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38,612 | 09/01/2008 23:30:10 | 4,096 | 09/01/2008 18:43:59 | 1 | 1 | asp:DropDownList Error: 'DropDownList1' has a SelectedValue which is invalid because it does not exist in the list of items. | I have a asp.net 2.0 web site with numerous asp:DropDownList controls.
The DropDownList control contains the standard info city, state, county etc... info.
In addition to the standard codes the site also has custom codes that the users can configure themselves.
For example a animal dropdown may contain the values Do... | asp.net | null | null | null | null | null | open | asp:DropDownList Error: 'DropDownList1' has a SelectedValue which is invalid because it does not exist in the list of items.
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I have a asp.net 2.0 web site with numerous asp:DropDownList controls.
The DropDownList control contains the standard info city, state, county etc... info.
In addition to the standard code... | 0 |
38,615 | 09/01/2008 23:32:26 | 2,018 | 08/19/2008 20:14:45 | 538 | 54 | Up-to-date libFoundation alternative | I was wondering if there is a more up to date alternative to libFoundation (which hasn't been updated since 2001) to develop modern cross-platform Obj-C applications.
I don't need appKit features, only Foundation is needed.
I know about GNUStep, but I've only heard bad things about it. [The Cocotron](http://www.c... | linux | objectivec | crossplatform | null | null | 06/05/2012 16:35:46 | not constructive | Up-to-date libFoundation alternative
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I was wondering if there is a more up to date alternative to libFoundation (which hasn't been updated since 2001) to develop modern cross-platform Obj-C applications.
I don't need appKit features, only Foundation is needed.
I know about GNUStep, but I've only heard bad th... | 4 |
38,618 | 09/01/2008 23:34:35 | 393,028 | 09/01/2008 13:58:49 | 6 | 3 | LSP in OO programming? | Am I right in thinking the full name of the LSP is the Liskoff Substitution Principle? I'm having trouble finding an [online] source to cite for any information on this... it seems to be a cornerstone of OOP, and yet I'm having trouble finding definitions. | oop | null | null | null | null | null | open | LSP in OO programming?
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Am I right in thinking the full name of the LSP is the Liskoff Substitution Principle? I'm having trouble finding an [online] source to cite for any information on this... it seems to be a cornerstone of OOP, and yet I'm having trouble finding definitions. | 0 |
38,629 | 09/01/2008 23:42:26 | 3,747 | 08/30/2008 14:33:59 | 103 | 16 | ASP.NET XML ObjectDataSource Wrapper Class Examples | I want to use XML instead of SQLServer for a simple website.
Are their any good tutorials, code examples, and/or tools available to make a (prefer VB.NET) wrapper class to handle the basic list, insert, edit, and delete (CRUD) code?
The closest one I found was on a Telerik Trainer video/code for their Scheduler ... | asp.net | vb.net | xml | objectdatasource | null | null | open | ASP.NET XML ObjectDataSource Wrapper Class Examples
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I want to use XML instead of SQLServer for a simple website.
Are their any good tutorials, code examples, and/or tools available to make a (prefer VB.NET) wrapper class to handle the basic list, insert, edit, and delete (CRUD) code?
The closest one I found... | 0 |
38,635 | 09/01/2008 23:54:02 | 3,656 | 08/29/2008 17:53:13 | 41 | 4 | What static analysis tools are available for C#? | What tools are there available for static analysis against C# code? I know about FxCop and StyleCop. Are there others? I've run across NStatic before but it's been in development for what seems like forever - it's looking pretty slick from what little I've seen of it, so it would be nice if it would ever see the light... | static-analysis | c# | null | null | null | null | open | What static analysis tools are available for C#?
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What tools are there available for static analysis against C# code? I know about FxCop and StyleCop. Are there others? I've run across NStatic before but it's been in development for what seems like forever - it's looking pretty slick from what little I've seen of ... | 0 |
38,642 | 09/02/2008 00:05:59 | 1,196 | 08/13/2008 12:33:04 | 952 | 56 | What tools do you use for WPF development | What tools beside Visual Studio's Cider do you use?
Here is my list:
1. [Snoop][1]
2. [Mole debugger visualizer][2]
Have you succeed in using something from Microsoft Expression product family?
[1]: http://blois.us/Snoop/
[2]: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/macros/MoleForVisualStudioEdit.aspx | wpf | null | null | null | null | null | open | What tools do you use for WPF development
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What tools beside Visual Studio's Cider do you use?
Here is my list:
1. [Snoop][1]
2. [Mole debugger visualizer][2]
Have you succeed in using something from Microsoft Expression product family?
[1]: http://blois.us/Snoop/
[2]: http://www.codeproject.com... | 0 |
38,645 | 09/02/2008 00:10:44 | 4,135 | 09/02/2008 00:02:37 | 1 | 0 | Combining Structures | I want to know the best way to combine two structures with differing fields names.
For example, starting with
A.field1 = 1;
A.field2 = 'a';
B.field3 = 2;
B.field4 = 'b';
I would like to have
C.field1 = 1;
C.field2 = 'a';
C.field3 = 2;
C.field4 = 'b';
Is there... | matlab | null | null | null | null | null | open | Combining Structures
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I want to know the best way to combine two structures with differing fields names.
For example, starting with
A.field1 = 1;
A.field2 = 'a';
B.field3 = 2;
B.field4 = 'b';
I would like to have
C.field1 = 1;
C.field2 = 'a';
C.field3 = 2;
C... | 0 |
38,647 | 09/02/2008 00:14:56 | 708 | 08/08/2008 06:10:02 | 522 | 15 | Linq to Entities vs ESQL | **When using the Entity Framework, does ESQL perform better than Linq to Entities?**
I'd prefer to use Linq to Entities (mainly because of the strong-type checking), but some of my other team members are citing performance as a reason to use ESQL. I would like to get a full idea of the pro's/con's of using either m... | entity-framework | linq-to-entities | esql | null | null | null | open | Linq to Entities vs ESQL
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**When using the Entity Framework, does ESQL perform better than Linq to Entities?**
I'd prefer to use Linq to Entities (mainly because of the strong-type checking), but some of my other team members are citing performance as a reason to use ESQL. I would like to get a full idea of the... | 0 |
38,651 | 09/02/2008 00:27:49 | 4,111 | 09/01/2008 20:34:03 | 1 | 1 | Any way to have an ActionScript 3 (Flex/AIR) project print to standard output? | Is there any way to have a binary compiled from an ActionScript 3 project print stuff to *stdout* when executed?
From what I've gathered, people have been going around this limitation by writing hacks that rely on local socket connections and AIR apps that write to files in the local filesystem, but that's pretty mu... | flex | flash | actionscript-3 | adobe | null | null | open | Any way to have an ActionScript 3 (Flex/AIR) project print to standard output?
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Is there any way to have a binary compiled from an ActionScript 3 project print stuff to *stdout* when executed?
From what I've gathered, people have been going around this limitation by writing hacks that rely on local socket connec... | 0 |
38,652 | 09/02/2008 00:28:45 | 1,196 | 08/13/2008 12:33:04 | 957 | 56 | Do you use Microsoft's Prism (CompositeWPF) in commercial development? | Are you using or going to use Prism? I had experience with Composite Application block (composite UI for WinForms) and can say that it's an overengineered hard to use framework. I taken a look at Prism and it seems to be much better designed e.g. simple to use and fast. What do you think? | wpf | prism | null | null | null | null | open | Do you use Microsoft's Prism (CompositeWPF) in commercial development?
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Are you using or going to use Prism? I had experience with Composite Application block (composite UI for WinForms) and can say that it's an overengineered hard to use framework. I taken a look at Prism and it seems to be much better designed e.... | 0 |
38,654 | 09/02/2008 00:33:09 | 3,715 | 08/30/2008 09:17:39 | 82 | 12 | Automatically floating all fields in a VFP report? | I want to set all the fields and labels on a VFP7 report to "Float". I tried `USE`ing the `.frx` file and doing the following `REPLACE` but it didn't work. Is there some other field I need to change too?
REPLACE float WITH .T. FOR objtype = 8 | vfp | foxpro | report | null | null | null | open | Automatically floating all fields in a VFP report?
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I want to set all the fields and labels on a VFP7 report to "Float". I tried `USE`ing the `.frx` file and doing the following `REPLACE` but it didn't work. Is there some other field I need to change too?
REPLACE float WITH .T. FOR objtype = 8 | 0 |
38,661 | 09/02/2008 00:52:31 | 797 | 08/09/2008 02:14:04 | 962 | 37 | Can IIS 6 serve requests for pages with no extensions? | Is there any way in IIS to map requests to a particular URL with no extension to a given application.
For example, in trying to port something from a Java servlet, you might have a URL like this...
http://[server]/MyApp/HomePage?some=parameter
Ideally I'd like to be able to map everything under MyApp to a part... | iis | null | null | null | null | null | open | Can IIS 6 serve requests for pages with no extensions?
===
Is there any way in IIS to map requests to a particular URL with no extension to a given application.
For example, in trying to port something from a Java servlet, you might have a URL like this...
http://[server]/MyApp/HomePage?some=parameter
Ideally... | 0 |
38,664 | 09/02/2008 01:01:56 | 486 | 08/06/2008 09:19:11 | 615 | 46 | Can you modify text files when committing to subversion? | I want to ran the following script on text files that are being committed:
# Send the commands H and w to ed
# ed will append newline if the file does not end in one
printf "%s\n" H w | ed -s $1
# Strip trailing whitespace
sed -i 's/[ \t]*$//g' $1
# Convert tabs to 4 spaces
... | svn | subversion | hook | null | null | null | open | Can you modify text files when committing to subversion?
===
I want to ran the following script on text files that are being committed:
# Send the commands H and w to ed
# ed will append newline if the file does not end in one
printf "%s\n" H w | ed -s $1
# Strip trailing whitespace
se... | 0 |
38,669 | 09/02/2008 01:10:54 | 910 | 08/10/2008 10:02:18 | 21 | 2 | Does the PHP mail() function work if I don't own the MX record | I'm not sure I'm using all the correct terminology here so be forgiving.
I just put up a site with a contact form that sends an email using the PHP mail() function. Simple enough. However the live site doesn't actually send the email, the test site does. So it's not my code.
It's a shared host and we have anothe... | php | dns | null | null | null | null | open | Does the PHP mail() function work if I don't own the MX record
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I'm not sure I'm using all the correct terminology here so be forgiving.
I just put up a site with a contact form that sends an email using the PHP mail() function. Simple enough. However the live site doesn't actually send the email, the test site ... | 0 |
38,670 | 09/02/2008 01:10:54 | 4,140 | 09/02/2008 01:10:54 | 1 | 0 | Visual Studio 2008 Fubared |
Ok, so, my visual studio is broken. I say this NOT prematurely, as it was my first response to see where I had messed up in my code. When I add controls to the page I can't reference all of them in the code behind. Some of them I can, it seems that the first few I put on a page work, then it just stops.
I first t... | asp.net | visual-studio | c# | microsoft | null | null | open | Visual Studio 2008 Fubared
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Ok, so, my visual studio is broken. I say this NOT prematurely, as it was my first response to see where I had messed up in my code. When I add controls to the page I can't reference all of them in the code behind. Some of them I can, it seems that the first few I put on a page work, ... | 0 |
38,674 | 09/02/2008 01:15:47 | 184 | 08/03/2008 05:34:19 | 1,636 | 23 | Does Adobe Flash support databases? | Which all databases does Adobe Flash support? | database | flash | adobe | null | null | null | open | Does Adobe Flash support databases?
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Which all databases does Adobe Flash support? | 0 |
38,680 | 09/02/2008 01:25:18 | 2,515 | 08/22/2008 15:49:45 | 21 | 3 | How to provide next page of updated content? | Feel free to edit the title if you know how to formulate the question better. (Tagging is a problem as well.) The problem may be too difficult in this general form, so let us consider a concrete example.
You get a screenful of stackoverflow questions by requesting `/questions ?sort=newest` page. Next page link leads... | sql | stackoverflow | null | null | null | null | open | How to provide next page of updated content?
===
Feel free to edit the title if you know how to formulate the question better. (Tagging is a problem as well.) The problem may be too difficult in this general form, so let us consider a concrete example.
You get a screenful of stackoverflow questions by requesting `/... | 0 |
38,691 | 09/02/2008 01:41:59 | 428,190 | 08/09/2008 23:23:13 | 235 | 33 | Need a little REGEX help... [PHP] | Hey so what I want to do is snag the content for the first paragraph. The string $blog_post contains a lot of paragraphs in the format:
<p>Paragraph 1</p><p>Paragraph 2</p><p>Paragraph 3</p>
The problem I'm running into is that I am writing a regex to grab everything between the first P tag and the first clo... | regex | php | regularexpression | null | null | null | open | Need a little REGEX help... [PHP]
===
Hey so what I want to do is snag the content for the first paragraph. The string $blog_post contains a lot of paragraphs in the format:
<p>Paragraph 1</p><p>Paragraph 2</p><p>Paragraph 3</p>
The problem I'm running into is that I am writing a regex to grab everything be... | 0 |
38,713 | 09/02/2008 02:29:06 | 3,979 | 09/01/2008 06:40:24 | 1 | 0 | ruby idioms for using command-line options | I'm trying to pick up ruby by porting a medium-sized (non-OO) perl program. One of my personal idioms is to set options like this:
use Getopt::Std;
our $opt_v; # be verbose
getopts('v');
# and later ...
$opt_v && print "something interesting\n";
In perl, I kind of grit my teeth and let $o... | ruby | idioms | null | null | null | null | open | ruby idioms for using command-line options
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I'm trying to pick up ruby by porting a medium-sized (non-OO) perl program. One of my personal idioms is to set options like this:
use Getopt::Std;
our $opt_v; # be verbose
getopts('v');
# and later ...
$opt_v && print "something interesting\n"... | 0 |
38,719 | 09/02/2008 02:34:13 | 1,292 | 08/14/2008 12:37:56 | 1 | 1 | What is the best way to create a wizard in C# 2.0? | I have an application where users will be creating stock items, and a time of creation there are a number of different things that need to happen.
I think the UI for this should probably be a wizard of some kind, but I'm unsure as to the best way to achieve this. I have seen a couple of 3rd party Wizard controls, an... | c# | gui | wizard | visual-studio | null | null | open | What is the best way to create a wizard in C# 2.0?
===
I have an application where users will be creating stock items, and a time of creation there are a number of different things that need to happen.
I think the UI for this should probably be a wizard of some kind, but I'm unsure as to the best way to achieve thi... | 0 |
38,726 | 09/02/2008 02:38:15 | 1,185 | 08/13/2008 12:02:03 | 863 | 60 | WebClient.DownloadFileAsync fails to raise exception | An odd issue that I have been trying to address in a project - my calls to WebClient.DownloadFileAsync seem to be getting ignored and no exceptions are being raised. So far I have been able to determine this might be due to destination folder not existing, but from the looks of the [MSDN documentation][1] this should ... | webclient | .net | null | null | null | null | open | WebClient.DownloadFileAsync fails to raise exception
===
An odd issue that I have been trying to address in a project - my calls to WebClient.DownloadFileAsync seem to be getting ignored and no exceptions are being raised. So far I have been able to determine this might be due to destination folder not existing, but ... | 0 |
38,729 | 09/02/2008 02:40:47 | 1,130,097 | 08/16/2008 14:58:30 | 213 | 23 | Do you know how to implement transactions in Castle ActiveRecord? | I decided to make a system for a client using [Castle ActiveRecord][1], everything went well until I found that the transactions do not work, for instance;
TransactionScope t = new TransactionScope();
try
{
member.Save();
... | activerecord | castle | null | null | null | null | open | Do you know how to implement transactions in Castle ActiveRecord?
===
I decided to make a system for a client using [Castle ActiveRecord][1], everything went well until I found that the transactions do not work, for instance;
TransactionScope t = new TransactionScope();
try
... | 0 |
38,756 | 09/02/2008 03:09:38 | 361 | 08/05/2008 04:20:27 | 300 | 16 | Concurrent collections in C# | I'm looking for a way of getting a concurrent collection in C# or at least a collection which supports a concurrent enumerator. Right now I'm getting an InvalidOperationException when the collection over which I'm iterating changes. I could just deep copy the collection and work with a private copy but I'm wondering ... | concurrency | c# | null | null | null | null | open | Concurrent collections in C#
===
I'm looking for a way of getting a concurrent collection in C# or at least a collection which supports a concurrent enumerator. Right now I'm getting an InvalidOperationException when the collection over which I'm iterating changes. I could just deep copy the collection and work with... | 0 |
38,763 | 09/02/2008 03:24:33 | 577 | 08/06/2008 21:36:25 | 230 | 8 | What design pattern is PEAR DB_DataObject implementing? | [DB_DataObject][1] does not appear to be ActiveRecord because you do not necessarily store business logic in the "table" classes. It seems more like Table Data Gateway or Row Data Gateway, but I really cannot tell. What I need is good ORM layer that we can use with DataMapper and a DomainModel. Any ideas?
[1]: h... | php | design-patterns | db | pear | null | null | open | What design pattern is PEAR DB_DataObject implementing?
===
[DB_DataObject][1] does not appear to be ActiveRecord because you do not necessarily store business logic in the "table" classes. It seems more like Table Data Gateway or Row Data Gateway, but I really cannot tell. What I need is good ORM layer that we can us... | 0 |
38,766 | 09/02/2008 03:26:09 | 2,375 | 08/21/2008 22:37:01 | 8 | 3 | How do I get SQL Server Integration Services to use a different database connection for Package Configuration | I have an SSIS Package that sets some variable data from a SQL Server Package Configuration Table. (Selecting the "Specify configuration setings directly" option)
This works well when I'm using the Database connection that I specified when developing the package. However when I run it on a server (64 bit) in the tes... | ssis | sql-server | connection-manager | null | null | null | open | How do I get SQL Server Integration Services to use a different database connection for Package Configuration
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I have an SSIS Package that sets some variable data from a SQL Server Package Configuration Table. (Selecting the "Specify configuration setings directly" option)
This works well when I'm using the Data... | 0 |
38,769 | 09/02/2008 03:29:57 | 4,134 | 09/01/2008 23:40:41 | 1 | 3 | How would you extract data from a MS Project .mpp file? | I need to extract data from a .mpp file on the network and combine it with other data from several different databases. The application can be written in Perl, VB6, VB.net or C# but must be easily scheduled from a Windows based server.
What would you recommend to extract the MS Project data with no user intervention... | vb.net | vb6 | c# | perl | project-management | null | open | How would you extract data from a MS Project .mpp file?
===
I need to extract data from a .mpp file on the network and combine it with other data from several different databases. The application can be written in Perl, VB6, VB.net or C# but must be easily scheduled from a Windows based server.
What would you recom... | 0 |
38,779 | 09/02/2008 03:41:06 | 781 | 08/08/2008 21:28:19 | 180 | 11 | What SPN do I need to set for a net.tcp service? | I have a wcf application hosted in a windows service running a local windows account. Do I need to set an SPN for this account? If so, what's the protocol the SPN needs to be set under? I know how to do this for services over HTTP, but have never done it for net.tcp. | spns | wcf | security | null | null | null | open | What SPN do I need to set for a net.tcp service?
===
I have a wcf application hosted in a windows service running a local windows account. Do I need to set an SPN for this account? If so, what's the protocol the SPN needs to be set under? I know how to do this for services over HTTP, but have never done it for net.tcp... | 0 |
38,784 | 09/02/2008 03:49:17 | 4,149 | 09/02/2008 03:48:11 | 1 | 0 | Visual Studio equivalent to Delphi bookmarks | I use Delphi for many years, and although I have now moved on to Visual Studio I still fondly remember numbered bookmarks (CTRL+K+1 to set bookmark 1, CRTL+Q+1 to goto bookmark 1).
Is there a Visual Studio equivalent? I'm find the dumb bookmarks in VS a chore after Delphi. I want to bookmark then return to a specifi... | visual-studio | delphi | null | null | null | null | open | Visual Studio equivalent to Delphi bookmarks
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I use Delphi for many years, and although I have now moved on to Visual Studio I still fondly remember numbered bookmarks (CTRL+K+1 to set bookmark 1, CRTL+Q+1 to goto bookmark 1).
Is there a Visual Studio equivalent? I'm find the dumb bookmarks in VS a chore after D... | 0 |
38,789 | 09/02/2008 03:59:44 | 3,149 | 08/27/2008 01:05:12 | 76 | 2 | Web Service Namespace Dynamic Naming | I have a webservice that I will be deploying to dev, staging and production. Along with this will be an ASP.net application that will be deploying separately but also in those three stages.
What is the most pragmatic way to change the following line in the webservice to match the current environment?
[WebSer... | c# | web-services | null | null | null | null | open | Web Service Namespace Dynamic Naming
===
I have a webservice that I will be deploying to dev, staging and production. Along with this will be an ASP.net application that will be deploying separately but also in those three stages.
What is the most pragmatic way to change the following line in the webservice to mat... | 0 |
38,791 | 09/02/2008 04:01:09 | 191 | 08/03/2008 09:55:26 | 21 | 2 | Which database table Schema is more efficient? | Which Database table Schema is more efficient and why?
"Users (UserID, UserName, CompamyId)"
"Companies (CompamyId, CompanyName)"
OR
"Users (UserID, UserName)"
"Companies (CompamyId, CompanyName)"
"UserCompanies (UserID, CompamyId)"
Given the fact that user and company have one-to-one... | database-design | null | null | null | null | null | open | Which database table Schema is more efficient?
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Which Database table Schema is more efficient and why?
"Users (UserID, UserName, CompamyId)"
"Companies (CompamyId, CompanyName)"
OR
"Users (UserID, UserName)"
"Companies (CompamyId, CompanyName)"
"UserCompanies (UserID, CompamyId)"
... | 0 |
38,801 | 09/02/2008 04:10:50 | 2,027 | 08/19/2008 21:06:37 | 23 | 2 | SQL - how to store and navigate hierarchies | What are the ways that you use to model and retrieve hierarchical info in a database? | sql | sql-server | null | null | null | null | open | SQL - how to store and navigate hierarchies
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What are the ways that you use to model and retrieve hierarchical info in a database? | 0 |
38,811 | 09/02/2008 04:25:53 | 781 | 08/08/2008 21:28:19 | 192 | 10 | How can I remote desktop to a Windows machine from a Linux machine? | At work I use Windows Server 2008. At home, I just got a openSUSE laptop. Is there an RDP client I can use? | remote-desktop | null | null | null | null | 02/10/2012 16:48:59 | off topic | How can I remote desktop to a Windows machine from a Linux machine?
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At work I use Windows Server 2008. At home, I just got a openSUSE laptop. Is there an RDP client I can use? | 2 |
38,820 | 09/02/2008 04:34:20 | 191 | 08/03/2008 09:55:26 | 38 | 2 | Which class design is better? | Which class design is better and why?
public class User
{
public String UserName;
public String Password;
public String FirstName;
public String LastName;
}
public class Employee : User
{
public String EmployeeId;
public String Emplo... | class-design | oop | null | null | null | null | open | Which class design is better?
===
Which class design is better and why?
public class User
{
public String UserName;
public String Password;
public String FirstName;
public String LastName;
}
public class Employee : User
{
public String Emplo... | 0 |
38,822 | 09/02/2008 04:36:54 | 3,153 | 08/27/2008 02:45:05 | 316 | 14 | Best full text search alternative to ms sql, c++ solution | What is the best full text search alternative to ms sql?
I'm looking for something similar to [Lucene][1] and [Lucene.NET][2] but without the .NET and Java requirements. I would also like to find a solution that is usable in commercial applications.
[1]: http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/index.html
[2]: h... | lucene | mssql | full-text-search | c++ | lucene.net | null | open | Best full text search alternative to ms sql, c++ solution
===
What is the best full text search alternative to ms sql?
I'm looking for something similar to [Lucene][1] and [Lucene.NET][2] but without the .NET and Java requirements. I would also like to find a solution that is usable in commercial applications.
... | 0 |
38,824 | 09/02/2008 04:38:06 | 5 | 07/31/2008 14:22:31 | 2,447 | 96 | Is Wiki Content Portable? | I'm thinking of starting a wiki, probably on a low cost LAMP hosting account. I'd like the option of exporting my content later in case I want to run it on IIS/ASP.NET down the line. I know in the weblog world, there's an open standard called BlogML which will let you export your blog content to an XML based format on ... | wiki | null | null | null | null | null | open | Is Wiki Content Portable?
===
I'm thinking of starting a wiki, probably on a low cost LAMP hosting account. I'd like the option of exporting my content later in case I want to run it on IIS/ASP.NET down the line. I know in the weblog world, there's an open standard called BlogML which will let you export your blog con... | 0 |
38,838 | 09/02/2008 04:49:37 | 744 | 08/08/2008 13:43:38 | 161 | 2 | Two-way password encryption without ssl | I am using the [twitter API][1] to [integrate twitter][2] with my blog's commenting system. The problem with the twitter API and many other web APIs out there is that they require the user's username and password to do anything useful. I don't want to deal with the hassle and cost of installing a SSL certificate, but... | encryption | javascript | passwords | null | null | null | open | Two-way password encryption without ssl
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I am using the [twitter API][1] to [integrate twitter][2] with my blog's commenting system. The problem with the twitter API and many other web APIs out there is that they require the user's username and password to do anything useful. I don't want to deal with the hassle ... | 0 |
38,842 | 09/02/2008 04:52:52 | 3,146 | 08/27/2008 00:25:15 | 204 | 18 | How to do a simple mail merge in OpenOffice | I need to do a simple mail merge in OpenOffice using C++ via OLE or native API. Are there any good examples available? | c++ | com | ole | openoffice | null | null | open | How to do a simple mail merge in OpenOffice
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I need to do a simple mail merge in OpenOffice using C++ via OLE or native API. Are there any good examples available? | 0 |
38,846 | 09/02/2008 04:58:46 | 3,153 | 08/27/2008 02:45:05 | 321 | 14 | encrypt data with 2 keys/passwords | What are the fundamentals to accomplish encrypting data with exactly 2 keys/passwords, but only needing exactly one (either one) of the 2 keys/passwords to decrypt the data?
For example, a user first encrypts his data with his own password and his company's password, and then him or his boss can decrypt the data.
... | cryptography | encryption | security | null | null | null | open | encrypt data with 2 keys/passwords
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What are the fundamentals to accomplish encrypting data with exactly 2 keys/passwords, but only needing exactly one (either one) of the 2 keys/passwords to decrypt the data?
For example, a user first encrypts his data with his own password and his company's password, and then ... | 0 |
38,861 | 09/02/2008 05:14:49 | 1,463 | 08/15/2008 17:26:44 | 304 | 19 | Will this hardware be 64bit Windows Server 2008 compatible? | I recently printed out Jeff Atwood's [Understanding The Hardware][1] blog post and plan on taking it to Fry's Electronics and saying to them "Give me all the parts on these sheets so I can put this together." However, I'm going to be installing 64bit Windows Server 2008 on this machine so before I get all the parts:
... | hardware | server2008 | null | null | null | null | open | Will this hardware be 64bit Windows Server 2008 compatible?
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I recently printed out Jeff Atwood's [Understanding The Hardware][1] blog post and plan on taking it to Fry's Electronics and saying to them "Give me all the parts on these sheets so I can put this together." However, I'm going to be installing 64bit Wind... | 0 |
38,864 | 09/02/2008 05:16:23 | 1,596 | 08/17/2008 09:24:01 | 150 | 10 | How do you find out which NIC is connected to the internet? | Consider the following setup:
A windows PC with a LAN interface and a WiFi interface (the standard for any new laptop). Each of the interfaces might be connected or disconnected from a network. I need a way to determine which one of the adapters is the one connected to the internet - specifically, in case they are bot... | windows | networking | iphelper | null | null | null | open | How do you find out which NIC is connected to the internet?
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Consider the following setup:
A windows PC with a LAN interface and a WiFi interface (the standard for any new laptop). Each of the interfaces might be connected or disconnected from a network. I need a way to determine which one of the adapters is the o... | 0 |
38,870 | 09/02/2008 05:21:36 | 51 | 08/01/2008 13:31:13 | 1,778 | 82 | One or Two Primary Keys in Many-to-Many Table? | I have the following tables in my database that have a many-to-many relationship, which is expressed by a connecting table that has foreign keys to the primary keys of each of the main tables:
- Widget: WidgetID (PK), Title, Price
- User: UserID (PK), FirstName, LastName
Assume that each User-Widget combinat... | database | data-structures | schema | indexing | null | null | open | One or Two Primary Keys in Many-to-Many Table?
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I have the following tables in my database that have a many-to-many relationship, which is expressed by a connecting table that has foreign keys to the primary keys of each of the main tables:
- Widget: WidgetID (PK), Title, Price
- User: UserID (PK), FirstNam... | 0 |
38,875 | 09/02/2008 05:24:28 | 2,644 | 08/23/2008 21:56:47 | 389 | 35 | Best way to avoid code injection in PHP | My website was recently attacked by, what seemed to me as, an innocent code:
<?php
if ( isset( $ _GET['page'] ) ) {
include( $ _GET['page'] . ".php" );
} else {
include("home.php");
}
?>
There where no SQL calls, so I wasn't afraid for SQL Injection. But, apparently... | php | security | injection | null | null | null | open | Best way to avoid code injection in PHP
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My website was recently attacked by, what seemed to me as, an innocent code:
<?php
if ( isset( $ _GET['page'] ) ) {
include( $ _GET['page'] . ".php" );
} else {
include("home.php");
}
?>
There where no SQL calls, so I was... | 0 |
10,616,398 | 05/16/2012 10:10:44 | 107,627 | 05/15/2009 10:57:13 | 572 | 7 | Is it possible to choose whether to generate heap dump or not on the fly? | We have an application which is deployed to a WebSphere server running on UNIX, and we are experiencing two issues:
1. a system hang which recovers after a few minutes - to investigate, we will need the thread dump (javacore).
2. a system hang which does not recover and requires WebSphere to be restarted - to inv... | websphere | thread-dump | heap-dump | null | null | null | open | Is it possible to choose whether to generate heap dump or not on the fly?
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We have an application which is deployed to a WebSphere server running on UNIX, and we are experiencing two issues:
1. a system hang which recovers after a few minutes - to investigate, we will need the thread dump (javacore).
2. a sys... | 0 |
10,616,402 | 05/16/2012 10:11:05 | 533,530 | 12/07/2010 10:36:52 | 407 | 2 | How to install MySQL 5.5 using Source from non-root linux user? | I need a generic way to install MySQL 5.5 in almost any Linux OS from non-root User. Hence I thought to install MySQL from its source and install it where ever I need.
Is it really possible to install MySQL in non-root user home?
Anybody have any idea for this? Please do share your expertise for the same.
**Maj... | mysql | linux | null | null | null | null | open | How to install MySQL 5.5 using Source from non-root linux user?
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I need a generic way to install MySQL 5.5 in almost any Linux OS from non-root User. Hence I thought to install MySQL from its source and install it where ever I need.
Is it really possible to install MySQL in non-root user home?
Anybody have any... | 0 |
10,616,406 | 05/16/2012 10:11:24 | 781,252 | 06/02/2011 14:00:06 | 35 | 0 | multi thread launch arrangement | I have 2 thread to create thread1 and thread2. When creating threads with:
pthread_create(&thread1, NULL, &function_th1, NULL);
pthread_create(&thread2, NULL, &function_th2, NULL);
The thread2 is launched before the thread1 and I'm looking for a solution to start thread1 before thread2.
Not looking fo... | c | linux | multithreading | null | null | null | open | multi thread launch arrangement
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I have 2 thread to create thread1 and thread2. When creating threads with:
pthread_create(&thread1, NULL, &function_th1, NULL);
pthread_create(&thread2, NULL, &function_th2, NULL);
The thread2 is launched before the thread1 and I'm looking for a solution to start thre... | 0 |
10,616,407 | 05/16/2012 10:11:24 | 299,635 | 03/23/2010 05:49:25 | 45 | 1 | ASP.NET MVC and Payement gateway | I am working on a hotel reservation module. This is an ASP.NET MVC application. I have a requirement of building a workflow integrating with payment gateway. When customer reserve the facilitates in the hotel with valid debit/credit card, the amount has to be blocked against their card, and upon cancellation, the res... | asp.net-mvc | payment-gateway | null | null | null | null | open | ASP.NET MVC and Payement gateway
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I am working on a hotel reservation module. This is an ASP.NET MVC application. I have a requirement of building a workflow integrating with payment gateway. When customer reserve the facilitates in the hotel with valid debit/credit card, the amount has to be blocked against thei... | 0 |
10,616,413 | 05/16/2012 10:11:35 | 1,398,256 | 05/16/2012 09:36:52 | 1 | 0 | How to bind in flexigrid from mysql in asp.net |
I came across lot of posts about flexigrid. since i am new to .net i cant understand all the things about flexigrid, is there any tutorials where i can start on flexigrid , i need to bind the grid with mysql, where i need to do insert update and delete.
Thanks and regards
kishor | mysql | flexigrid | null | null | null | null | open | How to bind in flexigrid from mysql in asp.net
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I came across lot of posts about flexigrid. since i am new to .net i cant understand all the things about flexigrid, is there any tutorials where i can start on flexigrid , i need to bind the grid with mysql, where i need to do insert update and delete.
Thanks a... | 0 |
10,616,418 | 05/16/2012 10:12:06 | 1,343,786 | 04/19/2012 11:06:01 | 45 | 0 | editting a taglib of a plugin. and then how to commit it to svn? | I had a change required in the taglib of plugin. the local system now shows change I required.
But what if I want to host it. I want to commit it. how do I do that? | grails | plugins | commit | taglib | null | null | open | editting a taglib of a plugin. and then how to commit it to svn?
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I had a change required in the taglib of plugin. the local system now shows change I required.
But what if I want to host it. I want to commit it. how do I do that? | 0 |
10,616,419 | 05/16/2012 10:12:08 | 1,376,430 | 05/05/2012 07:22:27 | 3 | 0 | Read images from a image sheet | I have one image sheet like the one in this link (http://jquerytools.org/media/img/demo-navi.jpg). I would like to get only a component of that image.
How is this done in CSS? | css | null | null | null | null | null | open | Read images from a image sheet
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I have one image sheet like the one in this link (http://jquerytools.org/media/img/demo-navi.jpg). I would like to get only a component of that image.
How is this done in CSS? | 0 |
38,881 | 09/02/2008 05:27:44 | 2,617 | 08/23/2008 16:49:41 | 251 | 14 | How to find opensource projects looking for help ? | Earlier, sourceforge had up-to-date listings of volunteer requirements. Now, very few projects are asking for volunteers. Is there any other forum where requirements are posted, and people interested in particular languages/technologies sift through the listings and apply for volunteering ? | open-source | null | null | null | null | 07/15/2012 13:30:42 | off topic | How to find opensource projects looking for help ?
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Earlier, sourceforge had up-to-date listings of volunteer requirements. Now, very few projects are asking for volunteers. Is there any other forum where requirements are posted, and people interested in particular languages/technologies sift through the listings a... | 2 |
38,890 | 09/02/2008 05:34:35 | 3,153 | 08/27/2008 02:45:05 | 338 | 16 | Enforce constraint checking only when inserting rows in MSSQL? | Is there a way to enforce constraint checking in MSSQL only when inserting new rows? I.e. allow the constraints to be violated when removing/updating rows? | mssql | database | null | null | null | null | open | Enforce constraint checking only when inserting rows in MSSQL?
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Is there a way to enforce constraint checking in MSSQL only when inserting new rows? I.e. allow the constraints to be violated when removing/updating rows? | 0 |
38,901 | 09/02/2008 05:43:40 | 2,293 | 08/21/2008 14:02:56 | 118 | 8 | Strange Rails Authentication Issue | I'm using the RESTful authentication Rails plugin for an app I'm developing.
I'm having a strange issue I can't get to the bottom of.
Essentially, the first time I log into the app after a period of inactivity (the app is deployed in production, but only being used by me), I will be brought to a 404 page, but if I go... | ruby-on-rails | restful | authentication | plugin | ruby | null | open | Strange Rails Authentication Issue
===
I'm using the RESTful authentication Rails plugin for an app I'm developing.
I'm having a strange issue I can't get to the bottom of.
Essentially, the first time I log into the app after a period of inactivity (the app is deployed in production, but only being used by me), I wi... | 0 |
38,907 | 09/02/2008 05:46:42 | 2,823 | 08/25/2008 11:53:23 | 1 | 6 | Developing on Eclipse 3.4, running on Eclipse 3.3 | I'm developing an Eclipse plug-in, based on a bunch of core Eclipse plug-ins like SWT, JDT, GEF and others.
I need my plug-in to be compatible with Eclipse 3.3, since many potential customers are still using it. However, personally I like the new features in Eclipse 3.4 and would like to use it for my development. ... | eclipse | eclipse-pde | null | null | null | null | open | Developing on Eclipse 3.4, running on Eclipse 3.3
===
I'm developing an Eclipse plug-in, based on a bunch of core Eclipse plug-ins like SWT, JDT, GEF and others.
I need my plug-in to be compatible with Eclipse 3.3, since many potential customers are still using it. However, personally I like the new features in Ec... | 0 |
38,920 | 09/02/2008 06:15:57 | 479 | 08/06/2008 08:37:10 | 193 | 17 | php mail() not working windows 2003, IIS SMTP | getting this:
problem PHP Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for chris.mahan@gmail.com in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mailtest.php on line 12
from this page:
<?php
$to = "chris.mahan@gmail.com";
$subject = "test";
$body = "this is a test";
if ... | smtp | iis | php | null | null | null | open | php mail() not working windows 2003, IIS SMTP
===
getting this:
problem PHP Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for chris.mahan@gmail.com in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mailtest.php on line 12
from this page:
<?php
$to = "chris.mahan@gmail.com";
$subject = "... | 0 |
38,922 | 09/02/2008 06:17:20 | 2,737 | 08/24/2008 19:41:43 | 1 | 1 | Running DB Migrations from application | I have a rails application where each user has a separate database (taking Joel Spolsky's advice on this). I want to run DB migrations from the rails application to create a new database and tables for this user. What is the easiest way to do this? Maybe db migrations is not the best for this type of thing. Thanks! | ruby-on-rails | null | null | null | null | null | open | Running DB Migrations from application
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I have a rails application where each user has a separate database (taking Joel Spolsky's advice on this). I want to run DB migrations from the rails application to create a new database and tables for this user. What is the easiest way to do this? Maybe db migrations is not ... | 0 |
38,934 | 09/02/2008 06:38:18 | 3,911 | 08/31/2008 21:22:39 | 1 | 1 | How to take screenshot in Mac OS X using Cocoa or C++ | How to take screenshot programmically of desktop area in Mac OS X ?
| c++ | osx | cocoa | null | null | null | open | How to take screenshot in Mac OS X using Cocoa or C++
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How to take screenshot programmically of desktop area in Mac OS X ?
| 0 |
38,940 | 09/02/2008 06:50:58 | 393,028 | 09/01/2008 13:58:49 | 8 | 4 | Generate field in MySQL SELECT | If I've got a table containing Field1 and Field2 can I generate a new field in the select statement? For example, a normal query would be:
SELECT Field1, Field2 FROM Table
And I want to also create Field3 and have that returned in the resultset... something along the lines of this would be ideal:
SELE... | mysql | null | null | null | null | null | open | Generate field in MySQL SELECT
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If I've got a table containing Field1 and Field2 can I generate a new field in the select statement? For example, a normal query would be:
SELECT Field1, Field2 FROM Table
And I want to also create Field3 and have that returned in the resultset... something along the lines... | 0 |
38,949 | 09/02/2008 06:58:34 | 3,935 | 09/01/2008 00:21:37 | 1 | 1 | cross platform unicode support | I find that getting Unicode support in my cross-platform apps a real pain in the butt.
I need strings that can go from C code, to a database, to a Java application and into a Perl module. Each of these use a different Unicode encodings (UTF8, UTF16) or some other code page. The biggest thing that I need is a cross... | java | c | perl | unicode | null | null | open | cross platform unicode support
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I find that getting Unicode support in my cross-platform apps a real pain in the butt.
I need strings that can go from C code, to a database, to a Java application and into a Perl module. Each of these use a different Unicode encodings (UTF8, UTF16) or some other code page. The ... | 0 |
38,952 | 09/02/2008 07:01:30 | 1,721 | 08/18/2008 09:58:47 | 38 | 5 | Unable to determine guest operating system: Vmware error | Ok, here's a very short and to the point question. When trying to import a virtual PC 2004 Windows 2003 Server VM in VM Workstation 6.0.2 I'm getting an error 'unable to determine guest operating system'. Soo how to fix? | vmware | null | null | null | null | null | open | Unable to determine guest operating system: Vmware error
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Ok, here's a very short and to the point question. When trying to import a virtual PC 2004 Windows 2003 Server VM in VM Workstation 6.0.2 I'm getting an error 'unable to determine guest operating system'. Soo how to fix? | 0 |
38,955 | 09/02/2008 07:11:40 | 85 | 08/01/2008 16:38:08 | 88 | 1 | Is it possible to get the maximum supported resolution of a connected display in os x from java? | What the title says. Assume java 1.6 and leopard. Ideally, it would also be nice to get a list of all supported resolutions and the current resolution. If this isn't possible in java, is there some way to do it that could be called from java? | java | osx | osx-leopard | resolution | null | null | open | Is it possible to get the maximum supported resolution of a connected display in os x from java?
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What the title says. Assume java 1.6 and leopard. Ideally, it would also be nice to get a list of all supported resolutions and the current resolution. If this isn't possible in java, is there some way to do it that co... | 0 |
38,960 | 09/02/2008 07:18:48 | 2,260 | 08/21/2008 11:39:22 | 244 | 22 | How to find out if a file exists in C# / .NET? | I would like to test a string containing a path to a file for existence of that file (something like the -e test in Perl or the os.path.exists() in Python) in C#. | c# | .net | io | null | null | null | open | How to find out if a file exists in C# / .NET?
===
I would like to test a string containing a path to a file for existence of that file (something like the -e test in Perl or the os.path.exists() in Python) in C#. | 0 |
38,974 | 09/02/2008 07:23:14 | 2,638 | 08/23/2008 20:10:14 | 596 | 34 | Tool to check Doxygen markup is up to date | I'm using Doxygen to generate documentation for my (C++) code, and am wondering if there is a tool that would give me a list of all functions/methods for which the current Doxygen markup doesn't describe all the arguments (or describes too many)? Maybe this is already included in Doxygen? (in which case I couldn't find... | c++ | documentation | doxygen | null | null | null | open | Tool to check Doxygen markup is up to date
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I'm using Doxygen to generate documentation for my (C++) code, and am wondering if there is a tool that would give me a list of all functions/methods for which the current Doxygen markup doesn't describe all the arguments (or describes too many)? Maybe this is already inc... | 0 |
38,987 | 09/02/2008 07:44:30 | 3,207 | 08/27/2008 13:12:39 | 320 | 16 | How can I merge two Python dictionaries as a single expression? | I have two Python dictionaries, and I want to write a single expression that returns these two dictionaries, merged. The update() method would be what I need, if it returned its result instead of modifying a dict in-place.
>>> x = {'a':1, 'b': 2}
>>> y = {'b':10, 'c': 11}
>>> z = x.update(y)
>>> ... | python | dictionary | null | null | null | null | open | How can I merge two Python dictionaries as a single expression?
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I have two Python dictionaries, and I want to write a single expression that returns these two dictionaries, merged. The update() method would be what I need, if it returned its result instead of modifying a dict in-place.
>>> x = {'a':1, 'b':... | 0 |
38,993 | 09/02/2008 08:05:43 | 4,161 | 09/02/2008 07:55:46 | 1 | 0 | Regex to match unique substrings | Here's a basic regex technique that I've never managed to remember. Let's say I'm using a fairly generic regex implementation (e.g., grep or grep -e). If I were to do a list of files and match any that end in either ".sty" or ".cls", how would I do that?
| regex | null | null | null | null | null | open | Regex to match unique substrings
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Here's a basic regex technique that I've never managed to remember. Let's say I'm using a fairly generic regex implementation (e.g., grep or grep -e). If I were to do a list of files and match any that end in either ".sty" or ".cls", how would I do that?
| 0 |
38,998 | 09/02/2008 08:09:24 | 3,212 | 08/27/2008 13:16:46 | 1 | 0 | Can I stop .NET eating IDs? | I'm an Information Architect and JavaScript developer by trade nowadays, but recently I've been getting back into back-end coding again. And, whilst trying to get an HTML prototype integrated and working with our C#-based CMS, I've come to blows with our programmers over the HTML ID attributes being arbitrarily rewrit... | c# | .net | javascript | html | css | null | open | Can I stop .NET eating IDs?
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I'm an Information Architect and JavaScript developer by trade nowadays, but recently I've been getting back into back-end coding again. And, whilst trying to get an HTML prototype integrated and working with our C#-based CMS, I've come to blows with our programmers over the HTML ID at... | 0 |
39,003 | 09/02/2008 08:13:58 | 3,024 | 08/26/2008 12:30:57 | 68 | 7 | NUnit - How to test all classes that implement a particular interface | If I have interface IFoo, and have several classes that implement it, what is the best/most elegant/cleverest way to test all those classes against the interface?
I'd like to reduce test code duplication, but still 'stay true' to the principles of Unit testing.
What would you consider best practice? I'm using NUn... | c# | .net | unit-testing | nunit | null | null | open | NUnit - How to test all classes that implement a particular interface
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If I have interface IFoo, and have several classes that implement it, what is the best/most elegant/cleverest way to test all those classes against the interface?
I'd like to reduce test code duplication, but still 'stay true' to the principl... | 0 |
39,006 | 09/02/2008 08:14:54 | 2,975 | 08/26/2008 09:40:04 | 301 | 21 | Getting an error when starting WAMP - "VirtualHost *:80 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results" | I'm running WAMP v2.0 on WindowsXP and I've got a bunch of virtual hosts setup in the http-vhosts.conf file.
This was working, but in the last week whenever I try & start WAMP I get this error in the event logs:
> VirtualHost *:80 -- mixing * ports and
> non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost
> address is not suppo... | wamp | apache | windows | null | null | null | open | Getting an error when starting WAMP - "VirtualHost *:80 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results"
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I'm running WAMP v2.0 on WindowsXP and I've got a bunch of virtual hosts setup in the http-vhosts.conf file.
This was working, but in the ... | 0 |
39,007 | 09/02/2008 08:15:20 | 1,367 | 08/14/2008 18:33:20 | 433 | 26 | Speeding up XAML editing in VS2008 | When editing XAML in VS2008 SP1, the editor is really slow. devenv process seems to be around at 40% CPU (the machine I’m using at the moment is only dual core, so that’s almost maxing out one core) most of the time. It spikes up a bit more when I switch to another XAML file. I do also have ReSharper installed, but I t... | vs2008 | xaml | null | null | null | null | open | Speeding up XAML editing in VS2008
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When editing XAML in VS2008 SP1, the editor is really slow. devenv process seems to be around at 40% CPU (the machine I’m using at the moment is only dual core, so that’s almost maxing out one core) most of the time. It spikes up a bit more when I switch to another XAML file. I d... | 0 |
39,020 | 09/02/2008 08:23:51 | 3,869 | 08/31/2008 14:21:44 | 69 | 3 | What are some good IRC channels for programmers? | I am looking for some IRC channels for programmers. Websites, forums, and stackoverflow are good for large-ish questions, but for quick stupid things or just chatting about issues with easy back-and-forth then IRC would be ideal.
Can anyone recommend IRC channels, either about specific languages or more general pro... | language-agnostic | irc | null | null | null | null | open | What are some good IRC channels for programmers?
===
I am looking for some IRC channels for programmers. Websites, forums, and stackoverflow are good for large-ish questions, but for quick stupid things or just chatting about issues with easy back-and-forth then IRC would be ideal.
Can anyone recommend IRC channel... | 0 |
39,029 | 09/02/2008 08:33:54 | 4,161 | 09/02/2008 07:55:46 | 18 | 0 | Is LaTeX used outside mathematics and academia? | This seems like an interesting forum to ask if anyone's come across semi-serious LaTeX usage outside of its traditional fields like mathematics, computer science, and other academic disciplines.
While the learning curve is rather steep (for some people), it seems in many cases like it *could* be a very useful tool i... | latex | null | null | null | null | null | open | Is LaTeX used outside mathematics and academia?
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This seems like an interesting forum to ask if anyone's come across semi-serious LaTeX usage outside of its traditional fields like mathematics, computer science, and other academic disciplines.
While the learning curve is rather steep (for some people), it seems ... | 0 |
39,037 | 09/02/2008 08:42:22 | 3,611 | 08/29/2008 11:21:48 | 1 | 0 | How to convert Word and Excel documents to PDF programmatically? | We are developing a little application that given a directory with PDF files creates a unique PDF file containing all the PDF files in the directory. This is a simple task using iTextSharp. The problem appears if in the directory exist some files like Word documents, or Excel documents.
My question is, is there a wa... | automation | office | null | null | null | null | open | How to convert Word and Excel documents to PDF programmatically?
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We are developing a little application that given a directory with PDF files creates a unique PDF file containing all the PDF files in the directory. This is a simple task using iTextSharp. The problem appears if in the directory exist some files lik... | 0 |
39,051 | 09/02/2008 08:51:53 | 4,071 | 09/01/2008 16:23:50 | 1 | 2 | Any recommended source code browser/explorers (Windows/C/C++)? | I'm looking for any recommendations for source code browsers, but especially ones that work on a large evolving source code base (somtimes in the order of 100k files, but more often about 10k files). My requirements would be:
- Some level of C/C++ language symbol parsing
- Straight text searches (with some rege... | software-tools | null | null | null | null | null | open | Any recommended source code browser/explorers (Windows/C/C++)?
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I'm looking for any recommendations for source code browsers, but especially ones that work on a large evolving source code base (somtimes in the order of 100k files, but more often about 10k files). My requirements would be:
- Some level of C/C++... | 0 |
39,065 | 09/02/2008 09:05:04 | 1,090 | 08/12/2008 11:16:17 | 33 | 3 | Referencing resource files from multiple projects in a solution | I am working on localization for a asp.net application that consists of several projects.
For this, there are some strings that are used in several of these projects. Naturally, I would prefer to have only one copy of the resource file in each project.
Since the resource files don't have an namespace (at least as... | localization | c# | resx | null | null | null | open | Referencing resource files from multiple projects in a solution
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I am working on localization for a asp.net application that consists of several projects.
For this, there are some strings that are used in several of these projects. Naturally, I would prefer to have only one copy of the resource file in each proj... | 0 |
39,066 | 09/02/2008 09:05:28 | 4,161 | 09/02/2008 07:55:46 | 23 | 0 | Move all windows to a single monitor (with two attached) in Mac OS X? | Whenever I use my MacBook away from my desk and later plug it into an external display (as primary), I get into the state of having windows deposited in both the notebook monitor and the external one.
To move all windows to a single screen, my current solution is to "Turn on mirroring" in the display preferences and... | macosx | multiple-monitors | null | null | null | null | open | Move all windows to a single monitor (with two attached) in Mac OS X?
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Whenever I use my MacBook away from my desk and later plug it into an external display (as primary), I get into the state of having windows deposited in both the notebook monitor and the external one.
To move all windows to a single screen, m... | 0 |
39,070 | 09/02/2008 09:06:04 | 4,180 | 09/02/2008 09:06:04 | 1 | 0 | Programmable, secure FTP replacement. | We need to move off traditional FTP for security purposes (it transmits it's passwords unencrypted). I am hearing SSH touted as the obvious alternative. However I have been driving FTP from an ASP.NET program interface to automate my web-site development, which is now quite a highly web-enabled process.
Can anyone ... | asp.net | ftp | null | null | null | null | open | Programmable, secure FTP replacement.
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We need to move off traditional FTP for security purposes (it transmits it's passwords unencrypted). I am hearing SSH touted as the obvious alternative. However I have been driving FTP from an ASP.NET program interface to automate my web-site development, which is now quite a ... | 0 |
39,086 | 09/02/2008 09:19:04 | 4,166 | 09/02/2008 08:38:50 | 1 | 0 | Search and replace a line in a file in Python | I want to loop over the contents of a text file and do a search and replace on some lines and write the result back to the file. I could first load the whole file in memory and then write it back, but that probably is not the best way to do it.
What is the best way to do this, within the following code?
f... | python | null | null | null | null | null | open | Search and replace a line in a file in Python
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I want to loop over the contents of a text file and do a search and replace on some lines and write the result back to the file. I could first load the whole file in memory and then write it back, but that probably is not the best way to do it.
What is the best way ... | 0 |
39,092 | 09/02/2008 09:28:12 | 2,948 | 08/26/2008 08:39:22 | 422 | 10 | OpenGL or DirectX for a new Windows game project? | I'm starting a hobby game project on Windows that will make heavy use of 3D graphics effects. It will most likely be written in C++.
Should I use OpenGL or DirectX for my graphics backend? Why?
Some "how to get started" links would be useful. (On either technology, or both.)
| opengl | directx | windows | null | null | null | open | OpenGL or DirectX for a new Windows game project?
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I'm starting a hobby game project on Windows that will make heavy use of 3D graphics effects. It will most likely be written in C++.
Should I use OpenGL or DirectX for my graphics backend? Why?
Some "how to get started" links would be useful. (On either techn... | 0 |
39,104 | 09/02/2008 09:40:26 | 4,198 | 09/02/2008 09:40:26 | 1 | 0 | Finding a file in a Python module distribution | I've written a Python package that includes a bsddb database of pre-computed values for one of the more time-consuming computations. For simplicity, my setup script installs the database file in the same directory as the code which accesses the database (on Unix, something like /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mypacka... | python | distutils | --file-- | null | null | null | open | Finding a file in a Python module distribution
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I've written a Python package that includes a bsddb database of pre-computed values for one of the more time-consuming computations. For simplicity, my setup script installs the database file in the same directory as the code which accesses the database (on Unix, som... | 0 |
39,107 | 09/02/2008 09:41:23 | 1,578 | 08/16/2008 20:25:25 | 221 | 10 | Tool for degrading my network connection ? | I've written some applications than heavily use network, and I would to test it over a slow network. I'm looking for a tool to simulate this kind of connections.
| networking | null | null | null | null | null | open | Tool for degrading my network connection ?
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I've written some applications than heavily use network, and I would to test it over a slow network. I'm looking for a tool to simulate this kind of connections.
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39,108 | 09/02/2008 09:41:44 | 3,993 | 09/01/2008 08:11:56 | 1 | 1 | drawing animations at the show of JDialog | What would be the best way to draw a simple animation just before showing a modal JDialog? (i.e. expanding borders from the mouse click point to the dialog location). I thought it would be possible to draw on the glasspane of the parent frame on the setVisible method of the dialog. However since the JDialog is modal to... | java | gui | swing | animation | null | null | open | drawing animations at the show of JDialog
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What would be the best way to draw a simple animation just before showing a modal JDialog? (i.e. expanding borders from the mouse click point to the dialog location). I thought it would be possible to draw on the glasspane of the parent frame on the setVisible method of t... | 0 |
39,112 | 09/02/2008 09:42:44 | 2,471 | 08/22/2008 12:47:10 | 51 | 2 | What is the best way to lock cache in asp.net? | I know in certain circumstances, such as long running processes, it is important to lock ASP.NET cache in order to avoid subsequent requests by another user for that resource from executing the long process again instead of hitting the cache.
What is the best way in c# to implement cache locking in ASP.NET? | c# | .net | asp.net | caching | null | null | open | What is the best way to lock cache in asp.net?
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I know in certain circumstances, such as long running processes, it is important to lock ASP.NET cache in order to avoid subsequent requests by another user for that resource from executing the long process again instead of hitting the cache.
What is the best way i... | 0 |
39,116 | 09/02/2008 09:44:16 | 4,192 | 09/02/2008 09:26:43 | 1 | 1 | Linking statically in C# | I'm working on a module for a CMS. This module is distributed as a class library DLL.
I have several utility libraries I'd like to use in this module. Is there anyway I can link these libraries statically so I won't have to distribute several DLL's (thereby distributing my utility libraries separately)?
I would l... | c# | vs2008 | linker | null | null | null | open | Linking statically in C#
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I'm working on a module for a CMS. This module is distributed as a class library DLL.
I have several utility libraries I'd like to use in this module. Is there anyway I can link these libraries statically so I won't have to distribute several DLL's (thereby distributing my utility libra... | 0 |
39,119 | 09/02/2008 09:46:16 | 905 | 08/10/2008 09:37:14 | 3,128 | 201 | How can I control checkboxes in a .Net Forms.TreeView? | I have a .Net desktop application with a TreeView as one of the UI elements.
I want to be able to multi-select that TreeView, only that isn't supported at all.
So I'm adding check-boxes to the tree, My problem is that only some items are selectable, and those that aren't can't consistently cascade selections.
... | .net | treeview | null | null | null | null | open | How can I control checkboxes in a .Net Forms.TreeView?
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I have a .Net desktop application with a TreeView as one of the UI elements.
I want to be able to multi-select that TreeView, only that isn't supported at all.
So I'm adding check-boxes to the tree, My problem is that only some items are selectable, and ... | 0 |
39,121 | 09/02/2008 09:46:36 | 115 | 08/02/2008 05:44:40 | 480 | 70 | Beta Testing | I have a project that I would like to start beta testing soon, it is a PHP/MySQL site for programmers.<br />
I have beta tested sites before however it was always in-house, and I have never done betas that could/should be seen by someone other then those associated with the project.<br /><br />So, how should I go abou... | beta | testing | null | null | null | null | open | Beta Testing
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I have a project that I would like to start beta testing soon, it is a PHP/MySQL site for programmers.<br />
I have beta tested sites before however it was always in-house, and I have never done betas that could/should be seen by someone other then those associated with the project.<br /><br />So, ho... | 0 |
39,125 | 09/02/2008 09:49:42 | 254 | 08/04/2008 05:45:21 | 26 | 0 | How can a .net class library be protected so it cant be referenced by other applications? | How can a .net class library project and resulting dll be protected so it cant be referenced by other applications? | class-library | .net | c# | null | null | null | open | How can a .net class library be protected so it cant be referenced by other applications?
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How can a .net class library project and resulting dll be protected so it cant be referenced by other applications? | 0 |
39,135 | 09/02/2008 09:56:01 | 1,109 | 08/12/2008 12:16:58 | 860 | 63 | Can you have virtual users using an SFTP server? | I've had a FTP server (Mac OS X, but not the server version) set up for a while where the users are virtual, i.e. they are not actual user accounts in the server's OS, but accounts handled by the FTP server software -- to the OS they all look like the `ftp` user account. I'd like to retire the FTP server software and g... | ftp | ssh | sftp | macosx | null | null | open | Can you have virtual users using an SFTP server?
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I've had a FTP server (Mac OS X, but not the server version) set up for a while where the users are virtual, i.e. they are not actual user accounts in the server's OS, but accounts handled by the FTP server software -- to the OS they all look like the `ftp` user acc... | 0 |
39,154 | 09/02/2008 10:06:25 | 4,161 | 09/02/2008 07:55:46 | 33 | 1 | Do you version "derived" files? | Using online interfaces to a version control system is a nice way to have a published location for the most recent versions of code. For example, I have a LaTeX package here (which is released to CTAN whenever changes are verified to actually work):
<http://github.com/wspr/pstool/tree/master>
The package itself... | version-control | null | null | null | null | null | open | Do you version "derived" files?
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Using online interfaces to a version control system is a nice way to have a published location for the most recent versions of code. For example, I have a LaTeX package here (which is released to CTAN whenever changes are verified to actually work):
<http://github.com/wspr/psto... | 0 |
39,159 | 09/02/2008 10:11:01 | 3,024 | 08/26/2008 12:30:57 | 83 | 7 | Is it possible to run OSX in a virtual machine? | I'd love to be able to try Mac OSX in a VM, preferable on something shiny and new like KVM for linux.
I'm a Linux and Windows person, but would like to try out OSX without investing in the expensive hardware or accumulating yet another box to fit somewhere under my desk. (Read: no I don't want to get a Mac Mini)
... | osx | vmware | virtualization | null | null | 05/24/2011 20:21:42 | off topic | Is it possible to run OSX in a virtual machine?
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I'd love to be able to try Mac OSX in a VM, preferable on something shiny and new like KVM for linux.
I'm a Linux and Windows person, but would like to try out OSX without investing in the expensive hardware or accumulating yet another box to fit somewhere under m... | 2 |
39,186 | 09/02/2008 10:30:58 | 4,161 | 09/02/2008 07:55:46 | 48 | 1 | Should I use GitHub+Fogbugz or Assembla? | I'm trying to work out the lowest friction hosting solution for a bunch of open source, one man (i.e., me) projects. Recently I started using Git and naturally fell into using GitHub as well, which I've found very nice. I also discovered that Fogbugz is free for small teams and started using that for my bug tracking.
... | version-control | git | null | null | null | null | open | Should I use GitHub+Fogbugz or Assembla?
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I'm trying to work out the lowest friction hosting solution for a bunch of open source, one man (i.e., me) projects. Recently I started using Git and naturally fell into using GitHub as well, which I've found very nice. I also discovered that Fogbugz is free for small teams... | 0 |
39,187 | 09/02/2008 10:31:38 | 4,203 | 09/02/2008 10:09:59 | 1 | 1 | How do I install a color theme for IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.x | I prefer dark backgrounds for coding, and I've downloaded a jar file containing an IntelliJ IDEA color theme that has a dark background. How do I tell IntelliJ about it? | intellij | null | null | null | null | null | open | How do I install a color theme for IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.x
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I prefer dark backgrounds for coding, and I've downloaded a jar file containing an IntelliJ IDEA color theme that has a dark background. How do I tell IntelliJ about it? | 0 |
39,188 | 09/02/2008 10:32:20 | 4,021 | 09/01/2008 12:23:44 | 1 | 0 | Repairing an MDF file | Can somebody in this forum recommend a tool/procedure to repair or recover a corrupt SQL Server 2000 database file? | sql-server | null | null | null | null | 07/01/2012 13:12:34 | not constructive | Repairing an MDF file
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Can somebody in this forum recommend a tool/procedure to repair or recover a corrupt SQL Server 2000 database file? | 4 |
39,194 | 09/02/2008 10:37:06 | 3,827 | 08/31/2008 04:42:17 | 246 | 20 | Do I need a Mac to to make a Java application bundle? | I want to create a Java application bundle for Mac without using Mac.
According to [Java Deployment Options for Mac OS X][1], I can do this by using Xcode, Jar Bundler, or from the command line. Once the files and folders are set up, all I need for the command line method is to call /Developer/Tools/SetFile. Is ther... | java | osx | deployment | null | null | null | open | Do I need a Mac to to make a Java application bundle?
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I want to create a Java application bundle for Mac without using Mac.
According to [Java Deployment Options for Mac OS X][1], I can do this by using Xcode, Jar Bundler, or from the command line. Once the files and folders are set up, all I need for the comma... | 0 |
39,196 | 09/02/2008 10:37:14 | 2,138 | 08/20/2008 14:23:45 | 83 | 6 | group_concat query performance | i am having serious performance problems (queries up to 55 seconds) while running a mysql query since i added a group_concat clause.
my query looks like:
select ... group_concat(distinct category.name) .... from page where
left outer join page_category on page.id = story_category.page_id
left ou... | mysql | sql | performance | null | null | null | open | group_concat query performance
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i am having serious performance problems (queries up to 55 seconds) while running a mysql query since i added a group_concat clause.
my query looks like:
select ... group_concat(distinct category.name) .... from page where
left outer join page_category on page.id = s... | 0 |
39,222 | 09/02/2008 10:57:10 | 163 | 08/02/2008 20:40:09 | 499 | 21 | Portaby handle exceptional errors in C++ | I'm working on porting a Visual C++ application to GCC (should build on MingW and Linux).
The existing code uses `__try { ... } __except(1) { ... }` blocks in a few places so that almost nothing (short of maybe out of memory type errors?) would make the program exit without doing some minimal logging.
What are th... | visual-c++ | gcc | portability | crossplatform | exception | null | open | Portaby handle exceptional errors in C++
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I'm working on porting a Visual C++ application to GCC (should build on MingW and Linux).
The existing code uses `__try { ... } __except(1) { ... }` blocks in a few places so that almost nothing (short of maybe out of memory type errors?) would make the program exit with... | 0 |
39,229 | 09/02/2008 11:07:23 | 184 | 08/03/2008 05:34:19 | 1,661 | 24 | Can I use other IDEs other than Visual Studio for coding in .net? | What are the options? How popular are they? Do these IDEs give similar/better functionality compared to visual studio? | .net | visual-studio | null | null | null | null | open | Can I use other IDEs other than Visual Studio for coding in .net?
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What are the options? How popular are they? Do these IDEs give similar/better functionality compared to visual studio? | 0 |
39,240 | 09/02/2008 11:12:35 | 191 | 08/03/2008 09:55:26 | 64 | 2 | "Similar Posts" like functionality using MS SQL Server | I have lots of article store in MS SQL server 2005 database in a table called Articles:
"Articles (ArticleID, ArticleTitle, ArticleContent)"
Now I want some SP or SQL query which could return me similar Article against any user's input (very much like "Similar Posts" in blogs OR "Related Questions" in stackov... | database | sql | mssql | null | null | null | open | "Similar Posts" like functionality using MS SQL Server
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I have lots of article store in MS SQL server 2005 database in a table called Articles:
"Articles (ArticleID, ArticleTitle, ArticleContent)"
Now I want some SP or SQL query which could return me similar Article against any user's input (very much lik... | 0 |
39,243 | 09/02/2008 11:14:36 | 4,021 | 09/01/2008 12:23:44 | 6 | 0 | Query to identify the number of revisions made to a table | Is there any query which can return me the number of revisions made to the structure of a database table?
Secondly, how can I determine the number of pages (in terms of size) present in mdf or ldf files? | sql-server | null | null | null | null | null | open | Query to identify the number of revisions made to a table
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Is there any query which can return me the number of revisions made to the structure of a database table?
Secondly, how can I determine the number of pages (in terms of size) present in mdf or ldf files? | 0 |
39,254 | 09/02/2008 11:22:31 | 2,974 | 08/26/2008 09:39:16 | 464 | 38 | What's the difference between DOCUMENT_URI and URI_REQUEST in SSI? | When looking at a SSI printenv dump I see a variable URI_REQUEST.
When reading the Apache mod_include docs I see DOCUMENT_URI which they define as "The (%-decoded) URL path of the document requested by the user."
Anyone know the difference between the two?
TIA. | ssi | apache | null | null | null | null | open | What's the difference between DOCUMENT_URI and URI_REQUEST in SSI?
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When looking at a SSI printenv dump I see a variable URI_REQUEST.
When reading the Apache mod_include docs I see DOCUMENT_URI which they define as "The (%-decoded) URL path of the document requested by the user."
Anyone know the difference be... | 0 |
39,256 | 09/02/2008 11:26:07 | 1,970 | 08/19/2008 16:04:51 | 83 | 9 | What web log file analyzer do you recommend | I am looking into getting a log file analysis tool for multiple sites.
All the sites currently run Google analytics, however I have noticed that the stats that this provides can be a bit off (lower numbers than log files report etc etc).
It needn't be expensive although expensive tools will be considered.
It n... | analytics | null | null | null | null | null | open | What web log file analyzer do you recommend
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I am looking into getting a log file analysis tool for multiple sites.
All the sites currently run Google analytics, however I have noticed that the stats that this provides can be a bit off (lower numbers than log files report etc etc).
It needn't be expensive alt... | 0 |
39,276 | 09/02/2008 11:34:06 | 4,171 | 09/02/2008 08:46:59 | 1 | 3 | .NET Scanning API | Is there any free or commercial component written in .NET (no COM interop) that will work with most twain scanners? | c# | .net | null | null | null | null | open | .NET Scanning API
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Is there any free or commercial component written in .NET (no COM interop) that will work with most twain scanners? | 0 |
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