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46,930 | 09/05/2008 21:29:34 | 4,794 | 09/05/2008 16:11:30 | 41 | 4 | Reference material for LabVIEW | I'm supposed to learn how to use [LabVIEW][1] for my new job, and I'm wondering if anybody can recommend some good books or reference/tutorial web sites.
I'm a senior developer with lots of Java/C#/C++ experience.
I realize that this question is perhaps more vague than is intended on stack overflow, so how about ... | tutorials | labview | null | null | null | null | open | Reference material for LabVIEW
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I'm supposed to learn how to use [LabVIEW][1] for my new job, and I'm wondering if anybody can recommend some good books or reference/tutorial web sites.
I'm a senior developer with lots of Java/C#/C++ experience.
I realize that this question is perhaps more vague than is inten... | 0 |
46,938 | 09/05/2008 21:33:48 | 1,463 | 08/15/2008 17:26:44 | 434 | 33 | How do you convert an aspx or master page file to page and code behind? | I have a project where a .master page was created without a code behind page. Now I want to add a code behind page for this .master page and move the "in page" code to the code behind file. What is the best/easiest way to go about doing this? I'm using Visual Studio 2008. | vs2008 | null | null | null | null | null | open | How do you convert an aspx or master page file to page and code behind?
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I have a project where a .master page was created without a code behind page. Now I want to add a code behind page for this .master page and move the "in page" code to the code behind file. What is the best/easiest way to go about doing this? ... | 0 |
46,960 | 09/05/2008 21:46:57 | 829 | 08/09/2008 06:18:18 | 25 | 3 | What your favorite desk for a developer's home office? | I'd like to know what you think the best desk for a developer is. Size and price aren't a huge factor.
I recently started working from home and am in need of a new desk solution. I already got my HM Mirra (sooooo yummy!), but wanted to trade up my CostCo folding table for something better. I'm thinking [adjustable][... | desk | homeoffice | workfromhome | null | null | 10/24/2011 14:15:29 | not constructive | What your favorite desk for a developer's home office?
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I'd like to know what you think the best desk for a developer is. Size and price aren't a huge factor.
I recently started working from home and am in need of a new desk solution. I already got my HM Mirra (sooooo yummy!), but wanted to trade up my CostCo fo... | 4 |
46,981 | 09/05/2008 22:04:39 | 580 | 08/06/2008 22:30:28 | 1,227 | 93 | Silverlight DataBinding cross thread issue |
I have an Image control with it's source bound to a property on an object(string url to an image). After making a service call, i update the data object with a new URL. The exception is thrown after it leaves my code, after invoking the PropertyChanged event.
The data structure and the service logic are all done... | silverlight | data-binding | null | null | null | null | open | Silverlight DataBinding cross thread issue
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I have an Image control with it's source bound to a property on an object(string url to an image). After making a service call, i update the data object with a new URL. The exception is thrown after it leaves my code, after invoking the PropertyChanged event.
The d... | 0 |
46,982 | 09/05/2008 22:04:39 | 2,649 | 08/23/2008 22:57:29 | 26 | 3 | Javascript and CSS parsing performance | I am trying to improve the performance of a web application. I have metrics that I can use to optimise the time taken to return the main HTML page, but I'm concerned about the external CSS and Javascript files that are included from these HTML pages. These are served statically, with HTTP Expires headers, but are sha... | javascript | css | performance | null | null | null | open | Javascript and CSS parsing performance
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I am trying to improve the performance of a web application. I have metrics that I can use to optimise the time taken to return the main HTML page, but I'm concerned about the external CSS and Javascript files that are included from these HTML pages. These are served static... | 0 |
46,987 | 09/05/2008 22:12:32 | 255 | 08/04/2008 05:46:02 | 539 | 18 | Rotate Windows XP Desktop | My LCD rotates. The software that comes with my ATI card to rotate the desktop just crashes. Is there any other way to rotate a Windows XP Desktop by 90 degree increments? I am looking for either software or code (any language is fine.) I know I have seen this before, but I can't find it now.
I realize this may ... | productivity | desktop | monitor | windows-xp | null | null | open | Rotate Windows XP Desktop
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My LCD rotates. The software that comes with my ATI card to rotate the desktop just crashes. Is there any other way to rotate a Windows XP Desktop by 90 degree increments? I am looking for either software or code (any language is fine.) I know I have seen this before, but I can't find... | 0 |
47,005 | 09/05/2008 22:32:26 | 4,563 | 09/04/2008 18:02:58 | 11 | 3 | MySQL UTF/Unicode migration tips | Does anyone have any tips or gotcha moments to look out for when trying to migrate MySQL tables from the the default case-insenstive swedish or ascii charsets to utf-8? Some of the projects that I'm involved in are striving for better internationalization and the database is going to be a significant part of this chang... | mysql | unicode | utf8 | internationalization | null | null | open | MySQL UTF/Unicode migration tips
===
Does anyone have any tips or gotcha moments to look out for when trying to migrate MySQL tables from the the default case-insenstive swedish or ascii charsets to utf-8? Some of the projects that I'm involved in are striving for better internationalization and the database is going ... | 0 |
47,007 | 09/05/2008 22:36:02 | 2,102 | 08/20/2008 11:37:35 | 164 | 19 | Determining the last changelist synced to in Perforce | A question that occasionally arises is what is the best way to determine the changelist that you last synced to in Perforce. This is often needed for things like injecting the changelist number into the revision info by the automatic build system.
| perforce | null | null | null | null | null | open | Determining the last changelist synced to in Perforce
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A question that occasionally arises is what is the best way to determine the changelist that you last synced to in Perforce. This is often needed for things like injecting the changelist number into the revision info by the automatic build system.
| 0 |
47,009 | 09/05/2008 22:37:23 | 327 | 08/04/2008 17:08:49 | 643 | 43 | What languages support covariance on inherited methods' return types? | I discovered that the cause of my problems (see [question][1]) was the lack of support in C# for covariance on inherited methods' return types. Now I'm curious what languages support this feature. Accepted answer will be whoever can name the most.
[1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/46933/why-doesnt-inheri... | oop | c# | java | programming-languages | null | null | open | What languages support covariance on inherited methods' return types?
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I discovered that the cause of my problems (see [question][1]) was the lack of support in C# for covariance on inherited methods' return types. Now I'm curious what languages support this feature. Accepted answer will be whoever can name the m... | 0 |
47,022 | 09/05/2008 22:47:46 | 1,412 | 08/15/2008 15:05:57 | 591 | 39 | "Phantom" directories in an SVN repository | I've somehow managed to get an SVN repository into a bad state. I've moved a directory and now I can't commit it in its new location.
As far as `svn status` is concerned, the directory is unknown (the name of the directory is `type`).
<pre>
$ svn status
? type
</pre>
When I try to add the directory, the ... | svn | null | null | null | null | null | open | "Phantom" directories in an SVN repository
===
I've somehow managed to get an SVN repository into a bad state. I've moved a directory and now I can't commit it in its new location.
As far as `svn status` is concerned, the directory is unknown (the name of the directory is `type`).
<pre>
$ svn status
? type
... | 0 |
47,026 | 09/05/2008 22:49:28 | 1,368 | 08/14/2008 18:57:47 | 162 | 10 | Recursive function for an xml file (hierarchial data). | I want to recursively traverse an XML file, and need a little help with the C# code.
My XML file looks like:
<pre>
@categories@
@category id="1"@
@/category@
@category id="2"@
@category id="3"@ @/category@
@category id="4"@ @category id="5"# #/category# #/category#
@/category@
@/cate... | xml | recursion | null | null | null | null | open | Recursive function for an xml file (hierarchial data).
===
I want to recursively traverse an XML file, and need a little help with the C# code.
My XML file looks like:
<pre>
@categories@
@category id="1"@
@/category@
@category id="2"@
@category id="3"@ @/category@
@category id="4"@ @cat... | 0 |
47,045 | 09/05/2008 23:05:35 | 4,498 | 09/04/2008 08:55:23 | 11 | 3 | Sprintf in Java | Printf got added to Java with the 1.5 release but I can't seem to find how to send the output to a string rather than a file (which is what sprintf does in C). Does anyone know how to do this? | java | null | null | null | null | null | open | Sprintf in Java
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Printf got added to Java with the 1.5 release but I can't seem to find how to send the output to a string rather than a file (which is what sprintf does in C). Does anyone know how to do this? | 0 |
47,052 | 09/05/2008 23:08:06 | 4,843 | 09/05/2008 23:02:34 | 1 | 0 | What code would I use to convert a SQL like expression to a regex on the fly? | I'm looking to convert a SQL like statement on the fly to the equivalent regex i.e.
LIKE '%this%'
LIKE 'Sm_th'
LIKE '[C-P]arsen'
What's the best approach to doing this? | sql | regex | tsql | like | null | null | open | What code would I use to convert a SQL like expression to a regex on the fly?
===
I'm looking to convert a SQL like statement on the fly to the equivalent regex i.e.
LIKE '%this%'
LIKE 'Sm_th'
LIKE '[C-P]arsen'
What's the best approach to doing this? | 0 |
47,066 | 09/05/2008 23:21:18 | 159 | 08/02/2008 18:20:52 | 353 | 6 | "getting" path in linux | I am writing a c program in linux. Commands like execv() require a path in the form of a c string. Is there a command that will return the current path in the form of a c style string? | c | linux | operating-system | null | null | null | open | "getting" path in linux
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I am writing a c program in linux. Commands like execv() require a path in the form of a c string. Is there a command that will return the current path in the form of a c style string? | 0 |
47,089 | 09/05/2008 23:34:53 | 4,846 | 09/05/2008 23:21:25 | 1 | 0 | Best way in asp.net to force https for an entire site? | About 6 months ago I rolled out a site where every request needed to be over https. The only way at the time I could find to ensure that every request to a page was over https was to check it in the page load event. If the request was not over http I would response.redirect("https://mysite.com")
Is there a better ... | c# | asp.net | vb.net | webforms | https | null | open | Best way in asp.net to force https for an entire site?
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About 6 months ago I rolled out a site where every request needed to be over https. The only way at the time I could find to ensure that every request to a page was over https was to check it in the page load event. If the request was not over http I would r... | 0 |
47,104 | 09/05/2008 23:53:47 | 4,407 | 09/03/2008 14:57:06 | 123 | 10 | Slow SQL Query due to inner and left join? | Can anyone explain this behavior or how to get around it?
If you execute this query:
select *
from TblA
left join freetexttable ( TblB, *, 'query' ) on TblA.ID = [Key]
inner join DifferentDbCatalog.dbo.TblC on TblA.ID = TblC.TblAID
It will be very very very slow.
If you change that query... | sql-server | performance | freetext | null | null | null | open | Slow SQL Query due to inner and left join?
===
Can anyone explain this behavior or how to get around it?
If you execute this query:
select *
from TblA
left join freetexttable ( TblB, *, 'query' ) on TblA.ID = [Key]
inner join DifferentDbCatalog.dbo.TblC on TblA.ID = TblC.TblAID
It will be ... | 0 |
47,107 | 09/05/2008 23:57:14 | 3,641 | 08/29/2008 16:32:49 | 585 | 31 | ClickOnce disallow publishing of Debug builds | Is there any way to disallow publishing of debug builds with ClickOnce? I only want to allow Release builds through, but right now human error causes a debug build to slip in once in a while. | clickonce | null | null | null | null | null | open | ClickOnce disallow publishing of Debug builds
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Is there any way to disallow publishing of debug builds with ClickOnce? I only want to allow Release builds through, but right now human error causes a debug build to slip in once in a while. | 0 |
47,133 | 09/06/2008 00:30:17 | 3,749 | 08/30/2008 14:35:49 | 1 | 1 | Migrating to a GUI witout losing business logic written in COBOL | We maintain a system that has over a million lines of COBOL code. Does someone have suggestions about how to migrate to a GUI (probably Windows based) without losing all the business logic we have written in COBOL? And yes, some of the business logic is buried inside of the current user interface. | gui | cobol | busines-logic | code-migration | null | null | open | Migrating to a GUI witout losing business logic written in COBOL
===
We maintain a system that has over a million lines of COBOL code. Does someone have suggestions about how to migrate to a GUI (probably Windows based) without losing all the business logic we have written in COBOL? And yes, some of the business logic... | 0 |
47,137 | 09/06/2008 00:37:41 | 1,556 | 08/16/2008 16:41:03 | 465 | 18 | Can you recommend "Software Masterpiece"? | I found there is "Software Masterpiece" from [c2.com][1].
Reading and studying these kinds of software codes will be great step being better programmer.
But I want to know more softwares not just listed ones - Qmail, Emacs, Python and etc.
Can you recommend "Software Masterpiece"?
[1]: http://c2.com/cgi/w... | untagged | null | null | null | null | 03/03/2012 01:50:42 | not constructive | Can you recommend "Software Masterpiece"?
===
I found there is "Software Masterpiece" from [c2.com][1].
Reading and studying these kinds of software codes will be great step being better programmer.
But I want to know more softwares not just listed ones - Qmail, Emacs, Python and etc.
Can you recommend "Softw... | 4 |
47,138 | 09/06/2008 00:39:01 | 456,786 | 09/04/2008 17:42:59 | 1 | 1 | Who, what, when, where, and why should you codereview? | - Who should be reviewed?
- Who should do the reviewing?
- What code should be reviewed? (all
code? Big changes? Etc)
- Where should the review take place?
(Does it have to take place in
person?)
- When should reviews take place?
(Incrementally? Before check-ins?)
... | code-review | teamwork | remote-working | personal | null | null | open | Who, what, when, where, and why should you codereview?
===
- Who should be reviewed?
- Who should do the reviewing?
- What code should be reviewed? (all
code? Big changes? Etc)
- Where should the review take place?
(Does it have to take place in
person?)
- When should reviews t... | 0 |
47,144 | 09/06/2008 00:59:14 | 4,850 | 09/06/2008 00:59:14 | 1 | 0 | Is there a way to ensure entire code block execution in a .NET thread? | In my C# program, I have a thread that represents a running test, which can be aborted by a click on a button labeled "Interrupt execution". In order for the thread (and therefore the test) to terminate in an elegant manner (and do some vital work beforehand), this button is enabled only in some well-defined moments, i... | .net | multithreading | null | null | null | null | open | Is there a way to ensure entire code block execution in a .NET thread?
===
In my C# program, I have a thread that represents a running test, which can be aborted by a click on a button labeled "Interrupt execution". In order for the thread (and therefore the test) to terminate in an elegant manner (and do some vital w... | 0 |
47,145 | 09/06/2008 00:59:54 | 3,147 | 08/27/2008 01:00:22 | 65 | 10 | Customising log4j adapter | I want to build my own custom log4j (network) adapter to solve my problem [that I posted here.][1]
I have looked at the documentation on the log4j and I cant see where/if the developers go into how to do this.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to get started?
[1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/... | java | log4j | null | null | null | null | open | Customising log4j adapter
===
I want to build my own custom log4j (network) adapter to solve my problem [that I posted here.][1]
I have looked at the documentation on the log4j and I cant see where/if the developers go into how to do this.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to get started?
[1]: http... | 0 |
47,163 | 09/06/2008 01:24:19 | 577 | 08/06/2008 21:36:25 | 345 | 14 | How to set the order in subnodes of a tree structure. | I have a tree representation of pages in a CMS application. However, I don't have a good way to:
A) Reorder subpages under a prticular parent page.
B) Provide a UI implementation that allows the user to change the order.
Any suggestions? | treeview | tree | null | null | null | null | open | How to set the order in subnodes of a tree structure.
===
I have a tree representation of pages in a CMS application. However, I don't have a good way to:
A) Reorder subpages under a prticular parent page.
B) Provide a UI implementation that allows the user to change the order.
Any suggestions? | 0 |
47,167 | 09/06/2008 01:31:37 | 4,639 | 09/04/2008 23:07:22 | 1 | 1 | Do you know of any "best practice" or "what works" vi tutorial for programmers? | There are thousands of vi tutorials on the web, most of them generically listing all the commands. There are even videos on youtube which show basic functionality. But does anyone know of a vi tutorial which focuses on the needs of programmers? For example when I program in Perl with vi, moving to the "next paragraph"... | vim | null | null | null | null | null | open | Do you know of any "best practice" or "what works" vi tutorial for programmers?
===
There are thousands of vi tutorials on the web, most of them generically listing all the commands. There are even videos on youtube which show basic functionality. But does anyone know of a vi tutorial which focuses on the needs of pro... | 0 |
47,169 | 09/06/2008 01:37:52 | 3,191 | 08/27/2008 12:32:21 | 345 | 18 | Is there an event that triggers if the number of ListViewItems in a ListView changes? (Windows Forms) | I'd like to enable/disable some other controls based on how many items are in my `ListView` control. I can't find any event that would do this, either on the `ListView` itself or on the `ListViewItemCollection`. Maybe there's a way to generically watch any collection in C# for changes?
I'd be happy with other events... | events | listview | winforms | null | null | null | open | Is there an event that triggers if the number of ListViewItems in a ListView changes? (Windows Forms)
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I'd like to enable/disable some other controls based on how many items are in my `ListView` control. I can't find any event that would do this, either on the `ListView` itself or on the `ListViewItemCollection`. M... | 0 |
47,177 | 09/06/2008 01:44:06 | 2,783 | 08/25/2008 03:10:18 | 403 | 27 | How to monitor the computer's cpu, memory, and disk usage in Java? | I would like to monitor the following system information in Java:
- current cpu usage (percent)
- available memory* (free/total)
- available disk space (free/total)
*note that I mean overall memory available to the whole system, not just the JVM
I'm looking for a cross-platform solution (Linux, Mac, W... | java | memory | crossplatform | cpu | diskspace | null | open | How to monitor the computer's cpu, memory, and disk usage in Java?
===
I would like to monitor the following system information in Java:
- current cpu usage (percent)
- available memory* (free/total)
- available disk space (free/total)
*note that I mean overall memory available to the whole system, not ... | 0 |
47,198 | 09/06/2008 02:22:50 | 680 | 08/07/2008 17:29:04 | 504 | 14 | Which Version of Python to Use for Maximum Compatibility | If I was going to start an open source project using Python what version should I use to ensure that the vast majority of users can use it on their system?
I'm the kind of person who quickly jumps to the next version (which I'll do when Python 3 comes out) but many people may be more conservative if their current ve... | python | compatibility | null | null | null | null | open | Which Version of Python to Use for Maximum Compatibility
===
If I was going to start an open source project using Python what version should I use to ensure that the vast majority of users can use it on their system?
I'm the kind of person who quickly jumps to the next version (which I'll do when Python 3 comes out... | 0 |
47,203 | 09/06/2008 02:31:47 | 2,148 | 08/20/2008 15:20:13 | 427 | 25 | SQL Server, nvarchar(MAX) or ntext, image or varbinary? | When should I choose one or the other? What are the implications regarding space and (full-text) indexing?
BTW: I'm currently using SQL Server 2005 planing to upgrade to 2008 in the following months.
Thanks | tsql | sql-server | sql-types | null | null | null | open | SQL Server, nvarchar(MAX) or ntext, image or varbinary?
===
When should I choose one or the other? What are the implications regarding space and (full-text) indexing?
BTW: I'm currently using SQL Server 2005 planing to upgrade to 2008 in the following months.
Thanks | 0 |
47,204 | 09/06/2008 02:35:41 | 4,826 | 09/05/2008 19:45:07 | 11 | 1 | Best free online Computer Science college courses | I have found the [MIT Open Courseware][1] to be a great resource for free computer science college courses. Every software engineer should be required to take the [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs class][2]. [Berkeley][3] and [Carnegie Mellon][4] also provide some great online courses. Are there any... | software-engineering | classes | college | mit | cmu | null | open | Best free online Computer Science college courses
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I have found the [MIT Open Courseware][1] to be a great resource for free computer science college courses. Every software engineer should be required to take the [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs class][2]. [Berkeley][3] and [Carnegie Mellon][4]... | 0 |
47,206 | 09/06/2008 02:39:33 | 3,137 | 08/26/2008 23:31:53 | 1 | 1 | How many rows should be in the (main) buffer of a virtual Listview control? (win32, 'c') | How many rows should be in the (main) buffer of a virtual Listview control?
I am witting an application in pure 'c' to the Win32 API. There is an ODBC connection to a database which will retrieve the items (actually rows).
The sample code implies a fixed size buffer of 30.
My thinking is that the buffer s... | winapi | c | null | null | null | null | open | How many rows should be in the (main) buffer of a virtual Listview control? (win32, 'c')
===
How many rows should be in the (main) buffer of a virtual Listview control?
I am witting an application in pure 'c' to the Win32 API. There is an ODBC connection to a database which will retrieve the items (actually rows).... | 0 |
47,207 | 09/06/2008 02:42:49 | 2,592 | 08/23/2008 12:32:00 | 74 | 4 | Django: Print url of view without hardcoding the url | Can i print out a url (/admin/manage/products/add) of a certain view in a template?
Here is the rule i want to create a link for
(r'^manage/products/add/$', create_object, {'model': Product, 'post_save_redirect': ''}),
I would like to have /manage/products/add in a template without hardcoding it. How can i... | django | python | null | null | null | null | open | Django: Print url of view without hardcoding the url
===
Can i print out a url (/admin/manage/products/add) of a certain view in a template?
Here is the rule i want to create a link for
(r'^manage/products/add/$', create_object, {'model': Product, 'post_save_redirect': ''}),
I would like to have /manage/p... | 0 |
47,210 | 09/06/2008 02:47:19 | 4,161 | 09/02/2008 07:55:46 | 407 | 15 | Is there a good Fogbugz client for Mac OS X? | And/or: do I need one?
I've recently started using FogBugz for my hobby projects, and I'm very happy with things so far. Having read more about it, especially the evidence-based scheduling, I'd like to start using it for my PhD as well. (Heh; something tells me my supervisors won't be opening tickets for me, though.... | osx | fogbugz | null | null | null | null | open | Is there a good Fogbugz client for Mac OS X?
===
And/or: do I need one?
I've recently started using FogBugz for my hobby projects, and I'm very happy with things so far. Having read more about it, especially the evidence-based scheduling, I'd like to start using it for my PhD as well. (Heh; something tells me my su... | 0 |
47,217 | 09/06/2008 02:55:19 | 3,123 | 08/26/2008 19:29:02 | 16 | 3 | "Cannot change DataType of a column once it has data" error in Visual Studio 2005 DataSet Designer | I've got a DataSet in VisualStudio 2005. I need to change the datatype of a column in one of the datatables from System.Int32 to System.Decimal. When I try to change the datatype in the DataSet Designer I receive the following error:
"Property value is not valid. Cannot change DataType of a column once it has dat... | visual-studio | .net-2.0 | null | null | null | null | open | "Cannot change DataType of a column once it has data" error in Visual Studio 2005 DataSet Designer
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I've got a DataSet in VisualStudio 2005. I need to change the datatype of a column in one of the datatables from System.Int32 to System.Decimal. When I try to change the datatype in the DataSet Designer I receive t... | 0 |
47,225 | 09/06/2008 03:25:44 | 4,134 | 09/01/2008 23:40:41 | 71 | 11 | How would you migrate hundreds of MS Access databases to a central service? | We have literally 100's of Access databases floating around the network. Some with light usage and some with quite heavy usage, and some no usage whatsoever. What we would like to do is centralise these databases onto a managed database and retain as much as possible of the reports and forms within them.
The benefit... | oracle | mssql | ms-access | null | null | null | open | How would you migrate hundreds of MS Access databases to a central service?
===
We have literally 100's of Access databases floating around the network. Some with light usage and some with quite heavy usage, and some no usage whatsoever. What we would like to do is centralise these databases onto a managed database an... | 0 |
47,234 | 09/06/2008 03:39:52 | 4,318 | 09/02/2008 20:17:30 | 1 | 0 | Best ASP.NET E-Commerce Framework (aspDotNetStoreFront, AbleCommerce, BVCommerce, MediaChase,...) | I need a full-featured asp.net E-Commerce solution for a project. It needs to be easily extensible as I need to extend it to integrate with a custom Flash based personalization engine. It should also have a great administrative back-end that handles inventory tracking, report, labels, shipping, ... so that the client c... | e-commerce | online | reviews | store | ablecommerce | 09/15/2011 07:17:59 | not constructive | Best ASP.NET E-Commerce Framework (aspDotNetStoreFront, AbleCommerce, BVCommerce, MediaChase,...)
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I need a full-featured asp.net E-Commerce solution for a project. It needs to be easily extensible as I need to extend it to integrate with a custom Flash based personalization engine. It should also have a great admi... | 4 |
47,235 | 09/06/2008 03:44:23 | 1,965 | 08/19/2008 15:51:08 | 2,997 | 177 | What is .MSPX? | I've noticed a lot of microsoft sites have the *.MSPX extension. While I'm very familiar with ASP.NET, I've not seen this extension before.
Does anyone know what this identifies? | .net | asp.net | microsoft | null | null | null | open | What is .MSPX?
===
I've noticed a lot of microsoft sites have the *.MSPX extension. While I'm very familiar with ASP.NET, I've not seen this extension before.
Does anyone know what this identifies? | 0 |
47,239 | 09/06/2008 03:52:15 | 4,550 | 09/04/2008 17:50:43 | 47 | 8 | How can I generate database tables from C# classes? | Does anyone know a way to auto-generate database tables for a given class? I'm not looking for an entire persistence layer - I already have a data access solution I'm using, but I suddenly have to store a lot of information from a large number of classes and I really don't want to have to create all these tables by ha... | c# | code-generation | data-access | null | null | null | open | How can I generate database tables from C# classes?
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Does anyone know a way to auto-generate database tables for a given class? I'm not looking for an entire persistence layer - I already have a data access solution I'm using, but I suddenly have to store a lot of information from a large number of classes and I r... | 0 |
47,248 | 09/06/2008 04:13:57 | 4,639 | 09/04/2008 23:07:22 | 16 | 1 | Is there a Firefox 3 addon similar to View Source Chart? | Before I upgraded to Firefox 3 I used to constantly use the [View Source Chart Firefox Addon][1] which shows the source HTML in a very organized, graphical form. Unfortunately, this addon is only for Firefox 2 and the beta version for Firefox 3 now costs $10 on the author's site.
Anyone know of a similar addon that... | html | css | firefox | addon | null | null | open | Is there a Firefox 3 addon similar to View Source Chart?
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Before I upgraded to Firefox 3 I used to constantly use the [View Source Chart Firefox Addon][1] which shows the source HTML in a very organized, graphical form. Unfortunately, this addon is only for Firefox 2 and the beta version for Firefox 3 now costs $10... | 0 |
47,249 | 09/06/2008 04:17:58 | 4,859 | 09/06/2008 03:26:03 | 1 | 1 | Best programming language to write a Windows File Manager app. | I would like to write my own file manager i.e. something like what XYplorer or Free Commander does but with a feature set that's more helpful to programmers.
What's the best language to write this. I'm basically looking for a language that has both rich GUI libraries and a nice wrapper library over the Windows Shell... | c# | windows | winapi | pinvoke | shell32 | null | open | Best programming language to write a Windows File Manager app.
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I would like to write my own file manager i.e. something like what XYplorer or Free Commander does but with a feature set that's more helpful to programmers.
What's the best language to write this. I'm basically looking for a language that has both ... | 0 |
47,253 | 09/06/2008 04:26:49 | 4,491 | 09/04/2008 06:44:23 | 45 | 2 | How do you set up a python wsgi server under IIS with fastcgi? | I work in a windows environment and would prefer to deploy code to IIS. At the same time I would like to code in python. Having read that IIS can run fastCGI application, I went to the IIS site where it describes in detail how to get PHP up and running but not much about anything else. Does anyone have experience gett... | python | iis | fastcgi | null | null | null | open | How do you set up a python wsgi server under IIS with fastcgi?
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I work in a windows environment and would prefer to deploy code to IIS. At the same time I would like to code in python. Having read that IIS can run fastCGI application, I went to the IIS site where it describes in detail how to get PHP up and runnin... | 0 |
47,262 | 09/06/2008 05:02:37 | 2,383 | 08/22/2008 00:17:14 | 11 | 2 | Storing Windows passwords. | I'm writing an administrative application which will poll multiple Windows systems for various bits of data. In many cases it will use WMI, but in some cases it may need to read remote registry or remotely execute some command or script on the polled system. These functions will require admin-level access to the polled... | windows | password | security | null | null | null | open | Storing Windows passwords.
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I'm writing an administrative application which will poll multiple Windows systems for various bits of data. In many cases it will use WMI, but in some cases it may need to read remote registry or remotely execute some command or script on the polled system. These functions will require ... | 0 |
47,278 | 09/06/2008 06:16:34 | 3,839 | 08/31/2008 10:11:12 | 292 | 28 | How to get the most of out laptop batteries | What strategies should you employ to make laptop batteries last? | osx | laptop | hardware | null | null | 08/14/2011 23:29:14 | off topic | How to get the most of out laptop batteries
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What strategies should you employ to make laptop batteries last? | 2 |
47,279 | 09/06/2008 06:19:13 | 3,839 | 08/31/2008 10:11:12 | 288 | 28 | Is there any good oracle podcasts | Is there any good oracle podcasts around? The only ones I've found hard been produced by oracle corp, and as such are little more than advertising pieces pushing their technology of the moment. | oracle | podcasts | null | null | null | 09/18/2011 02:59:08 | not constructive | Is there any good oracle podcasts
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Is there any good oracle podcasts around? The only ones I've found hard been produced by oracle corp, and as such are little more than advertising pieces pushing their technology of the moment. | 4 |
47,297 | 09/06/2008 06:46:02 | 3,499 | 08/28/2008 19:39:37 | 229 | 21 | What's the best way to pass data into a Flex chart from a Ruby on Rails application? | There's at least three ways of passing data into a Flex binary from a Rails application. Right now, I'm using the old e4x resultFormat with a xml.erb template. I've done AMF before, but I feel like inlining parameters into the embed itself is a better solution because you don't have to wait for the browser to load a ... | flex | ruby | ruby-on-rails | null | null | null | open | What's the best way to pass data into a Flex chart from a Ruby on Rails application?
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There's at least three ways of passing data into a Flex binary from a Rails application. Right now, I'm using the old e4x resultFormat with a xml.erb template. I've done AMF before, but I feel like inlining parameters into the e... | 0 |
47,309 | 09/06/2008 07:36:31 | 157 | 08/02/2008 17:42:25 | 656 | 39 | GODI installation issue | I'm trying to install [GODI][1] on linux (Ubuntu). It's a library management tool for the ocaml language. I've actually installed this before --twice, but awhile ago-- with no issues --that I can remember-- but this time I just can't figure out what I'm missing.
$ ./bootstrap --prefix <<path>>/godi
$ ./boot... | linux | ocaml | godi | null | null | null | open | GODI installation issue
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I'm trying to install [GODI][1] on linux (Ubuntu). It's a library management tool for the ocaml language. I've actually installed this before --twice, but awhile ago-- with no issues --that I can remember-- but this time I just can't figure out what I'm missing.
$ ./bootstrap --prefi... | 0 |
47,323 | 09/06/2008 08:21:35 | 1,583 | 08/16/2008 20:54:12 | 257 | 10 | Top tips for secure web applications | I am looking for easy steps that are simple and effective in making a web application more secure.
What are your top tips for secure web applications, and what kind of attack will they stop? | security | web-application | null | null | null | null | open | Top tips for secure web applications
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I am looking for easy steps that are simple and effective in making a web application more secure.
What are your top tips for secure web applications, and what kind of attack will they stop? | 0 |
47,329 | 09/06/2008 08:30:22 | 3,263 | 08/27/2008 15:33:09 | 48 | 7 | UserControl rendering: write link to current page? | I'm implementing a custom control and in this control I need to write a bunch of links to the current page, each one with a different query parameter. I need to keep existing query string intact, and add (or modify the value of ) an extra query item (eg. "page"):
"Default.aspx?page=1"
"Default.aspx?page=2"... | asp.net | web-applications | custom-server-controls | null | null | null | open | UserControl rendering: write link to current page?
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I'm implementing a custom control and in this control I need to write a bunch of links to the current page, each one with a different query parameter. I need to keep existing query string intact, and add (or modify the value of ) an extra query item (eg. "page"):... | 0 |
47,338 | 09/06/2008 08:49:26 | 1,812 | 08/18/2008 06:17:54 | 11 | 6 | ASP.NET MVC Preview 5 routing ambiguity | I have a problem with a sample routing with the preview 5 of asp.net mvc.
In the AccountController I have 2 actions:
public ActionResult Delete()
public ActionResult Delete(string username)
While trying to look for Account/Delete or Account/Delete?username=davide the ControllerActionInvoker throws a excepti... | asp.net-mvc | routing | null | null | null | null | open | ASP.NET MVC Preview 5 routing ambiguity
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I have a problem with a sample routing with the preview 5 of asp.net mvc.
In the AccountController I have 2 actions:
public ActionResult Delete()
public ActionResult Delete(string username)
While trying to look for Account/Delete or Account/Delete?username=davide... | 0 |
47,340 | 09/06/2008 08:52:34 | 4,869 | 09/06/2008 08:52:34 | 1 | 0 | Versioning library like SQLite database library? | I like how SQLite library can be included into an application and the application has a full-fledged database to use.
Similarly, is there an open source versioning library that I can include into my application so that I can save versions of files as well as do diffs and merges? | version-control | opensource | null | null | null | null | open | Versioning library like SQLite database library?
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I like how SQLite library can be included into an application and the application has a full-fledged database to use.
Similarly, is there an open source versioning library that I can include into my application so that I can save versions of files as well as do d... | 0 |
47,343 | 09/06/2008 09:00:17 | 1,196 | 08/13/2008 12:33:04 | 2,056 | 138 | Do you know any WPF based text editor control? | Note that I'm not looking for something based on TextBox or RichTextBox. What I'm interested in is a text editing control written from scratch using [WPF typography][1] features. Open source would be a plus.
[1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742190.aspx | wpf | usercontrols | null | null | null | null | open | Do you know any WPF based text editor control?
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Note that I'm not looking for something based on TextBox or RichTextBox. What I'm interested in is a text editing control written from scratch using [WPF typography][1] features. Open source would be a plus.
[1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms74219... | 0 |
47,363 | 09/06/2008 10:02:26 | 4,704 | 09/05/2008 10:18:28 | 56 | 4 | How do you list all triggers in a MySQL database? | What is the MySQL command to list all triggers in a MySQL database? | mysql | null | null | null | null | null | open | How do you list all triggers in a MySQL database?
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What is the MySQL command to list all triggers in a MySQL database? | 0 |
47,366 | 09/06/2008 10:06:32 | 3,389 | 08/28/2008 11:59:00 | 1 | 0 | SQL Compare-Like tool for Oracle? | We're a .NET team which uses the Oracle DB for a lot of reasons that I won't get into. But deployment has been a bitch. We are manually keeping track of all the changes to the schema in each version, by keeping a record of all the scripts that we run during development.
Now, if a developer forgets to check-in his s... | oracle | sql-compare | null | null | null | null | open | SQL Compare-Like tool for Oracle?
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We're a .NET team which uses the Oracle DB for a lot of reasons that I won't get into. But deployment has been a bitch. We are manually keeping track of all the changes to the schema in each version, by keeping a record of all the scripts that we run during development.
Now, i... | 0 |
47,374 | 09/06/2008 10:43:39 | 4,160 | 09/02/2008 07:15:12 | 96 | 2 | Best practices re: LINQ To SQL as a data access layer | Part of the web application I'm working on is an area displaying messages from management to 1...n users. I have a DataAccess project that contains the LINQ to SQL classes, and a website project that is the UI. My database looks like this:
User -> MessageDetail <- Message <- MessageCategory
MessageDetail is a joi... | linq-to-sql | asp.net | linq | null | null | null | open | Best practices re: LINQ To SQL as a data access layer
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Part of the web application I'm working on is an area displaying messages from management to 1...n users. I have a DataAccess project that contains the LINQ to SQL classes, and a website project that is the UI. My database looks like this:
User -> MessageDet... | 0 |
47,376 | 09/06/2008 10:48:06 | 46 | 08/01/2008 13:13:21 | 822 | 42 | How can I monitor the executed sql statements on a ms SQL server 2005 | In a project of mine the SQL statements that are executed against a ms SQL server are failing for some unknown reason. Some of the code is already used in production so debugging it is not an easy task. Therefore I need a way to see in the database itself what SQL statements are used, as the statements are generated at... | sql | sql-server | sql2005 | query | monitoring | null | open | How can I monitor the executed sql statements on a ms SQL server 2005
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In a project of mine the SQL statements that are executed against a ms SQL server are failing for some unknown reason. Some of the code is already used in production so debugging it is not an easy task. Therefore I need a way to see in the datab... | 0 |
47,387 | 09/06/2008 11:24:53 | 115 | 08/02/2008 05:44:40 | 933 | 105 | Setting Up MySQL Triggers | I've been hearing about triggers, and I have a few questions.<br />
What are triggers?<br />
How do I set them up?<br />
Are there any precautions, aside from typical SQL stuff, that should be taken? | mysql | triggers | null | null | null | null | open | Setting Up MySQL Triggers
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I've been hearing about triggers, and I have a few questions.<br />
What are triggers?<br />
How do I set them up?<br />
Are there any precautions, aside from typical SQL stuff, that should be taken? | 0 |
47,394 | 09/06/2008 11:36:34 | 4,061 | 09/01/2008 15:48:37 | 38 | 1 | Are there any Open Source / Free Software alternatives to ATG? | ATG is a suite services built on top of J2EE which uses it's own proprietary flavor of ORM (like Hibernate but not), dependency injection (like Spring but not), and JSP tag libraries to offer and integrate services like customer profiling and targeting, e-commerce (shopping cart, billing, inventory, etc.), e-mail blast... | java-ee | foss | atg | null | null | null | open | Are there any Open Source / Free Software alternatives to ATG?
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ATG is a suite services built on top of J2EE which uses it's own proprietary flavor of ORM (like Hibernate but not), dependency injection (like Spring but not), and JSP tag libraries to offer and integrate services like customer profiling and targeting... | 0 |
47,400 | 09/06/2008 11:58:29 | 3,811 | 08/31/2008 00:05:35 | 51 | 3 | Best way to test a MS Access application? | With the code, forms and data inside the same database I am wondering what are the best practices to design a suite of tests for a Microsoft Access application (say for Access 2007).
One of the main issues with testing forms is that only a few controls have a hwnd handle and other controls only get one they have foc... | database | unit-testing | ms-access | vba | null | null | open | Best way to test a MS Access application?
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With the code, forms and data inside the same database I am wondering what are the best practices to design a suite of tests for a Microsoft Access application (say for Access 2007).
One of the main issues with testing forms is that only a few controls have a hwnd handl... | 0 |
47,402 | 09/06/2008 12:09:57 | 4,279 | 09/02/2008 16:10:17 | 1 | 0 | Given an array of characters which form a sentence of words, give an efficient algorithm to reverse the order of the words (not characters) in it. | taken from [here][1]
>>> reversewords = lambda s: " ".join(reversed(s.split())) #NOTE: it does not meet the requirements!
>>> reversewords("this is a string")
string a is this
It should be O(N) in time and O(1) in space (no *split* allowed).
[1]: http://halcyon.usc.edu/~kiran/msqs.html#pr... | language-agnostic | algorithm | microsoft | interview-questions | puzzle | null | open | Given an array of characters which form a sentence of words, give an efficient algorithm to reverse the order of the words (not characters) in it.
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taken from [here][1]
>>> reversewords = lambda s: " ".join(reversed(s.split())) #NOTE: it does not meet the requirements!
>>> reversewords("this is a string... | 0 |
47,405 | 09/06/2008 12:15:50 | 1,709 | 08/18/2008 07:05:30 | 697 | 64 | Where can I find (old) scientific articles (and books)? | Often when reading books I find references to old studies, essays and articles that I would like to take a closer look at. Now, the problem is, how do I find them?
Popular and semi-popular books can often be found on Amazon or other book stores, but what about that out-of-print book from 1945, or the classic study o... | reference | research | null | null | null | 03/24/2012 23:16:37 | off topic | Where can I find (old) scientific articles (and books)?
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Often when reading books I find references to old studies, essays and articles that I would like to take a closer look at. Now, the problem is, how do I find them?
Popular and semi-popular books can often be found on Amazon or other book stores, but what a... | 2 |
47,413 | 09/06/2008 12:37:41 | 4,873 | 09/06/2008 09:14:56 | 11 | 4 | MS-Access design pattern for last value for a grouping | It's common to have a table where for example the the fields are account, value, and time. What's the best design pattern for retrieving the last value for each account? Unfortunately the last keyword in a grouping gives you the last physical record in the database, not the last record by any sorting. Which means IM... | ms-access | null | null | null | null | null | open | MS-Access design pattern for last value for a grouping
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It's common to have a table where for example the the fields are account, value, and time. What's the best design pattern for retrieving the last value for each account? Unfortunately the last keyword in a grouping gives you the last physical record in the d... | 0 |
47,414 | 09/06/2008 12:37:55 | 3,854 | 08/31/2008 11:41:21 | 1 | 2 | Standard way to merge Entities in LlblGenPro | I start with an entity A with primary key A1, it has child collections B and C, but they are empty, because I haven't prefetched them. I now get a new occurrence of A (A prime) with primary key A1 with the child collections B and C filled.
What is a good way to get the A and A prime to be the same object and to get... | c# | orm | llblgenpro | null | null | null | open | Standard way to merge Entities in LlblGenPro
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I start with an entity A with primary key A1, it has child collections B and C, but they are empty, because I haven't prefetched them. I now get a new occurrence of A (A prime) with primary key A1 with the child collections B and C filled.
What is a good way to get ... | 0 |
47,420 | 09/06/2008 12:45:21 | 4,891 | 09/06/2008 12:41:07 | 1 | 0 | How can I break on exception using ddbg | I'm using the d programing language to write a program, and I'm trying to use ddbg to debug it. When there is an exception, I want to have the program break whenever there is an exception thrown so that I can inspect the stack.
Alternatively, is there another debugger that works with d? Is there another way to get... | d | null | null | null | null | null | open | How can I break on exception using ddbg
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I'm using the d programing language to write a program, and I'm trying to use ddbg to debug it. When there is an exception, I want to have the program break whenever there is an exception thrown so that I can inspect the stack.
Alternatively, is there another debugger th... | 0 |
47,427 | 09/06/2008 13:00:32 | 3,171 | 08/27/2008 06:27:02 | 887 | 22 | Why do some websites add "Slugs" to the end of URLs? | Many websites, including this one, add what are apparently called *slugs* - descriptive but as far as I can tell useless bits of text - to the end of URLs.
For example, the URL the site gives for the FAQ is:
http://beta.stackoverflow.com/questions/18557/how-does-stackoverflow-work-the-unofficial-faq
But th... | web | null | null | null | null | null | open | Why do some websites add "Slugs" to the end of URLs?
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Many websites, including this one, add what are apparently called *slugs* - descriptive but as far as I can tell useless bits of text - to the end of URLs.
For example, the URL the site gives for the FAQ is:
http://beta.stackoverflow.com/questions/1855... | 0 |
47,432 | 09/06/2008 13:05:24 | 4,694 | 09/05/2008 09:30:26 | 11 | 2 | Would you recommend using "The C5 Generic Collection Library for C# and CLI" based on your experience with it ? | This free collection library comes from IT University of Copenhagen.
[http://www.itu.dk/research/c5/][1]
There is a video with one of the authors on Channel 9. I am trying to learn how to use these collections and I was wondering whether anyone has more experiences or what are your thoughts on this specific col... | .net | collections | null | null | null | null | open | Would you recommend using "The C5 Generic Collection Library for C# and CLI" based on your experience with it ?
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This free collection library comes from IT University of Copenhagen.
[http://www.itu.dk/research/c5/][1]
There is a video with one of the authors on Channel 9. I am trying to learn how to use th... | 0 |
47,433 | 09/06/2008 13:05:42 | 292 | 08/04/2008 13:14:31 | 538 | 30 | subselect vs outer join | Consider the following 2 queries:
select tblA.a,tblA.b,tblA.c,tblA.d from tblA where tblA.a not in (select tblB.a from tblB)
select tblA.a,tblA.b,tblA.c,tblA.d from tblA left outer join tblB on tblA.a = tblB.a where tblB.a is null
Which will perform better? My assumption is that in general the j... | sql-server | database | performance | null | null | null | open | subselect vs outer join
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Consider the following 2 queries:
select tblA.a,tblA.b,tblA.c,tblA.d from tblA where tblA.a not in (select tblB.a from tblB)
select tblA.a,tblA.b,tblA.c,tblA.d from tblA left outer join tblB on tblA.a = tblB.a where tblB.a is null
Which will perform better? My assump... | 0 |
47,436 | 09/06/2008 13:07:36 | 3,854 | 08/31/2008 11:41:21 | 1 | 2 | What is the shortcut key for Run to cursor | What is the shortcut key for Run to cursor in visual studio 2008? | visual-studio | shortcut | null | null | null | null | open | What is the shortcut key for Run to cursor
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What is the shortcut key for Run to cursor in visual studio 2008? | 0 |
47,447 | 09/06/2008 13:15:49 | 3,894 | 08/31/2008 18:32:32 | 23 | 0 | Child spans of the same width | I am trying to create a horizontal menu with the elements represented by <span>s. The menu itself (parent <div>) has a fixed width, but the elements number is always different.
I would like to have child spans of the same width, independently of how many of them are there.
What I've done so far: added... | html | css | null | null | null | null | open | Child spans of the same width
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I am trying to create a horizontal menu with the elements represented by <span>s. The menu itself (parent <div>) has a fixed width, but the elements number is always different.
I would like to have child spans of the same width, independently of how many of them are the... | 0 |
47,468 | 09/06/2008 13:47:54 | 4,494 | 09/04/2008 07:05:41 | 77 | 8 | A Well-Designed Web App GUI Framework? | As one of those people that never got around to properly learning design (or having no talent for it), the design seems to be the step always holding me back. It's not a problem for rich-clients, as the standard GUI toolkits provide some acceptable ways to design a good-looking interface, but the web is another story. ... | html | css | design | framework | user-interface | null | open | A Well-Designed Web App GUI Framework?
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As one of those people that never got around to properly learning design (or having no talent for it), the design seems to be the step always holding me back. It's not a problem for rich-clients, as the standard GUI toolkits provide some acceptable ways to design a good-looki... | 0 |
47,475 | 09/06/2008 13:59:55 | 4,642 | 09/04/2008 23:22:08 | 193 | 9 | Are unit-test names important? | If unit-test names can become outdated over time and if you consider that the test itself is the most important thing, then is it important to choose wise test names?
ie
[Test]
public void ShouldValidateUserNameIsLessThan100Characters() {}
verse
[Test]
public void UserNameTestValidation1... | unit-testing | null | null | null | null | null | open | Are unit-test names important?
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If unit-test names can become outdated over time and if you consider that the test itself is the most important thing, then is it important to choose wise test names?
ie
[Test]
public void ShouldValidateUserNameIsLessThan100Characters() {}
verse
[Test]
... | 0 |
47,483 | 09/06/2008 14:11:38 | 4,233 | 09/02/2008 13:24:50 | 1 | 0 | Passing switches to Xcode 3.1 user scripts | I have a user script that would be much more useful if it could dynamically change some of its execution dependent on what the user wanted. Passing simple switches would easily solve this problem but I don't see any way to do it.
I also tried embedding a keyword in the script name, but Xcode copies the script to a ... | script | xcode | user | arguments | null | null | open | Passing switches to Xcode 3.1 user scripts
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I have a user script that would be much more useful if it could dynamically change some of its execution dependent on what the user wanted. Passing simple switches would easily solve this problem but I don't see any way to do it.
I also tried embedding a keyword in th... | 0 |
47,486 | 09/06/2008 14:16:50 | 2,841 | 08/25/2008 13:38:48 | 131 | 11 | Tips for database design in a web application | Does someone have any tips/advice on database design for a web application? The kind of stuff that can save me a lot of time/effort in the future when/if the application I'm working on takes off and starts having a lot of usage.
To be a bit more specific, the application is a strategy game (browser based, just text)... | database-design | web-application | null | null | null | null | open | Tips for database design in a web application
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Does someone have any tips/advice on database design for a web application? The kind of stuff that can save me a lot of time/effort in the future when/if the application I'm working on takes off and starts having a lot of usage.
To be a bit more specific, the applic... | 0 |
47,487 | 09/06/2008 14:21:25 | 4,906 | 09/06/2008 14:21:25 | 1 | 0 | Create a variable in .CSS file for use within that .CSS file | We have some "theme colors" that are reused in our CSS sheet.
Is there a way to set a variable and then reuse it?
E.g.,
.css
OurColor: Blue
{ H1
color:OurColor;
} | css | null | null | null | null | null | open | Create a variable in .CSS file for use within that .CSS file
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We have some "theme colors" that are reused in our CSS sheet.
Is there a way to set a variable and then reuse it?
E.g.,
.css
OurColor: Blue
{ H1
color:OurColor;
} | 0 |
47,495 | 09/06/2008 14:29:47 | 4,903 | 09/06/2008 14:16:54 | 1 | 0 | What language do I use to program behavior for electronic devices? | It is very difficult to find information on programming hardware or electronic devices that are not an actual desktop computer, laptop or server. A few instances that I am speaking of are kid's toys like Bop It, or how about a control system for the home, or even something like Pleo or a mobile phone? I mean, if I want... | hardware | electronics | behavior | null | null | null | open | What language do I use to program behavior for electronic devices?
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It is very difficult to find information on programming hardware or electronic devices that are not an actual desktop computer, laptop or server. A few instances that I am speaking of are kid's toys like Bop It, or how about a control system for th... | 0 |
47,519 | 09/06/2008 14:52:07 | 3,206 | 08/27/2008 13:08:13 | 1 | 1 | How to make your website look the same on Linux | I have a fairly standards compliant XHTML+CSS site that looks great on all browsers on PC and Mac. The other day I saw it on FF3 on Linux and the letter spacing was slightly larger, throwing everything out of whack and causing unwanted wrapping and clipping of text. The CSS in question has
font-size: 11px;
... | linux | css | null | null | null | null | open | How to make your website look the same on Linux
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I have a fairly standards compliant XHTML+CSS site that looks great on all browsers on PC and Mac. The other day I saw it on FF3 on Linux and the letter spacing was slightly larger, throwing everything out of whack and causing unwanted wrapping and clipping of text. ... | 0 |
47,521 | 09/06/2008 14:53:45 | 4,789 | 09/05/2008 15:45:19 | 11 | 2 | Using yield to iterate over a datareader might not close the connection? | Here is a sample code to retrieve data from a database using the yield keyword that I found in a few place while googling around :
public IEnumerable<object> ExecuteSelect(string commandText)
{
using (IDbConnection connection = CreateConnection())
{
using (IDbCommand cmd = Cr... | .net-2.0 | yield | null | null | null | null | open | Using yield to iterate over a datareader might not close the connection?
===
Here is a sample code to retrieve data from a database using the yield keyword that I found in a few place while googling around :
public IEnumerable<object> ExecuteSelect(string commandText)
{
using (IDbConnection conne... | 0 |
47,522 | 09/06/2008 14:53:55 | 4,901 | 09/06/2008 13:57:56 | 1 | 1 | Maven2 Eclipse integration | There seem to be two rival Eclipse plugins for integrating with Maven:
[m2Eclipse][1]
and
[q4e][2].
Has anyone recently evaluated or used these plugins?
Why would I choose one or the other?
[1]: http://m2eclipse.codehaus.org/
[2]: http://code.google.com/p/q4e/ | eclipse | maven2 | null | null | null | null | open | Maven2 Eclipse integration
===
There seem to be two rival Eclipse plugins for integrating with Maven:
[m2Eclipse][1]
and
[q4e][2].
Has anyone recently evaluated or used these plugins?
Why would I choose one or the other?
[1]: http://m2eclipse.codehaus.org/
[2]: http://code.google.com/p/q4e/ | 0 |
47,524 | 09/06/2008 14:57:31 | 292 | 08/04/2008 13:14:31 | 548 | 33 | JUnit for database code | I've been trying to implement unit testing and currently have some code that does the following:
1. query external database, loading
into a feed table
2. query a view,
which is a delta of my feed and data
tables, updating data table to match
feed table
my unit testing strategy is this:
... | java | database | unit-testing | junit | null | null | open | JUnit for database code
===
I've been trying to implement unit testing and currently have some code that does the following:
1. query external database, loading
into a feed table
2. query a view,
which is a delta of my feed and data
tables, updating data table to match
feed table
my unit ... | 0 |
47,526 | 09/06/2008 15:00:06 | 2,915 | 08/25/2008 23:15:12 | 1,552 | 70 | Simple encryption implementation in C | I've used a nice public domain [C++ DES implementation][1] before, but now I need some simple, basic, fast cryptography for an embedded system.
It doesn't need to be unbreakable, but it does need to thwart the casual hacker (ie, nothing that could be used for money or identity theft, but other personal info transfer... | c | encryption | intermediate | des | publicdomain | null | open | Simple encryption implementation in C
===
I've used a nice public domain [C++ DES implementation][1] before, but now I need some simple, basic, fast cryptography for an embedded system.
It doesn't need to be unbreakable, but it does need to thwart the casual hacker (ie, nothing that could be used for money or ident... | 0 |
47,533 | 09/06/2008 15:07:36 | 3,110 | 08/26/2008 17:46:57 | 1 | 0 | Reading from a socket in C# | I am trying to read ASCII text response from a tcp open streaming socket
This is what I have come up with so far. I want to know what is the best way to do this that includes error handling. Should I also be checking the SocketError after the Receive call in the do loop?
IPEndPoint ep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddr... | c# | sockets | null | null | null | null | open | Reading from a socket in C#
===
I am trying to read ASCII text response from a tcp open streaming socket
This is what I have come up with so far. I want to know what is the best way to do this that includes error handling. Should I also be checking the SocketError after the Receive call in the do loop?
IPEn... | 0 |
47,535 | 09/06/2008 15:08:35 | 137 | 08/02/2008 10:46:12 | 2,089 | 120 | SQL to add column with default value - Access 2003 | Updating an old ASP/Access site for a client (and hating it) - I need SQL to add a column to an existing table and set a default value. Doesn't work - any ideas?
This works fine
ALTER TABLE documents ADD COLUMN membersOnly NUMBER
I want this to work:
ALTER TABLE documents ADD COLUMN membersOnly NUMB... | sql | ms-access | null | null | null | null | open | SQL to add column with default value - Access 2003
===
Updating an old ASP/Access site for a client (and hating it) - I need SQL to add a column to an existing table and set a default value. Doesn't work - any ideas?
This works fine
ALTER TABLE documents ADD COLUMN membersOnly NUMBER
I want this to work:
... | 0 |
47,537 | 09/06/2008 15:08:57 | 1,965 | 08/19/2008 15:51:08 | 3,096 | 179 | C# Console? | Does anyone know if there is a c# Console app, similar to the Python or Ruby console? I know the whole "Compiled versus Interpreted" difference, but with C#'s reflection power I think it could be done.
| c# | .net | console | null | null | null | open | C# Console?
===
Does anyone know if there is a c# Console app, similar to the Python or Ruby console? I know the whole "Compiled versus Interpreted" difference, but with C#'s reflection power I think it could be done.
| 0 |
47,538 | 09/06/2008 15:09:10 | 4,910 | 09/06/2008 14:49:31 | 1 | 0 | Win32 HCURSOR | I am building a custom win32 control/widget and would like to change the cursor to a horizontal "splitter" symbol when hovering over a particular vertical line in the control. IE: I want to drag this vertical line (splitter bar) left and right (WEST and EAST).
Of the the system cursors (OCR_*), the only cursor that ... | c++ | winapi | native | null | null | null | open | Win32 HCURSOR
===
I am building a custom win32 control/widget and would like to change the cursor to a horizontal "splitter" symbol when hovering over a particular vertical line in the control. IE: I want to drag this vertical line (splitter bar) left and right (WEST and EAST).
Of the the system cursors (OCR_*), th... | 0 |
47,555 | 09/06/2008 15:24:24 | 4,890 | 09/06/2008 12:37:32 | 21 | 3 | Practical Experience using Stripes? | I am coming from an Enterprise Java background which involves a fairly heavyweight software stack, and have recently discovered the
[Stripes framework](http://www.stripesframework.org/); my initial impression is that this seems to do a good job of minimising the unpleasant parts of building a web application in Java.... | java | stripes | null | null | null | null | open | Practical Experience using Stripes?
===
I am coming from an Enterprise Java background which involves a fairly heavyweight software stack, and have recently discovered the
[Stripes framework](http://www.stripesframework.org/); my initial impression is that this seems to do a good job of minimising the unpleasant par... | 0 |
47,563 | 09/06/2008 15:30:34 | 4,013 | 09/01/2008 10:58:24 | 53 | 11 | How to code an iPhone app that will send predefined smses to predefined numbers? | Many people I am sure use a smart netbank that lets you transfer money from your savings account to your credit card account, or just ask for the saldo, using just SMS. I have been doing this for a few years now on my 10 year old nokia phone. It was a sad day when I discovered that the smart feature of storing the temp... | iphone | sms | null | null | null | null | open | How to code an iPhone app that will send predefined smses to predefined numbers?
===
Many people I am sure use a smart netbank that lets you transfer money from your savings account to your credit card account, or just ask for the saldo, using just SMS. I have been doing this for a few years now on my 10 year old noki... | 0 |
47,589 | 09/06/2008 15:51:51 | 2,056 | 08/20/2008 01:28:00 | 121 | 2 | Can I detect and handle MySQL Warnings with PHP? | I'm dealing with a MySQL table that defines the JobName column as UNIQUE. If somebody tries to save a new Job to the database using a JobName that is already in the database, MySQL throws a warning.
I would like to be able to detect this warning, just like an error, in my PHP script and deal with it appropriately. ... | mysql | warning | warnings | php | error-handling | null | open | Can I detect and handle MySQL Warnings with PHP?
===
I'm dealing with a MySQL table that defines the JobName column as UNIQUE. If somebody tries to save a new Job to the database using a JobName that is already in the database, MySQL throws a warning.
I would like to be able to detect this warning, just like an er... | 0 |
47,605 | 09/06/2008 16:08:54 | 292 | 08/04/2008 13:14:31 | 549 | 33 | java String concatenation | I'm curious and wasn't sure, so i thought id ask:
assuming String a and b.
a+=b
a.concat(b)
Under the hood are they the same thing? | java | string | null | null | null | null | open | java String concatenation
===
I'm curious and wasn't sure, so i thought id ask:
assuming String a and b.
a+=b
a.concat(b)
Under the hood are they the same thing? | 0 |
47,612 | 09/06/2008 16:12:48 | 3,568 | 08/29/2008 06:19:36 | 1 | 3 | How to do C++ style destructors in C#? | I've got a C# class with a Dispose function via IDisposable. Its intended to be used inside a using block so the expensive resource it handles can be released right away.
Problem is that a bug occurred when an exception was thrown before Dispose was called, and the programmer neglected to use using or finally.
&l... | c# | using | dispose | idisposable | automatic | null | open | How to do C++ style destructors in C#?
===
I've got a C# class with a Dispose function via IDisposable. Its intended to be used inside a using block so the expensive resource it handles can be released right away.
Problem is that a bug occurred when an exception was thrown before Dispose was called, and the program... | 0 |
47,625 | 09/06/2008 16:23:55 | 4,906 | 09/06/2008 14:21:25 | 16 | 1 | Simple third party Captcha I can add to my website. | Just something simple like showing an image and asking the user to type in the number on the image.
| captcha | null | null | null | null | null | open | Simple third party Captcha I can add to my website.
===
Just something simple like showing an image and asking the user to type in the number on the image.
| 0 |
47,639 | 09/06/2008 16:37:23 | 370,899 | 08/22/2008 12:32:04 | 66 | 8 | What are the advantages of installing programs in AppData like Google Chrome? | I just noticed that Chromium was installed in AppData in both Vista and XP. If Google does that and if other applications does this, than is that becuase there is some form of protection? Should we write installers that does the same thing as Google? | windows-installer | null | null | null | null | null | open | What are the advantages of installing programs in AppData like Google Chrome?
===
I just noticed that Chromium was installed in AppData in both Vista and XP. If Google does that and if other applications does this, than is that becuase there is some form of protection? Should we write installers that does the same thi... | 0 |
47,656 | 09/06/2008 16:51:21 | 4,028 | 09/01/2008 13:10:12 | 11 | 1 | How do I do full-text searching in Ruby on Rails? | I would like to do full-text searching of data in my Ruby on Rails application. What options exist? | ruby-on-rails | full-text-search | null | null | null | null | open | How do I do full-text searching in Ruby on Rails?
===
I would like to do full-text searching of data in my Ruby on Rails application. What options exist? | 0 |
47,658 | 09/06/2008 16:52:32 | 4,910 | 09/06/2008 14:49:31 | 1 | 2 | Standards Document | I am with writing a coding standards document for a team of about 15 with a load of between 10 and 15 projects a year. Amongst other sections (which I may post here as I get to them) I am writing a section on code formatting. So to start with, I think it wise that, for whatever reason, we establish some basic, consiste... | coding-style | null | null | null | null | null | open | Standards Document
===
I am with writing a coding standards document for a team of about 15 with a load of between 10 and 15 projects a year. Amongst other sections (which I may post here as I get to them) I am writing a section on code formatting. So to start with, I think it wise that, for whatever reason, we establ... | 0 |
47,676 | 09/06/2008 17:13:14 | 4,910 | 09/06/2008 14:49:31 | 1 | 2 | Tomcat vs Weblogic JNDI Lookup | The Weblogic servers we are using have been configured to allow JNDI datasource names like "appds".
For development (localhost), we might be running Tomcat and when declared in the <context> section of server.xml, Tomcat will hang JNDI datasources on "java:comp/env/jdbc/*" in the JNDI tree.
**Problem:** in ... | java | tomcat | java-ee | jndi | weblogic | null | open | Tomcat vs Weblogic JNDI Lookup
===
The Weblogic servers we are using have been configured to allow JNDI datasource names like "appds".
For development (localhost), we might be running Tomcat and when declared in the <context> section of server.xml, Tomcat will hang JNDI datasources on "java:comp/env/jdbc/*" i... | 0 |
47,683 | 09/06/2008 17:33:00 | 3,098 | 08/26/2008 16:22:49 | 191 | 6 | Reconnecting JMS listener to JBossMQ | We have a Java listener that reads text messages off of a queue in JBossMQ. If we have to reboot JBoss, the listener will not reconnect and start reading messages again. We just get messages in the listener's log file every 2 minutes saying it can't connect. Is there something we're not setting in our code or in JBossM... | java | jboss | jms | jbossmq | null | null | open | Reconnecting JMS listener to JBossMQ
===
We have a Java listener that reads text messages off of a queue in JBossMQ. If we have to reboot JBoss, the listener will not reconnect and start reading messages again. We just get messages in the listener's log file every 2 minutes saying it can't connect. Is there something ... | 0 |
47,685 | 09/06/2008 17:33:38 | 4,918 | 09/06/2008 15:54:41 | 1 | 3 | How can I reformat XAML efficiently? | Visual Studio 2008's XAML editor (SP1) cannot reformat the XML into a consistent style.
Which tools can I use to get a nicely formatted XAML file? Studio integration preferred. | .net | wpf | formatting | xaml | null | null | open | How can I reformat XAML efficiently?
===
Visual Studio 2008's XAML editor (SP1) cannot reformat the XML into a consistent style.
Which tools can I use to get a nicely formatted XAML file? Studio integration preferred. | 0 |
47,692 | 09/06/2008 17:57:51 | 2,455 | 08/22/2008 11:29:07 | 128 | 7 | How do I become "test infected" with TDD? | I keep reading about people who are "test infected", meaning that they don't just "get" TDD but also can't live without it. They've "had the makeover" as it were. The question is, how do I get like that? | unit-testing | testing | tdd | null | null | null | open | How do I become "test infected" with TDD?
===
I keep reading about people who are "test infected", meaning that they don't just "get" TDD but also can't live without it. They've "had the makeover" as it were. The question is, how do I get like that? | 0 |
47,701 | 09/06/2008 18:14:05 | 4,883 | 09/06/2008 10:24:59 | 1 | 0 | Is there a way to attach a debugger to a multi-threaded python process? | I'm trying to debug a deadlock in a multi-threaded python app after it has locked up. Is there a way to attach a debugger to inspect the state of the process? | python | debugging | null | null | null | null | open | Is there a way to attach a debugger to a multi-threaded python process?
===
I'm trying to debug a deadlock in a multi-threaded python app after it has locked up. Is there a way to attach a debugger to inspect the state of the process? | 0 |
47,703 | 09/06/2008 18:21:09 | 4,883 | 09/06/2008 10:24:59 | 1 | 0 | Multiple threads and performance on a single CPU. | Is here any performance benefit to using multiple threads on a computer with a single CPU that does not having hyperthreading? | performance | multithreading | null | null | null | null | open | Multiple threads and performance on a single CPU.
===
Is here any performance benefit to using multiple threads on a computer with a single CPU that does not having hyperthreading? | 0 |
47,707 | 09/06/2008 18:26:18 | 4,854 | 09/06/2008 01:43:05 | 1 | 2 | How to start coding the "Dining Philosophers Problem" simulation? | I'm not a beginner at C# but I really need to increase my understanding, so I've picked a classic deadlock problem to code to help teach myself some of the more advanced concepts of C#. The [Dining Philosophers Problem][1] seems like a good one, but I need a little help to get started. I know I need to approach the "... | c# | puzzle | deadlock | homework | null | null | open | How to start coding the "Dining Philosophers Problem" simulation?
===
I'm not a beginner at C# but I really need to increase my understanding, so I've picked a classic deadlock problem to code to help teach myself some of the more advanced concepts of C#. The [Dining Philosophers Problem][1] seems like a good one, bu... | 0 |
47,708 | 09/06/2008 18:26:53 | 445,087 | 09/02/2008 17:25:48 | 11 | 3 | What are the best practices embedded systems development? | Embedded software development has its own set of unique development challenges. What best practices have you found that work and what practices do not work so well?
For example,
I have found that:
1. a well layered approach is essential for testing embedded systems. This allows some code to be unit tested on ... | embedded | null | null | null | null | null | open | What are the best practices embedded systems development?
===
Embedded software development has its own set of unique development challenges. What best practices have you found that work and what practices do not work so well?
For example,
I have found that:
1. a well layered approach is essential for testin... | 0 |
47,709 | 09/06/2008 18:28:22 | 4,835 | 09/05/2008 20:35:57 | 1 | 0 | How does google make make those awesome PDF reports in Analytics and when you print a Google Doc etc? |
When you print from Google Docs (using the "print" link, not File/Print) you end up printing a nicely formated PDF file instead of relying on the print engine of the browser. Same is true for some of the reports in Google Analytics . . . the printed reports as PDF's are beautiful. How do they do that? I can't imag... | pdf | google | pdf-generation | null | null | null | open | How does google make make those awesome PDF reports in Analytics and when you print a Google Doc etc?
===
When you print from Google Docs (using the "print" link, not File/Print) you end up printing a nicely formated PDF file instead of relying on the print engine of the browser. Same is true for some of the report... | 0 |
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