | 48,734 | 10 | 0 | 2008-09-03T11:20:26.813000 | 2008-09-30T03:00:03.087000 |
41,479 | 41,505 | Use of var keyword in C# | After discussion with colleagues regarding the use of the 'var' keyword in C# 3 I wondered what people's opinions were on the appropriate uses of type inference via var? For example I rather lazily used var in questionable circumstances, e.g.:- foreach(var item in someList) { //... } // Type of 'item' not clear. var so... | I still think var can make code more readable in some cases. If I have a Customer class with an Orders property, and I want to assign that to a variable, I will just do this: var orders = cust.Orders; I don't care if Customer.Orders is IEnumerable, ObservableCollection or BindingList - all I want is to keep that list i... | Use of var keyword in C# After discussion with colleagues regarding the use of the 'var' keyword in C# 3 I wondered what people's opinions were on the appropriate uses of type inference via var? For example I rather lazily used var in questionable circumstances, e.g.:- foreach(var item in someList) { //... } // Type of... | TITLE:
Use of var keyword in C#
QUESTION:
After discussion with colleagues regarding the use of the 'var' keyword in C# 3 I wondered what people's opinions were on the appropriate uses of type inference via var? For example I rather lazily used var in questionable circumstances, e.g.:- foreach(var item in someList) { ... | [
"c#",
"type-inference",
"var"
] | 405 | 292 | 148,799 | 86 | 0 | 2008-09-03T11:29:57.650000 | 2008-09-03T11:53:07.377000 |
41,492 | 2,478,693 | ActiveX control default property discovery | Is it possible to determine which property of an ActiveX control is the default property? For example, what is the default property of the VB6 control CommandButton and how would I found out any other controls default! /EDIT: Without having source to the object itself | Use OLE/Com Object Viewer, which is distributed with Microsoft Visual Studio. Go to type libraries and find the library the control is housed in, for example CommandButton is stored in Microsoft Forms 2.0 Object Library. Right click the library and select view. Find the coclass representing the control and select it: A... | ActiveX control default property discovery Is it possible to determine which property of an ActiveX control is the default property? For example, what is the default property of the VB6 control CommandButton and how would I found out any other controls default! /EDIT: Without having source to the object itself | TITLE:
ActiveX control default property discovery
QUESTION:
Is it possible to determine which property of an ActiveX control is the default property? For example, what is the default property of the VB6 control CommandButton and how would I found out any other controls default! /EDIT: Without having source to the obje... | [
"vb6",
"activex"
] | 1 | 1 | 861 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T11:40:15.660000 | 2010-03-19T15:55:49.423000 |
41,499 | 42,674 | Java serialization with static initialization | In Java, static and transient fields are not serialized. However, I found out that initialization of static fields causes the generated serialVersionUID to be changed. For example, static int MYINT = 3; causes the serialVersionUID to change. In this example, it makes sense because different versions of the class would ... | You can find some information about that in the bug 4365406 and in the algorithm for computing serialVersionUID. Basically, when changing the initialization of your static member with System.getProperty(), the compiler introduces a new static property in your class referencing the System class (I assume that the System... | Java serialization with static initialization In Java, static and transient fields are not serialized. However, I found out that initialization of static fields causes the generated serialVersionUID to be changed. For example, static int MYINT = 3; causes the serialVersionUID to change. In this example, it makes sense ... | TITLE:
Java serialization with static initialization
QUESTION:
In Java, static and transient fields are not serialized. However, I found out that initialization of static fields causes the generated serialVersionUID to be changed. For example, static int MYINT = 3; causes the serialVersionUID to change. In this exampl... | [
"java",
"serialization"
] | 8 | 6 | 3,844 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T11:46:34.630000 | 2008-09-03T21:46:04.563000 |
41,504 | 5,519,523 | Timezone lookup from latitude longitude | Is there any library (or even better, web service) available which can convert from a latitude/longitude into a time zone? | I looked fairly deeply into this question for a project I am working on. GeoNames.org and EarthTools.com are both good options for many situations but with the following serious flaws: GeoNames.org finds the time zone by searching for the nearest point in their database that contains a time zone field. This often leads... | Timezone lookup from latitude longitude Is there any library (or even better, web service) available which can convert from a latitude/longitude into a time zone? | TITLE:
Timezone lookup from latitude longitude
QUESTION:
Is there any library (or even better, web service) available which can convert from a latitude/longitude into a time zone?
ANSWER:
I looked fairly deeply into this question for a project I am working on. GeoNames.org and EarthTools.com are both good options for... | [
"web-services",
"api",
"timezone",
"geocoding"
] | 83 | 65 | 98,636 | 8 | 0 | 2008-09-03T11:52:41.807000 | 2011-04-01T22:26:59.150000 |
41,525 | 41,549 | Do the vi and emacs implementations for Windows behave like their Unix counterparts? | If not, what are the significant differences? Edit: Daren Thomas asks: which ones? I use gvim on Windows and MacVim on the mac. Seem similar enough to be the same to me... By which ones, I'm guessing that you mean a specific implementation of vi and emacs for Windows. I'm not sure as I thought there were only one or tw... | I use GNU emacs built for Windows, and have found very few, if any, differences. There's the option to load your.emacs file from _emacs or.emacs (although.emacs works fine on XP and above). You can configure it to use Windows-style or Unix-style line endings by default (which I suppose you could do on a Unix system too... | Do the vi and emacs implementations for Windows behave like their Unix counterparts? If not, what are the significant differences? Edit: Daren Thomas asks: which ones? I use gvim on Windows and MacVim on the mac. Seem similar enough to be the same to me... By which ones, I'm guessing that you mean a specific implementa... | TITLE:
Do the vi and emacs implementations for Windows behave like their Unix counterparts?
QUESTION:
If not, what are the significant differences? Edit: Daren Thomas asks: which ones? I use gvim on Windows and MacVim on the mac. Seem similar enough to be the same to me... By which ones, I'm guessing that you mean a s... | [
"windows",
"emacs",
"vi"
] | 1 | 2 | 606 | 5 | 0 | 2008-09-03T12:11:37.503000 | 2008-09-03T12:24:40.793000 |
41,547 | 41,558 | Always including the user in the django template context | I am working on a small intranet site for a small company, where user should be able to post. I have imagined a very simple authentication mechanism where people just enter their email address, and gets sent a unique login url, that sets a cookie that will always identify them for future requests. In my template setup,... | In a more general sense of not having to explicitly set variables in each view, it sounds like you want to look at writing your own context processor. From the docs: A context processor has a very simple interface: It's just a Python function that takes one argument, an HttpRequest object, and returns a dictionary that... | Always including the user in the django template context I am working on a small intranet site for a small company, where user should be able to post. I have imagined a very simple authentication mechanism where people just enter their email address, and gets sent a unique login url, that sets a cookie that will always... | TITLE:
Always including the user in the django template context
QUESTION:
I am working on a small intranet site for a small company, where user should be able to post. I have imagined a very simple authentication mechanism where people just enter their email address, and gets sent a unique login url, that sets a cooki... | [
"python",
"django",
"authentication",
"session",
"cookies"
] | 36 | 20 | 32,077 | 8 | 0 | 2008-09-03T12:22:44.043000 | 2008-09-03T12:31:58.703000 |
41,562 | 41,574 | How do I do monkeypatching in python? | I've had to do some introspection in python and it wasn't pretty: name = sys._getframe(1).f_code name = "%s:%d %s()" %(os.path.split(name.co_filename)[1],name.co_firstlineno,name.co_name) To get something like foo.py:22 bar() blah blah In our debugging output. I'd ideally like to prepend anything to stderr with this so... | A print statement does its IO through "sys.stdout.write" so you can override sys.stdout if you want to manipulate the print stream. | How do I do monkeypatching in python? I've had to do some introspection in python and it wasn't pretty: name = sys._getframe(1).f_code name = "%s:%d %s()" %(os.path.split(name.co_filename)[1],name.co_firstlineno,name.co_name) To get something like foo.py:22 bar() blah blah In our debugging output. I'd ideally like to p... | TITLE:
How do I do monkeypatching in python?
QUESTION:
I've had to do some introspection in python and it wasn't pretty: name = sys._getframe(1).f_code name = "%s:%d %s()" %(os.path.split(name.co_filename)[1],name.co_firstlineno,name.co_name) To get something like foo.py:22 bar() blah blah In our debugging output. I'd... | [
"python",
"monkeypatching"
] | 9 | 3 | 568 | 2 | 0 | 2008-09-03T12:35:45.683000 | 2008-09-03T12:42:43.950000 |
41,568 | 41,589 | Whats the best way to unit test from multiple threads? | this kind of follows on from another question of mine. Basically, once I have the code to access the file (will review the answers there in a minute) what would be the best way to test it? I am thinking of creating a method which just spawns lots of BackgroundWorker 's or something and tells them all load/save the file... | In.NET, ThreadPool threads won't return without setting up ManualResetEvent s or AutoResetEvent s. I find these overkill for a quick test method (not to mention kind of complicated to create, set, and manage). Background worker is a also a bit complex with the callbacks and such. Something I have found that works is Cr... | Whats the best way to unit test from multiple threads? this kind of follows on from another question of mine. Basically, once I have the code to access the file (will review the answers there in a minute) what would be the best way to test it? I am thinking of creating a method which just spawns lots of BackgroundWorke... | TITLE:
Whats the best way to unit test from multiple threads?
QUESTION:
this kind of follows on from another question of mine. Basically, once I have the code to access the file (will review the answers there in a minute) what would be the best way to test it? I am thinking of creating a method which just spawns lots ... | [
"c#",
"multithreading",
"unit-testing",
"testing"
] | 25 | 22 | 30,585 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T12:39:52.630000 | 2008-09-03T12:52:52.613000 |
41,576 | 43,255 | Conditional Display in ASPX Pages on Sharepoint | I wonder what the best practice for this scenario is: I have a Sharepoint Site (MOSS2007) with an ASPX Page on it. However, I cannot use any inline source and stuff like Event handlers do not work, because Sharepoint does not allow Server Side Script on ASPX Pages per default. Two solutions: Change the PageParserPath i... | So in that case I would wrap it up in a feature and deploy it via a solution. This way I think you will avoid the issue you are seeing. This is especially useful if you plan to use this functionality within other sites too. You can also embed web parts directly in the page, much like you do a WebControl, thereby avoidi... | Conditional Display in ASPX Pages on Sharepoint I wonder what the best practice for this scenario is: I have a Sharepoint Site (MOSS2007) with an ASPX Page on it. However, I cannot use any inline source and stuff like Event handlers do not work, because Sharepoint does not allow Server Side Script on ASPX Pages per def... | TITLE:
Conditional Display in ASPX Pages on Sharepoint
QUESTION:
I wonder what the best practice for this scenario is: I have a Sharepoint Site (MOSS2007) with an ASPX Page on it. However, I cannot use any inline source and stuff like Event handlers do not work, because Sharepoint does not allow Server Side Script on ... | [
"asp.net",
"sharepoint"
] | 0 | 1 | 1,689 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T12:43:50.920000 | 2008-09-04T06:50:25.147000 |
41,583 | 41,591 | How to do a sample rate conversion in Windows (and OSX) | I am about to write an audio file converter for my side job at the university. As part of this I would need sample rate conversion. However, my professor said that it would be pretty hard to write a sample rate converter that was both of good quality and fast. On my research on the subject, I found some functions in th... | Try Secret Rabbit Code (= SRC = Sample Rate Conversion ) It's GPL, it's fast and it's high quality. http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/license.html | How to do a sample rate conversion in Windows (and OSX) I am about to write an audio file converter for my side job at the university. As part of this I would need sample rate conversion. However, my professor said that it would be pretty hard to write a sample rate converter that was both of good quality and fast. On ... | TITLE:
How to do a sample rate conversion in Windows (and OSX)
QUESTION:
I am about to write an audio file converter for my side job at the university. As part of this I would need sample rate conversion. However, my professor said that it would be pretty hard to write a sample rate converter that was both of good qua... | [
"c++",
"windows",
"macos",
"audio"
] | 4 | 5 | 3,669 | 2 | 0 | 2008-09-03T12:48:42.203000 | 2008-09-03T12:54:16.417000 |
41,590 | 41,598 | How do you properly use namespaces in C++? | I come from a Java background, where packages are used, not namespaces. I'm used to putting classes that work together to form a complete object into packages, and then reusing them later from that package. But now I'm working in C++. How do you use namespaces in C++? Do you create a single namespace for the entire app... | Namespaces are packages essentially. They can be used like this: namespace MyNamespace { class MyClass { }; } Then in code: MyNamespace::MyClass* pClass = new MyNamespace::MyClass(); Or, if you want to always use a specific namespace, you can do this: using namespace MyNamespace;
MyClass* pClass = new MyClass(); Edit:... | How do you properly use namespaces in C++? I come from a Java background, where packages are used, not namespaces. I'm used to putting classes that work together to form a complete object into packages, and then reusing them later from that package. But now I'm working in C++. How do you use namespaces in C++? Do you c... | TITLE:
How do you properly use namespaces in C++?
QUESTION:
I come from a Java background, where packages are used, not namespaces. I'm used to putting classes that work together to form a complete object into packages, and then reusing them later from that package. But now I'm working in C++. How do you use namespace... | [
"c++",
"namespaces"
] | 248 | 179 | 213,690 | 16 | 0 | 2008-09-03T12:54:06.637000 | 2008-09-03T12:57:13.900000 |
41,594 | 41,985 | Import OLE Object from Access to MySQL | I have a table in an access table which contains Product entries, one of the columns has a jpg image stored as an OLE Object. I am trying to import this table to MySQL but nothing seems to work. I have tried the MySQL migration tool but that has a known issue with Access and OLE Objects. (The issue being it doesnt work... | Ok so in the interests of airing my dirty code in public here what i came up with. Note: this is a hack designed to be used once and then thrown away. This Method takes in a datarowview containing 1 row of data from the access table. The Images are wrapped in OLE serialization, im not entirely familiar with how this wo... | Import OLE Object from Access to MySQL I have a table in an access table which contains Product entries, one of the columns has a jpg image stored as an OLE Object. I am trying to import this table to MySQL but nothing seems to work. I have tried the MySQL migration tool but that has a known issue with Access and OLE O... | TITLE:
Import OLE Object from Access to MySQL
QUESTION:
I have a table in an access table which contains Product entries, one of the columns has a jpg image stored as an OLE Object. I am trying to import this table to MySQL but nothing seems to work. I have tried the MySQL migration tool but that has a known issue wit... | [
"mysql",
"ms-access",
"import",
"data-transfer"
] | 2 | 2 | 4,243 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T12:55:25.743000 | 2008-09-03T15:56:58.053000 |
41,601 | 41,607 | User Interface Testing | We are working on a large project with a measure of new/modified GUI functionality. We've found in the past that we often introduced new problems in related code when adding new functionality. We have non-technical users perform testing, but they often miss parts and allow bugs to slip through. Are there any best pract... | There are GUI testing tools that will click buttons and stuff for you but they're pretty fragile in my experience. The best thing to do is to keep your UI layer as thin as possible. Your event handler classes should optimally be only one or two lines that call out to other more testable classes. That way you can test y... | User Interface Testing We are working on a large project with a measure of new/modified GUI functionality. We've found in the past that we often introduced new problems in related code when adding new functionality. We have non-technical users perform testing, but they often miss parts and allow bugs to slip through. A... | TITLE:
User Interface Testing
QUESTION:
We are working on a large project with a measure of new/modified GUI functionality. We've found in the past that we often introduced new problems in related code when adding new functionality. We have non-technical users perform testing, but they often miss parts and allow bugs ... | [
"user-interface",
"testing",
"integration-testing"
] | 16 | 19 | 8,403 | 11 | 0 | 2008-09-03T12:57:25.443000 | 2008-09-03T13:02:12.793000 |
41,630 | 41,635 | is it possible to concat arguments to a command line using backquotes ? | I would like to execute an OS command from my ruby script but I want to add an argument from a ruby variable. I know that's possible by using keyword system like that: #!/usr/bin/env ruby directory = '/home/paulgreg/' system 'ls ' + directory but is that possible by using the "backquotes or backticks syntax"? (I mean b... | No, that will just concatenate the output from ls and the contents of directory. But you can do this: #!/usr/bin/env ruby directory = '/home/paulgreg/' `ls #{directory}` | is it possible to concat arguments to a command line using backquotes ? I would like to execute an OS command from my ruby script but I want to add an argument from a ruby variable. I know that's possible by using keyword system like that: #!/usr/bin/env ruby directory = '/home/paulgreg/' system 'ls ' + directory but i... | TITLE:
is it possible to concat arguments to a command line using backquotes ?
QUESTION:
I would like to execute an OS command from my ruby script but I want to add an argument from a ruby variable. I know that's possible by using keyword system like that: #!/usr/bin/env ruby directory = '/home/paulgreg/' system 'ls '... | [
"ruby",
"command-line",
"command-line-interface"
] | 2 | 6 | 2,744 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:13:06.980000 | 2008-09-03T13:16:29.330000 |
41,643 | 41,661 | Store more than 3GB of video-frames in memory, on 32-bit OS | At work we have an application to play 2K (2048*1556px) OpenEXR film sequences. It works well.. apart from when sequences that are over 3GB (quite common), then it has to unload old frames from memory, despite the fact all machines have 8-16GB of memory (which is addressable via the linux BIGMEM stuff). The frames have... | How about creating a RAM drive and loading the file into that... assuming the RAM drive supports the BIGMEM stuff for you. You could use multiple processes: each process loads a view of the file as a shared memory segment, and the player process then maps the segments in turn as needed. | Store more than 3GB of video-frames in memory, on 32-bit OS At work we have an application to play 2K (2048*1556px) OpenEXR film sequences. It works well.. apart from when sequences that are over 3GB (quite common), then it has to unload old frames from memory, despite the fact all machines have 8-16GB of memory (which... | TITLE:
Store more than 3GB of video-frames in memory, on 32-bit OS
QUESTION:
At work we have an application to play 2K (2048*1556px) OpenEXR film sequences. It works well.. apart from when sequences that are over 3GB (quite common), then it has to unload old frames from memory, despite the fact all machines have 8-16G... | [
"linux",
"memory",
"32-bit"
] | 4 | 2 | 610 | 5 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:19:39.117000 | 2008-09-03T13:27:57.913000 |
41,647 | 41,691 | PHP Include function outputting unknown char | When using the php include function the include is succesfully executed, but it is also outputting a char before the output of the include is outputted, the char is of hex value 3F and I have no idea where it is coming from, although it seems to happen with every include. At first I thbought it was file encoding, but t... | What you are seeing is a UTF-8 Byte Order Mark: The UTF-8 representation of the BOM is the byte sequence EF BB BF, which appears as the ISO-8859-1 characters  in most text editors and web browsers not prepared to handle UTF-8. Byte Order Mark on Wikipedia PHP does not understand that these characters should be "hidd... | PHP Include function outputting unknown char When using the php include function the include is succesfully executed, but it is also outputting a char before the output of the include is outputted, the char is of hex value 3F and I have no idea where it is coming from, although it seems to happen with every include. At... | TITLE:
PHP Include function outputting unknown char
QUESTION:
When using the php include function the include is succesfully executed, but it is also outputting a char before the output of the include is outputted, the char is of hex value 3F and I have no idea where it is coming from, although it seems to happen with... | [
"php",
"encoding",
"byte-order-mark"
] | 5 | 11 | 2,998 | 6 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:23:43.320000 | 2008-09-03T13:44:59.447000 |
41,652 | 41,664 | Using Custom MembershipProvider without a Login control in ASP.NET | We have got a custom MembershipProvider in ASP.NET. Now there are 2 possible scenario the user can be validated: User login via login.aspx page by entering his username/password. I have used Login control and linked it with the MyMembershipProvider. This is working perfectly fine. An authentication token is passed via ... | After validation is successful, you need to sign in the user, by calling FormsAuthentication.Authenticate: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.security.formsauthentication.authenticate.aspx EDIT: It is FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/twk5762b.aspx Also, to redir... | Using Custom MembershipProvider without a Login control in ASP.NET We have got a custom MembershipProvider in ASP.NET. Now there are 2 possible scenario the user can be validated: User login via login.aspx page by entering his username/password. I have used Login control and linked it with the MyMembershipProvider. Thi... | TITLE:
Using Custom MembershipProvider without a Login control in ASP.NET
QUESTION:
We have got a custom MembershipProvider in ASP.NET. Now there are 2 possible scenario the user can be validated: User login via login.aspx page by entering his username/password. I have used Login control and linked it with the MyMembe... | [
"asp.net",
"authentication"
] | 8 | 13 | 13,262 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:24:56.187000 | 2008-09-03T13:29:53.367000 |
41,654 | 41,668 | C++ libraries to manipulate images | Do you know any open source/free software C++ libraries to manipulate images in these formats:.jpg.gif.png.bmp? The more formats it supports, the better. I am implementing a free program in C++ which hides a text file into one or more images, using steganography. I am working under Unix. | ImageMagick can manipulate about anything and has interfaces for a dozen of languages, including the Magick++ API for C++. | C++ libraries to manipulate images Do you know any open source/free software C++ libraries to manipulate images in these formats:.jpg.gif.png.bmp? The more formats it supports, the better. I am implementing a free program in C++ which hides a text file into one or more images, using steganography. I am working under Un... | TITLE:
C++ libraries to manipulate images
QUESTION:
Do you know any open source/free software C++ libraries to manipulate images in these formats:.jpg.gif.png.bmp? The more formats it supports, the better. I am implementing a free program in C++ which hides a text file into one or more images, using steganography. I a... | [
"c++",
"image",
"steganography"
] | 9 | 7 | 3,798 | 7 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:25:01.383000 | 2008-09-03T13:31:00.963000 |
41,659 | 41,814 | Is there a way to access web.xml properties from a Java Bean? | Is there any way in the Servlet API to access properties specified in web.xml (such as initialization parameters) from within a Bean or Factory class that is not associated at all with the web container? For example, I'm writing a Factory class, and I'd like to include some logic within the Factory to check a hierarchy... | One way you could do this is: public class FactoryInitialisingServletContextListener implements ServletContextListener {
public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) { }
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) { Properties properties = new Properties(); ServletContext servletContext = eve... | Is there a way to access web.xml properties from a Java Bean? Is there any way in the Servlet API to access properties specified in web.xml (such as initialization parameters) from within a Bean or Factory class that is not associated at all with the web container? For example, I'm writing a Factory class, and I'd like... | TITLE:
Is there a way to access web.xml properties from a Java Bean?
QUESTION:
Is there any way in the Servlet API to access properties specified in web.xml (such as initialization parameters) from within a Bean or Factory class that is not associated at all with the web container? For example, I'm writing a Factory c... | [
"java",
"servlets"
] | 4 | 5 | 5,239 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:26:55.327000 | 2008-09-03T14:36:25.657000 |
41,665 | 41,684 | Bmp to jpg/png in C# | Is there any way to convert a bmp image to jpg/png without losing the quality in C#? Using Image class we can convert bmp to jpg but the quality of output image is very poor. Can we gain the quality level as good as an image converted to jpg using photoshop with highest quality? | var qualityEncoder = Encoder.Quality; var quality = (long); var ratio = new EncoderParameter(qualityEncoder, quality ); var codecParams = new EncoderParameters(1); codecParams.Param[0] = ratio; var jpegCodecInfo =; bmp.Save(fileName, jpegCodecInfo, codecParams); // Save to JPG | Bmp to jpg/png in C# Is there any way to convert a bmp image to jpg/png without losing the quality in C#? Using Image class we can convert bmp to jpg but the quality of output image is very poor. Can we gain the quality level as good as an image converted to jpg using photoshop with highest quality? | TITLE:
Bmp to jpg/png in C#
QUESTION:
Is there any way to convert a bmp image to jpg/png without losing the quality in C#? Using Image class we can convert bmp to jpg but the quality of output image is very poor. Can we gain the quality level as good as an image converted to jpg using photoshop with highest quality?
... | [
"c#",
"image-manipulation"
] | 58 | 58 | 99,997 | 7 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:29:58.250000 | 2008-09-03T13:39:51.830000 |
41,676 | 41,710 | Is there a way of getting the process id of my C++ application? | Is there a way of getting the process id of my C++ application? I am using the Carbon framework, but not Cocoa… | can you use the getpid() function found in unistd.h? osx reference | Is there a way of getting the process id of my C++ application? Is there a way of getting the process id of my C++ application? I am using the Carbon framework, but not Cocoa… | TITLE:
Is there a way of getting the process id of my C++ application?
QUESTION:
Is there a way of getting the process id of my C++ application? I am using the Carbon framework, but not Cocoa…
ANSWER:
can you use the getpid() function found in unistd.h? osx reference | [
"c++",
"macos",
"macos-carbon"
] | 6 | 8 | 5,669 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:35:30.717000 | 2008-09-03T13:51:56.420000 |
41,686 | 42,202 | Why is my image coming out garbled? | I've got some Java code using a servlet and Apache Commons FileUpload to upload a file to a set directory. It's working fine for character data (e.g. text files) but image files are coming out garbled. I can open them but the image doesn't look like it should. Here's my code: Servlet protected void doPost(HttpServletRe... | One thing I don't like is here in this block from StreamUtils.getBytes(): 1 while (true) { 2 int nBytesRead = src.read(buff); 3 if (nBytesRead < 0) { 4 break; 5 } 6 byteStream.write(buff); 7 } At line 6, it writes the entire buffer, no matter how many bytes are read in. I am not convinced this will always be the case. ... | Why is my image coming out garbled? I've got some Java code using a servlet and Apache Commons FileUpload to upload a file to a set directory. It's working fine for character data (e.g. text files) but image files are coming out garbled. I can open them but the image doesn't look like it should. Here's my code: Servlet... | TITLE:
Why is my image coming out garbled?
QUESTION:
I've got some Java code using a servlet and Apache Commons FileUpload to upload a file to a set directory. It's working fine for character data (e.g. text files) but image files are coming out garbled. I can open them but the image doesn't look like it should. Here'... | [
"java",
"file-io",
"apache-commons-fileupload"
] | 4 | 4 | 719 | 5 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:41:07.430000 | 2008-09-03T17:49:35.350000 |
41,692 | 41,702 | jQuery tablesorter plugin column width incorrect in IE7 | I am using the tablesorter plugin ( http://tablesorter.com ) and am having a problem with column widths in IE7. It looks fine in Firefox and sometimes in IE7. Here's a screenshot of the problem: IE7 View and here's how it's supposed to look: Firefox view | This is a common layout problem in IE. If you are using CSS to style the columns width, also add the column widths to the td tags. Set the first column to a percentage that will try to suck up most of the space, like 50% or something. The first column width will take everything that it can and the other columns will ab... | jQuery tablesorter plugin column width incorrect in IE7 I am using the tablesorter plugin ( http://tablesorter.com ) and am having a problem with column widths in IE7. It looks fine in Firefox and sometimes in IE7. Here's a screenshot of the problem: IE7 View and here's how it's supposed to look: Firefox view | TITLE:
jQuery tablesorter plugin column width incorrect in IE7
QUESTION:
I am using the tablesorter plugin ( http://tablesorter.com ) and am having a problem with column widths in IE7. It looks fine in Firefox and sometimes in IE7. Here's a screenshot of the problem: IE7 View and here's how it's supposed to look: Fire... | [
"javascript",
"jquery",
"html",
"internet-explorer-7",
"tablesorter"
] | 8 | 6 | 1,992 | 1 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:45:14.250000 | 2008-09-03T13:48:41.420000 |
41,701 | 41,707 | Splitting tuples in Python - best practice? | I have a method in my Python code that returns a tuple - a row from a SQL query. Let's say it has three fields: (jobId, label, username) For ease of passing it around between functions, I've been passing the entire tuple as a variable called 'job'. Eventually, however, I want to get at the bits, so I've been using code... | I'd say that a dictionary is definitely the best way to do it. It's easily extensible, allows you to give each value a sensible name, and Python has a lot of built-in language features for using and manipulating dictionaries. If you need to add more fields later, all you need to change is the code that converts the tup... | Splitting tuples in Python - best practice? I have a method in my Python code that returns a tuple - a row from a SQL query. Let's say it has three fields: (jobId, label, username) For ease of passing it around between functions, I've been passing the entire tuple as a variable called 'job'. Eventually, however, I want... | TITLE:
Splitting tuples in Python - best practice?
QUESTION:
I have a method in my Python code that returns a tuple - a row from a SQL query. Let's say it has three fields: (jobId, label, username) For ease of passing it around between functions, I've been passing the entire tuple as a variable called 'job'. Eventuall... | [
"python",
"tuples"
] | 13 | 13 | 9,874 | 9 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:48:30.657000 | 2008-09-03T13:50:24.927000 |
41,712 | 41,720 | Traditional ASP .NET Web Forms vs MVC | As someone with some winforms and client applications experience - is it worth going back and learning the way traditional ASP.NET pages work, or is it okay with moving straight into ASP.NET MVC? I'm kind of looking for pitfalls or traps in my knowledge of general C#, that I won't know from the screencast series and th... | Here is the great thing about MVC. It works closer to the base of the framework than normal ASP.NET Web Forms. So by using MVC and understanding it, you will have a better understanding of how WebForms work. The problem with WebForms is there is a lot of magic and about 6 years of trying to make the Web work like Windo... | Traditional ASP .NET Web Forms vs MVC As someone with some winforms and client applications experience - is it worth going back and learning the way traditional ASP.NET pages work, or is it okay with moving straight into ASP.NET MVC? I'm kind of looking for pitfalls or traps in my knowledge of general C#, that I won't ... | TITLE:
Traditional ASP .NET Web Forms vs MVC
QUESTION:
As someone with some winforms and client applications experience - is it worth going back and learning the way traditional ASP.NET pages work, or is it okay with moving straight into ASP.NET MVC? I'm kind of looking for pitfalls or traps in my knowledge of general... | [
"asp.net-mvc",
"webforms"
] | 23 | 41 | 11,718 | 8 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:54:22.857000 | 2008-09-03T13:57:05.753000 |
41,715 | 190,743 | Excluding a folder from source control in an ASP.NET website? | Right now I'm working with an ASP.NET website that automatically generates images and stores them in a temporary folder. When working on my local system these go going into a temporary folder that gets picked up by Visual Source Safe which then wants to check them in. As such, I am wondering if there is a way to just e... | I think you've found one of the main reasons MS went back to projects in VS2008 and in MVC. It's been a long time since I've used VSS (mainly because it's really out of date now), but most source providers let you exclude files and folders as a setting of the provider, rather than the project under control. If you can ... | Excluding a folder from source control in an ASP.NET website? Right now I'm working with an ASP.NET website that automatically generates images and stores them in a temporary folder. When working on my local system these go going into a temporary folder that gets picked up by Visual Source Safe which then wants to chec... | TITLE:
Excluding a folder from source control in an ASP.NET website?
QUESTION:
Right now I'm working with an ASP.NET website that automatically generates images and stores them in a temporary folder. When working on my local system these go going into a temporary folder that gets picked up by Visual Source Safe which ... | [
"asp.net",
"visual-sourcesafe"
] | 1 | 3 | 3,416 | 6 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:54:39.643000 | 2008-10-10T10:30:50.920000 |
41,717 | 41,722 | What's the best way to implement user controls in ASP.NET MVC? | Like many others on this site I am considering a move to ASP.NET MVC for future projects. Currently my sites are running the traditional ASP.NET 2.0 Web Forms, and it works OK for us, so my other option is just to stick with what I know and make the move to ASP.NET 3.5 with the integrated AJAX stuff. I'm wondering abou... | To implement a user control you do the following call: <% Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Shared/MyControl.ascx", {data model object}) %> You may also see the older syntax which as of PR5 is not valid anymore <%= Html.RenderUserControl("~/Views/Shared/MyControl.ascx", {data model object}) %> You will always have to worry a... | What's the best way to implement user controls in ASP.NET MVC? Like many others on this site I am considering a move to ASP.NET MVC for future projects. Currently my sites are running the traditional ASP.NET 2.0 Web Forms, and it works OK for us, so my other option is just to stick with what I know and make the move to... | TITLE:
What's the best way to implement user controls in ASP.NET MVC?
QUESTION:
Like many others on this site I am considering a move to ASP.NET MVC for future projects. Currently my sites are running the traditional ASP.NET 2.0 Web Forms, and it works OK for us, so my other option is just to stick with what I know an... | [
"asp.net-mvc",
"user-controls"
] | 11 | 8 | 4,790 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T13:55:15.257000 | 2008-09-03T13:58:44.093000 |
41,724 | 41,743 | What is a DSL and where should I use it? | I'm hearing more and more about domain specific languages being thrown about and how they change the way you treat business logic, and I've seen Ayende's blog posts and things, but I've never really gotten exactly why I would take my business logic away from the methods and situations I'm using in my provider. If you'v... | DSL's are good in situations where you need to give some aspect of the system's control over to someone else. I've used them in Rules Engines, where you create a simple language that is easier for less-technical folks to use to express themselves- particularly in workflows. In other words, instead of making them learn ... | What is a DSL and where should I use it? I'm hearing more and more about domain specific languages being thrown about and how they change the way you treat business logic, and I've seen Ayende's blog posts and things, but I've never really gotten exactly why I would take my business logic away from the methods and situ... | TITLE:
What is a DSL and where should I use it?
QUESTION:
I'm hearing more and more about domain specific languages being thrown about and how they change the way you treat business logic, and I've seen Ayende's blog posts and things, but I've never really gotten exactly why I would take my business logic away from th... | [
"theory",
"dsl"
] | 26 | 22 | 6,589 | 7 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:00:51.623000 | 2008-09-03T14:09:36.113000 |
41,733 | 41,951 | Best way to sort an array | Say I have an array of records which I want to sort based on one of the fields in the record. What's the best way to achieve this? TExample = record SortOrder: integer; SomethingElse: string; end;
var SomeVar: array of TExample; | You can add pointers to the elements of the array to a TList, then call TList.Sort with a comparison function, and finally create a new array and copy the values out of the TList in the desired order. However, if you're using the next version, D2009, there is a new collections library which can sort arrays. It takes an... | Best way to sort an array Say I have an array of records which I want to sort based on one of the fields in the record. What's the best way to achieve this? TExample = record SortOrder: integer; SomethingElse: string; end;
var SomeVar: array of TExample; | TITLE:
Best way to sort an array
QUESTION:
Say I have an array of records which I want to sort based on one of the fields in the record. What's the best way to achieve this? TExample = record SortOrder: integer; SomethingElse: string; end;
var SomeVar: array of TExample;
ANSWER:
You can add pointers to the elements ... | [
"delphi",
"arrays",
"sorting"
] | 33 | 40 | 53,101 | 10 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:04:08.980000 | 2008-09-03T15:36:17.073000 |
41,766 | 41,776 | How do I download code using SVN/Tortoise from Google Code? | I just saw a really cool WPF twitter client that I think is developed by the Herding Code podcast guys HerdingCode called Witty. (or at least, I see a lot of those guys using this client). This project is currently posted up on Google Code. Many of the projects on Google Code use Subversion as the version control syste... | After you install Tortoise (separate SVN client not required), create a new empty folder for the project somewhere and right click it in Windows. There should be an option for SVN Checkout. Choosing that option will open a dialog box. Paste the URL you posted above in the first textbox of that dialog box and click "OK"... | How do I download code using SVN/Tortoise from Google Code? I just saw a really cool WPF twitter client that I think is developed by the Herding Code podcast guys HerdingCode called Witty. (or at least, I see a lot of those guys using this client). This project is currently posted up on Google Code. Many of the project... | TITLE:
How do I download code using SVN/Tortoise from Google Code?
QUESTION:
I just saw a really cool WPF twitter client that I think is developed by the Herding Code podcast guys HerdingCode called Witty. (or at least, I see a lot of those guys using this client). This project is currently posted up on Google Code. M... | [
"svn",
"tortoisesvn",
"google-code"
] | 88 | 100 | 163,451 | 9 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:19:55.433000 | 2008-09-03T14:23:27.920000 |
41,792 | 41,820 | Instance constructor sets a static member, is it thread safe? | I am re-factoring some code and am wondering about the use of a lock in the instance constructor. public class MyClass {
private static Int32 counter = 0; private Int32 myCount;
public MyClass() {
lock(this) { counter++; myCount = counter; } } } Please confirm Instance constructors are thread-safe. The lock statemen... | @ajmastrean I am not saying you should use the singleton pattern itself, but adopt its method of encapsulating the instantiation process. i.e. Make the constructor private. Create a static instance method that returns the type. In the static instance method, use the lock keyword before instantiating. Instantiate a new ... | Instance constructor sets a static member, is it thread safe? I am re-factoring some code and am wondering about the use of a lock in the instance constructor. public class MyClass {
private static Int32 counter = 0; private Int32 myCount;
public MyClass() {
lock(this) { counter++; myCount = counter; } } } Please co... | TITLE:
Instance constructor sets a static member, is it thread safe?
QUESTION:
I am re-factoring some code and am wondering about the use of a lock in the instance constructor. public class MyClass {
private static Int32 counter = 0; private Int32 myCount;
public MyClass() {
lock(this) { counter++; myCount = counte... | [
"c#",
".net",
"multithreading",
"thread-safety"
] | 6 | 3 | 4,066 | 7 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:28:57.423000 | 2008-09-03T14:41:55.380000 |
41,832 | 41,859 | Maintain the correct version for a COM dll referenced in a .NET project | I want to reference a COM DLL in a.NET project, but I also want to make sure that the interop DLL created will have the correct version (so that patches will know when the DLL must be changed). If I use TlbImp I can specify the required version with the /asmversion flag but when I add it directly from Visual Studio it ... | The Guid refers to the Guid for the TypeLib not the DLL directly. The version numbers refer to the TypeLib's version not the DLLs. The version number will come from your idl file, and I believe it only supports a major and minor version and not a build version. Is this version changing when you modify the typelib? The ... | Maintain the correct version for a COM dll referenced in a .NET project I want to reference a COM DLL in a.NET project, but I also want to make sure that the interop DLL created will have the correct version (so that patches will know when the DLL must be changed). If I use TlbImp I can specify the required version wit... | TITLE:
Maintain the correct version for a COM dll referenced in a .NET project
QUESTION:
I want to reference a COM DLL in a.NET project, but I also want to make sure that the interop DLL created will have the correct version (so that patches will know when the DLL must be changed). If I use TlbImp I can specify the re... | [
".net",
"c++",
"com"
] | 2 | 2 | 1,076 | 1 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:45:16.697000 | 2008-09-03T14:56:05.470000 |
41,836 | 2,227,991 | Setting include path in PHP intermittently fails | I have tried both of: ini_set('include_path', '.:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php5/PEAR:lib:app/classes'); and also: php_value include_path ".:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php5/PEAR:lib:app/classes" in the.htaccess file. Both methods actually do work but only intermittently. That is, they will work fine for about 37 pages ... | It turned out the issue was related to a PHP bug in 5.2.5 Setting an "admin_flag" for include_path caused the include path to be empty in some requests, and Plesk sets an admin_flag in the default config for something or other. An update of PHP solved the issue. http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43677 | Setting include path in PHP intermittently fails I have tried both of: ini_set('include_path', '.:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php5/PEAR:lib:app/classes'); and also: php_value include_path ".:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php5/PEAR:lib:app/classes" in the.htaccess file. Both methods actually do work but only intermittently.... | TITLE:
Setting include path in PHP intermittently fails
QUESTION:
I have tried both of: ini_set('include_path', '.:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php5/PEAR:lib:app/classes'); and also: php_value include_path ".:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php5/PEAR:lib:app/classes" in the.htaccess file. Both methods actually do work but on... | [
"php",
"include-path"
] | 2 | 3 | 953 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:47:35.147000 | 2010-02-09T09:32:29.833000 |
41,837 | 41,899 | Cost of Inserts vs Update in SQL Server | I have a table with more than a millon rows. This table is used to index tiff images. Each image has fields like date, number, etc. I have users that index these images in batches of 500. I need to know if it is better to first insert 500 rows and then perform 500 updates or, when the user finishes indexing, to do the ... | Updates in Sql server result in ghosted rows - i.e. Sql crosses one row out and puts a new one in. The crossed out row is deleted later. Both inserts and updates can cause page-splits in this way, they both effectively 'add' data, it's just that updates flag the old stuff out first. On top of this updates need to look ... | Cost of Inserts vs Update in SQL Server I have a table with more than a millon rows. This table is used to index tiff images. Each image has fields like date, number, etc. I have users that index these images in batches of 500. I need to know if it is better to first insert 500 rows and then perform 500 updates or, whe... | TITLE:
Cost of Inserts vs Update in SQL Server
QUESTION:
I have a table with more than a millon rows. This table is used to index tiff images. Each image has fields like date, number, etc. I have users that index these images in batches of 500. I need to know if it is better to first insert 500 rows and then perform 5... | [
"sql-server",
"performance"
] | 26 | 40 | 45,449 | 6 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:47:52.400000 | 2008-09-03T15:13:04.523000 |
41,838 | 93,581 | Black Box testing software | We are about to get a canned package in that has been modified to our needs. I'm part of the team setup to prepare tests for it. It has an Oracle back end and I believe it's written in C++.NET. My question is what free or open source testing tools would you recommend. Thanks Ken | For regression testing of our applications I use a free tool called AutoHotKey http://www.autohotkey.com/. It is simple, batch configurable, and can work for virtually any application you have. Not exactly designed for black box testing, but a good free tool to add to your toolbox. While there are a few good commercial... | Black Box testing software We are about to get a canned package in that has been modified to our needs. I'm part of the team setup to prepare tests for it. It has an Oracle back end and I believe it's written in C++.NET. My question is what free or open source testing tools would you recommend. Thanks Ken | TITLE:
Black Box testing software
QUESTION:
We are about to get a canned package in that has been modified to our needs. I'm part of the team setup to prepare tests for it. It has an Oracle back end and I believe it's written in C++.NET. My question is what free or open source testing tools would you recommend. Thanks... | [
"oracle",
"testing",
"black-box"
] | 2 | 2 | 1,219 | 6 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:48:16.660000 | 2008-09-18T15:28:12.223000 |
41,839 | 41,947 | What is a good markup language to use for tests? | I'm writing a tool to run a series of integration tests on my product. It will install it and then run a bunch of commands against it to make sure its doing what it is supposed to. I'm exploring different options for how to markup the commands for each test case and wondering if folks had insight to share on this. I'm ... | Go and have a look at the XUnit suite of test tools. This framework was originally designed for Smalltalk by Kent Beck and, I think, Erich Gamma, and it has now been ported to a whole stack of other languages, e.g. CUnit | What is a good markup language to use for tests? I'm writing a tool to run a series of integration tests on my product. It will install it and then run a bunch of commands against it to make sure its doing what it is supposed to. I'm exploring different options for how to markup the commands for each test case and wond... | TITLE:
What is a good markup language to use for tests?
QUESTION:
I'm writing a tool to run a series of integration tests on my product. It will install it and then run a bunch of commands against it to make sure its doing what it is supposed to. I'm exploring different options for how to markup the commands for each ... | [
"testing",
"integration-testing"
] | 1 | 2 | 281 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:48:48.187000 | 2008-09-03T15:32:49.423000 |
41,842 | 41,871 | PDB files for production app and the "Optimize code" flag | When should I include PDB files for a production release? Should I use the Optimize code flag and how would that affect the information I get from an exception? If there is a noticeable performance benefit I would want to use the optimizations but if not I'd rather have accurate debugging info. What is typically done f... | When you want to see source filenames and line numbers in your stacktraces, generate PDBs using the pdb-only option. Optimization is separate from PDB generation, i.e. you can optimize and generate PDBs without a performance hit. From the C# Language Reference If you use /debug:full, be aware that there is some impact ... | PDB files for production app and the "Optimize code" flag When should I include PDB files for a production release? Should I use the Optimize code flag and how would that affect the information I get from an exception? If there is a noticeable performance benefit I would want to use the optimizations but if not I'd rat... | TITLE:
PDB files for production app and the "Optimize code" flag
QUESTION:
When should I include PDB files for a production release? Should I use the Optimize code flag and how would that affect the information I get from an exception? If there is a noticeable performance benefit I would want to use the optimizations ... | [
"c#",
"visual-studio",
"build-process"
] | 17 | 19 | 6,327 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:50:03.223000 | 2008-09-03T15:03:14.220000 |
41,857 | 41,875 | Recommendations for Web application performance benchmarks | I'm about to start testing an intranet web application. Specifically, I've to determine the application's performance. Please could someone suggest formal/informal standards for how I can judge the application's performance. | Use some tool for stress and load testing. If you're using Java take a look at JMeter. It provides different methods to test you application performance. You should focus on: Response time: How fast your application is running for normal requests. Test some read/write use case Load test: How your application behaves in... | Recommendations for Web application performance benchmarks I'm about to start testing an intranet web application. Specifically, I've to determine the application's performance. Please could someone suggest formal/informal standards for how I can judge the application's performance. | TITLE:
Recommendations for Web application performance benchmarks
QUESTION:
I'm about to start testing an intranet web application. Specifically, I've to determine the application's performance. Please could someone suggest formal/informal standards for how I can judge the application's performance.
ANSWER:
Use some ... | [
"performance",
"testing",
"web-applications",
"benchmarking"
] | 7 | 8 | 11,694 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T14:55:40.027000 | 2008-09-03T15:04:41.517000 |
41,869 | 152,695 | Is SQL Server Bulk Insert Transactional? | If I run the following query in SQL Server 2000 Query Analyzer: BULK INSERT OurTable FROM 'c:\OurTable.txt' WITH (CODEPAGE = 'RAW', DATAFILETYPE = 'char', FIELDTERMINATOR = '\t', ROWS_PER_BATCH = 10000, TABLOCK) On a text file that conforms to OurTable's schema for 40 lines, but then changes format for the last 20 line... | BULK INSERT acts as a series of individual INSERT statements and thus, if the job fails, it doesn't roll back all of the committed inserts. It can, however, be placed within a transaction so you could do something like this: BEGIN TRANSACTION BEGIN TRY BULK INSERT OurTable FROM 'c:\OurTable.txt' WITH (CODEPAGE = 'RAW',... | Is SQL Server Bulk Insert Transactional? If I run the following query in SQL Server 2000 Query Analyzer: BULK INSERT OurTable FROM 'c:\OurTable.txt' WITH (CODEPAGE = 'RAW', DATAFILETYPE = 'char', FIELDTERMINATOR = '\t', ROWS_PER_BATCH = 10000, TABLOCK) On a text file that conforms to OurTable's schema for 40 lines, but... | TITLE:
Is SQL Server Bulk Insert Transactional?
QUESTION:
If I run the following query in SQL Server 2000 Query Analyzer: BULK INSERT OurTable FROM 'c:\OurTable.txt' WITH (CODEPAGE = 'RAW', DATAFILETYPE = 'char', FIELDTERMINATOR = '\t', ROWS_PER_BATCH = 10000, TABLOCK) On a text file that conforms to OurTable's schema... | [
"sql-server",
"transactions",
"bulkinsert"
] | 19 | 26 | 27,552 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:01:53.863000 | 2008-09-30T11:50:58.193000 |
41,894 | 41,904 | $0 (Program Name) in Java? Discover main class? | Is there a way to find the name of the program that is running in Java? The class of the main method would be good enough. | Try this: StackTraceElement[] stack = Thread.currentThread ().getStackTrace (); StackTraceElement main = stack[stack.length - 1]; String mainClass = main.getClassName (); Of course, this only works if you're running from the main thread. Unfortunately I don't think there's a system property you can query to find this o... | $0 (Program Name) in Java? Discover main class? Is there a way to find the name of the program that is running in Java? The class of the main method would be good enough. | TITLE:
$0 (Program Name) in Java? Discover main class?
QUESTION:
Is there a way to find the name of the program that is running in Java? The class of the main method would be good enough.
ANSWER:
Try this: StackTraceElement[] stack = Thread.currentThread ().getStackTrace (); StackTraceElement main = stack[stack.lengt... | [
"java"
] | 54 | 45 | 28,851 | 8 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:11:01.813000 | 2008-09-03T15:13:51.370000 |
41,898 | 41,913 | How do you choose an open-source license? | I'm a software engineer, not a lawyer, and my university doesn't offer any courses geared toward licensing software. In fact, their law-related courses are lacking (but slowly growing in number). Where can I go to learn about open-source licenses and how to choose them? | There are lots described here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses The decision of which one to use can be political, but should ultimately be determined by your plans/desires for the software. If you want to ensure it is always free then choose GPL or another "Copyleft" license. If you don't... | How do you choose an open-source license? I'm a software engineer, not a lawyer, and my university doesn't offer any courses geared toward licensing software. In fact, their law-related courses are lacking (but slowly growing in number). Where can I go to learn about open-source licenses and how to choose them? | TITLE:
How do you choose an open-source license?
QUESTION:
I'm a software engineer, not a lawyer, and my university doesn't offer any courses geared toward licensing software. In fact, their law-related courses are lacking (but slowly growing in number). Where can I go to learn about open-source licenses and how to ch... | [
"open-source",
"licensing"
] | 26 | 17 | 3,942 | 10 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:12:38.567000 | 2008-09-03T15:16:32.940000 |
41,908 | 42,145 | Customizing Visual Studio | I have been working with Visual Studio (WinForm and ASP.NET applications using mostly C#) for several months now. For the most part my IDE is set up fairly standard but I have been wondering what are some suggestions in terms of plugins/settings that you find to be the most useful? Update: Thanks for all the great sugg... | Resharper is definitely a great tool. It has a moderate learning curve but is easy to pick up for some simple things and add mastery later. It is a good price for students and kinda expensive for the rest of us. Resharper is similar to CodeRush, but seems to have a larger following. PowerCommands is a great set of add-... | Customizing Visual Studio I have been working with Visual Studio (WinForm and ASP.NET applications using mostly C#) for several months now. For the most part my IDE is set up fairly standard but I have been wondering what are some suggestions in terms of plugins/settings that you find to be the most useful? Update: Tha... | TITLE:
Customizing Visual Studio
QUESTION:
I have been working with Visual Studio (WinForm and ASP.NET applications using mostly C#) for several months now. For the most part my IDE is set up fairly standard but I have been wondering what are some suggestions in terms of plugins/settings that you find to be the most u... | [
"c#",
"asp.net",
"winforms",
"visual-studio"
] | 16 | 10 | 3,547 | 12 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:15:24.753000 | 2008-09-03T17:24:46.907000 |
41,925 | 41,982 | Is there a standard for storing normalized phone numbers in a database? | What is a good data structure for storing phone numbers in database fields? I'm looking for something that is flexible enough to handle international numbers, and also something that allows the various parts of the number to be queried efficiently. Edit: Just to clarify the use case here: I currently store numbers in a... | First, beyond the country code, there is no real standard. About the best you can do is recognize, by the country code, which nation a particular phone number belongs to and deal with the rest of the number according to that nation's format. Generally, however, phone equipment and such is standardized so you can almost... | Is there a standard for storing normalized phone numbers in a database? What is a good data structure for storing phone numbers in database fields? I'm looking for something that is flexible enough to handle international numbers, and also something that allows the various parts of the number to be queried efficiently.... | TITLE:
Is there a standard for storing normalized phone numbers in a database?
QUESTION:
What is a good data structure for storing phone numbers in database fields? I'm looking for something that is flexible enough to handle international numbers, and also something that allows the various parts of the number to be qu... | [
"database"
] | 103 | 84 | 65,055 | 18 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:22:33.863000 | 2008-09-03T15:54:43.737000 |
41,928 | 627,554 | LightWindow & IE7, "Line 444 - object does not support this property or method" | I have just received and bypassed a problem with LightWindow and IE7 where, on page load, it throws a JavaScript error on line 444 of lightwindow.js, claiming that the object does not support this property or method. Despite finding various postings on various forums, no Google result I could find had a solution, so I ... | I fixed this by changing line 444 to: var gallery = this._getGalleryInfo(link.rel) Then changing the subsequent comparison statement to: if(gallery.length > 0) { // Rest of code here......which seems to have sorted it in IE6+ and kept it working in Firefox etc. I didn't change line 1157 at all, but I haven't read the c... | LightWindow & IE7, "Line 444 - object does not support this property or method" I have just received and bypassed a problem with LightWindow and IE7 where, on page load, it throws a JavaScript error on line 444 of lightwindow.js, claiming that the object does not support this property or method. Despite finding various... | TITLE:
LightWindow & IE7, "Line 444 - object does not support this property or method"
QUESTION:
I have just received and bypassed a problem with LightWindow and IE7 where, on page load, it throws a JavaScript error on line 444 of lightwindow.js, claiming that the object does not support this property or method. Despi... | [
"javascript",
"debugging",
"internet-explorer-7",
"lightwindow"
] | 0 | 0 | 2,807 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:23:16.870000 | 2009-03-09T18:53:39.613000 |
41,934 | 3,693,293 | How can I make Eclipse file search not include svn directories? | When I do a file search on eclipse it includes the.svn directories by default. I tried excluding them from the build path but they still appear on file search results. | Spaceman is right. With Helios, choose Project -> Properties -> Resource -> Resource Filters and then add an exclude filter for type "Folder" with name.svn. | How can I make Eclipse file search not include svn directories? When I do a file search on eclipse it includes the.svn directories by default. I tried excluding them from the build path but they still appear on file search results. | TITLE:
How can I make Eclipse file search not include svn directories?
QUESTION:
When I do a file search on eclipse it includes the.svn directories by default. I tried excluding them from the build path but they still appear on file search results.
ANSWER:
Spaceman is right. With Helios, choose Project -> Properties ... | [
"eclipse",
"svn"
] | 58 | 106 | 20,478 | 9 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:27:19.670000 | 2010-09-12T00:48:16.483000 |
41,937 | 42,002 | Converting latitude/longitude to Alberta 10 TM Projection | I need to convert latitude/longitude coordinates into Easting/Northing coordinates in the Alberta 10 TM Projection. The 10 TM projection is similar to UTM, but it is a custom projection for the province of Alberta, Canada. I think (with some effort) I could code it myself but would rather not reinvent the wheel if it's... | Grab PROJ Cartographic Projections library - open source library. Suggested parameters for 10TM: +proj=tmerc +lon_0=-115 +k_0=0.9992 +x_0=500000 +datum=NAD27 According to this post you may need to: change the ellps to GRS80 if your 10TM data is referenced to the NAD83 datum (instead of NAD27/clrk66). You may also need ... | Converting latitude/longitude to Alberta 10 TM Projection I need to convert latitude/longitude coordinates into Easting/Northing coordinates in the Alberta 10 TM Projection. The 10 TM projection is similar to UTM, but it is a custom projection for the province of Alberta, Canada. I think (with some effort) I could code... | TITLE:
Converting latitude/longitude to Alberta 10 TM Projection
QUESTION:
I need to convert latitude/longitude coordinates into Easting/Northing coordinates in the Alberta 10 TM Projection. The 10 TM projection is similar to UTM, but it is a custom projection for the province of Alberta, Canada. I think (with some ef... | [
"gis",
"latitude-longitude",
"proj4js",
"proj"
] | 6 | 12 | 12,967 | 7 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:29:24.360000 | 2008-09-03T16:02:20.333000 |
41,948 | 41,960 | How do I get the difference between two Dates in JavaScript? | I'm creating an application which lets you define events with a time frame. I want to automatically fill in the end date when the user selects or changes the start date. I can't quite figure out, however, how to get the difference between the two times, and then how to create a new end Date using that difference. | In JavaScript, dates can be transformed to the number of milliseconds since the epoc by calling the getTime() method or just using the date in a numeric expression. So to get the difference, just subtract the two dates. To create a new date based on the difference, just pass the number of milliseconds in the constructo... | How do I get the difference between two Dates in JavaScript? I'm creating an application which lets you define events with a time frame. I want to automatically fill in the end date when the user selects or changes the start date. I can't quite figure out, however, how to get the difference between the two times, and t... | TITLE:
How do I get the difference between two Dates in JavaScript?
QUESTION:
I'm creating an application which lets you define events with a time frame. I want to automatically fill in the end date when the user selects or changes the start date. I can't quite figure out, however, how to get the difference between th... | [
"javascript",
"date"
] | 124 | 81 | 159,049 | 18 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:34:39.137000 | 2008-09-03T15:42:01.787000 |
41,963 | 42,032 | Are there any version control systems for 3d models / 3d data? | Well the subject is the question basically. Are there any version control systems out there for 3d models. An open source approach would be preferred of course. I am looking for functionality along the lines of subversion however more basic systems would be of interest as well. Basic operations like branching / merging... | This is going to be difficult since most 3D CAD programs do not take into account the possibility of revision, so when you load something and then save it again it may completely re-order the points (there are reasons for this, usually done for performance). Further, large models represented in a text format are huge f... | Are there any version control systems for 3d models / 3d data? Well the subject is the question basically. Are there any version control systems out there for 3d models. An open source approach would be preferred of course. I am looking for functionality along the lines of subversion however more basic systems would be... | TITLE:
Are there any version control systems for 3d models / 3d data?
QUESTION:
Well the subject is the question basically. Are there any version control systems out there for 3d models. An open source approach would be preferred of course. I am looking for functionality along the lines of subversion however more basi... | [
"version-control"
] | 20 | 18 | 23,724 | 10 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:43:42.983000 | 2008-09-03T16:12:24.303000 |
41,969 | 42,046 | Standard way to open a folder window in linux? | I want to open a folder window, in the appropriate file manager, from within a cross-platform (windows/mac/linux) Python application. On OSX, I can open a window in the finder with os.system('open "%s"' % foldername) and on Windows with os.startfile(foldername) What about unix/linux? Is there a standard way to do this ... | os.system('xdg-open "%s"' % foldername) xdg-open can be used for files/urls also | Standard way to open a folder window in linux? I want to open a folder window, in the appropriate file manager, from within a cross-platform (windows/mac/linux) Python application. On OSX, I can open a window in the finder with os.system('open "%s"' % foldername) and on Windows with os.startfile(foldername) What about ... | TITLE:
Standard way to open a folder window in linux?
QUESTION:
I want to open a folder window, in the appropriate file manager, from within a cross-platform (windows/mac/linux) Python application. On OSX, I can open a window in the finder with os.system('open "%s"' % foldername) and on Windows with os.startfile(folde... | [
"python",
"linux",
"cross-platform",
"desktop"
] | 13 | 16 | 11,173 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T15:47:23.677000 | 2008-09-03T16:18:25.303000 |
41,994 | 42,014 | Parsing an XML file in C# | What is the fastest method of parsing an XML file in C#? I'm using.Net 2.0 | If you're using.Net 2 then the XmlReader and XmlDocument are about it. If you can use.Net 3.5 then the new Linq to Xml methods are a big improvement. | Parsing an XML file in C# What is the fastest method of parsing an XML file in C#? I'm using.Net 2.0 | TITLE:
Parsing an XML file in C#
QUESTION:
What is the fastest method of parsing an XML file in C#? I'm using.Net 2.0
ANSWER:
If you're using.Net 2 then the XmlReader and XmlDocument are about it. If you can use.Net 3.5 then the new Linq to Xml methods are a big improvement. | [
"c#",
"xml"
] | 9 | 13 | 3,562 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T16:00:08.797000 | 2008-09-03T16:04:56.553000 |
41,996 | 42,024 | How to display line breaks in SharePoint comment history field | We have a SharePoint list setup with history enabled so the Comments field keeps all the past values. When it displays, the Comments field is void of all line breaks. However, when SharePoint e-mails the change to us, the line breaks are in there. The Description field also shows the line breaks. So, something must be ... | What are you using to view the list? A default SharePoint view (AllItems.aspx?), or a DataFormWebPart? Something else? If you can customize the page that displays this list in SharePoint Designer, make sure this field is set to display "Rich Text" and not just "Plain Text". If this is the cause of your problem, then an... | How to display line breaks in SharePoint comment history field We have a SharePoint list setup with history enabled so the Comments field keeps all the past values. When it displays, the Comments field is void of all line breaks. However, when SharePoint e-mails the change to us, the line breaks are in there. The Descr... | TITLE:
How to display line breaks in SharePoint comment history field
QUESTION:
We have a SharePoint list setup with history enabled so the Comments field keeps all the past values. When it displays, the Comments field is void of all line breaks. However, when SharePoint e-mails the change to us, the line breaks are i... | [
"sharepoint"
] | 1 | 1 | 3,398 | 1 | 0 | 2008-09-03T16:01:01.727000 | 2008-09-03T16:07:39.947000 |
42,034 | 42,048 | What is a tuple useful for? | I am learning Python for a class now, and we just covered tuples as one of the data types. I read the Wikipedia page on it, but, I could not figure out where such a data type would be useful in practice. Can I have some examples, perhaps in Python, where an immutable set of numbers would be needed? How is this differen... | Tuples are used whenever you want to return multiple results from a function. Since they're immutable, they can be used as keys for a dictionary (lists can't). | What is a tuple useful for? I am learning Python for a class now, and we just covered tuples as one of the data types. I read the Wikipedia page on it, but, I could not figure out where such a data type would be useful in practice. Can I have some examples, perhaps in Python, where an immutable set of numbers would be ... | TITLE:
What is a tuple useful for?
QUESTION:
I am learning Python for a class now, and we just covered tuples as one of the data types. I read the Wikipedia page on it, but, I could not figure out where such a data type would be useful in practice. Can I have some examples, perhaps in Python, where an immutable set of... | [
"python",
"tuples"
] | 57 | 66 | 51,708 | 12 | 0 | 2008-09-03T16:13:06.737000 | 2008-09-03T16:18:53.493000 |
42,068 | 42,073 | How do I handle newlines in JSON? | I've generated some JSON and I'm trying to pull it into an object in JavaScript. I keep getting errors. Here's what I have: var data = '{"count": 1, "stack": "sometext\n\n"}'; var dataObj = eval('('+data+')'); This gives me an error: unterminated string literal With JSON.parse(data), I see similar error messages: " Une... | This is what you want: var data = '{"count": 1, "stack": "sometext\\n\\n"}'; You need to escape the \ in your string (turning it into a double- \ ), otherwise it will become a newline in the JSON source, not the JSON data. | How do I handle newlines in JSON? I've generated some JSON and I'm trying to pull it into an object in JavaScript. I keep getting errors. Here's what I have: var data = '{"count": 1, "stack": "sometext\n\n"}'; var dataObj = eval('('+data+')'); This gives me an error: unterminated string literal With JSON.parse(data), I... | TITLE:
How do I handle newlines in JSON?
QUESTION:
I've generated some JSON and I'm trying to pull it into an object in JavaScript. I keep getting errors. Here's what I have: var data = '{"count": 1, "stack": "sometext\n\n"}'; var dataObj = eval('('+data+')'); This gives me an error: unterminated string literal With J... | [
"javascript",
"json",
"newline"
] | 429 | 507 | 892,922 | 10 | 0 | 2008-09-03T16:30:12.327000 | 2008-09-03T16:32:16.893000 |
42,070 | 42,092 | Why does the Bourne shell printf iterate over a %s argument? | What's going on here? printf.sh: #! /bin/sh NAME="George W. Bush" printf "Hello, %s\n" $NAME Command line session: $./printf.sh Hello, George Hello, W. Hello, Bush UPDATE: printf "Hello, %s\n" "$NAME" works. For why I'm not using echo, consider echo.sh: #! /bin/sh FILE="C:\tmp" echo "Filename: $FILE" Command-line: $./e... | Your NAME variable is being substituted like this: printf "Hello, %s\n" George W. Bush Use this: #! /bin/sh NAME="George W. Bush" printf "Hello, %s\n" "$NAME" | Why does the Bourne shell printf iterate over a %s argument? What's going on here? printf.sh: #! /bin/sh NAME="George W. Bush" printf "Hello, %s\n" $NAME Command line session: $./printf.sh Hello, George Hello, W. Hello, Bush UPDATE: printf "Hello, %s\n" "$NAME" works. For why I'm not using echo, consider echo.sh: #! /b... | TITLE:
Why does the Bourne shell printf iterate over a %s argument?
QUESTION:
What's going on here? printf.sh: #! /bin/sh NAME="George W. Bush" printf "Hello, %s\n" $NAME Command line session: $./printf.sh Hello, George Hello, W. Hello, Bush UPDATE: printf "Hello, %s\n" "$NAME" works. For why I'm not using echo, consi... | [
"unix",
"shell"
] | 10 | 8 | 6,545 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T16:30:50.563000 | 2008-09-03T16:40:09.730000 |
42,076 | 42,094 | Are you human? (or How to prevent spam) | What mechanisms do you know that prevent your site from being abused by anonymous spammers. For example, let's say that I have a site where people can vote something. But I don't want someone to spam something all the way to the top. So I found (a) creating an account and only allowed to vote once and (b) CAPTCHA to de... | The big thing I've noticed is that whatever you do, you want your system to be unique. You want an attacker to have to tailor their automation program for your specific site, rather than just throw a pre-existing script at it that will work almost anywhere. It doesn't even have to be cryptographically secure; it just h... | Are you human? (or How to prevent spam) What mechanisms do you know that prevent your site from being abused by anonymous spammers. For example, let's say that I have a site where people can vote something. But I don't want someone to spam something all the way to the top. So I found (a) creating an account and only al... | TITLE:
Are you human? (or How to prevent spam)
QUESTION:
What mechanisms do you know that prevent your site from being abused by anonymous spammers. For example, let's say that I have a site where people can vote something. But I don't want someone to spam something all the way to the top. So I found (a) creating an a... | [
"captcha"
] | 12 | 13 | 4,154 | 11 | 0 | 2008-09-03T16:34:51.350000 | 2008-09-03T16:41:08.697000 |
42,093 | 42,175 | Pure Python library to generate Identicons? | Does anyone know of a FOSS Python lib for generating Identicons? I've looked, but so far I haven't had much luck. | I've found two implementations: http://coderepos.org/share/browser/lang/python/misc/identicon.py http://code.google.com/p/visicon/ | Pure Python library to generate Identicons? Does anyone know of a FOSS Python lib for generating Identicons? I've looked, but so far I haven't had much luck. | TITLE:
Pure Python library to generate Identicons?
QUESTION:
Does anyone know of a FOSS Python lib for generating Identicons? I've looked, but so far I haven't had much luck.
ANSWER:
I've found two implementations: http://coderepos.org/share/browser/lang/python/misc/identicon.py http://code.google.com/p/visicon/ | [
"python",
"identicon"
] | 17 | 12 | 2,636 | 1 | 0 | 2008-09-03T16:40:20.167000 | 2008-09-03T17:38:53.143000 |
42,115 | 373,205 | App.config connection string Protection error | I am running into an issue I had before; can't find my reference on how to solve it. Here is the issue. We encrypt the connection strings section in the app.config for our client application using code below: config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None) If config.ConnectionStrings.Sec... | I found a more elegant solution that in my original answer to myself. I found if I just logged in as th euser who orignally installed the application and caused the config file connectionstrings to be encrypted and go to the.net framework directory in a commadn prompt and run aspnet_regiis -pa "NetFrameworkConfiguratio... | App.config connection string Protection error I am running into an issue I had before; can't find my reference on how to solve it. Here is the issue. We encrypt the connection strings section in the app.config for our client application using code below: config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationU... | TITLE:
App.config connection string Protection error
QUESTION:
I am running into an issue I had before; can't find my reference on how to solve it. Here is the issue. We encrypt the connection strings section in the app.config for our client application using code below: config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfigurat... | [
"vb.net",
"cryptography",
"app-config",
"cryptographicexception"
] | 3 | 1 | 13,140 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:03:35.273000 | 2008-12-16T23:50:52.030000 |
42,122 | 42,170 | Easy .NET XML Library | Following my question regarding a.NET YAML Library... as there doesn't seem to be great support for YAML in.NET, are there and good open source really simple.NET XML libraries. I just want something where I can pass it a section name and a key and it gives me the value as well as being able to give me a list of all the... | isn't the system.xml namespace suficient? once i had to use it for the simple scenarios that you described and thought that it was a simple and efficient solutions. take a look at this examples Reading Node Trees with XmlNodeReader and the XML Document Object Model (DOM) Reference | Easy .NET XML Library Following my question regarding a.NET YAML Library... as there doesn't seem to be great support for YAML in.NET, are there and good open source really simple.NET XML libraries. I just want something where I can pass it a section name and a key and it gives me the value as well as being able to giv... | TITLE:
Easy .NET XML Library
QUESTION:
Following my question regarding a.NET YAML Library... as there doesn't seem to be great support for YAML in.NET, are there and good open source really simple.NET XML libraries. I just want something where I can pass it a section name and a key and it gives me the value as well as... | [
".net",
"xml"
] | 2 | 2 | 913 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:06:40.180000 | 2008-09-03T17:37:13.023000 |
42,125 | 47,693 | Warning/error "function declaration isn't a prototype" | I have a library I created, File mylib.c: #include int testlib() { printf("Hello, World!\n"); return (0); } File mylib.h: #include extern int testlib(); In my program, I've attempted to call this library function: File myprogram.c: #include int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { testlib(); return (0); } When I attempt to ... | In C int foo() and int foo(void) are different functions. int foo() accepts an arbitrary number of arguments, while int foo(void) accepts 0 arguments. In C++ they mean the same thing. I suggest that you use void consistently when you mean no arguments. If you have a variable a, extern int a; is a way to tell the compil... | Warning/error "function declaration isn't a prototype" I have a library I created, File mylib.c: #include int testlib() { printf("Hello, World!\n"); return (0); } File mylib.h: #include extern int testlib(); In my program, I've attempted to call this library function: File myprogram.c: #include int main (int argc, char... | TITLE:
Warning/error "function declaration isn't a prototype"
QUESTION:
I have a library I created, File mylib.c: #include int testlib() { printf("Hello, World!\n"); return (0); } File mylib.h: #include extern int testlib(); In my program, I've attempted to call this library function: File myprogram.c: #include int ma... | [
"c",
"gcc"
] | 198 | 410 | 209,659 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:08:18.163000 | 2008-09-06T17:58:18.500000 |
42,126 | 42,327 | C++ Compiler Error C2371 - Redefinition of WCHAR | I am getting C++ Compiler error C2371 when I include a header file that itself includes odbcss.h. My project is set to MBCS. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\odbcss.h(430): error C2371: 'WCHAR': redefinition; different basic types 1> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\winnt.h(289... | This is a known bug - see the Microsoft Connect website: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=98699 The error doesn't occur if you compile your app as Unicode instead of MBCS. | C++ Compiler Error C2371 - Redefinition of WCHAR I am getting C++ Compiler error C2371 when I include a header file that itself includes odbcss.h. My project is set to MBCS. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\odbcss.h(430): error C2371: 'WCHAR': redefinition; different basic types 1> C:\Program Files... | TITLE:
C++ Compiler Error C2371 - Redefinition of WCHAR
QUESTION:
I am getting C++ Compiler error C2371 when I include a header file that itself includes odbcss.h. My project is set to MBCS. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\odbcss.h(430): error C2371: 'WCHAR': redefinition; different basic types 1... | [
"c++",
"visual-studio"
] | 1 | 2 | 7,344 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:08:35.450000 | 2008-09-03T19:09:13.117000 |
42,146 | 42,196 | What are the best ways to determine what port an application is using? | This is an adapted version of a question from someone in my office. She's trying to determine how to tell what ports MSDE is running on for an application we have in the field. Answers to that narrower question would be greatly appreciated. I'm also interested in a broader answer that could be applied to any networked ... | I've always liked the sysinternals app TCPView, which can now be found here. Good luck. | What are the best ways to determine what port an application is using? This is an adapted version of a question from someone in my office. She's trying to determine how to tell what ports MSDE is running on for an application we have in the field. Answers to that narrower question would be greatly appreciated. I'm also... | TITLE:
What are the best ways to determine what port an application is using?
QUESTION:
This is an adapted version of a question from someone in my office. She's trying to determine how to tell what ports MSDE is running on for an application we have in the field. Answers to that narrower question would be greatly app... | [
"sql-server",
"port",
"msde"
] | 14 | 8 | 12,416 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:25:54.143000 | 2008-09-03T17:45:05.767000 |
42,150 | 42,157 | How can I unit test a Windows Service? | .NET Framework: 2.0 Preferred Language: C# I am new to TDD (Test Driven Development). First of all, is it even possible to unit test Windows Service? Windows service class is derived from ServiceBase, which has overridable methods, OnStart OnStop How can I trigger those methods to be called as if unit test is an actual... | I'd probably recommend designing your app so the "OnStart" and "OnStop" overrides in the Windows Service just call methods on a class library assembly. That way you can automate unit tests against the class library methods, and the design also abstracts your business logic from the implementation of a Windows Service. ... | How can I unit test a Windows Service? .NET Framework: 2.0 Preferred Language: C# I am new to TDD (Test Driven Development). First of all, is it even possible to unit test Windows Service? Windows service class is derived from ServiceBase, which has overridable methods, OnStart OnStop How can I trigger those methods to... | TITLE:
How can I unit test a Windows Service?
QUESTION:
.NET Framework: 2.0 Preferred Language: C# I am new to TDD (Test Driven Development). First of all, is it even possible to unit test Windows Service? Windows service class is derived from ServiceBase, which has overridable methods, OnStart OnStop How can I trigge... | [
"c#",
".net",
"unit-testing",
"windows-services"
] | 65 | 90 | 44,575 | 7 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:28:30.173000 | 2008-09-03T17:33:08.027000 |
42,153 | 42,163 | Java: JApplet, How do you embed it in a webpage? | I searched for this subject on Google and got some website about an experts exchange...so I figured I should just ask here instead. How do you embed a JApplet in HTML on a webpage? | Here is an example from sun's website: Your browser is completely ignoring the <APPLET> tag! | Java: JApplet, How do you embed it in a webpage? I searched for this subject on Google and got some website about an experts exchange...so I figured I should just ask here instead. How do you embed a JApplet in HTML on a webpage? | TITLE:
Java: JApplet, How do you embed it in a webpage?
QUESTION:
I searched for this subject on Google and got some website about an experts exchange...so I figured I should just ask here instead. How do you embed a JApplet in HTML on a webpage?
ANSWER:
Here is an example from sun's website: Your browser is complete... | [
"java",
"html",
"web-applications"
] | 2 | 6 | 5,399 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:30:05.850000 | 2008-09-03T17:34:04.747000 |
42,171 | 88,160 | How to copy the contents of an FTP directory to a shared network path? | I have the need to copy the entire contents of a directory on a FTP location onto a shared networked location. FTP Task has you specify the exact file name (not a directory) and File System Task does not allow accessing a FTP location. EDIT: I ended up writing a script task. | I've had some similar issues with the FTP task before. In my case, the file names changed based on the date and some other criteria. I ended up using a Script Task to perform the FTP operation. It looks like this is what you ended up doing as well. I'd be curious if anyone else can come up with a better way to use the ... | How to copy the contents of an FTP directory to a shared network path? I have the need to copy the entire contents of a directory on a FTP location onto a shared networked location. FTP Task has you specify the exact file name (not a directory) and File System Task does not allow accessing a FTP location. EDIT: I ended... | TITLE:
How to copy the contents of an FTP directory to a shared network path?
QUESTION:
I have the need to copy the entire contents of a directory on a FTP location onto a shared networked location. FTP Task has you specify the exact file name (not a directory) and File System Task does not allow accessing a FTP locat... | [
"ssis",
"ftp",
"business-intelligence"
] | 3 | 1 | 3,143 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:37:20.153000 | 2008-09-17T22:01:39.243000 |
42,182 | 42,195 | How to escape < and > inside <pre> tags | I'm trying to write a blog post which includes a code segment inside a tag. The code segment includes a generic type and uses <> to define that type. This is what the segment looks like: PrimeCalc calc = new PrimeCalc(); Func del = calc.GetNextPrime; The resulting HTML removes the <> and ends up like this: PrimeCalc ca... | PrimeCalc calc = new PrimeCalc(); Func<int, int> del = calc.GetNextPrime; | How to escape < and > inside <pre> tags I'm trying to write a blog post which includes a code segment inside a tag. The code segment includes a generic type and uses <> to define that type. This is what the segment looks like: PrimeCalc calc = new PrimeCalc(); Func del = calc.GetNextPrime; The resulting HTML removes th... | TITLE:
How to escape < and > inside <pre> tags
QUESTION:
I'm trying to write a blog post which includes a code segment inside a tag. The code segment includes a generic type and uses <> to define that type. This is what the segment looks like: PrimeCalc calc = new PrimeCalc(); Func del = calc.GetNextPrime; The resulti... | [
"html",
"escaping",
"blogger",
"markup",
"pre"
] | 103 | 125 | 95,501 | 8 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:41:06.430000 | 2008-09-03T17:44:41.523000 |
42,187 | 43,557 | How are partial methods used in C# 3.0? | I have read about partial methods in the latest C# language specification, so I understand the principles, but I'm wondering how people are actually using them. Is there a particular design pattern that benefits from partial methods? | Partial methods have been introduced for similar reasons to why partial classes were in.Net 2. A partial class is one that can be split across multiple files - the compiler builds them all into one file as it runs. The advantage for this is that Visual Studio can provide a graphical designer for part of the class while... | How are partial methods used in C# 3.0? I have read about partial methods in the latest C# language specification, so I understand the principles, but I'm wondering how people are actually using them. Is there a particular design pattern that benefits from partial methods? | TITLE:
How are partial methods used in C# 3.0?
QUESTION:
I have read about partial methods in the latest C# language specification, so I understand the principles, but I'm wondering how people are actually using them. Is there a particular design pattern that benefits from partial methods?
ANSWER:
Partial methods hav... | [
"c#",
"design-patterns",
".net-3.5",
"partial-methods"
] | 18 | 23 | 8,187 | 5 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:42:41.967000 | 2008-09-04T11:52:32.050000 |
42,197 | 42,285 | How do I determine which process is using a serial port? | The company I work for makes hardware that communicates to the computer though a serial port. Third party companies write software that communicates with our hardware. There are times when I need to diagnose our hardware. However, a third party software app connects to the serial port when Windows starts up, blocking a... | You can use the process explorer tool also from SysInternals to search for open handles. In this case you would want to search for 'Serial' since it uses device names that may not map to com port numbers. (e.g. COM1 is \Device\Serial0 on my system). If you want to take control of the serial port from another app I thin... | How do I determine which process is using a serial port? The company I work for makes hardware that communicates to the computer though a serial port. Third party companies write software that communicates with our hardware. There are times when I need to diagnose our hardware. However, a third party software app conne... | TITLE:
How do I determine which process is using a serial port?
QUESTION:
The company I work for makes hardware that communicates to the computer though a serial port. Third party companies write software that communicates with our hardware. There are times when I need to diagnose our hardware. However, a third party ... | [
"vb.net",
"serial-port"
] | 29 | 22 | 84,105 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:46:21.363000 | 2008-09-03T18:42:35.783000 |
42,204 | 42,241 | Where did these hex named folders come from? | First off, I am using Windows XP. I have multiple hard drives and it looks like something decided to make some folders on the second one ( which is just a data drive, no os ). These folders all have names like "e69f29f1b1f166d3d30b8c9f7156ba" and "bd92c24cc278614082cd88e7a64b". They contain folders named update, whose ... | Windows will always use the hard drive with the most space to download windows updates. This is what happened to you. http://computershopper.com/forums/showthread.php?t=265 | Where did these hex named folders come from? First off, I am using Windows XP. I have multiple hard drives and it looks like something decided to make some folders on the second one ( which is just a data drive, no os ). These folders all have names like "e69f29f1b1f166d3d30b8c9f7156ba" and "bd92c24cc278614082cd88e7a64... | TITLE:
Where did these hex named folders come from?
QUESTION:
First off, I am using Windows XP. I have multiple hard drives and it looks like something decided to make some folders on the second one ( which is just a data drive, no os ). These folders all have names like "e69f29f1b1f166d3d30b8c9f7156ba" and "bd92c24cc... | [
"windows",
"hex",
"directory"
] | 10 | 11 | 9,860 | 1 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:51:00.603000 | 2008-09-03T18:13:09.303000 |
42,212 | 42,299 | How can I use Linq with a MySql database on Mono? | There are numerous libraries providing Linq capabilities to C# code interacting with a MySql database. Which one of them is the most stable and usable on Mono? Background (mostly irrelevant): I have a simple C# (.Net 2.0) program updating values in a MySql database. It is executed nightly via a cron job and runs on a P... | The only (free) linq provider for MySql is DbLinq, and I believe it is a long way from production-ready. There is also MyDirect.Net which is commercial, but I have heard mixed reviews of it's capability. I've read that MySql will be implementing the Linq to Entities API for the 5.3 version of the.net connector, but I d... | How can I use Linq with a MySql database on Mono? There are numerous libraries providing Linq capabilities to C# code interacting with a MySql database. Which one of them is the most stable and usable on Mono? Background (mostly irrelevant): I have a simple C# (.Net 2.0) program updating values in a MySql database. It ... | TITLE:
How can I use Linq with a MySql database on Mono?
QUESTION:
There are numerous libraries providing Linq capabilities to C# code interacting with a MySql database. Which one of them is the most stable and usable on Mono? Background (mostly irrelevant): I have a simple C# (.Net 2.0) program updating values in a M... | [
"c#",
"mysql",
"linux",
"linq",
"mono"
] | 10 | 5 | 11,464 | 6 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:54:51.313000 | 2008-09-03T18:53:57.317000 |
42,215 | 42,229 | ASP.NET - The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel | We get the following error; The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel while using a WebRequest object to make an HTTPS request. The funny thing is that this only happens after a while, and is temporarily fixed when the application is restarted, which suggests that something is being filled to cap... | I seem to recall having this problem last year. I suspect that you aren't closing your WebRequest objects properly, which is why after a certain amount of use it won't allow you to create any new connections. | ASP.NET - The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel We get the following error; The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel while using a WebRequest object to make an HTTPS request. The funny thing is that this only happens after a while, and is temporarily fixed when the app... | TITLE:
ASP.NET - The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel
QUESTION:
We get the following error; The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel while using a WebRequest object to make an HTTPS request. The funny thing is that this only happens after a while, and is temporarily ... | [
"asp.net",
"web-applications",
"https"
] | 1 | 2 | 5,963 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T17:57:05.020000 | 2008-09-03T18:04:16.377000 |
42,234 | 42,278 | Simple effects in Flex | I would like to show some hidden text in a Flex application and have it fade out in a couple of seconds... I have looked into Delay and Pause effects in Flex, but have yet to see an example of how to do this realistically easy effect... anyone now how to do it or have a good resource? Thanks. | If I understand you correctly, you want to have the text automatically fade out a few seconds after it is shown? I would probably do something like this: (Haven't tested the code, so there are probably typos.) import flash.utils.*;
var fadeTimer:Timer = new Timer(2000); // 2 seconds fadeTimer.addEventListener("timer",... | Simple effects in Flex I would like to show some hidden text in a Flex application and have it fade out in a couple of seconds... I have looked into Delay and Pause effects in Flex, but have yet to see an example of how to do this realistically easy effect... anyone now how to do it or have a good resource? Thanks. | TITLE:
Simple effects in Flex
QUESTION:
I would like to show some hidden text in a Flex application and have it fade out in a couple of seconds... I have looked into Delay and Pause effects in Flex, but have yet to see an example of how to do this realistically easy effect... anyone now how to do it or have a good res... | [
"actionscript-3",
"apache-flex"
] | 3 | 2 | 1,425 | 1 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:08:37.613000 | 2008-09-03T18:38:01.537000 |
42,246 | 45,983 | Subversion Partial Export | I have somewhat interesting development situation. The client and deployment server are inside a firewall without access to the Subversion server. But the developers are outside the firewall and are able to use the Subversion server. Right now the solution I have worked out is to update my local copy of the code and th... | I've found rsync extremely useful for synchronizing directory trees across multiple systems. If you have shell access to your server from a development workstation, you can regularly check out code locally and run rsync, which will transfer only the files that have changed to the server. (This assumes a Unix-like envir... | Subversion Partial Export I have somewhat interesting development situation. The client and deployment server are inside a firewall without access to the Subversion server. But the developers are outside the firewall and are able to use the Subversion server. Right now the solution I have worked out is to update my loc... | TITLE:
Subversion Partial Export
QUESTION:
I have somewhat interesting development situation. The client and deployment server are inside a firewall without access to the Subversion server. But the developers are outside the firewall and are able to use the Subversion server. Right now the solution I have worked out i... | [
"svn",
"deployment"
] | 4 | 1 | 5,956 | 8 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:16:07.690000 | 2008-09-05T14:56:36.947000 |
42,247 | 42,252 | Are semicolons needed after an object literal assignment in JavaScript? | The following code illustrates an object literal being assigned, but with no semicolon afterwards: var literal = { say: function(msg) { alert(msg); } } literal.say("hello world!"); This appears to be legal, and doesn't issue a warning (at least in Firefox 3). Is this completely legal, or is there a strict version of Ja... | Not technically, JavaScript has semicolons as optional in many situations. But, as a general rule, use them at the end of any statement. Why? Because if you ever want to compress the script, it will save you from countless hours of frustration. Automatic semicolon insertion is performed by the interpreter, so you can l... | Are semicolons needed after an object literal assignment in JavaScript? The following code illustrates an object literal being assigned, but with no semicolon afterwards: var literal = { say: function(msg) { alert(msg); } } literal.say("hello world!"); This appears to be legal, and doesn't issue a warning (at least in ... | TITLE:
Are semicolons needed after an object literal assignment in JavaScript?
QUESTION:
The following code illustrates an object literal being assigned, but with no semicolon afterwards: var literal = { say: function(msg) { alert(msg); } } literal.say("hello world!"); This appears to be legal, and doesn't issue a war... | [
"javascript"
] | 36 | 40 | 14,560 | 7 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:16:17.173000 | 2008-09-03T18:19:29.350000 |
42,251 | 98,848 | Whither Managed Extensibility Framework for .NET? | Has anyone worked much with Microsoft's Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)? Kinda sounds like it's trying to be all things to all people - It's an add-in manager! It's duck typing! I'm wondering if anyone has an experience with it, positive or negative. We're currently planning on using an generic IoC implementation... | We are not aiming for MEF to be an all-purpose IoC. The best way to think about the IoC aspects of MEF is an implementation detail. We use IoC as a pattern because it is a great way to address the problems we are looking to solve. MEF is focused on extensibility. When you think of MEF look at it as an investment in tak... | Whither Managed Extensibility Framework for .NET? Has anyone worked much with Microsoft's Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)? Kinda sounds like it's trying to be all things to all people - It's an add-in manager! It's duck typing! I'm wondering if anyone has an experience with it, positive or negative. We're current... | TITLE:
Whither Managed Extensibility Framework for .NET?
QUESTION:
Has anyone worked much with Microsoft's Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)? Kinda sounds like it's trying to be all things to all people - It's an add-in manager! It's duck typing! I'm wondering if anyone has an experience with it, positive or negat... | [
".net",
"mef"
] | 21 | 33 | 5,030 | 9 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:19:10.660000 | 2008-09-19T02:02:31.497000 |
42,254 | 2,068,227 | How do you pause before fading an element out using jQuery? | I would like to flash a success message on my page. I am using the jQuery fadeOut method to fade and then remove the element. I can increase the duration to make it last longer, however this looks strange. What I would like to happen is have the element be displayed for five seconds, then fade quickly, and finally be r... | The new delay() function in jQuery 1.4 should do the trick. $('#foo').fadeIn(200).delay(5000).fadeOut(200).remove(); | How do you pause before fading an element out using jQuery? I would like to flash a success message on my page. I am using the jQuery fadeOut method to fade and then remove the element. I can increase the duration to make it last longer, however this looks strange. What I would like to happen is have the element be dis... | TITLE:
How do you pause before fading an element out using jQuery?
QUESTION:
I would like to flash a success message on my page. I am using the jQuery fadeOut method to fade and then remove the element. I can increase the duration to make it last longer, however this looks strange. What I would like to happen is have ... | [
"javascript",
"jquery",
"animation"
] | 28 | 44 | 25,723 | 8 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:19:32.063000 | 2010-01-14T23:07:46.317000 |
42,262 | 43,407 | Twitching Consumption of Web Services from Web Site to Web Application | I am trying to consume multiple Web Services that redefine some of the same common classes in their wsdl. I currently have them referenced in a Web Site, but I want to convert to Web Application. Since some of the same classes are redefined from multiple Web Service, the problem is that when adding them in a web Applic... | Show all files in your project, then hand-edit the autogenerated Reference.cs files to change the namespaces (and remove duplicates)? Ugly, but it ought to work. Alternatively, use wsdl.exe from the command line -- it can generate a single proxy for multiple services -- and then add the generated file to the project ma... | Twitching Consumption of Web Services from Web Site to Web Application I am trying to consume multiple Web Services that redefine some of the same common classes in their wsdl. I currently have them referenced in a Web Site, but I want to convert to Web Application. Since some of the same classes are redefined from mul... | TITLE:
Twitching Consumption of Web Services from Web Site to Web Application
QUESTION:
I am trying to consume multiple Web Services that redefine some of the same common classes in their wsdl. I currently have them referenced in a Web Site, but I want to convert to Web Application. Since some of the same classes are ... | [
"web-services",
"web-applications",
"wsdl"
] | 5 | 2 | 207 | 1 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:23:03.210000 | 2008-09-04T09:32:05.677000 |
42,281 | 43,271 | IE6 and Caching | It seems that IE6 ignores any form of cache invalidation sent via http headers, I've tried setting Pragma to No Cache and setting Cache Expiration to the current time, yet in IE6, hitting back will always pull up a cached version of a page I am working on. Is there a specific HTTP Header that IE6 does listen too? | Cache-Control: private, max-age=0 should fix it. From classic ASP this is done with Response.Expires=-1. Keep in mind when testing that just because your server is serving pages with caching turned off doesn't mean that the browser will obey that when it has an old cached page that it was told was okay to cache. Clear ... | IE6 and Caching It seems that IE6 ignores any form of cache invalidation sent via http headers, I've tried setting Pragma to No Cache and setting Cache Expiration to the current time, yet in IE6, hitting back will always pull up a cached version of a page I am working on. Is there a specific HTTP Header that IE6 does l... | TITLE:
IE6 and Caching
QUESTION:
It seems that IE6 ignores any form of cache invalidation sent via http headers, I've tried setting Pragma to No Cache and setting Cache Expiration to the current time, yet in IE6, hitting back will always pull up a cached version of a page I am working on. Is there a specific HTTP Head... | [
"caching",
"internet-explorer-6",
"http-headers",
"dynamic-pages"
] | 3 | 8 | 3,437 | 6 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:41:03.713000 | 2008-09-04T07:19:15.170000 |
42,282 | 42,304 | Which way do you prefer to create your forms in MVC? | Which way do you prefer to create your forms in MVC? <% Html.Form() { %> <% } %> Or " method="post"> I understand that Html.Form() as of PR5 now just uses the URL provided by the request. However something about that doesn't sit well with me, especially since I will be getting all the baggage of any querystrings that a... | The second way, definitely. The first way is programmer-centric, which is not what the V part of MVC is about. The second way is more designer centric, only binding to the model where it is necessary, leaving the HTML as natural as possible. | Which way do you prefer to create your forms in MVC? Which way do you prefer to create your forms in MVC? <% Html.Form() { %> <% } %> Or " method="post"> I understand that Html.Form() as of PR5 now just uses the URL provided by the request. However something about that doesn't sit well with me, especially since I will ... | TITLE:
Which way do you prefer to create your forms in MVC?
QUESTION:
Which way do you prefer to create your forms in MVC? <% Html.Form() { %> <% } %> Or " method="post"> I understand that Html.Form() as of PR5 now just uses the URL provided by the request. However something about that doesn't sit well with me, especi... | [
"asp.net-mvc",
"forms",
"model-view-controller"
] | 4 | 7 | 317 | 6 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:41:11.077000 | 2008-09-03T18:55:59.357000 |
42,286 | 42,293 | What's the best way to read the contents of a text file to a string in .NET? | It seems like there should be something shorter than this: private string LoadFromFile(string path) { try { string fileContents; using(StreamReader rdr = File.OpenText(path)) { fileContents = rdr.ReadToEnd(); }
return fileContents; } catch { throw; } } | First of all, the title asks for "how to write the contents of strnig to a text file" but your code example is for "how to read the contents of a text file to a string. Answer to both questions: using System.IO;... string filename = "C:/example.txt"; string content = File.ReadAllText(filename); File.WriteAllText(filena... | What's the best way to read the contents of a text file to a string in .NET? It seems like there should be something shorter than this: private string LoadFromFile(string path) { try { string fileContents; using(StreamReader rdr = File.OpenText(path)) { fileContents = rdr.ReadToEnd(); }
return fileContents; } catch { ... | TITLE:
What's the best way to read the contents of a text file to a string in .NET?
QUESTION:
It seems like there should be something shorter than this: private string LoadFromFile(string path) { try { string fileContents; using(StreamReader rdr = File.OpenText(path)) { fileContents = rdr.ReadToEnd(); }
return fileCo... | [
".net",
"string",
"text-files"
] | 4 | 17 | 1,177 | 4 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:45:51.970000 | 2008-09-03T18:51:06.730000 |
42,294 | 42,301 | How do you get the footer to stay at the bottom of a Web page? | I have a simple 2-column layout with a footer that clears both the right and left div in my markup. My problem is that I can't get the footer to stay at the bottom of the page in all browsers. It works if the content pushes the footer down, but that's not always the case. | To get a sticky footer: Have a with class="wrapper" for your content. Right before the closing of the wrapper place the. Right after the closing of the wrapper place the. * { margin: 0; } html, body { height: 100%; }.wrapper { min-height: 100%; height: auto!important; height: 100%; margin: 0 auto -142px; /* the bottom ... | How do you get the footer to stay at the bottom of a Web page? I have a simple 2-column layout with a footer that clears both the right and left div in my markup. My problem is that I can't get the footer to stay at the bottom of the page in all browsers. It works if the content pushes the footer down, but that's not a... | TITLE:
How do you get the footer to stay at the bottom of a Web page?
QUESTION:
I have a simple 2-column layout with a footer that clears both the right and left div in my markup. My problem is that I can't get the footer to stay at the bottom of the page in all browsers. It works if the content pushes the footer down... | [
"css",
"html",
"footer",
"sticky-footer"
] | 349 | 212 | 251,548 | 33 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:51:17.760000 | 2008-09-03T18:55:18.577000 |
42,308 | 42,513 | Tool to track #include dependencies | Any good suggestions? Input will be the name of a header file and output should be a list (preferably a tree) of all files including it directly or indirectly. | If you have access to GCC/G++, then the -M option will output the dependency list. It doesn't do any of the extra stuff that the other tools do, but since it is coming from the compiler, there is no chance that it will pick up files from the "wrong" place. | Tool to track #include dependencies Any good suggestions? Input will be the name of a header file and output should be a list (preferably a tree) of all files including it directly or indirectly. | TITLE:
Tool to track #include dependencies
QUESTION:
Any good suggestions? Input will be the name of a header file and output should be a list (preferably a tree) of all files including it directly or indirectly.
ANSWER:
If you have access to GCC/G++, then the -M option will output the dependency list. It doesn't do ... | [
"c++",
"c",
"header"
] | 193 | 173 | 86,461 | 10 | 0 | 2008-09-03T18:58:35.403000 | 2008-09-03T20:32:23.617000 |
42,312 | 42,339 | Are There Adapters for CF Type II to MicroSD? | I honestly have only started recently researching this so my knowledge is limited. I was approached about adapting some Pocket PC software to operate on the Windows 6 platform. After considering how I would go about doing that in the Compact Framework I received more details. It seems there is a desire to utilize (re-u... | There is nothing that does this currently. Likely because you can't exactly fit a CF card in a MicroSD card....it would have to have some weird cable coming off of it, which would likely cause it to no longer fit in the slot. Also, CF is a Parallel interface while SD uses a Serial interface. | Are There Adapters for CF Type II to MicroSD? I honestly have only started recently researching this so my knowledge is limited. I was approached about adapting some Pocket PC software to operate on the Windows 6 platform. After considering how I would go about doing that in the Compact Framework I received more detail... | TITLE:
Are There Adapters for CF Type II to MicroSD?
QUESTION:
I honestly have only started recently researching this so my knowledge is limited. I was approached about adapting some Pocket PC software to operate on the Windows 6 platform. After considering how I would go about doing that in the Compact Framework I re... | [
"mobile",
"hardware",
"pocketpc"
] | 4 | 1 | 181 | 1 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:00:01 | 2008-09-03T19:19:40.673000 |
42,323 | 42,494 | Real image width with JavaScript | I have the next function: function setImagesWidth(id,width) { var images = document.getElementById(id).getElementsByTagName("img"); for(var i = 0; i < images.length;i++) { // If the real width is bigger than width parameter images[i].style.width=width; //} } } I would like to set the css width attribute of all my img t... | @Sergio del Amo: Indeed, if you check out my link you'll see that you want clientWidth instead. @Sergio del Amo: You cannot, unfortunately, accept your own answer. But you do have an extraneous period in the "px" suffix, so let's go with this, including the clientWidth change: // width in pixels function setImagesWidth... | Real image width with JavaScript I have the next function: function setImagesWidth(id,width) { var images = document.getElementById(id).getElementsByTagName("img"); for(var i = 0; i < images.length;i++) { // If the real width is bigger than width parameter images[i].style.width=width; //} } } I would like to set the cs... | TITLE:
Real image width with JavaScript
QUESTION:
I have the next function: function setImagesWidth(id,width) { var images = document.getElementById(id).getElementsByTagName("img"); for(var i = 0; i < images.length;i++) { // If the real width is bigger than width parameter images[i].style.width=width; //} } } I would ... | [
"javascript"
] | 5 | 1 | 15,181 | 5 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:07:03.057000 | 2008-09-03T20:23:13.280000 |
42,333 | 42,684 | How to display a live streaming video using VideoDisplay in Flex | I'm wondering how to use a VideoDisplay object (defined in MXML) to display video streamed from FMS via a NetStream. The Flex3 docs suggest this is possible: The Video Display... supports progressive download over HTTP, streaming from the Flash Media Server, and streaming from a Camera object. However, later in the doc... | Unfortunately you can attachNetStream() only on Video object. So you are doomed to use em if you want to get data from FMS. By the way attachCamera() method publishes local camera video to the server so be careful;) | How to display a live streaming video using VideoDisplay in Flex I'm wondering how to use a VideoDisplay object (defined in MXML) to display video streamed from FMS via a NetStream. The Flex3 docs suggest this is possible: The Video Display... supports progressive download over HTTP, streaming from the Flash Media Serv... | TITLE:
How to display a live streaming video using VideoDisplay in Flex
QUESTION:
I'm wondering how to use a VideoDisplay object (defined in MXML) to display video streamed from FMS via a NetStream. The Flex3 docs suggest this is possible: The Video Display... supports progressive download over HTTP, streaming from th... | [
"apache-flex",
"video",
"streaming"
] | 13 | 6 | 33,556 | 5 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:15:55.453000 | 2008-09-03T21:49:59.813000 |
42,357 | 42,651 | How do you check your URL for SQL Injection Attacks? | I've seen a few attempted SQL injection attacks on one of my web sites. It comes in the form of a query string that includes the "cast" keyword and a bunch of hex characters which when "decoded" are an injection of banner adverts into the DB. My solution is to scan the full URL (and params) and search for the presence ... | I think it depends on what level you're looking to check/prevent SQL Injection at. At the top level, you can use URLScan or some Apache Mods/Filters (somebody help me out here) to check the incoming URLs to the web server itself and immediately drop/ignore requests that match a certain pattern. At the UI level, you can... | How do you check your URL for SQL Injection Attacks? I've seen a few attempted SQL injection attacks on one of my web sites. It comes in the form of a query string that includes the "cast" keyword and a bunch of hex characters which when "decoded" are an injection of banner adverts into the DB. My solution is to scan t... | TITLE:
How do you check your URL for SQL Injection Attacks?
QUESTION:
I've seen a few attempted SQL injection attacks on one of my web sites. It comes in the form of a query string that includes the "cast" keyword and a bunch of hex characters which when "decoded" are an injection of banner adverts into the DB. My sol... | [
"sql",
"sql-server"
] | 8 | 2 | 5,177 | 10 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:28:30.837000 | 2008-09-03T21:34:27.150000 |
42,366 | 42,377 | What does the EXE do in the Visual Studio setup project output | We are working on a winforms app in Visual Studio 2005 and the setup project we created output both an MSI and an EXE. We aren't sure what the EXE file is used for because we are able to install without the EXE. | It's a bootstrapper that checks to make sure that the.NET Framework is installed, before launching the MSI. It's pretty handy. I suggest using something like SFX Compiler to package the two together into one self-extracting.exe and then launch the extracted setup.exe. This way you retain the benefits of the bootstrappe... | What does the EXE do in the Visual Studio setup project output We are working on a winforms app in Visual Studio 2005 and the setup project we created output both an MSI and an EXE. We aren't sure what the EXE file is used for because we are able to install without the EXE. | TITLE:
What does the EXE do in the Visual Studio setup project output
QUESTION:
We are working on a winforms app in Visual Studio 2005 and the setup project we created output both an MSI and an EXE. We aren't sure what the EXE file is used for because we are able to install without the EXE.
ANSWER:
It's a bootstrappe... | [
"visual-studio",
"installation",
"windows-installer",
"exe"
] | 27 | 26 | 6,828 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:32:00.003000 | 2008-09-03T19:35:15.050000 |
42,383 | 42,410 | Java object allocation overhead | I am writing an immutable DOM tree in Java, to simplify access from multiple threads.* However, it does need to support inserts and updates as fast as possible. And since it is immutable, if I make a change to a node on the N'th level of the tree, I need to allocate at least N new nodes in order to return the new tree.... | These days, object creation is pretty dang fast, and the concept of object pooling is kind of obsolete (at least in general; connection pooling is of course still valid). Avoid premature optimization. Create your nodes when you need them when doing your copies, and then see if that becomes prohibitively slow. If so, th... | Java object allocation overhead I am writing an immutable DOM tree in Java, to simplify access from multiple threads.* However, it does need to support inserts and updates as fast as possible. And since it is immutable, if I make a change to a node on the N'th level of the tree, I need to allocate at least N new nodes ... | TITLE:
Java object allocation overhead
QUESTION:
I am writing an immutable DOM tree in Java, to simplify access from multiple threads.* However, it does need to support inserts and updates as fast as possible. And since it is immutable, if I make a change to a node on the N'th level of the tree, I need to allocate at ... | [
"java",
"xml",
"dom",
"concurrency"
] | 8 | 12 | 1,509 | 6 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:37:58.523000 | 2008-09-03T19:47:53.833000 |
42,395 | 42,409 | How do I write a While loop | How do you write the syntax for a While loop? C # int i = 0; while (i!= 10) { Console.WriteLine(i); i++; } VB.Net Dim i As Integer = 0 While i <> 10 Console.WriteLine(i) i += 1 End While PHP Python i = 0 while i!= 10: print i i += 1 | In PHP a while loop will look like this: A real world example of this might look something like this | How do I write a While loop How do you write the syntax for a While loop? C # int i = 0; while (i!= 10) { Console.WriteLine(i); i++; } VB.Net Dim i As Integer = 0 While i <> 10 Console.WriteLine(i) i += 1 End While PHP Python i = 0 while i!= 10: print i i += 1 | TITLE:
How do I write a While loop
QUESTION:
How do you write the syntax for a While loop? C # int i = 0; while (i!= 10) { Console.WriteLine(i); i++; } VB.Net Dim i As Integer = 0 While i <> 10 Console.WriteLine(i) i += 1 End While PHP Python i = 0 while i!= 10: print i i += 1
ANSWER:
In PHP a while loop will look li... | [
"language-agnostic",
"conditional-statements"
] | 8 | 5 | 1,294 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:42:50.507000 | 2008-09-03T19:47:24.990000 |
42,396 | 42,412 | ASP.Net: why is my button's click/command events not binding/firing in a repeater? | Here's the code from the ascx that has the repeater: A sub-header: [Some other stuff is here] And in the codebehind for the repeater's databound and events: Protected Sub ListOfEmails_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterItemEventArgs) Handles ListOfEmails.ItemDataBound If ... | Controls nested inside of Repeaters do not intercept events. Instead you need to bind to the Repeater.ItemCommand Event. ItemCommand contains RepeaterCommandEventArgs which has two important fields: CommandName CommandArgument So, a trivial example: void rptr_ItemDataBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e) { if (... | ASP.Net: why is my button's click/command events not binding/firing in a repeater? Here's the code from the ascx that has the repeater: A sub-header: [Some other stuff is here] And in the codebehind for the repeater's databound and events: Protected Sub ListOfEmails_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Syst... | TITLE:
ASP.Net: why is my button's click/command events not binding/firing in a repeater?
QUESTION:
Here's the code from the ascx that has the repeater: A sub-header: [Some other stuff is here] And in the codebehind for the repeater's databound and events: Protected Sub ListOfEmails_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Objec... | [
"asp.net",
"vb.net",
".net-2.0",
"repeater",
"button"
] | 9 | 15 | 17,302 | 5 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:43:22.877000 | 2008-09-03T19:48:16.547000 |
42,416 | 67,689 | How can I install libgluezilla on Ubuntu 8.04? | I want to use the Web Browser control within an mono application, but when I do get the error "libgluezilla not found. To have webbrowser support, you need libgluezilla installed." Installing the Intrepid Deb causes any application that references the web browser control to crash on startup with: 'Thread (nil) may have... | apt-cache search libgluezilla libmono-mozilla0.1-cil - Mono Mozilla library From the package description: Description: Mono Mozilla library Mono is a platform for running and developing applications based on the ECMA/ISO Standards. Mono is an open source effort led by Novell. Mono provides a complete CLR (Common Langua... | How can I install libgluezilla on Ubuntu 8.04? I want to use the Web Browser control within an mono application, but when I do get the error "libgluezilla not found. To have webbrowser support, you need libgluezilla installed." Installing the Intrepid Deb causes any application that references the web browser control t... | TITLE:
How can I install libgluezilla on Ubuntu 8.04?
QUESTION:
I want to use the Web Browser control within an mono application, but when I do get the error "libgluezilla not found. To have webbrowser support, you need libgluezilla installed." Installing the Intrepid Deb causes any application that references the web... | [
"ubuntu",
"mono"
] | 4 | 3 | 5,941 | 3 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:50:11.363000 | 2008-09-15T22:41:05.220000 |
42,422 | 42,445 | Is reusing a variable in VB6 a good idea? | Essentially I want to know if in VB.NET 2005 if using a sqlcommand and then reusing it by using the NEW is wrong. Will it cause a memory leak. EG: try
dim mySQL as new sqlcommand(sSQL, cnInput)
// do a sql execute and read the data
mySQL = new sqlcommand(sSQLdifferent, cnInput)
// do sql execute and read the data c... | Just to extend what Longhorn213 said, here's the code for it: Using mysql as SqlCommand = new SqlCommand(sSql, cnInput) ' do stuff' End Using
Using mysql as SqlCommand = new SqlCommand(otherSql, cnInput) ' do other stuff' End Using (edit) Just as an FYI, using automatically wraps the block of code around a try/finally... | Is reusing a variable in VB6 a good idea? Essentially I want to know if in VB.NET 2005 if using a sqlcommand and then reusing it by using the NEW is wrong. Will it cause a memory leak. EG: try
dim mySQL as new sqlcommand(sSQL, cnInput)
// do a sql execute and read the data
mySQL = new sqlcommand(sSQLdifferent, cnInp... | TITLE:
Is reusing a variable in VB6 a good idea?
QUESTION:
Essentially I want to know if in VB.NET 2005 if using a sqlcommand and then reusing it by using the NEW is wrong. Will it cause a memory leak. EG: try
dim mySQL as new sqlcommand(sSQL, cnInput)
// do a sql execute and read the data
mySQL = new sqlcommand(sS... | [
".net",
"vb.net",
"memory-leaks",
"garbage-collection"
] | 1 | 6 | 802 | 7 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:51:03.607000 | 2008-09-03T19:59:08.940000 |
42,428 | 42,498 | Window managers for Windows and Macs | X Windows has special processes called Window Managers that manage the layout of windows and decorations like their title bar, control buttons etc. Such processes use an X Windows API to detect events related to windows sizes and positions. Are there any consistent ways for writing such processes for Microsoft Windows ... | Windows and Mac OS X have built-in "window managers" that cannot be changed. There are various ways to customize the look and feel of the platform, but you can't really replace the existing window managers. Application programs use APIs to receive events and interact with the OS. You can write an application that moves... | Window managers for Windows and Macs X Windows has special processes called Window Managers that manage the layout of windows and decorations like their title bar, control buttons etc. Such processes use an X Windows API to detect events related to windows sizes and positions. Are there any consistent ways for writing ... | TITLE:
Window managers for Windows and Macs
QUESTION:
X Windows has special processes called Window Managers that manage the layout of windows and decorations like their title bar, control buttons etc. Such processes use an X Windows API to detect events related to windows sizes and positions. Are there any consistent... | [
"windows",
"macos",
"operating-system",
"x11"
] | 2 | 3 | 731 | 2 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:52:07.147000 | 2008-09-03T20:24:53.307000 |
42,437 | 42,448 | Best way to handle input from a keyboard "wedge" | I'm writing a C# POS (point of sale) system that takes input from a keyboard wedge magcard reader. This means that any data it reads off of a mag stripe is entered as if it were typed on the keyboard very quickly. Currently I'm handling this by attaching to the KeyPress event and looking for a series of very fast key p... | One thing you can do is that you should be able to configure your wedge reader so that it presents one or many escape characters before or after the string. You would use these escape characters to know that you are about to have (or just had) a magcard input. This same technique is used by barcode reader devices so yo... | Best way to handle input from a keyboard "wedge" I'm writing a C# POS (point of sale) system that takes input from a keyboard wedge magcard reader. This means that any data it reads off of a mag stripe is entered as if it were typed on the keyboard very quickly. Currently I'm handling this by attaching to the KeyPress ... | TITLE:
Best way to handle input from a keyboard "wedge"
QUESTION:
I'm writing a C# POS (point of sale) system that takes input from a keyboard wedge magcard reader. This means that any data it reads off of a mag stripe is entered as if it were typed on the keyboard very quickly. Currently I'm handling this by attachin... | [
"c#",
"point-of-sale"
] | 6 | 10 | 4,785 | 5 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:55:05.500000 | 2008-09-03T19:59:42.853000 |
42,446 | 42,968 | How do I convert an IntPtr to a Stream? | class Foo { static bool Bar(Stream^ stream); };
class FooWrapper { bool Bar(LPCWSTR szUnicodeString) { return Foo::Bar(??); } }; MemoryStream will take a byte[] but I'd like to do this without copying the data if possible. | You can avoid the copy if you use an UnmanagedMemoryStream() instead (class exists in.NET FCL 2.0 and later). Like MemoryStream, it is a subclass of IO.Stream, and has all the usual stream operations. Microsoft's description of the class is: Provides access to unmanaged blocks of memory from managed code. which pretty ... | How do I convert an IntPtr to a Stream? class Foo { static bool Bar(Stream^ stream); };
class FooWrapper { bool Bar(LPCWSTR szUnicodeString) { return Foo::Bar(??); } }; MemoryStream will take a byte[] but I'd like to do this without copying the data if possible. | TITLE:
How do I convert an IntPtr to a Stream?
QUESTION:
class Foo { static bool Bar(Stream^ stream); };
class FooWrapper { bool Bar(LPCWSTR szUnicodeString) { return Foo::Bar(??); } }; MemoryStream will take a byte[] but I'd like to do this without copying the data if possible.
ANSWER:
You can avoid the copy if you... | [
".net",
"c++",
"interop",
"managed-c++"
] | 2 | 8 | 8,433 | 2 | 0 | 2008-09-03T19:59:11.857000 | 2008-09-04T01:06:58.700000 |
42,452 | 42,477 | Is BCEL == monkeypatching for java? | a colleague pointed me the other day to BCEL which, as best I can tell from his explanation and a quick read, a way to modify at run time the byte code. My first thought was that it sounded dangerous, and my second thought was that it sounded cool. Then I gave it some more thought and I recalled the codinghorror post o... | It's a bit more low-level than classic monkey patching, and from what I read, the classes already loaded into the VM are not updated. It only supports saving it to class files again, not modifying run time classes. | Is BCEL == monkeypatching for java? a colleague pointed me the other day to BCEL which, as best I can tell from his explanation and a quick read, a way to modify at run time the byte code. My first thought was that it sounded dangerous, and my second thought was that it sounded cool. Then I gave it some more thought an... | TITLE:
Is BCEL == monkeypatching for java?
QUESTION:
a colleague pointed me the other day to BCEL which, as best I can tell from his explanation and a quick read, a way to modify at run time the byte code. My first thought was that it sounded dangerous, and my second thought was that it sounded cool. Then I gave it so... | [
"java",
"bytecode",
"monkeypatching",
"bcel"
] | 3 | 1 | 1,161 | 5 | 0 | 2008-09-03T20:00:16.160000 | 2008-09-03T20:15:15.780000 |
42,460 | 107,103 | Custom titlebars/chrome in a WinForms app | I'm almost certain I know the answer to this question, but I'm hoping there's something I've overlooked. Certain applications seem to have the Vista Aero look and feel to their caption bars and buttons even when running on Windows XP. (Google Chrome and Windows Live Photo Gallery come to mind as examples.) I know that ... | Here's an article with full code sample on how to use your own custom "chrome" for an application: http://geekswithblogs.net/kobush/articles/CustomBorderForms3.aspx This looks like some really good stuff. There are a total of 3 articles in it's series, and it runs great, and on Vista too! | Custom titlebars/chrome in a WinForms app I'm almost certain I know the answer to this question, but I'm hoping there's something I've overlooked. Certain applications seem to have the Vista Aero look and feel to their caption bars and buttons even when running on Windows XP. (Google Chrome and Windows Live Photo Galle... | TITLE:
Custom titlebars/chrome in a WinForms app
QUESTION:
I'm almost certain I know the answer to this question, but I'm hoping there's something I've overlooked. Certain applications seem to have the Vista Aero look and feel to their caption bars and buttons even when running on Windows XP. (Google Chrome and Window... | [
".net",
"winforms",
"user-interface",
"windows-xp"
] | 12 | 11 | 31,710 | 6 | 0 | 2008-09-03T20:04:47.460000 | 2008-09-20T04:26:36.607000 |
42,466 | 42,475 | MSDN subscriptions on the cheap? | As a long time Microsoft developer, I find MSDN to be an invaluable resource. However, when tinkering at home I am not able to play with the best latest technologies and the different offerings coming from Microsoft as I cannot justify paying such a hefty price for what is essentially a pastime. The Express editions ar... | There is an Empower program that Microsoft has available. It gives you several Premium subscriptions for cheap, with the catch that you have to be an ISV working towards an actual product. This (Not available anymore - broken link) gives you all the software you'll need for development, and even a few "real world" lice... | MSDN subscriptions on the cheap? As a long time Microsoft developer, I find MSDN to be an invaluable resource. However, when tinkering at home I am not able to play with the best latest technologies and the different offerings coming from Microsoft as I cannot justify paying such a hefty price for what is essentially a... | TITLE:
MSDN subscriptions on the cheap?
QUESTION:
As a long time Microsoft developer, I find MSDN to be an invaluable resource. However, when tinkering at home I am not able to play with the best latest technologies and the different offerings coming from Microsoft as I cannot justify paying such a hefty price for wha... | [
"msdn"
] | 81 | 21 | 86,273 | 9 | 0 | 2008-09-03T20:11:32.653000 | 2008-09-03T20:14:53.533000 |
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