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4
11,434,423
07/11/2012 14:03:56
623,423
02/18/2011 16:00:32
25
1
Resin 2 to Tomcat 7 performance issues
We develop and maintain a high volume web application that runs under a legacy version of Resin (2.1.17). As part of a significant infrastructure upgrade, we are in the midst of re-hosting this application to run under Tomcat 7.0.28. We have completed the development and configuration work, and are currently load testing the new configuration in our performance lab using Load Runner. Despite running the load test with a wide variety of tuning changes, we are unable to complete a load test that matches the performance profile of previous Resin tests. The main issues that we see with the failing Tomcat load tests are: 1. Very high CPU usage by Tomcat (close to 100%, vs Resin which averages 60%) 2. High thread usage in Tomcat. The number of active threads used by Tomcat spikes to the maximum configured and does not go down until the test is done (kind of like a square wave). Resin uses far fewer threads and never gets close to the maximum. Here are a few architectural/background notes: 1. We run Apache 2.2 on our web servers. They serve up static content and proxy dynamic requests to the application server, which runs Tomcat. 2. The web application uses Java 1.6, Spring, Hibernate, and a legacy version of Tapestry. 3. We are running the Tomcat performance pack (APR). 4. The load runner stress test runs approximately 8 hours. At the peak of ramp-up, it creates 1600 concurrent virtual users to drive the load. 5. In order to decouple the application from Resin SSO, we integrated CAS into our login/authorization process. CAS runs on a separate server and does not appear to be under stress. Outside of this change, the web application code is essentially unchanged. My main question is: 1. Any advice on how to troubleshoot and tune Apache/Tomcat in order to reduce thread and CPU usage? Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.
performance
tomcat7
resin
null
null
07/12/2012 17:07:45
off topic
Resin 2 to Tomcat 7 performance issues === We develop and maintain a high volume web application that runs under a legacy version of Resin (2.1.17). As part of a significant infrastructure upgrade, we are in the midst of re-hosting this application to run under Tomcat 7.0.28. We have completed the development and configuration work, and are currently load testing the new configuration in our performance lab using Load Runner. Despite running the load test with a wide variety of tuning changes, we are unable to complete a load test that matches the performance profile of previous Resin tests. The main issues that we see with the failing Tomcat load tests are: 1. Very high CPU usage by Tomcat (close to 100%, vs Resin which averages 60%) 2. High thread usage in Tomcat. The number of active threads used by Tomcat spikes to the maximum configured and does not go down until the test is done (kind of like a square wave). Resin uses far fewer threads and never gets close to the maximum. Here are a few architectural/background notes: 1. We run Apache 2.2 on our web servers. They serve up static content and proxy dynamic requests to the application server, which runs Tomcat. 2. The web application uses Java 1.6, Spring, Hibernate, and a legacy version of Tapestry. 3. We are running the Tomcat performance pack (APR). 4. The load runner stress test runs approximately 8 hours. At the peak of ramp-up, it creates 1600 concurrent virtual users to drive the load. 5. In order to decouple the application from Resin SSO, we integrated CAS into our login/authorization process. CAS runs on a separate server and does not appear to be under stress. Outside of this change, the web application code is essentially unchanged. My main question is: 1. Any advice on how to troubleshoot and tune Apache/Tomcat in order to reduce thread and CPU usage? Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.
2
5,280,085
03/12/2011 01:05:26
656,221
03/12/2011 01:05:26
1
0
Exercise using the "if" method
How would I do this... Write a program to work out how much a person pays to go to the cinema. The program should input an age from a slider or a text field and then decide on the following basis: under 5 free aged 5 to 12, 5.29 aged 13 to 54, 6.95 are 55 and over, free I can't figure it out. Thanks!
java
null
null
null
null
03/12/2011 01:18:34
not a real question
Exercise using the "if" method === How would I do this... Write a program to work out how much a person pays to go to the cinema. The program should input an age from a slider or a text field and then decide on the following basis: under 5 free aged 5 to 12, 5.29 aged 13 to 54, 6.95 are 55 and over, free I can't figure it out. Thanks!
1
10,451,202
05/04/2012 14:53:06
1,285,269
03/22/2012 07:28:13
40
4
what name function php I need to use to read setting file permissions on windows?
did it is possible to read the setting file permissions(Octal Notation/Symbolic Notation) using php function? thanks.
php
permissions
settings
null
null
null
open
what name function php I need to use to read setting file permissions on windows? === did it is possible to read the setting file permissions(Octal Notation/Symbolic Notation) using php function? thanks.
0
5,672,461
04/15/2011 04:40:36
710,090
04/15/2011 04:40:36
1
0
android - for loop drawing circles not working?
I am trying to draw multiple circles from an array and it is throwing a "force close" when I try to run the code. Any ideas here? package com.adam.PlaySound; import android.app.Activity; import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.util.DisplayMetrics; import android.view.MotionEvent; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnTouchListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.LinearLayout; import android.widget.TextView; public class ButtonPress extends Activity { /** Called when the activity is first created. */ int numPlayers = 3; boolean toggle = true; LinearLayout parent; Button button; TextView text; TextView text2; DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics(); MediaPlayer mediaPlayer[] = new MediaPlayer[numPlayers]; //this array is a placeholder for the loops in a cluster //essentially this array will be populated through a database //based on which cluster someone is within //and the region arrays will be populated by the same database String soundFiles[] = {"drums_1.mp3", "lead.mp3", "strings.mp3"}; public LoopRegion region[]; float regionX[] = {20, 80, 150}; float regionY[] = {20, 200, 350}; int regionR[] = {50, 80, 100}; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); //setContentView(R.id.view1); parent = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.parent); button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1); text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text); text2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text2); parent.setOnTouchListener(Motion); button.setOnClickListener(on_off); for (int i = 0; i < numPlayers; i++){ String path = "http://soundclusters.adamlaskowitz.com/uploads/" + soundFiles[i]; mediaPlayer[i] = new MediaPlayer(); //mediaPlayer[i] = MediaPlayer.create(ButtonPress.this, R.raw.drums_2); mediaPlayer[i] = MediaPlayer.create(ButtonPress.this, Uri.parse(path)); mediaPlayer[i].setLooping(true); } for (int i = 0; i < numPlayers; i++){ region[i] = new LoopRegion(this,regionX[i],regionY[i],regionR[i]); parent.addView(region[i]); } getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(dm); }
android
draw
null
null
null
null
open
android - for loop drawing circles not working? === I am trying to draw multiple circles from an array and it is throwing a "force close" when I try to run the code. Any ideas here? package com.adam.PlaySound; import android.app.Activity; import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.util.DisplayMetrics; import android.view.MotionEvent; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnTouchListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.LinearLayout; import android.widget.TextView; public class ButtonPress extends Activity { /** Called when the activity is first created. */ int numPlayers = 3; boolean toggle = true; LinearLayout parent; Button button; TextView text; TextView text2; DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics(); MediaPlayer mediaPlayer[] = new MediaPlayer[numPlayers]; //this array is a placeholder for the loops in a cluster //essentially this array will be populated through a database //based on which cluster someone is within //and the region arrays will be populated by the same database String soundFiles[] = {"drums_1.mp3", "lead.mp3", "strings.mp3"}; public LoopRegion region[]; float regionX[] = {20, 80, 150}; float regionY[] = {20, 200, 350}; int regionR[] = {50, 80, 100}; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); //setContentView(R.id.view1); parent = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.parent); button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1); text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text); text2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text2); parent.setOnTouchListener(Motion); button.setOnClickListener(on_off); for (int i = 0; i < numPlayers; i++){ String path = "http://soundclusters.adamlaskowitz.com/uploads/" + soundFiles[i]; mediaPlayer[i] = new MediaPlayer(); //mediaPlayer[i] = MediaPlayer.create(ButtonPress.this, R.raw.drums_2); mediaPlayer[i] = MediaPlayer.create(ButtonPress.this, Uri.parse(path)); mediaPlayer[i].setLooping(true); } for (int i = 0; i < numPlayers; i++){ region[i] = new LoopRegion(this,regionX[i],regionY[i],regionR[i]); parent.addView(region[i]); } getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(dm); }
0
4,042,712
10/28/2010 12:05:24
82,037
03/24/2009 14:12:17
272
11
Aliasing a linked server?
I have a server which I need to have as a linked server to another server, using sp_addLinkedServer. My server's name is in the format "DepartmentName.CompanyName.com", which I can usually change to [blah.blah.com], but which I can't use in the SQL Server Management Studio View creator, because it keeps deleting my square brackets... On the other hand, because the @srvproduct is SQL Server, I can't specify a name for the server to use, either, so I can't just call it "DepartmentName". I seem to be in a bit of a catch-22 here. Any suggestions?
sql
sql-server
sql-server-2000
ssms
null
null
open
Aliasing a linked server? === I have a server which I need to have as a linked server to another server, using sp_addLinkedServer. My server's name is in the format "DepartmentName.CompanyName.com", which I can usually change to [blah.blah.com], but which I can't use in the SQL Server Management Studio View creator, because it keeps deleting my square brackets... On the other hand, because the @srvproduct is SQL Server, I can't specify a name for the server to use, either, so I can't just call it "DepartmentName". I seem to be in a bit of a catch-22 here. Any suggestions?
0
1,972,112
12/28/2009 23:31:16
239,870
12/28/2009 23:31:16
1
0
How to add themes namespace to C# project.
I'm relatively new in C#. I would like to use Microsoft ListBox control, but I recognized that there's no Vertical ScrollBar property. Then I found open source ListBox control on page: http://www.koders.com/csharp/fidF0FDB984AB0429D0E6DF5D90B0A30F850D0335DB.aspx And my question is where to find file oraz description of namespace "using System.Windows.Forms.Themes" ? Thanks a lot.
c#
listbox
open
source
themes
null
open
How to add themes namespace to C# project. === I'm relatively new in C#. I would like to use Microsoft ListBox control, but I recognized that there's no Vertical ScrollBar property. Then I found open source ListBox control on page: http://www.koders.com/csharp/fidF0FDB984AB0429D0E6DF5D90B0A30F850D0335DB.aspx And my question is where to find file oraz description of namespace "using System.Windows.Forms.Themes" ? Thanks a lot.
0
1,977,045
12/29/2009 21:25:44
214,296
08/17/2009 15:49:30
50
1
How do I use a Save Dialog Box in C# to save an ASCII text file?
Okay, I'm probably missing something really simple here, but I've been at this for over an hour now and getting nowhere. :( I have a C# project using Microsoft's Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. The Save dialog box appears as desired, but it never makes the file. Practially speaking, once the file is specified, I'd like the application to maintain it with current data as a log file. For now, I'd just be happy, if I could get the ####### thing to make an empty file. Here's what I've been able to come up with so far: private void saveLogAsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (DialogResult.OK == saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog()) { // If the file name is not an empty string open it for saving. if (saveFileDialog1.FileName != "") { /* This does not work. // Saves the Image via a FileStream created by the OpenFile method. System.IO.FileStream fs = (System.IO.FileStream)saveFileDialog1.OpenFile(); fs.Write((byte)"Success!\r\n", 0, 10); fs.Close(); */ } else { textBox1.Text += "An invalid filename was specified.\r\n"; } } } Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.
c#
save-dialog
ascii
text-files
null
null
open
How do I use a Save Dialog Box in C# to save an ASCII text file? === Okay, I'm probably missing something really simple here, but I've been at this for over an hour now and getting nowhere. :( I have a C# project using Microsoft's Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. The Save dialog box appears as desired, but it never makes the file. Practially speaking, once the file is specified, I'd like the application to maintain it with current data as a log file. For now, I'd just be happy, if I could get the ####### thing to make an empty file. Here's what I've been able to come up with so far: private void saveLogAsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (DialogResult.OK == saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog()) { // If the file name is not an empty string open it for saving. if (saveFileDialog1.FileName != "") { /* This does not work. // Saves the Image via a FileStream created by the OpenFile method. System.IO.FileStream fs = (System.IO.FileStream)saveFileDialog1.OpenFile(); fs.Write((byte)"Success!\r\n", 0, 10); fs.Close(); */ } else { textBox1.Text += "An invalid filename was specified.\r\n"; } } } Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.
0
10,634,303
05/17/2012 10:51:03
959,664
09/22/2011 17:16:28
38
1
Linux Commad Line Zip with Regex
I have thousands of jpg files that are all called 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg and so on. I need to zip up a range of them and I thought I could do this with regex, but so far haven't had any luck. Here is the command zip images.zip '[66895-105515]'.jpg Does anyone have any ideas?
regex
linux
command-line
zip
null
null
open
Linux Commad Line Zip with Regex === I have thousands of jpg files that are all called 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg and so on. I need to zip up a range of them and I thought I could do this with regex, but so far haven't had any luck. Here is the command zip images.zip '[66895-105515]'.jpg Does anyone have any ideas?
0
11,004,079
06/12/2012 20:11:12
1,371,386
05/03/2012 01:57:32
1
0
How to set up C/C++ programming environment on windows?
I learned Java and now I want to learn c/c++, but it seem like a different ball game just setting it up. Is there an API/library for C/C++? where do I get the API(if there is one)? Does c/c++ have any compliers on windows? Does anyone manage c/c++ like oracle does with java?
c++
c
ide
dev
null
06/12/2012 20:15:12
not constructive
How to set up C/C++ programming environment on windows? === I learned Java and now I want to learn c/c++, but it seem like a different ball game just setting it up. Is there an API/library for C/C++? where do I get the API(if there is one)? Does c/c++ have any compliers on windows? Does anyone manage c/c++ like oracle does with java?
4
5,592,478
04/08/2011 08:28:54
341,065
05/29/2009 19:17:26
2,130
108
Visual Studio 2010 conversion of 2005 solutions (C++ projects) loses project dependencies
I am trying to convert one rather huge VS2005 solution with many C++ projects to VS2010. After automatic conversion I can see that some of the dependencies between the projects were lost and thus my VS2010 builds fail unless I manually re-add the dependencies. Has anybody seen this behaviour? Is there a fix for this? Can I avoid having the dependencies dropped during the conversion by changing/fixing the VS2005 solutions/projects?
c++
visual-studio
visual-studio-2010
visual-c++
visual-studio-2005
null
open
Visual Studio 2010 conversion of 2005 solutions (C++ projects) loses project dependencies === I am trying to convert one rather huge VS2005 solution with many C++ projects to VS2010. After automatic conversion I can see that some of the dependencies between the projects were lost and thus my VS2010 builds fail unless I manually re-add the dependencies. Has anybody seen this behaviour? Is there a fix for this? Can I avoid having the dependencies dropped during the conversion by changing/fixing the VS2005 solutions/projects?
0
2,999,580
06/08/2010 17:09:25
19,875
09/21/2008 07:46:57
658
41
Do I need to set heightForRowAtIndexPath if I am using a custom UITableViewCell?
Do I need to set heightForRowAtIndexPath if I am using a custom UITableViewCell? In my NIB I have already set the cell height. When I over-ride heightForRowAtIndexPath the contents of my cell don't appear, even though it is set to the height defined in the NIB. If I don't over-ride heightForRowAtIndexPath the contents of the cell appear, but there is overflow since the default height is not large enough.
iphone
objective-c
cocoa-touch
uitableview
interface-builder
null
open
Do I need to set heightForRowAtIndexPath if I am using a custom UITableViewCell? === Do I need to set heightForRowAtIndexPath if I am using a custom UITableViewCell? In my NIB I have already set the cell height. When I over-ride heightForRowAtIndexPath the contents of my cell don't appear, even though it is set to the height defined in the NIB. If I don't over-ride heightForRowAtIndexPath the contents of the cell appear, but there is overflow since the default height is not large enough.
0
6,271,393
06/07/2011 20:43:54
92,213
04/17/2009 16:29:40
532
20
How good is tomcatoCMS ?
i'm looking for a ZF CMS , joomla like and tomcatoCMS came up.NOw i'ld like your opinion before using it for a client.I mysql have a decent level in ZF but want to avoid support nightmare as much as possible :) what do you think?
php
zend-framework
content-management-system
null
null
06/07/2011 21:02:57
not constructive
How good is tomcatoCMS ? === i'm looking for a ZF CMS , joomla like and tomcatoCMS came up.NOw i'ld like your opinion before using it for a client.I mysql have a decent level in ZF but want to avoid support nightmare as much as possible :) what do you think?
4
1,057,457
06/29/2009 09:45:04
104,015
05/09/2009 09:59:12
565
1
how to get a cookie value from javascript and set it by PHP?
I'm new to cookie operations
cookies
null
null
null
null
11/14/2011 13:24:28
not a real question
how to get a cookie value from javascript and set it by PHP? === I'm new to cookie operations
1
3,963,892
10/18/2010 22:23:46
157,894
08/17/2009 16:56:02
89
5
Heroku: Running imagemagick w/ paperclip
I have installed image magick on my mac os x computer and now I want to deploy it to heroku. I've installed the the paperclip plugin on heroku but I get this error when uploading an image: Paperclip::CommandNotFoundError I had this error before when I didn't have imagemagick instaledl on my computer before but now that I want to deploy it, **how do I get image magick to work on heroku?**
ruby-on-rails
ruby
imagemagick
heroku
null
null
open
Heroku: Running imagemagick w/ paperclip === I have installed image magick on my mac os x computer and now I want to deploy it to heroku. I've installed the the paperclip plugin on heroku but I get this error when uploading an image: Paperclip::CommandNotFoundError I had this error before when I didn't have imagemagick instaledl on my computer before but now that I want to deploy it, **how do I get image magick to work on heroku?**
0
5,320,269
03/16/2011 02:07:39
631,716
02/24/2011 05:42:08
215
16
Is there a way to make sure your CSS is corss-browser capable?
Is there a way to make sure your CSS is corss-browser capable?
css
null
null
null
null
null
open
Is there a way to make sure your CSS is corss-browser capable? === Is there a way to make sure your CSS is corss-browser capable?
0
3,645,598
09/05/2010 09:27:00
284,708
03/02/2010 19:40:45
201
14
Ways to implement Flex [Bindable] in other languages
As you may know, ActionScript allows you to mark a variable as [Bindable], causing any changes to that variable to have immediate effect all over your application. Pretty neat. How would you implement this feature in your favourite programming language? My first guess was to use events or wrapper classes, but I couldn't come up with a clean solution to this. I am especially interested in doing this with Python or JavaScript.
python
flex
bindable
null
null
null
open
Ways to implement Flex [Bindable] in other languages === As you may know, ActionScript allows you to mark a variable as [Bindable], causing any changes to that variable to have immediate effect all over your application. Pretty neat. How would you implement this feature in your favourite programming language? My first guess was to use events or wrapper classes, but I couldn't come up with a clean solution to this. I am especially interested in doing this with Python or JavaScript.
0
5,597,203
04/08/2011 15:20:45
644,419
03/04/2011 09:16:59
315
27
Jetty, Maven plugin - how to configure default document?
We're using Jetty 6.x, and Maven-2. Anybody knows how to configure the default document? I mean - there's a default that serves /index.html or any of it's equivalents when accessing the application root. And there should be a settings to control that. (there is in tomcat and in IIS for example...) So 1 - how do I tell it to Jetty? And 2 - how do I do that using Maven plugin :P (yea, I know... I'm stuck with it, but am making the more or less the best of it anyway...)
maven-2
jetty
default-document
null
null
null
open
Jetty, Maven plugin - how to configure default document? === We're using Jetty 6.x, and Maven-2. Anybody knows how to configure the default document? I mean - there's a default that serves /index.html or any of it's equivalents when accessing the application root. And there should be a settings to control that. (there is in tomcat and in IIS for example...) So 1 - how do I tell it to Jetty? And 2 - how do I do that using Maven plugin :P (yea, I know... I'm stuck with it, but am making the more or less the best of it anyway...)
0
10,759,768
05/25/2012 18:40:50
689,878
04/03/2011 14:28:02
52
2
How to add option in Python code?
I have a Python script a.py and b.py, I'd like to call the main function of b.py and pass arguments from a.py. How to add option in a.py from inside the code and pass it to the main of b.py ?. I tried adding the dictionary my additional option but for some unknown reason the b.py doesn't get the right value. The add_option only works for command line option. TIA, John
python
null
null
null
null
05/30/2012 02:00:42
not a real question
How to add option in Python code? === I have a Python script a.py and b.py, I'd like to call the main function of b.py and pass arguments from a.py. How to add option in a.py from inside the code and pass it to the main of b.py ?. I tried adding the dictionary my additional option but for some unknown reason the b.py doesn't get the right value. The add_option only works for command line option. TIA, John
1
11,340,964
07/05/2012 08:57:00
1,139,048
01/09/2012 15:47:47
11
0
difference between C(gcc 4.3.2) , C 99 strict(gcc 4.3.2) , C++(gcc-4.0.0-8) ,C++(gcc-4.3.2)
first question is same as title i.e main difference between the four of them second question is which of the above support int64_t or long long without suffix LL.I want a data type of the range 2^63 - 1 third question is , if your answer to my second question is not C(gcc 4.3.2) , whether the code I write in C(gcc 4.3.2) for C language will be valid in rest of the three options or do I have to modify something, then what will be those modifications.
c++
c
compiler
long-integer
null
07/05/2012 09:34:21
not a real question
difference between C(gcc 4.3.2) , C 99 strict(gcc 4.3.2) , C++(gcc-4.0.0-8) ,C++(gcc-4.3.2) === first question is same as title i.e main difference between the four of them second question is which of the above support int64_t or long long without suffix LL.I want a data type of the range 2^63 - 1 third question is , if your answer to my second question is not C(gcc 4.3.2) , whether the code I write in C(gcc 4.3.2) for C language will be valid in rest of the three options or do I have to modify something, then what will be those modifications.
1
3,681,655
09/10/2010 01:05:09
443,946
09/10/2010 01:03:00
1
0
why does javascript have a set of built in objects?
any particular reason?
javascript
html
css
null
null
09/10/2010 01:28:09
not a real question
why does javascript have a set of built in objects? === any particular reason?
1
9,640,927
03/09/2012 21:00:11
1,212,520
02/15/2012 22:09:27
13
0
aiming algorithms 2d android game
I am developing a 2d android game and I am making an aiming algorithm for AI projectiles to hit enemies either following a path, or free moving. At the moment it just calculates where the target will be after a distance and fires a projectile to meet it at that distance. Of course this means varying the projectile speed to meet the target. Does anyone have any tips for a simple-ish algorithm (optimal-ish) to calculate when the projectile needs to fire and where it needs to aim if it can only travel at a constant velocity? Say the projectile goes twice the speed of the target? The only way I can think of involves searching and seems quite large.
android
algorithm
null
null
null
03/09/2012 23:02:53
off topic
aiming algorithms 2d android game === I am developing a 2d android game and I am making an aiming algorithm for AI projectiles to hit enemies either following a path, or free moving. At the moment it just calculates where the target will be after a distance and fires a projectile to meet it at that distance. Of course this means varying the projectile speed to meet the target. Does anyone have any tips for a simple-ish algorithm (optimal-ish) to calculate when the projectile needs to fire and where it needs to aim if it can only travel at a constant velocity? Say the projectile goes twice the speed of the target? The only way I can think of involves searching and seems quite large.
2
438,070
01/13/2009 05:47:25
46,277
12/15/2008 06:39:22
45
0
How long do you keep your programming books?
I have all these programming titles on my shelf and I'm running out of shelf space. How do you decide when to get rid of a book -- and when you do, what do you do with it?
books
null
null
null
null
09/26/2011 14:34:36
not constructive
How long do you keep your programming books? === I have all these programming titles on my shelf and I'm running out of shelf space. How do you decide when to get rid of a book -- and when you do, what do you do with it?
4
5,116,322
02/25/2011 10:51:07
617,262
02/15/2011 05:43:44
1
0
Getting an app.config key of console app from webservice refered by the console app.
I have a console application (say CA) which calls many webservices (say WS1, WS2, WS3). All these webservices will have the same structure (meaning: exposes same webmethods but functionality changes based between WS1, WS2, WS3). The Webservices are accessed from CA using a single proxy. (meaning: all Webservice's interfaces/webmethods structure are same). The question is: Is it possible to access a particular key in app.config of CA inside WS3, but in the same time I should not change the structure of webmethod. Thanks in advance. Harish
c#
web-services
.net-2.0
null
null
null
open
Getting an app.config key of console app from webservice refered by the console app. === I have a console application (say CA) which calls many webservices (say WS1, WS2, WS3). All these webservices will have the same structure (meaning: exposes same webmethods but functionality changes based between WS1, WS2, WS3). The Webservices are accessed from CA using a single proxy. (meaning: all Webservice's interfaces/webmethods structure are same). The question is: Is it possible to access a particular key in app.config of CA inside WS3, but in the same time I should not change the structure of webmethod. Thanks in advance. Harish
0
1,355,803
08/31/2009 04:37:26
165,806
08/31/2009 04:37:26
1
0
Why is the C++ syntax so complicated?
I'm a novice at programming although I've been teaching myself Python for about a year and I studied C# some time ago. This month I started C++ programming courses at my university and I just have to ask; "why is the C++ code so complicated?" Writing "Hello world." in Python is as simple as "print 'Hello world.'" but in C++ it's: # include <iostream> using namespace std; int main () { cout << "Hello world."; return 0; } I know there is probably a good reason for all of this but, why... - ... do you have to include the <iostream> everytime? Do you ever *not* need it? - ... same question for the standard library, when do you not need std::*? - ... why is the "main" part a function? Do you ever call the main function? Why is it an integer? Why does C++ need to have a main function but Python doesn't? - ... why do you need "std::cout << "? Isn't that needlessly long and complicated compared to Python? - ... why do you need to return 0 even when you are never going to use it? This is probably because I'm learning such basic C++ but every program I've made so far looks like this, so I have to retype the same code over and over again. Isn't that redundant? Couldn't the compiler just input this code itself, since it's always the same (i.e. afaik you always you <iostream>, std, int main, return 0)
c++
redundant-code
null
null
null
09/01/2009 04:46:54
not constructive
Why is the C++ syntax so complicated? === I'm a novice at programming although I've been teaching myself Python for about a year and I studied C# some time ago. This month I started C++ programming courses at my university and I just have to ask; "why is the C++ code so complicated?" Writing "Hello world." in Python is as simple as "print 'Hello world.'" but in C++ it's: # include <iostream> using namespace std; int main () { cout << "Hello world."; return 0; } I know there is probably a good reason for all of this but, why... - ... do you have to include the <iostream> everytime? Do you ever *not* need it? - ... same question for the standard library, when do you not need std::*? - ... why is the "main" part a function? Do you ever call the main function? Why is it an integer? Why does C++ need to have a main function but Python doesn't? - ... why do you need "std::cout << "? Isn't that needlessly long and complicated compared to Python? - ... why do you need to return 0 even when you are never going to use it? This is probably because I'm learning such basic C++ but every program I've made so far looks like this, so I have to retype the same code over and over again. Isn't that redundant? Couldn't the compiler just input this code itself, since it's always the same (i.e. afaik you always you <iostream>, std, int main, return 0)
4
4,383,915
12/08/2010 03:32:02
531,802
12/06/2010 05:32:30
23
0
undefined behavior of switch
#include<stdio.h> int main() { int a=1; switch(a) { int b=20; case 1: printf("b is %d\n",b); break; default:printf("b is %d\n",b); break; } return 0; } what do you think can be value of b in both of these printf statements ? ofcourse it is not 20.
c
null
null
null
null
12/08/2010 03:40:08
not a real question
undefined behavior of switch === #include<stdio.h> int main() { int a=1; switch(a) { int b=20; case 1: printf("b is %d\n",b); break; default:printf("b is %d\n",b); break; } return 0; } what do you think can be value of b in both of these printf statements ? ofcourse it is not 20.
1
8,104,806
11/12/2011 13:45:32
859,172
07/23/2011 09:46:52
32
2
iPhone Authorize.Net SDK integration
I am trying to integrate iPhone SDK into my project. (AIM) I have some dificulties and I can't make it work. I have followed the guide https://developer.authorize.net/integration/fifteenminutes/ios AuthNet *an = [AuthNet getInstance]; [an setDelegate:self]; [an mobileDeviceLoginRequest: mobileDeviceLoginRequest]; In the code above, "an" remains null because the class AuthNet doesnt instantiate while calling "getInstance()". In the README file, it says that I have to call [AuthNet authNetWithAPILoginID:@"YOUR_LOGIN_ID" andTransactionKey:@"YOUR_TRANSACTION_KEY" forEnvironment:ENV_TEST]; in order to instantiate the singleton. BUT there is no such method inside "AuthNet" class. Am I missing something? Please help me.
iphone
sdk
authorize.net
authorize
null
null
open
iPhone Authorize.Net SDK integration === I am trying to integrate iPhone SDK into my project. (AIM) I have some dificulties and I can't make it work. I have followed the guide https://developer.authorize.net/integration/fifteenminutes/ios AuthNet *an = [AuthNet getInstance]; [an setDelegate:self]; [an mobileDeviceLoginRequest: mobileDeviceLoginRequest]; In the code above, "an" remains null because the class AuthNet doesnt instantiate while calling "getInstance()". In the README file, it says that I have to call [AuthNet authNetWithAPILoginID:@"YOUR_LOGIN_ID" andTransactionKey:@"YOUR_TRANSACTION_KEY" forEnvironment:ENV_TEST]; in order to instantiate the singleton. BUT there is no such method inside "AuthNet" class. Am I missing something? Please help me.
0
8,662,149
12/28/2011 22:47:11
1,003,104
10/19/2011 12:17:58
3
0
(easy!) jQuery Script works with 1.4.1 but not in 1.7.1, different syntax?
sorry to ask, but i can't figure it out. The following script works in jQuery 1.4.1 but not in 1.7.1. I can't figure out the difference in the versions! Maybe you will know the problem. $(".fade").hover(function(){ $(this).stop().animate({ opacity: 1.0 }, 400); }, function () { $(this).stop().animate({ opacity: 0.7 }, 400); } ); I hope you can help. Regards
jquery
version
difference
null
null
12/30/2011 00:25:00
too localized
(easy!) jQuery Script works with 1.4.1 but not in 1.7.1, different syntax? === sorry to ask, but i can't figure it out. The following script works in jQuery 1.4.1 but not in 1.7.1. I can't figure out the difference in the versions! Maybe you will know the problem. $(".fade").hover(function(){ $(this).stop().animate({ opacity: 1.0 }, 400); }, function () { $(this).stop().animate({ opacity: 0.7 }, 400); } ); I hope you can help. Regards
3
175,310
10/06/2008 17:31:16
20,646
09/22/2008 18:28:05
13
4
How to improve java knowledge?
I'm in college. Basically I have already learnt the syntax of java from books and have been programming in java for two years (Not every other day of course, because it's a computer science and not software engineering course). However, I find myself lacking sufficient knowledge of java and feel inadequate. For example, none of the books taught me that if I override the Object equals method, then I should override the hashCode method as well (if I want the hash containers to work properly). It was only when I couldn't get my program to run as expected and having to debug that I discovered this. I find this unproductive because I felt that it's something that should have been taught, something that should have been known in the first place. I expect that as I do more programming in java I'll run into similar "should have known" kind of problems, so I would just like to pre-empt it by learning more. Perhaps I have been reading the wrong books, so can you point me to some good java books to read. Or is it the case that books are just to teach you the syntax, while the intricacies of java and the API should just be discovered the hard way. Or I should just read the entire API (granted the API mentions "Note that it is generally necessary to override the hashCode method whenever this method is overridden, so as to maintain the general contract for the hashCode method, which states that equal objects must have equal hash codes.") and I admit that I didn't read it the first time round.
java
self-improvement
books
null
null
null
open
How to improve java knowledge? === I'm in college. Basically I have already learnt the syntax of java from books and have been programming in java for two years (Not every other day of course, because it's a computer science and not software engineering course). However, I find myself lacking sufficient knowledge of java and feel inadequate. For example, none of the books taught me that if I override the Object equals method, then I should override the hashCode method as well (if I want the hash containers to work properly). It was only when I couldn't get my program to run as expected and having to debug that I discovered this. I find this unproductive because I felt that it's something that should have been taught, something that should have been known in the first place. I expect that as I do more programming in java I'll run into similar "should have known" kind of problems, so I would just like to pre-empt it by learning more. Perhaps I have been reading the wrong books, so can you point me to some good java books to read. Or is it the case that books are just to teach you the syntax, while the intricacies of java and the API should just be discovered the hard way. Or I should just read the entire API (granted the API mentions "Note that it is generally necessary to override the hashCode method whenever this method is overridden, so as to maintain the general contract for the hashCode method, which states that equal objects must have equal hash codes.") and I admit that I didn't read it the first time round.
0
3,694,939
09/12/2010 13:08:14
240,958
12/30/2009 15:05:27
51
10
UITableView reusable cells problem
I have a UITableView and its data gets refreshed from a server connection. For the UITableViewcell, I have layout some labels across the row. So it can consider as a grid with UILabels(total no of labels = table rows * table columns). When the data gets refreshed I have added an animation for the UILabel to highlight the table cell update.(Labels background color changes for about 0.5 seconds and restore to the previous background color). There I compare the old value with new value and I added the animation with comparing those. It works fine. My problem is when I scroll the table, because of the reusable cells the labels are getting animated.(although the corresponding values are not change). Anyone have an idea to how to avoid this issue? thanks.
iphone
objective-c
ipad
iphone-sdk-4.0
null
null
open
UITableView reusable cells problem === I have a UITableView and its data gets refreshed from a server connection. For the UITableViewcell, I have layout some labels across the row. So it can consider as a grid with UILabels(total no of labels = table rows * table columns). When the data gets refreshed I have added an animation for the UILabel to highlight the table cell update.(Labels background color changes for about 0.5 seconds and restore to the previous background color). There I compare the old value with new value and I added the animation with comparing those. It works fine. My problem is when I scroll the table, because of the reusable cells the labels are getting animated.(although the corresponding values are not change). Anyone have an idea to how to avoid this issue? thanks.
0
11,292,875
07/02/2012 11:36:59
1,495,921
07/02/2012 11:24:17
1
0
Javascript framework for drawing Entity Relationship diagram
I would like to know the javascript diagramming framework that can be used for representing ER diagram in the UI. The requirement includes 1. Panning (with less viewport, need to pan across if the database has lots of tables) 2. Zooming 3. Drag/Drop 4. Ability to connect two entities (arrows) 5. The Entity needs to be customizable - This is the major thing that I cant find in any of the frameworks. I need to have custom dom elements like table, form, div with layouts inside the default shapes like rectangle or whatever. By this I mean,I want to make a div into svg element and enable it to be treated as just like any other svg element. Please let me know if there is anything available in the market for my requirements as early as possible! Thanks in anticipation! Sangeetha
javascript
diagramming
null
null
null
07/09/2012 18:17:03
not constructive
Javascript framework for drawing Entity Relationship diagram === I would like to know the javascript diagramming framework that can be used for representing ER diagram in the UI. The requirement includes 1. Panning (with less viewport, need to pan across if the database has lots of tables) 2. Zooming 3. Drag/Drop 4. Ability to connect two entities (arrows) 5. The Entity needs to be customizable - This is the major thing that I cant find in any of the frameworks. I need to have custom dom elements like table, form, div with layouts inside the default shapes like rectangle or whatever. By this I mean,I want to make a div into svg element and enable it to be treated as just like any other svg element. Please let me know if there is anything available in the market for my requirements as early as possible! Thanks in anticipation! Sangeetha
4
8,392,079
12/05/2011 21:24:54
987,200
10/10/2011 07:00:05
12
0
IRC-server on my PC
I want create IRC Server on my PC. My OS is xUbuntu, as a daemon I prefer to use ngircd. I have installed Apache web-server, and working DNS from no-ip.com with noip2. Now I want create on this DNS ICR server too. Can I set it?
linux
apache
irc
null
null
12/05/2011 21:55:00
off topic
IRC-server on my PC === I want create IRC Server on my PC. My OS is xUbuntu, as a daemon I prefer to use ngircd. I have installed Apache web-server, and working DNS from no-ip.com with noip2. Now I want create on this DNS ICR server too. Can I set it?
2
10,712,968
05/23/2012 03:15:21
1,411,583
05/23/2012 03:06:48
1
0
Use wildcard in SQL table entry
I have been looking around for such a solution, but no positive results so far... My **table** consists of entries **data**, like 1. 1234 2. 3241 3. 8424 4. 8_24 5. 9_13 where '_' are wildcards which can be from 0-9. I'd like to find a way to retrieve these data, like: SELECT * from table WHERE data LIKE '8424', the query should return both 8424 and 8_24. Thank you in advance!
sql
sql-server-2008
visual-studio-2008
wildcard
null
null
open
Use wildcard in SQL table entry === I have been looking around for such a solution, but no positive results so far... My **table** consists of entries **data**, like 1. 1234 2. 3241 3. 8424 4. 8_24 5. 9_13 where '_' are wildcards which can be from 0-9. I'd like to find a way to retrieve these data, like: SELECT * from table WHERE data LIKE '8424', the query should return both 8424 and 8_24. Thank you in advance!
0
2,170,625
01/31/2010 05:10:43
262,885
01/31/2010 05:10:43
1
0
Using a python module's C API in my own C module
This seems to be sort of what I want, except I want to make an instance of a C PyObject in another C module. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1147452/create-instance-of-a-python-class-declared-in-python-with-c-api But I am not able to find the documentation for using a Python module from C. I can't seem to find the relevent docs online as everyone just talks about extending Python with C. My issue is that I have a Pygame which I want to speed up. So I am making a C module which needs access to Pygame. How do I import pygame? I don't want to import two copies, right? The coding part I can figure out, I just don't know how to configure and link the code. I know I must be missing some docs, so if anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd be much obliged.
python
module
linker
pygame
null
null
open
Using a python module's C API in my own C module === This seems to be sort of what I want, except I want to make an instance of a C PyObject in another C module. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1147452/create-instance-of-a-python-class-declared-in-python-with-c-api But I am not able to find the documentation for using a Python module from C. I can't seem to find the relevent docs online as everyone just talks about extending Python with C. My issue is that I have a Pygame which I want to speed up. So I am making a C module which needs access to Pygame. How do I import pygame? I don't want to import two copies, right? The coding part I can figure out, I just don't know how to configure and link the code. I know I must be missing some docs, so if anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd be much obliged.
0
8,255,339
11/24/2011 10:12:34
1,063,447
11/24/2011 07:42:15
1
0
Mobile Website CSS and Java Script
i am trying to develop a mobile website. Please tell me which CSS and java script will be use.
javascript
css
mobile
null
null
11/24/2011 13:31:34
not a real question
Mobile Website CSS and Java Script === i am trying to develop a mobile website. Please tell me which CSS and java script will be use.
1
499,348
01/31/2009 19:04:36
42,005
11/30/2008 22:13:40
95
13
Free Perl IDE with Debugging
Are there any free Perl IDEs out there for Windows that have debugging capabilities, syntax highlighting, and possibly even intellisense?
perl
ide
debugging
null
null
12/04/2011 18:21:12
not constructive
Free Perl IDE with Debugging === Are there any free Perl IDEs out there for Windows that have debugging capabilities, syntax highlighting, and possibly even intellisense?
4
10,645,629
05/18/2012 01:32:07
1,389,753
05/11/2012 15:11:41
16
0
How do I append non numeric key-values to an array in PHP?
Trying to return a DB resultset as an array in my DAO: I want to append string key-values to the array $retval in the below code. However, the array keeps getting overwritten each iteration instead of being appended to. So at the end of the loop, I end up with 1 key-value instead of n pairs (n rows retrieved from the database). What am I doing wrong? $retval = array(); while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { foreach($columns as $var) { $retval[$var]=$row[$var]; } } var_dump($retval); $retval ends up as ["Japan"=>"Tokyo"] instead of the expected ["Korea"=>"Seoul","France"=>"Paris","Japan"=>"Tokyo"]
php
null
null
null
null
null
open
How do I append non numeric key-values to an array in PHP? === Trying to return a DB resultset as an array in my DAO: I want to append string key-values to the array $retval in the below code. However, the array keeps getting overwritten each iteration instead of being appended to. So at the end of the loop, I end up with 1 key-value instead of n pairs (n rows retrieved from the database). What am I doing wrong? $retval = array(); while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { foreach($columns as $var) { $retval[$var]=$row[$var]; } } var_dump($retval); $retval ends up as ["Japan"=>"Tokyo"] instead of the expected ["Korea"=>"Seoul","France"=>"Paris","Japan"=>"Tokyo"]
0
10,472,134
05/06/2012 16:22:49
176,723
09/21/2009 18:15:55
1,661
104
How to set link font for TTStyledTextLabel
So, I'm fairly new to Three20, but so far the benefits have outweighed the pains in my ass that it's taken to get things working. I'm using some TTStyledTextLabels, and I need to use a particular font for links. I've overridden TTDefaultStyleSheet and added a new style, like so: - (TTStyle*)futuraStyle { return [TTTextStyle styleWithFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Futura-CondensedMedium" size:20] color:kColorTextLink next:nil]; } I can use <span class=""> tags to apply this style to normal text, but it doesn't seem to affect links. I found that if I add the style class directly to the links, as in <a href="url" class="styleName">link!</a> then the links do appear in the proper font. However, they are then no longer tappable! WTF?
three20
uifont
ttstyledtextlabel
null
null
null
open
How to set link font for TTStyledTextLabel === So, I'm fairly new to Three20, but so far the benefits have outweighed the pains in my ass that it's taken to get things working. I'm using some TTStyledTextLabels, and I need to use a particular font for links. I've overridden TTDefaultStyleSheet and added a new style, like so: - (TTStyle*)futuraStyle { return [TTTextStyle styleWithFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Futura-CondensedMedium" size:20] color:kColorTextLink next:nil]; } I can use <span class=""> tags to apply this style to normal text, but it doesn't seem to affect links. I found that if I add the style class directly to the links, as in <a href="url" class="styleName">link!</a> then the links do appear in the proper font. However, they are then no longer tappable! WTF?
0
8,488,256
12/13/2011 11:18:02
996,611
10/15/2011 07:38:48
8
0
How to download files with flash?
I develop game in shockwave. Shockwave downloads files slowly, so I want to download it to temp folder with flash. It could work in background, so users don't see it. (It could select files which need to download from db or from folder). How to do it? Or maybe I should select not flash, maybe java or what? Can you suggest me what I should select and maybe something examples, how to do it?
flash
null
null
null
null
04/27/2012 13:33:48
not constructive
How to download files with flash? === I develop game in shockwave. Shockwave downloads files slowly, so I want to download it to temp folder with flash. It could work in background, so users don't see it. (It could select files which need to download from db or from folder). How to do it? Or maybe I should select not flash, maybe java or what? Can you suggest me what I should select and maybe something examples, how to do it?
4
8,903,011
01/17/2012 23:11:35
996,617
10/15/2011 07:46:00
1
0
mission impossible: best android media player with chunk
It's so hard for me.. but i'd like merge this code http://blog.pocketjourney.com/2008/04/04/tutorial-custom-media-streaming-for-androids-mediaplayer/ with this: http://mindtherobot.com/blog/633/android-performance-be-careful-with-byte/ I need chunks to avoid streaming interruptions.. I am not an advanced programmer, but i'd like understand how integrate these codes. Thanks in advance for any advice Alex
android
null
null
null
null
01/18/2012 03:02:33
too localized
mission impossible: best android media player with chunk === It's so hard for me.. but i'd like merge this code http://blog.pocketjourney.com/2008/04/04/tutorial-custom-media-streaming-for-androids-mediaplayer/ with this: http://mindtherobot.com/blog/633/android-performance-be-careful-with-byte/ I need chunks to avoid streaming interruptions.. I am not an advanced programmer, but i'd like understand how integrate these codes. Thanks in advance for any advice Alex
3
10,157,066
04/14/2012 20:20:08
1,221,897
02/20/2012 19:56:32
1
0
Implementation of key-Value without Map
Let's say the JVM doesn't have a Map implementation. How would you go ahead with implementing? --I have gone thru other ques and ans,but didn't find a concrete answer.some one told do it lukin at original Map class or implement 2D array.will someone will answer wth peoper example
java
map
hashmap
null
null
04/14/2012 21:44:19
not a real question
Implementation of key-Value without Map === Let's say the JVM doesn't have a Map implementation. How would you go ahead with implementing? --I have gone thru other ques and ans,but didn't find a concrete answer.some one told do it lukin at original Map class or implement 2D array.will someone will answer wth peoper example
1
3,185,919
07/06/2010 11:53:02
222,588
12/02/2009 03:23:47
94
4
publish image in facebook users wall from webos
in my application i select one image from photos and then press submit button selected image should publish in facebook user wall with some message.any idea Thanks in advance Aswan
webos
palm-pre
palm-os
null
null
null
open
publish image in facebook users wall from webos === in my application i select one image from photos and then press submit button selected image should publish in facebook user wall with some message.any idea Thanks in advance Aswan
0
3,142,341
06/29/2010 15:44:37
336,929
12/10/2009 10:47:44
258
7
ActionScript LineStyle Color Changing Prematurely
i'm attempting to draw lines beside each other, but the last line from the first color group takes on the color from the second color group before the second color is assigned. can anyone explain this? //first color corner.graphics.lineStyle(0, 0x00FF00, 1.0); corner.graphics.moveTo(0, 10); corner.graphics.lineTo(10, 0); corner.graphics.moveTo(4, 10); corner.graphics.lineTo(10, 4); corner.graphics.moveTo(8, 10); corner.graphics.lineTo(10, 8); //the color of this line is red!? //second color corner.graphics.lineStyle(0, 0xFF0000, 1.0); corner.graphics.moveTo(1, 10); corner.graphics.lineTo(10, 1);
actionscript-3
graphics
line
draw
null
null
open
ActionScript LineStyle Color Changing Prematurely === i'm attempting to draw lines beside each other, but the last line from the first color group takes on the color from the second color group before the second color is assigned. can anyone explain this? //first color corner.graphics.lineStyle(0, 0x00FF00, 1.0); corner.graphics.moveTo(0, 10); corner.graphics.lineTo(10, 0); corner.graphics.moveTo(4, 10); corner.graphics.lineTo(10, 4); corner.graphics.moveTo(8, 10); corner.graphics.lineTo(10, 8); //the color of this line is red!? //second color corner.graphics.lineStyle(0, 0xFF0000, 1.0); corner.graphics.moveTo(1, 10); corner.graphics.lineTo(10, 1);
0
1,337,457
08/26/2009 20:59:44
36,680
11/11/2008 19:51:55
645
10
How to write good help pages for rich web based application screens?
I'm working on writing help pages for a web based application. What tools, resources, and/or best practices are there to write help pages that are geared towards individual pages of a rich web application with a lot of functionality? The help system will have a button on each screen that help is available for, when the user clicks on that button a new browser window with its toolbar stripped off will popup to give help documentation for that page. These help pages are very common in Windows and shrink wrapped software, but I can't remember seeing any web applications that use them, Gmail, Google Calendar, and google docs have well written documentation, but I actually think they don't do a good job of giving you help documentation that is relevant to the screen you are looking at.
web-applications
null
null
null
null
06/29/2012 16:22:25
off topic
How to write good help pages for rich web based application screens? === I'm working on writing help pages for a web based application. What tools, resources, and/or best practices are there to write help pages that are geared towards individual pages of a rich web application with a lot of functionality? The help system will have a button on each screen that help is available for, when the user clicks on that button a new browser window with its toolbar stripped off will popup to give help documentation for that page. These help pages are very common in Windows and shrink wrapped software, but I can't remember seeing any web applications that use them, Gmail, Google Calendar, and google docs have well written documentation, but I actually think they don't do a good job of giving you help documentation that is relevant to the screen you are looking at.
2
9,664,542
03/12/2012 09:30:31
725,072
04/26/2011 09:10:31
13
3
JDBC event subscribe Oracle
I'd like to monitor changes in Oracle DB using JDBC connection. Does anyone knows if it is possible to subscribe to DB events and receive events through callbacks? I do not want to poll tables for changes explicitly. Regards, Vladimir
oracle
events
jdbc
callback
null
null
open
JDBC event subscribe Oracle === I'd like to monitor changes in Oracle DB using JDBC connection. Does anyone knows if it is possible to subscribe to DB events and receive events through callbacks? I do not want to poll tables for changes explicitly. Regards, Vladimir
0
8,830,703
01/12/2012 05:50:38
1,144,776
01/12/2012 05:45:24
1
0
Subreport's Page Header missing from main report
I have a subreport with some labels in page header. When I run my subreport alone then everything is ok but when it runs through the main report then page header is dissapeared. I am forced to move tese labels from page header to report header but this is not the right way because if the subreport has to be expand to next page through the main report then the labels will not be shown. I am stuck.
rdlc
null
null
null
null
null
open
Subreport's Page Header missing from main report === I have a subreport with some labels in page header. When I run my subreport alone then everything is ok but when it runs through the main report then page header is dissapeared. I am forced to move tese labels from page header to report header but this is not the right way because if the subreport has to be expand to next page through the main report then the labels will not be shown. I am stuck.
0
2,588,930
04/06/2010 23:03:58
32,196
10/28/2008 20:46:14
93
5
"Using a single session in multiple threads is likely a bug" error in NHProf when using NServiceBus
When executing an NServiceBus handler that uses NHibernate for its data access operations, I am seeing an error that I am not sure if I need to be concerned with. The handler has code that does something like this: using (var tx = Session.BeginTransaction()) { var accountGroup = _groupRepository.FindByID(message.GroupID); accountGroup.CreateAccount(message.AccountNumber); tx.Commit(); } When I profile this process, I see the following lines: - enlisted session in distributed transaction with isolation level: Serializable - begin transaction with isolation level: Unspecified - SELECT ... FROM AccountGroups this_ WHERE this_.ID = 123 - INSERT INTO Accounts ... - commit transaction - commit transaction The first commit message is generated by my code when I call tx.Commit(). The second commit message, I believe occurs when we leave the Handle method of the handler and is called by NServiceBus. This second call to commit generates an alert in NHProf that states "Using a single session in multiple threads is likely a bug". I don't think this is an issue, because there really is nothing to commit at that time, but am I doing some inappropriate here? I do want to run my code within a transaction, but when I do, I get this alert. Any ideas?
nservicebus
nhprof
nhibernate
null
null
null
open
"Using a single session in multiple threads is likely a bug" error in NHProf when using NServiceBus === When executing an NServiceBus handler that uses NHibernate for its data access operations, I am seeing an error that I am not sure if I need to be concerned with. The handler has code that does something like this: using (var tx = Session.BeginTransaction()) { var accountGroup = _groupRepository.FindByID(message.GroupID); accountGroup.CreateAccount(message.AccountNumber); tx.Commit(); } When I profile this process, I see the following lines: - enlisted session in distributed transaction with isolation level: Serializable - begin transaction with isolation level: Unspecified - SELECT ... FROM AccountGroups this_ WHERE this_.ID = 123 - INSERT INTO Accounts ... - commit transaction - commit transaction The first commit message is generated by my code when I call tx.Commit(). The second commit message, I believe occurs when we leave the Handle method of the handler and is called by NServiceBus. This second call to commit generates an alert in NHProf that states "Using a single session in multiple threads is likely a bug". I don't think this is an issue, because there really is nothing to commit at that time, but am I doing some inappropriate here? I do want to run my code within a transaction, but when I do, I get this alert. Any ideas?
0
5,920,839
05/07/2011 11:51:40
1,259,673
11/22/2010 19:44:58
161
8
Vector subscript out of range
I'm getting the vector subscript out of range error. I've had it before, but it prints 'before' but not after and I can't see how it could be any of these lines. cout << "before" << endl; vector<vector<char>> animals; vector<vector<char>> food; vector<char> other; int lastline = 0; for(int i=1;i<=(c);i++){ cout << "after" << endl;
c++
vector
range
subscript
null
05/07/2011 21:44:32
not a real question
Vector subscript out of range === I'm getting the vector subscript out of range error. I've had it before, but it prints 'before' but not after and I can't see how it could be any of these lines. cout << "before" << endl; vector<vector<char>> animals; vector<vector<char>> food; vector<char> other; int lastline = 0; for(int i=1;i<=(c);i++){ cout << "after" << endl;
1
9,856,927
03/25/2012 00:31:33
945,418
09/14/2011 19:51:40
6
0
Awk/Nawk : Pattern for extracting path/filenames from input
Input contains filenames (/path/to/file) scattered throughout I just want the /path/to/xyz.xyz (space or newline, but never '\\ ' [a space in a file]) The rule is: Starts with '/' - begin End at ' ' (but not '\\ ') or '\n' Everything in between. Only paths+basename attached.. Not basenames.
regex
string
bash
awk
processing
03/26/2012 13:26:26
not a real question
Awk/Nawk : Pattern for extracting path/filenames from input === Input contains filenames (/path/to/file) scattered throughout I just want the /path/to/xyz.xyz (space or newline, but never '\\ ' [a space in a file]) The rule is: Starts with '/' - begin End at ' ' (but not '\\ ') or '\n' Everything in between. Only paths+basename attached.. Not basenames.
1
10,505,949
05/08/2012 20:25:23
1,251,004
03/05/2012 23:13:56
338
0
Debian, mysql: How can I tune these values
I have a debian VPS with 16 GB ram (CPU: 4 * 2Ghz). I notice some performance issues when I now have about 2,000 request / seconds. The CPU is at: 41% user, 8% kernel, 2% IO, 49% idle and ram: 15.71 GB total, 4.97 GB used I'm a complete noob when it comes to servers, so I dont want to mess around to much. I notice a performance increase when raising max_connections from 1,000 to 2,000, and increased key_buffer from 512 to 1024M. If anyone could take a look at the values below, and let me know if there's any tweaks I can do, that would be awesome. Thanks in advance: # * Fine Tuning # key_buffer = 1024M max_allowed_packet = 512M thread_stack = 192K thread_cache_size = 8 # This replaces the startup script and checks MyISAM tables if needed # the first time they are touched myisam-recover = BACKUP max_connections = 2000 #table_cache = 64 #thread_concurrency = 10 # # * Query Cache Configuration # query_cache_limit = 32M query_cache_size = 128M
mysql
apache
apache2
debian
null
null
open
Debian, mysql: How can I tune these values === I have a debian VPS with 16 GB ram (CPU: 4 * 2Ghz). I notice some performance issues when I now have about 2,000 request / seconds. The CPU is at: 41% user, 8% kernel, 2% IO, 49% idle and ram: 15.71 GB total, 4.97 GB used I'm a complete noob when it comes to servers, so I dont want to mess around to much. I notice a performance increase when raising max_connections from 1,000 to 2,000, and increased key_buffer from 512 to 1024M. If anyone could take a look at the values below, and let me know if there's any tweaks I can do, that would be awesome. Thanks in advance: # * Fine Tuning # key_buffer = 1024M max_allowed_packet = 512M thread_stack = 192K thread_cache_size = 8 # This replaces the startup script and checks MyISAM tables if needed # the first time they are touched myisam-recover = BACKUP max_connections = 2000 #table_cache = 64 #thread_concurrency = 10 # # * Query Cache Configuration # query_cache_limit = 32M query_cache_size = 128M
0
3,123,542
06/26/2010 10:37:46
93,613
04/21/2009 06:42:14
697
62
Is leaving comments on code a thing of past?
When i started my carreer i have been instructed to (properly) comment each and every module that i write. Instructing what a method does, how its parameters are used, and what to expect in return etc. Then with almost 2years of doing so i started visiting legacy codes with misleading and/or useless comments. And in the process i used to remove them from the code base. In my recent job my project manager instructed me not to worry about leaving comments at all, and suggested to rather rely on unit tests to leave a blueprint of the code i write. I agreed since i have experienced that code changes with time but comments do not stay up to date, and then it becomes rather misleading. Then recently i read in Martin Fowler's Refactoring book to extract method wherever we see scope of leaving some comments. So is leaving comments in the modules is really an obsolete thing now? Just to summarize: As per my experience, we should not leave comments and rather take the following two options: 1) Extract method. 2) Unit Test to support the intent of the module. So, should we always avoid leaving comments and rely on above two options? or do we have other alternates also? Please share your opinion. Thanks for your interest.
project-management
code-review
code-comments
null
null
06/27/2010 19:09:59
not constructive
Is leaving comments on code a thing of past? === When i started my carreer i have been instructed to (properly) comment each and every module that i write. Instructing what a method does, how its parameters are used, and what to expect in return etc. Then with almost 2years of doing so i started visiting legacy codes with misleading and/or useless comments. And in the process i used to remove them from the code base. In my recent job my project manager instructed me not to worry about leaving comments at all, and suggested to rather rely on unit tests to leave a blueprint of the code i write. I agreed since i have experienced that code changes with time but comments do not stay up to date, and then it becomes rather misleading. Then recently i read in Martin Fowler's Refactoring book to extract method wherever we see scope of leaving some comments. So is leaving comments in the modules is really an obsolete thing now? Just to summarize: As per my experience, we should not leave comments and rather take the following two options: 1) Extract method. 2) Unit Test to support the intent of the module. So, should we always avoid leaving comments and rely on above two options? or do we have other alternates also? Please share your opinion. Thanks for your interest.
4
10,332,262
04/26/2012 11:13:56
840,830
07/12/2011 13:38:40
76
0
Call php with onclick (faster loadingtime)
Im building a Magento platform webshop. I call a content block in the template with: <a href="#tab">TAB BUTTON</a> <div id="tab"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('CONTENT'); ?></div> Only the content of getchildhtml is too large to load at once. Is it possible to load the php echo once clicked on the button? Display-none will still preload the content, but i'm looking too load the php content of getchildhtml.
php
javascript
jquery
tabs
null
06/14/2012 11:58:38
not a real question
Call php with onclick (faster loadingtime) === Im building a Magento platform webshop. I call a content block in the template with: <a href="#tab">TAB BUTTON</a> <div id="tab"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('CONTENT'); ?></div> Only the content of getchildhtml is too large to load at once. Is it possible to load the php echo once clicked on the button? Display-none will still preload the content, but i'm looking too load the php content of getchildhtml.
1
8,779,140
01/08/2012 16:26:38
1,137,270
01/08/2012 16:15:40
1
0
Web Browser application auto start in windows
We are developing a web browser application and I have 2 important questions, as below: 1. Is it possible to 'auto run/launch' our web browser application on PC startup in Windows? If yes, please let me know all options available. 2. When the browser is minimized, can I flash the browser in taskbar when data is updated? If yes, please provide example code/options. many thanks in advance. Murthy
web
null
null
null
null
03/11/2012 14:07:19
not a real question
Web Browser application auto start in windows === We are developing a web browser application and I have 2 important questions, as below: 1. Is it possible to 'auto run/launch' our web browser application on PC startup in Windows? If yes, please let me know all options available. 2. When the browser is minimized, can I flash the browser in taskbar when data is updated? If yes, please provide example code/options. many thanks in advance. Murthy
1
9,688,781
03/13/2012 17:14:05
1,204,895
02/12/2012 09:11:52
1
0
Why you can put php.ini variables into .htaccess?
As in the topic - why you can put them in .htaccess. I always thought that it should be in php.ini not in .htaccess. .htaccess php_value max_execution_time 240 php_value max_input_time 111 php.ini max_execution_time 240 max_input_time 111 Why it can be like that?
php
apache
.htaccess
config
php.ini
03/13/2012 17:17:03
not a real question
Why you can put php.ini variables into .htaccess? === As in the topic - why you can put them in .htaccess. I always thought that it should be in php.ini not in .htaccess. .htaccess php_value max_execution_time 240 php_value max_input_time 111 php.ini max_execution_time 240 max_input_time 111 Why it can be like that?
1
7,061,184
08/15/2011 02:24:28
596,573
01/31/2011 09:01:30
3
0
Why is linear search still advertised to have a time complexity of O(N)?
It occurs to me that linear search is not really O(N) as one has to deal with cache misses. This leads me to wonder why linear searches are still advertised as having a time complexity O(N)? Shouldn't one take into account of the "distance" of the memory cell from the CPU? Besides signal propagation due to speed of light is a physical limitation nobody can escape from. Over here I'm discussing about classical, not quantum computing. Let's do a quick analysis of what would be a reasonable bound of a linear search algorithm in the real world. Let us assume an infinitesimally small CPU encased at the centre of a spherical mass of memory cells. Each cell is implemented using a constant number of transistors k. The number of transistors per unit volume is rho. The CPU has a read/write line and a data line to every memory cell (pretend that routing these lines are not an issue), and the CPU is only capable of reading/writing to a single bit at any instant. Over here we need to find the time required to execute a linear search over N memory bits. (Not enough rep to post images, but here is a link to a diagram I'm trying to illustrate the problem) http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7361/searchqn.png **Radius of sphere** The total volume required would be N*k/rho. Given the radius of the sphere which is required to contain all memory cells be R, we got (4/3)*pi*R^3 = N*k/rho, or R = a*N^(1/3) for some constant a. **Elemental shell dV(r)** Consider an elemental shell dV(r) = 4*pi*r^2*dr (grey shell in diagram) consisting of dV*rho/k memory bits residing in it. The CPU requires a time no less than 2*r/c to read/update a memory bit residing within this dV (first to assert the R/W line, and then expecting a reply from the memory cell), where c is the speed of light. **Integrating dt** The time taken to interface with all memory cells residing in dV(r) is given by dt = (Number of cells in dV)*(Time taken to interface each cell) = (8*pi*rho*r^3*dr)/(k*c) = b*r^3*dr for some constant b. The total time taken, T, would be the integral of b*r^3 with respect to r from r=0..a*N^(1/3), that gives us T = (b*a^4*N^(4/3))/4 = **O(N^(4/3))**. I don't think this analysis is overkill as of now three levels of caches in computer systems is not uncommon. Soon (who knows) there might be multi-tier memory models where the distance of the memory cell from the CPU can be taken to be continuous. *PS: For those who are interested, the time complexity for the cases where the memory cells are laid out linearly and laid out uniformly on a circular disk are O(N^2) and O(N^(3/2)) respectively. I believe the case where the transistors are distributed around in a sphere is the most optimal way in terms of efficient interfacing between CPU and memory cells.*
search
time-complexity
null
null
null
08/15/2011 15:51:18
not a real question
Why is linear search still advertised to have a time complexity of O(N)? === It occurs to me that linear search is not really O(N) as one has to deal with cache misses. This leads me to wonder why linear searches are still advertised as having a time complexity O(N)? Shouldn't one take into account of the "distance" of the memory cell from the CPU? Besides signal propagation due to speed of light is a physical limitation nobody can escape from. Over here I'm discussing about classical, not quantum computing. Let's do a quick analysis of what would be a reasonable bound of a linear search algorithm in the real world. Let us assume an infinitesimally small CPU encased at the centre of a spherical mass of memory cells. Each cell is implemented using a constant number of transistors k. The number of transistors per unit volume is rho. The CPU has a read/write line and a data line to every memory cell (pretend that routing these lines are not an issue), and the CPU is only capable of reading/writing to a single bit at any instant. Over here we need to find the time required to execute a linear search over N memory bits. (Not enough rep to post images, but here is a link to a diagram I'm trying to illustrate the problem) http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7361/searchqn.png **Radius of sphere** The total volume required would be N*k/rho. Given the radius of the sphere which is required to contain all memory cells be R, we got (4/3)*pi*R^3 = N*k/rho, or R = a*N^(1/3) for some constant a. **Elemental shell dV(r)** Consider an elemental shell dV(r) = 4*pi*r^2*dr (grey shell in diagram) consisting of dV*rho/k memory bits residing in it. The CPU requires a time no less than 2*r/c to read/update a memory bit residing within this dV (first to assert the R/W line, and then expecting a reply from the memory cell), where c is the speed of light. **Integrating dt** The time taken to interface with all memory cells residing in dV(r) is given by dt = (Number of cells in dV)*(Time taken to interface each cell) = (8*pi*rho*r^3*dr)/(k*c) = b*r^3*dr for some constant b. The total time taken, T, would be the integral of b*r^3 with respect to r from r=0..a*N^(1/3), that gives us T = (b*a^4*N^(4/3))/4 = **O(N^(4/3))**. I don't think this analysis is overkill as of now three levels of caches in computer systems is not uncommon. Soon (who knows) there might be multi-tier memory models where the distance of the memory cell from the CPU can be taken to be continuous. *PS: For those who are interested, the time complexity for the cases where the memory cells are laid out linearly and laid out uniformly on a circular disk are O(N^2) and O(N^(3/2)) respectively. I believe the case where the transistors are distributed around in a sphere is the most optimal way in terms of efficient interfacing between CPU and memory cells.*
1
6,484,682
06/26/2011 14:51:38
818,566
01/15/2011 14:44:58
3
0
error in backup from database?
i want backup and restore database with this code string cmd = @"BACKUP DATABASE [" + Application.StartupPath + @"\KANOON.MDF] TO DISK = N'"+filename +"'"; but in same path such as Desktop con not get backup? please help me?
c#
null
null
null
null
06/26/2011 15:00:27
not a real question
error in backup from database? === i want backup and restore database with this code string cmd = @"BACKUP DATABASE [" + Application.StartupPath + @"\KANOON.MDF] TO DISK = N'"+filename +"'"; but in same path such as Desktop con not get backup? please help me?
1
2,707,649
04/25/2010 08:40:04
166,850
09/01/2009 20:26:48
1,036
93
wave.getState() returns null
When trying to call wave.getState() in my Google Wave gadget, I get back null (no state object). How can I initialize the Wave state object? I am working in the Wave Sandbox. My ModulePrefs contains the following: <Require feature="wave" /> <Require feature="rpc"/> I got the "rpc" feature from some google groups post when searching for a fix, but it doesn't seem to be any help. The gadget contains a jQuery plugin, which defines the classes I use (not shown), attaches an event handler to the link that shows up in edit mode, and sets up the callback methods with the google wave gadget initializer: $.fn.extend({ $.gork.InitPass.newButtonClick = function newButtonClick() { var jer = new $.gork.InitPass.Player('Jeremias', 12, 2); var delta = {}; delta[jer.name] = jer.serialize(); wave.getState().submitDelta(delta); }; $.gork.InitPass.modeCallback = function modeCallback() { var state = wave.getState(); var mode = wave.getMode(); $.gork.InitPass.getContainer().ipCombatState(state, (mode == wave.Mode.EDIT)); }; $.gork.InitPass.stateCallback = function stateCallback() { $.gork.InitPass.getContainer().ipCombatState( wave.getState(), (wave.getMode() == wave.Mode.EDIT)); alert('state'); }; $.gork.InitPass.init = function init() { if (wave && wave.isInWaveContainer()) { var mode = wave.getMode(); $('.gork-ip-container').ipCombatState(null, (mode == wave.Mode.EDIT)); wave.setModeCallback($.gork.InitPass.modeCallback); wave.setStateCallback($.gork.InitPass.stateCallback); } }; })(jQuery); gadgets.util.registerOnLoadHandler($.gork.InitPass.init); $(function ready() { $.gork.InitPass.getContainer().find('.gork-ip-edit .addSection a.newButton').click( $.gork.InitPass.newButtonClick); }); So there are two main pieces of functionality here: - When the mode changes, ipCombatState(...) is called. This changes the visual appearance of the gadget when the user puts the gadget in Edit mode (CTRL+E), by hiding the view DIV and displaying the edit DIV. - The newButtonClick callback (which is attached to the link "a.newButton" in the edit container) is supposed to add Jeremias (Nate's Shadowrun character) to the gadget state, so that he'll be appear as a table row in edit mode. I have verified that the initializer method is called, and the view/edit mode switch works just fine (except the state is null). When I click on the new button link (the link at the bottom in edit mode), and trigger the newButtonClick handler, I get an error because wave.getState() also returns null. How can I initialize the wave state so that I can work with it? The purpose of my gadget will be to keep track of combat initiative order in a Shadowrun tabletop game (4th Ed). You can test it out in Wave and see what I have so far: [http://gorkwobble.herobo.com/wave/init-pass.xml][1] The actual javascript code is externalized to: [http://gorkwobble.herobo.com/wave/init-pass.js][2] [1]: http://gorkwobble.herobo.com/wave/init-pass.xml [2]: http://gorkwobble.herobo.com/wave/init-pass.js P.S. If any Shadowrun players read this, and want to hear about it when I get the gadget working, leave a comment and I'll wave you.
google-wave
javascript
jquery
getstate
null
05/21/2011 22:27:19
too localized
wave.getState() returns null === When trying to call wave.getState() in my Google Wave gadget, I get back null (no state object). How can I initialize the Wave state object? I am working in the Wave Sandbox. My ModulePrefs contains the following: <Require feature="wave" /> <Require feature="rpc"/> I got the "rpc" feature from some google groups post when searching for a fix, but it doesn't seem to be any help. The gadget contains a jQuery plugin, which defines the classes I use (not shown), attaches an event handler to the link that shows up in edit mode, and sets up the callback methods with the google wave gadget initializer: $.fn.extend({ $.gork.InitPass.newButtonClick = function newButtonClick() { var jer = new $.gork.InitPass.Player('Jeremias', 12, 2); var delta = {}; delta[jer.name] = jer.serialize(); wave.getState().submitDelta(delta); }; $.gork.InitPass.modeCallback = function modeCallback() { var state = wave.getState(); var mode = wave.getMode(); $.gork.InitPass.getContainer().ipCombatState(state, (mode == wave.Mode.EDIT)); }; $.gork.InitPass.stateCallback = function stateCallback() { $.gork.InitPass.getContainer().ipCombatState( wave.getState(), (wave.getMode() == wave.Mode.EDIT)); alert('state'); }; $.gork.InitPass.init = function init() { if (wave && wave.isInWaveContainer()) { var mode = wave.getMode(); $('.gork-ip-container').ipCombatState(null, (mode == wave.Mode.EDIT)); wave.setModeCallback($.gork.InitPass.modeCallback); wave.setStateCallback($.gork.InitPass.stateCallback); } }; })(jQuery); gadgets.util.registerOnLoadHandler($.gork.InitPass.init); $(function ready() { $.gork.InitPass.getContainer().find('.gork-ip-edit .addSection a.newButton').click( $.gork.InitPass.newButtonClick); }); So there are two main pieces of functionality here: - When the mode changes, ipCombatState(...) is called. This changes the visual appearance of the gadget when the user puts the gadget in Edit mode (CTRL+E), by hiding the view DIV and displaying the edit DIV. - The newButtonClick callback (which is attached to the link "a.newButton" in the edit container) is supposed to add Jeremias (Nate's Shadowrun character) to the gadget state, so that he'll be appear as a table row in edit mode. I have verified that the initializer method is called, and the view/edit mode switch works just fine (except the state is null). When I click on the new button link (the link at the bottom in edit mode), and trigger the newButtonClick handler, I get an error because wave.getState() also returns null. How can I initialize the wave state so that I can work with it? The purpose of my gadget will be to keep track of combat initiative order in a Shadowrun tabletop game (4th Ed). You can test it out in Wave and see what I have so far: [http://gorkwobble.herobo.com/wave/init-pass.xml][1] The actual javascript code is externalized to: [http://gorkwobble.herobo.com/wave/init-pass.js][2] [1]: http://gorkwobble.herobo.com/wave/init-pass.xml [2]: http://gorkwobble.herobo.com/wave/init-pass.js P.S. If any Shadowrun players read this, and want to hear about it when I get the gadget working, leave a comment and I'll wave you.
3
8,432,404
12/08/2011 14:19:34
1,087,908
12/08/2011 14:12:03
1
0
Starting with C++ and Python
I've started to venture into python. The Ctype modules greatly interests me, but I find it hard to find a good tutorial/book on the subject. Does anyone have any good resources **besides** the python.org site on how to get started with c++ and python? Books, blogs, and general samples very welcome. Also, what is a good compiler for c++? Visual Studios is ok, but about 12 years ago I used Borland C++ which I liked. Is there anything like that out there today? Thanks everyone.
c++
python
resources
null
null
12/08/2011 14:22:31
not constructive
Starting with C++ and Python === I've started to venture into python. The Ctype modules greatly interests me, but I find it hard to find a good tutorial/book on the subject. Does anyone have any good resources **besides** the python.org site on how to get started with c++ and python? Books, blogs, and general samples very welcome. Also, what is a good compiler for c++? Visual Studios is ok, but about 12 years ago I used Borland C++ which I liked. Is there anything like that out there today? Thanks everyone.
4
10,129,717
04/12/2012 18:38:07
1,040,498
11/10/2011 20:07:28
56
3
How access to a single NumPy array in a DICOMDIR file with pydicom?
I am using DICOM with Python and Pydicom library, when I have used .dcm files I hadn't problems. But I am using DICOMDIR data sets now. My code is the next: ds = dicom.read_file("dicomdir") I tried to access to the <code>pixel_array</code> elements as follows: data = ds.pixel_array And I get the next error: <code>TypeError: No pixel data found in this dataset.</code> The output for <code>print ds</code> is more or less the next: (0004, 1130) File-set ID CS: 'GEMS_11_10_111' (0004, 1200) Offset of the First Directory Recor UL: 412 (0004, 1202) Offset of the Last Directory Record UL: 412 (0004, 1212) File-set Consistency Flag US: 0 (0004, 1220) Directory Record Sequence 7 item(s) ---- (0004, 1400) Offset of the Next Directory Record UL: 0 (0004, 1410) Record In-use Flag US: 65535 (0004, 1420) Offset of Referenced Lower-Level Di UL: 558 (0004, 1430) Directory Record Type CS: 'PATIENT' (0008, 0005) Specific Character Set CS: 'ISO_IR 100' (0010, 0010) Patient's Name PN: '------------------' (0010, 0020) Patient ID LO: '246992' (0010, 0030) Patient's Birth Date DA: '19630523' (0010, 0040) Patient's Sex CS: 'F' --------- (0004, 1400) Offset of the Next Directory Record UL: 0 (0004, 1410) Record In-use Flag US: 65535 (0004, 1420) Offset of Referenced Lower-Level Di UL: 800 (0004, 1430) Directory Record Type CS: 'STUDY' (0008, 0005) Specific Character Set CS: 'ISO_IR 100' (0008, 0020) Study Date DA: '20111011' (0008, 0030) Study Time TM: '151535.000000' (0008, 0050) Accession Number SH: '1009819901' (0008, 1030) Study Description LO: 'MG CONVENCIONAL' (0020, 000d) Study Instance UID UI: 1.2.840.113564.9.1.2005121220021252.20110608105548.21009819901 (0020, 0010) Study ID SH: '1009819901' --------- (0004, 1400) Offset of the Next Directory Record UL: 0 (0004, 1410) Record In-use Flag US: 65535 (0004, 1420) Offset of Referenced Lower-Level Di UL: 968 (0004, 1430) Directory Record Type CS: 'SERIES' (0008, 0005) Specific Character Set CS: 'ISO_IR 100' (0008, 0060) Modality CS: 'MG' (0008, 103e) Series Description LO: 'Screen Save' (0020, 000e) Series Instance UID UI: 1.2.840.113619.2.144.2347322947.2192645372.5 (0020, 0011) Series Number IS: '354' --------- (0004, 1400) Offset of the Next Directory Record UL: 1298 (0004, 1410) Record In-use Flag US: 65535 (0004, 1420) Offset of Referenced Lower-Level Di UL: 0 (0004, 1430) Directory Record Type CS: 'IMAGE' (0004, 1500) Referenced File ID CS: ['DICOM', 'PA1', 'ST1', 'SE1', 'IM1'] (0004, 1510) Referenced SOP Class UID in File UI: Secondary Capture Image Storage (0004, 1511) Referenced SOP Instance UID in File UI: 1.2.840.113619.2.144.44653394.14990.1318380911.86 (0004, 1512) Referenced Transfer Syntax UID in F UI: Explicit VR Little Endian (0008, 0005) Specific Character Set CS: 'ISO_IR 100' (0008, 0008) Image Type CS: 'DERIVED' (0008, 0023) Content Date DA: '20111011' (0008, 0033) Content Time TM: '151909.000000' (0020, 0013) Instance Number IS: '8844' (0028, 0010) Rows US: 2298 (0028, 0011) Columns US: 1980 (0028, 1052) Rescale Intercept DS: '0' (0028, 1053) Rescale Slope DS: '1' --------- The last part is repeated four times. I have 4 images in my DICOMDIR dataset. Do you know how access to the field with the Numpy Array for each image?
python
numpy
dicom
null
null
null
open
How access to a single NumPy array in a DICOMDIR file with pydicom? === I am using DICOM with Python and Pydicom library, when I have used .dcm files I hadn't problems. But I am using DICOMDIR data sets now. My code is the next: ds = dicom.read_file("dicomdir") I tried to access to the <code>pixel_array</code> elements as follows: data = ds.pixel_array And I get the next error: <code>TypeError: No pixel data found in this dataset.</code> The output for <code>print ds</code> is more or less the next: (0004, 1130) File-set ID CS: 'GEMS_11_10_111' (0004, 1200) Offset of the First Directory Recor UL: 412 (0004, 1202) Offset of the Last Directory Record UL: 412 (0004, 1212) File-set Consistency Flag US: 0 (0004, 1220) Directory Record Sequence 7 item(s) ---- (0004, 1400) Offset of the Next Directory Record UL: 0 (0004, 1410) Record In-use Flag US: 65535 (0004, 1420) Offset of Referenced Lower-Level Di UL: 558 (0004, 1430) Directory Record Type CS: 'PATIENT' (0008, 0005) Specific Character Set CS: 'ISO_IR 100' (0010, 0010) Patient's Name PN: '------------------' (0010, 0020) Patient ID LO: '246992' (0010, 0030) Patient's Birth Date DA: '19630523' (0010, 0040) Patient's Sex CS: 'F' --------- (0004, 1400) Offset of the Next Directory Record UL: 0 (0004, 1410) Record In-use Flag US: 65535 (0004, 1420) Offset of Referenced Lower-Level Di UL: 800 (0004, 1430) Directory Record Type CS: 'STUDY' (0008, 0005) Specific Character Set CS: 'ISO_IR 100' (0008, 0020) Study Date DA: '20111011' (0008, 0030) Study Time TM: '151535.000000' (0008, 0050) Accession Number SH: '1009819901' (0008, 1030) Study Description LO: 'MG CONVENCIONAL' (0020, 000d) Study Instance UID UI: 1.2.840.113564.9.1.2005121220021252.20110608105548.21009819901 (0020, 0010) Study ID SH: '1009819901' --------- (0004, 1400) Offset of the Next Directory Record UL: 0 (0004, 1410) Record In-use Flag US: 65535 (0004, 1420) Offset of Referenced Lower-Level Di UL: 968 (0004, 1430) Directory Record Type CS: 'SERIES' (0008, 0005) Specific Character Set CS: 'ISO_IR 100' (0008, 0060) Modality CS: 'MG' (0008, 103e) Series Description LO: 'Screen Save' (0020, 000e) Series Instance UID UI: 1.2.840.113619.2.144.2347322947.2192645372.5 (0020, 0011) Series Number IS: '354' --------- (0004, 1400) Offset of the Next Directory Record UL: 1298 (0004, 1410) Record In-use Flag US: 65535 (0004, 1420) Offset of Referenced Lower-Level Di UL: 0 (0004, 1430) Directory Record Type CS: 'IMAGE' (0004, 1500) Referenced File ID CS: ['DICOM', 'PA1', 'ST1', 'SE1', 'IM1'] (0004, 1510) Referenced SOP Class UID in File UI: Secondary Capture Image Storage (0004, 1511) Referenced SOP Instance UID in File UI: 1.2.840.113619.2.144.44653394.14990.1318380911.86 (0004, 1512) Referenced Transfer Syntax UID in F UI: Explicit VR Little Endian (0008, 0005) Specific Character Set CS: 'ISO_IR 100' (0008, 0008) Image Type CS: 'DERIVED' (0008, 0023) Content Date DA: '20111011' (0008, 0033) Content Time TM: '151909.000000' (0020, 0013) Instance Number IS: '8844' (0028, 0010) Rows US: 2298 (0028, 0011) Columns US: 1980 (0028, 1052) Rescale Intercept DS: '0' (0028, 1053) Rescale Slope DS: '1' --------- The last part is repeated four times. I have 4 images in my DICOMDIR dataset. Do you know how access to the field with the Numpy Array for each image?
0
3,153,491
06/30/2010 21:18:18
173,432
09/14/2009 22:45:13
273
5
Load Testing tool for web applications
I am trying to load test a web application, but I am having a hard time finding good tools that are affordable. I cam across Web Performance Load Testing Tool which is pretty cool, but limits you to 10 users and after that it costs thousands. Does anyone know any good techniques for load testing a web application? Thanks
asp.net
testing
load-testing
null
null
01/19/2012 19:49:48
not constructive
Load Testing tool for web applications === I am trying to load test a web application, but I am having a hard time finding good tools that are affordable. I cam across Web Performance Load Testing Tool which is pretty cool, but limits you to 10 users and after that it costs thousands. Does anyone know any good techniques for load testing a web application? Thanks
4
3,811,212
09/28/2010 09:07:15
431,434
08/26/2010 03:53:57
79
3
Expert in one language or know more languages
In the corporate world, Is it better to knowledgeable(by knowledgeable I mean not a expert or novice but with some coding experience) about multiple languages. or is it better to be an expert in one language(say c++ or java) but having just basic knowledge on others. I ask this question because what I feel is languages can be differentiated based on the features they provide like Garbage collection etc..but this can be implemented in other languages...and why do people prefer one language over the other? What is the general point of view on this board?
c#
java
c++
coding-style
null
09/28/2010 14:22:46
not constructive
Expert in one language or know more languages === In the corporate world, Is it better to knowledgeable(by knowledgeable I mean not a expert or novice but with some coding experience) about multiple languages. or is it better to be an expert in one language(say c++ or java) but having just basic knowledge on others. I ask this question because what I feel is languages can be differentiated based on the features they provide like Garbage collection etc..but this can be implemented in other languages...and why do people prefer one language over the other? What is the general point of view on this board?
4
11,315,451
07/03/2012 16:45:06
1,499,405
07/03/2012 16:32:31
1
0
PHProxy( the HTTP proxy ) can be detectable ??
I just transformed my Windows into a Web Server via WAMP client and I installed the PHProxy script to make a HTTP proxy and access it from the internet. Now I can browse from any device thru my computer's IP with the help of PHProxy :) **Now I'm wondering :** Can any site detect if I am surfing from this site( its like using my computer as a 'proxy') ? Can they detect PHProxy ? I maked many tests with the online proxy checkers ,they show me I'm not using a proxy , but actually Im not browsing thru a proxy Im browsing thru a site that sends requests to my main home computer then sends them to the browser. I appreciate any help!
php
http
proxy
web
server
07/03/2012 18:27:29
off topic
PHProxy( the HTTP proxy ) can be detectable ?? === I just transformed my Windows into a Web Server via WAMP client and I installed the PHProxy script to make a HTTP proxy and access it from the internet. Now I can browse from any device thru my computer's IP with the help of PHProxy :) **Now I'm wondering :** Can any site detect if I am surfing from this site( its like using my computer as a 'proxy') ? Can they detect PHProxy ? I maked many tests with the online proxy checkers ,they show me I'm not using a proxy , but actually Im not browsing thru a proxy Im browsing thru a site that sends requests to my main home computer then sends them to the browser. I appreciate any help!
2
10,413,002
05/02/2012 11:41:12
505,011
11/11/2010 20:19:18
51
0
Accessing assets in subdirectories in android?
I'm reusing my iphone resources, I have myriads of resources which have many subdirectories I'm reusing much of native code aswell, I understand that to open assets we MUST provide relative path for ex if I have file name test1.png in assets/subdir1/subdir2/subdir3/test1.png I have to mention whole of the relative path, As I already said I'm using much of native code so is there any way I can just access asset files using just the filename without full relative path "test1.png"? Or if this is not possible is there anyway we can logically structure our resources but the folder name actually doesn't exist physically.
android
eclipse
null
null
null
null
open
Accessing assets in subdirectories in android? === I'm reusing my iphone resources, I have myriads of resources which have many subdirectories I'm reusing much of native code aswell, I understand that to open assets we MUST provide relative path for ex if I have file name test1.png in assets/subdir1/subdir2/subdir3/test1.png I have to mention whole of the relative path, As I already said I'm using much of native code so is there any way I can just access asset files using just the filename without full relative path "test1.png"? Or if this is not possible is there anyway we can logically structure our resources but the folder name actually doesn't exist physically.
0
6,305,011
06/10/2011 10:20:16
792,549
06/10/2011 10:05:27
1
0
Loop for hidden folderes in Windows.
How can I loop through all hidden folders, in windows-cmd? This code FOR /D %i IN (*) DO @echo %i handles only non-hidden folders.
windows
windows-xp
cmd
null
null
null
open
Loop for hidden folderes in Windows. === How can I loop through all hidden folders, in windows-cmd? This code FOR /D %i IN (*) DO @echo %i handles only non-hidden folders.
0
8,317,363
11/29/2011 20:34:50
939,752
09/12/2011 01:42:38
27
0
Firing event when text is deselected/highlighted
jQuery has an event "selected". But is there an event that fires when the text is deselected?
jquery
null
null
null
null
null
open
Firing event when text is deselected/highlighted === jQuery has an event "selected". But is there an event that fires when the text is deselected?
0
6,704,391
07/15/2011 08:27:15
816,854
06/27/2011 06:20:34
6
0
divide n numbers into m groups so that each group has equal sum
I divide a group of n numbers in m subgroups such that each subgroup has same sum. I thought of brute force method but the complexity is too high, o(m^n). Can someone give a more efficient solution which can be solved in polynomial time
algorithm
null
null
null
null
04/01/2012 09:48:03
not constructive
divide n numbers into m groups so that each group has equal sum === I divide a group of n numbers in m subgroups such that each subgroup has same sum. I thought of brute force method but the complexity is too high, o(m^n). Can someone give a more efficient solution which can be solved in polynomial time
4
3,644,685
09/05/2010 01:48:02
345,145
05/19/2010 14:05:57
138
14
Python or Ruby Which one should I learn?
I am new to programming.. I was thinking to start learning with Ruby or Python. y main task would be web development. But I cannot choose between them. Which language do you think I should learn?
python
ruby
choice
null
null
09/05/2010 02:07:26
not constructive
Python or Ruby Which one should I learn? === I am new to programming.. I was thinking to start learning with Ruby or Python. y main task would be web development. But I cannot choose between them. Which language do you think I should learn?
4
10,540,728
05/10/2012 19:16:05
858,333
07/22/2011 16:32:58
37
1
Creating an SQLite3 database file through Objective-C
I'm trying to create an SQLite3 database file through Objective-C at run time. I am trying to create a table called "tblStore". I want the field names to be called "strStoreNumber" and "strStoreReg". I'm new to iOS and SQLite, so I'm having a hard time finding the syntax to perform this. In addition to creating the table, I want the created table to reside NOT in the app bundle, but rather it would reside/be stored somewhere on the phone. The table needs to be readable/writeable. I've done some reading on "user sandbox" and also a "documents directory". I'm not sure I understand the difference between the two. Ideally, my app would use a button to take input from Text Fields. After the input from the texts fields is put into strings, a check would be done to see if my "tblStore" SQLite table exists, and if it doesn't, the table will be created. To recap: 1. What is the syntax for Obj-C/SQLite to create a table called "tblStore" with the fields "strStoreNumber" and "strStoreReg"? 2. Where should the db file reside? I need to read from and write to the tblStore db file. 3. What is the difference between a "user sandbox" and a "documents directory"? This is what I have currently: -(IBAction)setInput:(id)sender { NSString *strStoreNumber; NSString *strRegNumber; NSString *tableName = @"tblStore"; NSString *dbStrStore = @"strStore"; NSString *dbStrReg = @"strReg"; strStoreNumber = StoreNumber.text; strRegNumber = RegNumber.text; NSArray* paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); NSString* documentsDirectory = [paths lastObject]; NSString* databasePath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"tblStore.sqlite"]; // NSString* databasePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"tblStore" ofType:@"sqlite"]; if(sqlite3_open([databasePath UTF8String], &database) == SQLITE_OK) { NSLog(@"Opened sqlite database at %@", databasePath); char *err; NSString *sql = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS '%@' ('%@' TEXT PRIMARY KEY, '%@' TEXT);", tableName, dbStrStore, dbStrReg]; if (sqlite3_exec(database, [sql UTF8String], NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) { sqlite3_close(database); NSAssert(0, @"Table failed to create."); } //...stuff } else { NSLog(@"Failed to open database at %@ with error %s", databasePath, sqlite3_errmsg(database)); sqlite3_close (database); } NSString *querystring; // create your statement querystring = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"SELECT strStore, strReg FROM tblStore WHERE strStore = %@ AND strReg = %@;", strStoreNumber, strRegNumber]; const char *sql = [querystring UTF8String]; NSString *szStore = nil; NSString *szReg = nil; sqlite3_stmt *statement = nil; if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sql, -1, &statement, NULL)!=SQLITE_OK) //queryString = Statement { NSLog(@"sql problem occured with: %s", sql); NSLog(@"%s", sqlite3_errmsg(database)); } else { // you could handle multiple rows here while (sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_ROW) { szStore = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char*)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 0)]; szReg = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char*)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 1)]; } } sqlite3_finalize(statement); lblStoreNumber.text = szStore; lblRegNumber.text = szReg; } When I run my app, I get the following errors: 2012-05-10 14:58:38.169 CCoDBTry[355:f803] Opened sqlite database at /Users/Matt****/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications/5DB7A218-A0F6- 485F-B366-91FD2F9BC062/Documents/tblStore.sqlite 2012-05-10 14:58:38.307 CCoDBTry[355:f803] sql problem occured with: SELECT strStore, strReg FROM tblStore WHERE strStore = 8053 AND strReg = 4; 2012-05-10 14:58:38.308 CCoDBTry[355:f803] no such column: strStore I appreciate anyone who takes the time out to explain some of this stuff, as I am very new and have been unsuccessful in accomplishing some of the things I've tried. Thanks so much for the help!
iphone
ios
sqlite
sqlite3
null
null
open
Creating an SQLite3 database file through Objective-C === I'm trying to create an SQLite3 database file through Objective-C at run time. I am trying to create a table called "tblStore". I want the field names to be called "strStoreNumber" and "strStoreReg". I'm new to iOS and SQLite, so I'm having a hard time finding the syntax to perform this. In addition to creating the table, I want the created table to reside NOT in the app bundle, but rather it would reside/be stored somewhere on the phone. The table needs to be readable/writeable. I've done some reading on "user sandbox" and also a "documents directory". I'm not sure I understand the difference between the two. Ideally, my app would use a button to take input from Text Fields. After the input from the texts fields is put into strings, a check would be done to see if my "tblStore" SQLite table exists, and if it doesn't, the table will be created. To recap: 1. What is the syntax for Obj-C/SQLite to create a table called "tblStore" with the fields "strStoreNumber" and "strStoreReg"? 2. Where should the db file reside? I need to read from and write to the tblStore db file. 3. What is the difference between a "user sandbox" and a "documents directory"? This is what I have currently: -(IBAction)setInput:(id)sender { NSString *strStoreNumber; NSString *strRegNumber; NSString *tableName = @"tblStore"; NSString *dbStrStore = @"strStore"; NSString *dbStrReg = @"strReg"; strStoreNumber = StoreNumber.text; strRegNumber = RegNumber.text; NSArray* paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); NSString* documentsDirectory = [paths lastObject]; NSString* databasePath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"tblStore.sqlite"]; // NSString* databasePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"tblStore" ofType:@"sqlite"]; if(sqlite3_open([databasePath UTF8String], &database) == SQLITE_OK) { NSLog(@"Opened sqlite database at %@", databasePath); char *err; NSString *sql = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS '%@' ('%@' TEXT PRIMARY KEY, '%@' TEXT);", tableName, dbStrStore, dbStrReg]; if (sqlite3_exec(database, [sql UTF8String], NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) { sqlite3_close(database); NSAssert(0, @"Table failed to create."); } //...stuff } else { NSLog(@"Failed to open database at %@ with error %s", databasePath, sqlite3_errmsg(database)); sqlite3_close (database); } NSString *querystring; // create your statement querystring = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"SELECT strStore, strReg FROM tblStore WHERE strStore = %@ AND strReg = %@;", strStoreNumber, strRegNumber]; const char *sql = [querystring UTF8String]; NSString *szStore = nil; NSString *szReg = nil; sqlite3_stmt *statement = nil; if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(database, sql, -1, &statement, NULL)!=SQLITE_OK) //queryString = Statement { NSLog(@"sql problem occured with: %s", sql); NSLog(@"%s", sqlite3_errmsg(database)); } else { // you could handle multiple rows here while (sqlite3_step(statement) == SQLITE_ROW) { szStore = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char*)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 0)]; szReg = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char*)sqlite3_column_text(statement, 1)]; } } sqlite3_finalize(statement); lblStoreNumber.text = szStore; lblRegNumber.text = szReg; } When I run my app, I get the following errors: 2012-05-10 14:58:38.169 CCoDBTry[355:f803] Opened sqlite database at /Users/Matt****/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications/5DB7A218-A0F6- 485F-B366-91FD2F9BC062/Documents/tblStore.sqlite 2012-05-10 14:58:38.307 CCoDBTry[355:f803] sql problem occured with: SELECT strStore, strReg FROM tblStore WHERE strStore = 8053 AND strReg = 4; 2012-05-10 14:58:38.308 CCoDBTry[355:f803] no such column: strStore I appreciate anyone who takes the time out to explain some of this stuff, as I am very new and have been unsuccessful in accomplishing some of the things I've tried. Thanks so much for the help!
0
6,349,792
06/14/2011 20:36:48
107,152
05/14/2009 15:27:20
1,412
61
Nulls in InnoDBs clustered index?
Using InnoDB in MySQL, I want to speed up selects by utilizing the clustered index better, thus including more frequently used columns in the primary key. But some frequent columns used are allowed to be null (and some times are). Is there any way to include these in the clustered index (and allow them to be null)? If not, are there some workarounds or is there some other way to do something similar?
mysql
optimization
innodb
clustered-index
null
null
open
Nulls in InnoDBs clustered index? === Using InnoDB in MySQL, I want to speed up selects by utilizing the clustered index better, thus including more frequently used columns in the primary key. But some frequent columns used are allowed to be null (and some times are). Is there any way to include these in the clustered index (and allow them to be null)? If not, are there some workarounds or is there some other way to do something similar?
0
1,109,607
07/10/2009 13:43:46
134,300
07/07/2009 14:40:01
36
5
Transitioning from "Web" into "Application" Development
I realize this comes at an enormous risk of being branded "subjective" and "discussion-based", but you don't have to argue with anyone, or me. I'd just like **honest** answers to the question. So first, the question:<br /> **In your experience, is it feasible to say I could find a job as a java or other "non-web" language/system developer without a CS degree?** A little background : I am a LAMP(PP) Developer, and have been working with the web world for the past two years or so, and am about 90% self-taught. [edit] I have been working part-time/freelance in html/css/javascript for about 7 years, and full-time salary doing php/perl for the past 2 years, for clarification. [/edit] A friend of mine who does a lot of Java has convinced me to start learning it, and I'm starting to be curious about my potential employability in a "non-web" environment. So far I've worked for marketing firms and doing application development for a web-based system, so having a Bachelor's degree in a non-related field (music) hasn't held me back yet. <br /> Acceptable format for non-subjective answers : <br /> "Our company does not require a specific degree, if you have a few years of employment history and can prove you know programming you can get a job" <br /> -or-<br /> "With the economy being the way it is, the only way to ensure you'll get past the first level of screening is to have an extensive relevant education"
programming-languages
language-agnostic
null
null
null
null
open
Transitioning from "Web" into "Application" Development === I realize this comes at an enormous risk of being branded "subjective" and "discussion-based", but you don't have to argue with anyone, or me. I'd just like **honest** answers to the question. So first, the question:<br /> **In your experience, is it feasible to say I could find a job as a java or other "non-web" language/system developer without a CS degree?** A little background : I am a LAMP(PP) Developer, and have been working with the web world for the past two years or so, and am about 90% self-taught. [edit] I have been working part-time/freelance in html/css/javascript for about 7 years, and full-time salary doing php/perl for the past 2 years, for clarification. [/edit] A friend of mine who does a lot of Java has convinced me to start learning it, and I'm starting to be curious about my potential employability in a "non-web" environment. So far I've worked for marketing firms and doing application development for a web-based system, so having a Bachelor's degree in a non-related field (music) hasn't held me back yet. <br /> Acceptable format for non-subjective answers : <br /> "Our company does not require a specific degree, if you have a few years of employment history and can prove you know programming you can get a job" <br /> -or-<br /> "With the economy being the way it is, the only way to ensure you'll get past the first level of screening is to have an extensive relevant education"
0
1,713,120
11/11/2009 04:57:34
208,397
11/11/2009 04:43:06
1
0
integer opeation
I found by chance that int a = (h/2)*w+ ( (h+1)/2-h/2 ) * (w+1)/2 ; is quals to int b = (w * h + 1) / 2 ; when w and h are integers(assume no overflow). can you show me why these 2 are the same?
c
c++
null
null
null
11/12/2009 10:55:39
off topic
integer opeation === I found by chance that int a = (h/2)*w+ ( (h+1)/2-h/2 ) * (w+1)/2 ; is quals to int b = (w * h + 1) / 2 ; when w and h are integers(assume no overflow). can you show me why these 2 are the same?
2
8,544,884
12/17/2011 12:54:43
1,045,055
11/14/2011 06:27:43
150
20
CGAffineTransformMakeRotation changes height and width of a UIView
Before rotation frame of UIView :- (123.46 326.855; 214.773 149.148); After rotation frame of UIView:- (109.585 304.877; 242.524 193.104); I used the following code:- CGAffineTransform landscapeTransform; landscapeTransform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(rotate); [contentView setTransform:landscapeTransform]; Please help. Thanks
iphone
ios4
cgaffinetransform
null
null
07/20/2012 14:59:07
not a real question
CGAffineTransformMakeRotation changes height and width of a UIView === Before rotation frame of UIView :- (123.46 326.855; 214.773 149.148); After rotation frame of UIView:- (109.585 304.877; 242.524 193.104); I used the following code:- CGAffineTransform landscapeTransform; landscapeTransform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(rotate); [contentView setTransform:landscapeTransform]; Please help. Thanks
1
11,046,518
06/15/2012 07:40:09
1,179,877
01/31/2012 08:44:35
1
0
Wamp create alias point to IP
Wamp allows us create alias that can point other drive e.g point to external dive (G), moreover, can i point to IP instead of point to drive? example point to http://xxx.xxx.xxx/test. Note: http://xxx.xxx.xxx/test is the same network LAND just deference PC. Thanks in advance.
wamp
null
null
null
null
06/16/2012 08:57:10
off topic
Wamp create alias point to IP === Wamp allows us create alias that can point other drive e.g point to external dive (G), moreover, can i point to IP instead of point to drive? example point to http://xxx.xxx.xxx/test. Note: http://xxx.xxx.xxx/test is the same network LAND just deference PC. Thanks in advance.
2
9,482,400
02/28/2012 13:00:56
1,131,384
01/05/2012 04:55:17
21
0
How an SQL Query is Parsed
I would like to know how an SQL query is parsed. For Eg: Select count(*) from Users where name = 'John' and age = '24' Will it take the count of records with name 'John' first , and then from it filter according to Age? Or is it the other way round?
sql
query
parsing
null
null
02/28/2012 19:03:37
not a real question
How an SQL Query is Parsed === I would like to know how an SQL query is parsed. For Eg: Select count(*) from Users where name = 'John' and age = '24' Will it take the count of records with name 'John' first , and then from it filter according to Age? Or is it the other way round?
1
11,141,805
06/21/2012 15:43:27
1,445,214
06/08/2012 18:39:04
1
0
Findcontours retrieve contours unsorted
WE are implementing OCR using opencv for android, everything went fine till the part of findning contours using Imgproc.findcontours() it gives back the contours not in the same order as they were in the input image i.e : input image M N O P the first contour gets from findcontours() is P input image E F G H the first contour gets from findcontours() is E (here is right) input image I J K L the first contour gets from findcontours() is J so it seems that it extracts the contours randomly how can we fix this? because we want to give back the word as it was written exactly in the image
opencv
ocr
null
null
null
null
open
Findcontours retrieve contours unsorted === WE are implementing OCR using opencv for android, everything went fine till the part of findning contours using Imgproc.findcontours() it gives back the contours not in the same order as they were in the input image i.e : input image M N O P the first contour gets from findcontours() is P input image E F G H the first contour gets from findcontours() is E (here is right) input image I J K L the first contour gets from findcontours() is J so it seems that it extracts the contours randomly how can we fix this? because we want to give back the word as it was written exactly in the image
0
226,223
10/22/2008 15:13:52
5,055
09/07/2008 15:43:03
281
20
Whats the best way to profile a sqlserver database for performance?
What techinques do you use? How do you find out which jobs take the longest to run? Is there a way to find out the offending applications?
sql-server
bestpractice
optimization
profiling
null
null
open
Whats the best way to profile a sqlserver database for performance? === What techinques do you use? How do you find out which jobs take the longest to run? Is there a way to find out the offending applications?
0
3,245,771
07/14/2010 11:54:29
49,032
12/25/2008 10:13:53
1,012
46
KDE contribution
Does it make any sense to contribute to KDE lately, now that all that's "cool" is being moved in the cloud ? It seems like these guys are in need of some contributors and I was wondering whether it's a good C++ code base to learn from and gain experience or it's better to get involved in something that has more momentum ?
c++
kde
open-source
null
null
07/14/2010 12:14:10
not constructive
KDE contribution === Does it make any sense to contribute to KDE lately, now that all that's "cool" is being moved in the cloud ? It seems like these guys are in need of some contributors and I was wondering whether it's a good C++ code base to learn from and gain experience or it's better to get involved in something that has more momentum ?
4
7,945,604
10/30/2011 14:54:47
993,466
10/13/2011 12:40:50
6
0
Photos Gallery In iPhone
I want to make photos gallery like one in this link: http://www.techistan.com/2011/08/02/apple-designing-a-multi-layer-3d-mobile-display-without-glasses-is-3d-video-bad-for-you/ Is there any help how to make it the easiest way
iphone
objective-c
ios
image
null
10/30/2011 15:46:15
not a real question
Photos Gallery In iPhone === I want to make photos gallery like one in this link: http://www.techistan.com/2011/08/02/apple-designing-a-multi-layer-3d-mobile-display-without-glasses-is-3d-video-bad-for-you/ Is there any help how to make it the easiest way
1
11,463,691
07/13/2012 03:22:10
1,276,421
03/18/2012 01:45:23
31
1
How can one scrape a website that requires login but w/ a randomly generated POST parameter?
I am trying to scrape some of the html from pottermore.com - it requires a login and I found the POST parameters, which include a really long randomly generated alphanumerical access key that changes every time you log in (though the user never sees this) and lacks a parameter for the login button. Does this mean I cannot scrape the site using these methods? Are there other methods of scraping a website like this? I know this site has been scraped before by another web app I use, but is there a more efficient way they might be doing this? <?php $ch=login(); $html=downloadUrl('http://www.pottermore.com/en/great-hall', $ch); echo $html; function downloadUrl($Url, $ch){ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $Url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 0); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_REFERER, "http://www.google.com/"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "MozillaXYZ/1.0"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10); $output = curl_exec($ch); return $output; } function login(){ $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.pottermore.com/en/signin/'); //login URL curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); $postData=' Username=<I removed my username> &Password=<I removed my password> &RequestVerificationToken=6tI2qpg5DzV5DdFBEwg7OReQ3QTpdrVBbJ%2FWwoNJZZP2ecB3PBvd%2BdGXj5F%2BnLA4%2BQ%2BjK%2FZaaCBY7ibqA6ZWFwqFA49VDQ%2BT2f80Sz8P2E6MT4Aw4BgoC5%2Fx%2FL2IyhID5b2IUw%3D%3D &RememberMe=false'; curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData); curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, 'cookie.txt'); curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false); $store = curl_exec ($ch);
php
html
curl
scrape
scraper
07/14/2012 05:08:45
too localized
How can one scrape a website that requires login but w/ a randomly generated POST parameter? === I am trying to scrape some of the html from pottermore.com - it requires a login and I found the POST parameters, which include a really long randomly generated alphanumerical access key that changes every time you log in (though the user never sees this) and lacks a parameter for the login button. Does this mean I cannot scrape the site using these methods? Are there other methods of scraping a website like this? I know this site has been scraped before by another web app I use, but is there a more efficient way they might be doing this? <?php $ch=login(); $html=downloadUrl('http://www.pottermore.com/en/great-hall', $ch); echo $html; function downloadUrl($Url, $ch){ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $Url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 0); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_REFERER, "http://www.google.com/"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "MozillaXYZ/1.0"); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10); $output = curl_exec($ch); return $output; } function login(){ $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.pottermore.com/en/signin/'); //login URL curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); $postData=' Username=<I removed my username> &Password=<I removed my password> &RequestVerificationToken=6tI2qpg5DzV5DdFBEwg7OReQ3QTpdrVBbJ%2FWwoNJZZP2ecB3PBvd%2BdGXj5F%2BnLA4%2BQ%2BjK%2FZaaCBY7ibqA6ZWFwqFA49VDQ%2BT2f80Sz8P2E6MT4Aw4BgoC5%2Fx%2FL2IyhID5b2IUw%3D%3D &RememberMe=false'; curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData); curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, 'cookie.txt'); curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false); $store = curl_exec ($ch);
3
7,226,667
08/29/2011 06:03:51
909,058
08/24/2011 06:56:38
30
4
How to open a folder in php
I am trying to open a folder by this command. system("folder_path"); But my folder is not opening.
php
null
null
null
null
08/29/2011 06:39:13
not a real question
How to open a folder in php === I am trying to open a folder by this command. system("folder_path"); But my folder is not opening.
1
9,872,942
03/26/2012 13:22:25
1,153,032
01/17/2012 02:07:38
21
0
how to get dual values when solving a LP with cplex
I want to solve my primal problem and get the dual variables corresponding to a set of its constraints. This is the code I'm using: for(IloInt i=0;i<I;i++) { for(IloInt j=0;j<J;j++) outfile<<cplex_model.getDuals(X[i][j]-y[j]) << " " <<; } here `X[i][j]`and `y[j]`are the variables. Should I state the starting point and range? with a pointer? since `X[1][1]-y[1]` didn't work.
c++
linear
dual
cplex
null
03/27/2012 14:19:00
not a real question
how to get dual values when solving a LP with cplex === I want to solve my primal problem and get the dual variables corresponding to a set of its constraints. This is the code I'm using: for(IloInt i=0;i<I;i++) { for(IloInt j=0;j<J;j++) outfile<<cplex_model.getDuals(X[i][j]-y[j]) << " " <<; } here `X[i][j]`and `y[j]`are the variables. Should I state the starting point and range? with a pointer? since `X[1][1]-y[1]` didn't work.
1
728,508
04/08/2009 04:19:19
88,256
04/07/2009 18:55:59
1
0
What's an example of Java functionality that I could add to a JRuby/Rails project?
This is actually two questions rolled into one. 1. Is there a particular type of Java functionality that people are using JRuby for or is it mainly because of the performance advantage that JRuby gives versus the MRI? The reason I ask is, I'd like to add some Java functionality to a Rails project (just to show that it's possible). Ideally this Java functionality would also be useful rather than redundant. Which leads to my next question . . . 2. What's an example of something that would make a good demonstration of Java functionality being added to a simple Rails CRUD app? I guess anything you can do in a Ruby class, you could just as easily do in a Java class (with about twice as much code), so I understand the question may be hard to answer. I'm just wondering if there is a particular type of functionality that is more appropriate to do in Java. There's nothing at stake here, by the way. I'm just playing around and testing things out.
java
ruby
jruby
ruby-on-rails
crud
null
open
What's an example of Java functionality that I could add to a JRuby/Rails project? === This is actually two questions rolled into one. 1. Is there a particular type of Java functionality that people are using JRuby for or is it mainly because of the performance advantage that JRuby gives versus the MRI? The reason I ask is, I'd like to add some Java functionality to a Rails project (just to show that it's possible). Ideally this Java functionality would also be useful rather than redundant. Which leads to my next question . . . 2. What's an example of something that would make a good demonstration of Java functionality being added to a simple Rails CRUD app? I guess anything you can do in a Ruby class, you could just as easily do in a Java class (with about twice as much code), so I understand the question may be hard to answer. I'm just wondering if there is a particular type of functionality that is more appropriate to do in Java. There's nothing at stake here, by the way. I'm just playing around and testing things out.
0
6,989,669
08/08/2011 23:07:51
851,230
07/19/2011 04:19:12
6
0
Controlling memory variables
I don't know exactly how I'd ask this.. I'm wanting to control like the data stored in memory by locating the memory address and what not.. Kinda like cheat engine but I'm planning on doing this in MASM if it can be done easily.. If not I want to do it in C# (if thats possible also). My last resort would be c++.
c#
c++
memory
assembly
masm
08/09/2011 00:58:56
not a real question
Controlling memory variables === I don't know exactly how I'd ask this.. I'm wanting to control like the data stored in memory by locating the memory address and what not.. Kinda like cheat engine but I'm planning on doing this in MASM if it can be done easily.. If not I want to do it in C# (if thats possible also). My last resort would be c++.
1
2,401,188
03/08/2010 12:21:45
288,752
03/08/2010 12:21:45
1
0
Fastest way to learn Flex and J2EE?
Ok so me and my 2 friends have to make a webapp and well we think it's a good opportunity to learn JEE and Flex. The thing is we have very little knowledge about them and we have only 3 months to do it (it doesn't have to be super complicated). So my question is: what, in your opinion, would be the fastest way to learn them both? I guess we need to know some JSP, Serlvets, JPA (??), Flex, maybe JavaScript+CSS? Anything else like EJB? Should we also learn Spring (or Struts)? Obviously reading books would be a good idea, but I bet we won't make the deadline if we try to read all the books...
java
jee
flex
null
null
null
open
Fastest way to learn Flex and J2EE? === Ok so me and my 2 friends have to make a webapp and well we think it's a good opportunity to learn JEE and Flex. The thing is we have very little knowledge about them and we have only 3 months to do it (it doesn't have to be super complicated). So my question is: what, in your opinion, would be the fastest way to learn them both? I guess we need to know some JSP, Serlvets, JPA (??), Flex, maybe JavaScript+CSS? Anything else like EJB? Should we also learn Spring (or Struts)? Obviously reading books would be a good idea, but I bet we won't make the deadline if we try to read all the books...
0
11,679,900
07/27/2012 00:23:54
1,070,338
11/28/2011 23:30:15
311
4
D/B 'self' and <ClassName> to bind a function inside the class itself. (singleton in python)
This question may look silly(since I am new to python), but can you guys tell me what is the difference between self and classname when Binding? class OnlyOne(object): class __OnlyOne: def __init__(self): self.val = None def __str__(self): return ´self´ + self.val instance = None def __new__(cls): # __new__ always a classmethod if not OnlyOne.instance: OnlyOne.instance = OnlyOne.__OnlyOne() return OnlyOne.instance def __getattr__(self, name): return getattr(self.instance, name) def __setattr__(self, name): return setattr(self.instance, name) Here, I usually use Instance as self... What is the difference between using self and Only one... my intuition tells me that, it is a global variable.... if it is a global variable, it does not make sense at all(I will edit this, if its a global variable). Thanks!!
python
variables
singleton
global-variables
null
null
open
D/B 'self' and <ClassName> to bind a function inside the class itself. (singleton in python) === This question may look silly(since I am new to python), but can you guys tell me what is the difference between self and classname when Binding? class OnlyOne(object): class __OnlyOne: def __init__(self): self.val = None def __str__(self): return ´self´ + self.val instance = None def __new__(cls): # __new__ always a classmethod if not OnlyOne.instance: OnlyOne.instance = OnlyOne.__OnlyOne() return OnlyOne.instance def __getattr__(self, name): return getattr(self.instance, name) def __setattr__(self, name): return setattr(self.instance, name) Here, I usually use Instance as self... What is the difference between using self and Only one... my intuition tells me that, it is a global variable.... if it is a global variable, it does not make sense at all(I will edit this, if its a global variable). Thanks!!
0
1,093,584
07/07/2009 17:13:49
39,036
11/19/2008 17:43:10
3,231
179
What comes after distributed version control?
First there was a centralized model of version control (cvs, svn) and recently a distributed version control model was created (git, bzr, hg). Are there any other types of version control ideologies out there? Or what will be the next new one?
version-control
null
null
null
null
null
open
What comes after distributed version control? === First there was a centralized model of version control (cvs, svn) and recently a distributed version control model was created (git, bzr, hg). Are there any other types of version control ideologies out there? Or what will be the next new one?
0
8,762,234
01/06/2012 17:57:21
1,134,864
01/06/2012 17:48:25
101
0
Why Doesn't This Obvious Recursion Throw Warnings?
Many months back, I had to fix up some code that caused some problems. The code looked basically like this: `void badFun() { return badFun(); }` This obviously caused a stack overflow even in the high level language I was working with (4Test in SilkTest). There's no way this code could be seen as beneficial. The first sign of problems were warnings seen after the script finished, but no compile errors or warnings. Curiously, I tried writing programs in C++, C# and Python with the same structure, and all of them compiled/interpreted with no syntax errors or warnings, even through there were runtime errors in all cases. I didn't even see any warnings in any of these cases. Why isn't this seen as problem by default? EDIT: I tried writing the equivalent of that function in all three languages, so I added those function tags. I'm more interested in overall reasons why code like this gets through with no warnings. Please retag if necessary.
c#
c++
python
recursion
null
01/08/2012 05:45:59
not constructive
Why Doesn't This Obvious Recursion Throw Warnings? === Many months back, I had to fix up some code that caused some problems. The code looked basically like this: `void badFun() { return badFun(); }` This obviously caused a stack overflow even in the high level language I was working with (4Test in SilkTest). There's no way this code could be seen as beneficial. The first sign of problems were warnings seen after the script finished, but no compile errors or warnings. Curiously, I tried writing programs in C++, C# and Python with the same structure, and all of them compiled/interpreted with no syntax errors or warnings, even through there were runtime errors in all cases. I didn't even see any warnings in any of these cases. Why isn't this seen as problem by default? EDIT: I tried writing the equivalent of that function in all three languages, so I added those function tags. I'm more interested in overall reasons why code like this gets through with no warnings. Please retag if necessary.
4
7,617,347
10/01/2011 00:34:27
246,914
01/09/2010 04:29:14
310
15
How to parse in javascript all regex between one or more parentheses
I'm trying to parse all of the text between one or more parentheses and return an array. For example: var string = "((CID:34746) OR (CID:8097)) ((CID:34277 OR CID:67300))"; var regex = /\(([^()]+)\)/g; var results = string.match(regex); // should result in ["CID:34746","CID:8097","CID:34277 OR CID:67300"] // but instead is ["(CID:34746)", "(CID:8097)", "(CID:34277 OR CID:67300)"] I've had 3 people on my team try to find a solution and nobody has. I've looked at all the ones I can find on SO and otherwise. ([This one is where I posted the above regex from][1]...) The closest I've gotten is: /([^()]+)/g. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6208367/regex-to-match-stuff-between-parentheses
javascript
regex
null
null
null
null
open
How to parse in javascript all regex between one or more parentheses === I'm trying to parse all of the text between one or more parentheses and return an array. For example: var string = "((CID:34746) OR (CID:8097)) ((CID:34277 OR CID:67300))"; var regex = /\(([^()]+)\)/g; var results = string.match(regex); // should result in ["CID:34746","CID:8097","CID:34277 OR CID:67300"] // but instead is ["(CID:34746)", "(CID:8097)", "(CID:34277 OR CID:67300)"] I've had 3 people on my team try to find a solution and nobody has. I've looked at all the ones I can find on SO and otherwise. ([This one is where I posted the above regex from][1]...) The closest I've gotten is: /([^()]+)/g. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6208367/regex-to-match-stuff-between-parentheses
0
8,468,055
12/11/2011 22:34:16
705,339
04/13/2011 05:41:24
46
0
New to Eclipse PDT
I usually use Adobe Dreamweaver5.5 for my PHP development, and it's a great IDE with tons of syntax coloring, code completion, etc. <br /> Due to a recent Windows crash, I had to switch my OS from Windows to Linux, in which case Dreamweaver is no longer a feasible option. After spending 2 days searching for a great PHP editor, I settled for Eclipse's PDT. <br /> So far, I've enabled some of the intellisense features, but not the following: <br /> 1) In Dreamweaver, whenever the '$" symbol is typed, the software brings up a list of all the global functions and variables ($_SERVER, $_POST, $_GET, $_REQUEST, etc). I haven't been able to reproduce that in PDT. <br /> 2)In Dreamweaver, whenever the 'new' keyword is typed, all the classes are displayed, along with their parameters. Even though some of the classes are displayed in PDT, the arguments for the classes are not included.So, if I decide to use a class, I have no idea what parameters to pass into the constructor. <br /> 3) In Dreamweaver, I don't have to create a project before starting a PHP application; just create a folder, and start; it seems I have to always start by creating a project in Eclipse. <br /> So, 3 main questions: <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;1) Is there a way to solve the first problem? <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;2)Is there a way to solve the second problem? i would very much try to avoid opening up a PHP.net manual every time I need to code. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;3) Is there a way to start a project without creating one? Do I have to build the project after it's complete before I can use it as an application? How do I modify existing PHP applications in Eclipse without creating a new project? <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;4) If all these are impossible, is there a free or low budget (<= $100) IDE with all these features that I can use? <br /> Please, reply. <br /> <br /> Thanks a million.
php5
null
null
null
null
12/12/2011 05:41:14
off topic
New to Eclipse PDT === I usually use Adobe Dreamweaver5.5 for my PHP development, and it's a great IDE with tons of syntax coloring, code completion, etc. <br /> Due to a recent Windows crash, I had to switch my OS from Windows to Linux, in which case Dreamweaver is no longer a feasible option. After spending 2 days searching for a great PHP editor, I settled for Eclipse's PDT. <br /> So far, I've enabled some of the intellisense features, but not the following: <br /> 1) In Dreamweaver, whenever the '$" symbol is typed, the software brings up a list of all the global functions and variables ($_SERVER, $_POST, $_GET, $_REQUEST, etc). I haven't been able to reproduce that in PDT. <br /> 2)In Dreamweaver, whenever the 'new' keyword is typed, all the classes are displayed, along with their parameters. Even though some of the classes are displayed in PDT, the arguments for the classes are not included.So, if I decide to use a class, I have no idea what parameters to pass into the constructor. <br /> 3) In Dreamweaver, I don't have to create a project before starting a PHP application; just create a folder, and start; it seems I have to always start by creating a project in Eclipse. <br /> So, 3 main questions: <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;1) Is there a way to solve the first problem? <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;2)Is there a way to solve the second problem? i would very much try to avoid opening up a PHP.net manual every time I need to code. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;3) Is there a way to start a project without creating one? Do I have to build the project after it's complete before I can use it as an application? How do I modify existing PHP applications in Eclipse without creating a new project? <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;4) If all these are impossible, is there a free or low budget (<= $100) IDE with all these features that I can use? <br /> Please, reply. <br /> <br /> Thanks a million.
2
6,193,141
05/31/2011 20:24:23
778,316
05/31/2011 20:24:23
1
0
C# Code Snipped
Is there any control for auto complate my code in textbox at runtime? There is a textbox in my form and when i want to write c# code at runtime.Can it be auto complete code in textbox?
c#
null
null
null
null
05/31/2011 20:32:29
not a real question
C# Code Snipped === Is there any control for auto complate my code in textbox at runtime? There is a textbox in my form and when i want to write c# code at runtime.Can it be auto complete code in textbox?
1
11,070,896
06/17/2012 11:18:00
1,451,522
06/12/2012 14:43:08
1
0
Get text between tags PHP
I have this html line: <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="1923-12">December 1923</time> (USA) How can i retrieve only "December 1923 (USA)" from that code by using PHP?
php
text
tags
between
null
06/19/2012 03:17:37
not a real question
Get text between tags PHP === I have this html line: <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="1923-12">December 1923</time> (USA) How can i retrieve only "December 1923 (USA)" from that code by using PHP?
1
4,362,637
12/06/2010 02:16:34
13,118
09/16/2008 17:10:08
7,086
272
Writing code with issues for a technical interview
It's well known that developers have to read and understand code more than write it. So one of my standard interview questions is to give the candidate 10 lines of code and ask the following: - Explain what the code is doing. - Explain any significant issues with the code. - Explain how to prioritise the fixes. - Explain how to fix the issues. Each specific issue then becomes a more general discussion point to establish the candidate's thinking. This approach has been quite successful in establishing how well candidates find issues and find/prioritise fixes. The C# code sample that I use for this is a bit long in the tooth now, but I will post it as my answer to this question. Can you provide your own C#/VB code sample and talk about its significant issues?
c#
vb
source-code
interview-questions
null
12/01/2011 18:53:47
not constructive
Writing code with issues for a technical interview === It's well known that developers have to read and understand code more than write it. So one of my standard interview questions is to give the candidate 10 lines of code and ask the following: - Explain what the code is doing. - Explain any significant issues with the code. - Explain how to prioritise the fixes. - Explain how to fix the issues. Each specific issue then becomes a more general discussion point to establish the candidate's thinking. This approach has been quite successful in establishing how well candidates find issues and find/prioritise fixes. The C# code sample that I use for this is a bit long in the tooth now, but I will post it as my answer to this question. Can you provide your own C#/VB code sample and talk about its significant issues?
4
6,637,218
07/09/2011 20:12:26
788,436
06/08/2011 00:33:32
73
4
Lable For to repalce underscore
my DB model has the column name with "_" in the field name. is there a way to dislay these values in Camel Case when displaying in the form? like "BusinessName" i am using asp.net MVC3 with Razor @Html.LabelFor(model => model.business_name)
c#
asp.net
asp.net-mvc
mvc
null
null
open
Lable For to repalce underscore === my DB model has the column name with "_" in the field name. is there a way to dislay these values in Camel Case when displaying in the form? like "BusinessName" i am using asp.net MVC3 with Razor @Html.LabelFor(model => model.business_name)
0
2,048,370
01/12/2010 11:01:39
202,325
11/04/2009 04:48:11
57
9
Techs needed for building a online radio website....?
i need to build a website that streams music from an online radio station...? In this website, the user can choose from different channels and listen to music.... What are the possible softwares or technologies that i can use to build this....? I will be using php for server side.... I am researching about what else i'll be needing and how to proceed.... but can't get a clear idea..? Any suggestions....?? Thanks a lot..!
php
online
radio
website
null
01/12/2010 11:32:56
not a real question
Techs needed for building a online radio website....? === i need to build a website that streams music from an online radio station...? In this website, the user can choose from different channels and listen to music.... What are the possible softwares or technologies that i can use to build this....? I will be using php for server side.... I am researching about what else i'll be needing and how to proceed.... but can't get a clear idea..? Any suggestions....?? Thanks a lot..!
1
6,715,076
07/16/2011 03:20:02
184,773
10/06/2009 06:16:54
2,876
38
Will Unbraco work with a huge website?
I am planning on using umbraco to run a huge content driven website. I will be using MySql since I will not be able to afford SQL Server in the beginning. I The site will mirror other huge sites like wikipedia and answers.com. It will have millions of articles and the data may reach PetaBytes. i will host all data in one website so there will only be one installation of umbraco. I also will be expecting a number of visits per day. Do you think umbraco can handle data to these limits.
c#
mysql
umbraco
null
null
07/17/2011 03:17:55
not constructive
Will Unbraco work with a huge website? === I am planning on using umbraco to run a huge content driven website. I will be using MySql since I will not be able to afford SQL Server in the beginning. I The site will mirror other huge sites like wikipedia and answers.com. It will have millions of articles and the data may reach PetaBytes. i will host all data in one website so there will only be one installation of umbraco. I also will be expecting a number of visits per day. Do you think umbraco can handle data to these limits.
4
9,533,251
03/02/2012 12:25:40
996,807
10/15/2011 11:52:14
19
0
Hiding a division using CSS
I am trying to remove a division but I am not able to remove the `<div>` tag. So I wanted to know if I can hide a division by adding some css codes on the page. The division I am trying to hide is `<div id="views" class="menu">.... </div>` Any help?
html
css
hide
webpage
blogger
null
open
Hiding a division using CSS === I am trying to remove a division but I am not able to remove the `<div>` tag. So I wanted to know if I can hide a division by adding some css codes on the page. The division I am trying to hide is `<div id="views" class="menu">.... </div>` Any help?
0
8,093,477
11/11/2011 11:41:09
786,333
06/06/2011 17:47:03
166
9
MySQL check if a person is available
I have 2 tables: `accounts` +------+------------------------+ | id | name | +------+------------------------+ | 1 | John | | 2 | Lee | | 3 | Sarah | | 4 | Michael | +------+------------------------+ `holidays` +------+---------+----------------+--------------+ | id | account | start_date | end_date | +------+---------+----------------+--------------+ | 1 | 2 | 11/11/11 | 15/11/11 | +------+---------+----------------+--------------+ This means that Lee is not available from 11/11/11 until 15/11/11 (inclusive) I need a query that will check who are available on a given day. For example if I specify a date of 13/11/11 Lee would be unavailable so only retrieve the other 3 accounts, but if I specify a date of 16/11/11 all accounts will be available Any help appreciated
mysql
sql
query
null
null
null
open
MySQL check if a person is available === I have 2 tables: `accounts` +------+------------------------+ | id | name | +------+------------------------+ | 1 | John | | 2 | Lee | | 3 | Sarah | | 4 | Michael | +------+------------------------+ `holidays` +------+---------+----------------+--------------+ | id | account | start_date | end_date | +------+---------+----------------+--------------+ | 1 | 2 | 11/11/11 | 15/11/11 | +------+---------+----------------+--------------+ This means that Lee is not available from 11/11/11 until 15/11/11 (inclusive) I need a query that will check who are available on a given day. For example if I specify a date of 13/11/11 Lee would be unavailable so only retrieve the other 3 accounts, but if I specify a date of 16/11/11 all accounts will be available Any help appreciated
0
2,535,088
03/28/2010 23:54:55
303,841
03/28/2010 23:54:55
1
0
jquery dynamic select doesn't submit values
I have a form that includes three select boxes. The first one is categories, and selecting a category from it will populate the variables multi-select box with values specific to the selected category. Selecting variables and then clicking "add selected" will populate the target select box will those variables. The problem is, print_r shows that the values in the target select box aren't passed upon submit, and I don't understand why... Below is the code, and help is really appreciated Here's the html markup: <select multiple="" id="categories" name="categories[]"> <option class="category" value="Income">Income</option> <option class="category" value="Gender">Gender</option> <option class="category" value="Age">Age</option> </select> //note that i'm only showing variables for a presumably select category <select multiple="multiple" id="variables" name="variables[]"> <option value="2">Less Than $15,000</option> <option value="3">$15,000 - $19,999</option> <option value="4">$20,000 - $29,999</option> <option value="5">$30,000 - $39,999</option> <option value="6">$40,000 - $49,999</option> <option value="11">$90,000 - $99,999</option> <option value="12">$100,000 - $124,999</option> <option value="13">$125,000 - $149,999</option> <option value="14">Greater than $149,999</option> </select> <select name="target[]" id="target" multiple="multiple" height="60"> </select> And here's the jquery code: $(function(){ var opts = {}, $cats = $("#categories"), $target = $("#target"), $vars = $("#variables"); $vars.find("option").each(function(){ var $opt = $(this), cat = this.className, value = this.value, label = $opt.text(); if(!opts[cat]) { opts[cat] = []; } opts[cat].push({label: label, value: value}); $opt.remove(); }); function update_variables(){ var cat = $cats.val(), new_opts = []; $vars.empty(); $.each(opts[cat], function(){ if( $target.find('[value=' + this.value + ']').length === 0 ){ new_opts.push(option(this.value, this.label)); } }); $vars.html(new_opts.join('')); } function option(value, label){ return "<option value='" + value + "'>" + label + "</option>"; } $("#add").click(function(e){ e.preventDefault(); $vars.find(':selected').appendTo($target).attr('selected',false); update_variables(); }); $("#remove").click(function(e){ e.preventDefault(); $target.find(':selected').remove(); update_variables(); }); $cats.change(function(){ update_variables(); }).change(); })
jquery
dynamic
values
submit
null
null
open
jquery dynamic select doesn't submit values === I have a form that includes three select boxes. The first one is categories, and selecting a category from it will populate the variables multi-select box with values specific to the selected category. Selecting variables and then clicking "add selected" will populate the target select box will those variables. The problem is, print_r shows that the values in the target select box aren't passed upon submit, and I don't understand why... Below is the code, and help is really appreciated Here's the html markup: <select multiple="" id="categories" name="categories[]"> <option class="category" value="Income">Income</option> <option class="category" value="Gender">Gender</option> <option class="category" value="Age">Age</option> </select> //note that i'm only showing variables for a presumably select category <select multiple="multiple" id="variables" name="variables[]"> <option value="2">Less Than $15,000</option> <option value="3">$15,000 - $19,999</option> <option value="4">$20,000 - $29,999</option> <option value="5">$30,000 - $39,999</option> <option value="6">$40,000 - $49,999</option> <option value="11">$90,000 - $99,999</option> <option value="12">$100,000 - $124,999</option> <option value="13">$125,000 - $149,999</option> <option value="14">Greater than $149,999</option> </select> <select name="target[]" id="target" multiple="multiple" height="60"> </select> And here's the jquery code: $(function(){ var opts = {}, $cats = $("#categories"), $target = $("#target"), $vars = $("#variables"); $vars.find("option").each(function(){ var $opt = $(this), cat = this.className, value = this.value, label = $opt.text(); if(!opts[cat]) { opts[cat] = []; } opts[cat].push({label: label, value: value}); $opt.remove(); }); function update_variables(){ var cat = $cats.val(), new_opts = []; $vars.empty(); $.each(opts[cat], function(){ if( $target.find('[value=' + this.value + ']').length === 0 ){ new_opts.push(option(this.value, this.label)); } }); $vars.html(new_opts.join('')); } function option(value, label){ return "<option value='" + value + "'>" + label + "</option>"; } $("#add").click(function(e){ e.preventDefault(); $vars.find(':selected').appendTo($target).attr('selected',false); update_variables(); }); $("#remove").click(function(e){ e.preventDefault(); $target.find(':selected').remove(); update_variables(); }); $cats.change(function(){ update_variables(); }).change(); })
0
11,455,902
07/12/2012 16:01:23
1,112,535
12/22/2011 21:48:01
93
0
WebService check if there is data in SQL table
I'm trying to write a process that checks if there is some data in SQL table. And then I want to do something depending on if exists or not. So, I've this code that connects to database and it is selecting the data that I want to get from table. public List<MedidasAdoptar> leerMedidasAdoptar() { DataSet Datos = new DataSet(); string connectionString = "Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;Data Source=MyServer;Integrated Security=false;User ID=SQLUser;Password=SQLPass;"; string selectCommand = "SELECT [Número medida], [Cód_ Cliente], [Nombre Cliente], [Cód_ obra], [Nombre obra], Tipo, [Cód_ Medida], [Descripción Medida], [Respuesta Medida] FROM [MyDatabase$My table] " + "WHERE [Cód_ Cliente] = "+codigoCliente+" AND [Cód_ obra] = "+codigoObra; using (var MyConnection = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) using (var MyDataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(selectCommand, MyConnection)) { MyDataAdapter.SelectCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text; MyDataAdapter.Fill(Datos); MyDataAdapter.Dispose(); MyConnection.Close(); } int i; //Right here (If it is possible) I want to determine if there is some data in table try { //...doing some stuff } catch (SqlException e) { string msg = ""; System.Console.WriteLine(msg); return new List<MedidasAdoptar>(); }
c#
sql
database
web-services
null
07/13/2012 15:07:11
not a real question
WebService check if there is data in SQL table === I'm trying to write a process that checks if there is some data in SQL table. And then I want to do something depending on if exists or not. So, I've this code that connects to database and it is selecting the data that I want to get from table. public List<MedidasAdoptar> leerMedidasAdoptar() { DataSet Datos = new DataSet(); string connectionString = "Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;Data Source=MyServer;Integrated Security=false;User ID=SQLUser;Password=SQLPass;"; string selectCommand = "SELECT [Número medida], [Cód_ Cliente], [Nombre Cliente], [Cód_ obra], [Nombre obra], Tipo, [Cód_ Medida], [Descripción Medida], [Respuesta Medida] FROM [MyDatabase$My table] " + "WHERE [Cód_ Cliente] = "+codigoCliente+" AND [Cód_ obra] = "+codigoObra; using (var MyConnection = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) using (var MyDataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(selectCommand, MyConnection)) { MyDataAdapter.SelectCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text; MyDataAdapter.Fill(Datos); MyDataAdapter.Dispose(); MyConnection.Close(); } int i; //Right here (If it is possible) I want to determine if there is some data in table try { //...doing some stuff } catch (SqlException e) { string msg = ""; System.Console.WriteLine(msg); return new List<MedidasAdoptar>(); }
1
10,793,408
05/29/2012 05:16:32
1,366,832
04/30/2012 22:59:24
1
0
Making A Quiz like program
I want to create a "quiz" where the user will be asked a question and if the user can't answer it they can't move to the next question until they answer it correctly. I know this question may sound elementary but I am a novice in programming and am trying to create my first real program. So basically I would like to know what approach I should take if I want the user to be able to return back to their quiz if they leave or can't complete it. That's why I don't think Javascript would work because it's not sever side and won't save anything. Again sorry if this is very basic.
php
javascript
html5
null
null
05/29/2012 13:15:19
not constructive
Making A Quiz like program === I want to create a "quiz" where the user will be asked a question and if the user can't answer it they can't move to the next question until they answer it correctly. I know this question may sound elementary but I am a novice in programming and am trying to create my first real program. So basically I would like to know what approach I should take if I want the user to be able to return back to their quiz if they leave or can't complete it. That's why I don't think Javascript would work because it's not sever side and won't save anything. Again sorry if this is very basic.
4
11,493,213
07/15/2012 15:38:01
1,274,894
03/16/2012 20:24:41
10
1
using javascript variable at php code
I need to pass js variavle to php part at this code: <script type="text/javascript> var x=32; </script> <? echo $x; ?> I want to use x value at php. How to do that?? is there any way without reloading the page?
php
javascript
jquery
ajax
variables
07/16/2012 07:28:25
not a real question
using javascript variable at php code === I need to pass js variavle to php part at this code: <script type="text/javascript> var x=32; </script> <? echo $x; ?> I want to use x value at php. How to do that?? is there any way without reloading the page?
1