Programs & Examples On #Midp 2.0

MIDP 2.0 is a revised version of the MIDP 1.0 specification. Includes new features such as an enhanced user interface, multimedia and game functionality, greater connectivity, over-the-air (OTA) provisioning, and end-to-end security. MIDP 2.0 is backward compatible with MIDP 1.0, and continues to target mobile information devices such as mobile phones and PDAs.

How to use Angular2 templates with *ngFor to create a table out of nested arrays?

Here is a basic approach - it sure can be improved - of what I understood to be your requirement.

This will display 2 columns, one with the groups name, and one with the list of items associated to the group.

The trick is simply to include a list within the items cell.

<table>
  <thead>
    <th>Groups Name</th>
    <th>Groups Items</th>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr *ngFor="let group of groups">
      <td>{{group.name}}</td>
      <td>
        <ul>
          <li *ngFor="let item of group.items">{{item}}</li>
        </ul>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

When to throw an exception?

There are two main classes of exception:

1) System exception (eg Database connection lost) or 2) User exception. (eg User input validation, 'password is incorrect')

I found it helpful to create my own User Exception Class and when I want to throw a user error I want to be handled differently (ie resourced error displayed to the user) then all I need do in my main error handler is check the object type:

            If TypeName(ex) = "UserException" Then
               Display(ex.message)
            Else
               DisplayError("An unexpected error has occured, contact your help  desk")                   
               LogError(ex)
            End If

Difference between Pragma and Cache-Control headers?

Pragma is the HTTP/1.0 implementation and cache-control is the HTTP/1.1 implementation of the same concept. They both are meant to prevent the client from caching the response. Older clients may not support HTTP/1.1 which is why that header is still in use.

How to change column datatype from character to numeric in PostgreSQL 8.4

If your VARCHAR column contains empty strings (which are not the same as NULL for PostgreSQL as you might recall) you will have to use something in the line of the following to set a default:

ALTER TABLE presales ALTER COLUMN code TYPE NUMERIC(10,0)
            USING COALESCE(NULLIF(code, '')::NUMERIC, 0);

(found with the help of this answer)

LINQ query to select top five

The solution:

var list = (from t in ctn.Items
           where t.DeliverySelection == true && t.Delivery.SentForDelivery == null
           orderby t.Delivery.SubmissionDate
           select t).Take(5);

Android: Is it possible to display video thumbnails?

Android 1.5 and 1.6 do not offer this thumbnails, but 2.0 does, as seen on the official release notes:

Media

  • MediaScanner now generates thumbnails for all images when they are inserted into MediaStore.
  • New Thumbnail API for retrieving image and video thumbnails on demand.

Neatest way to remove linebreaks in Perl

In your example, you can just go:

chomp(@lines);

Or:

$_=join("", @lines);
s/[\r\n]+//g;

Or:

@lines = split /[\r\n]+/, join("", @lines);

Using these directly on a file:

perl -e '$_=join("",<>); s/[\r\n]+//g; print' <a.txt |less

perl -e 'chomp(@a=<>);print @a' <a.txt |less

stale element reference: element is not attached to the page document

Whenever you face this issue, just define the web element once again above the line in which you are getting an Error.

Example:

WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath"));
button.click();

//here you do something like update or save 

//then you try to use the button WebElement again to click 
button.click();

Since the DOM has changed e.g. through the update action, you are receiving a StaleElementReference Error.

Solution:

WebElement button = driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath"));
button.click();

//here you do something like update or save 

//then you define the button element again before you use it
WebElement button1 = driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath"));
//that new element will point to the same element in the new DOM
button1.click();

How to register multiple servlets in web.xml in one Spring application

As explained in this thread on the cxf-user mailing list, rather than having the CXFServlet load its own spring context from user-webservice-servlet.xml, you can just load the whole lot into the root context. Rename your existing user-webservice-servlet.xml to some other name (e.g. user-webservice-beans.xml) then change your contextConfigLocation parameter to something like:

<servlet>
  <servlet-name>myservlet</servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
  <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>myservlet</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<context-param>
  <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
  <param-value>
    /WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml
    /WEB-INF/user-webservice-beans.xml
  </param-value>
</context-param>

<servlet>
  <servlet-name>user-webservice</servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFServlet</servlet-class>
  <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-name>user-webservice</servlet-name>
  <url-pattern>/UserService/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Find unused code

I would also mention that using IOC aka Unity may make these assessments misleading. I may have erred but several very important classes that are instantiated via Unity appear to have no instantiation as far as ReSharper can tell. If I followed the ReSharper recommendations I would get hosed!

CRON command to run URL address every 5 minutes

The other advantage of using curl is that you also can keep the HTTP way of sending parameters to your script if you need to, by using $_GET, $_POST etc like this:

*/5 * * * * curl --request GET 'http://exemple.com/path/check.php?param1=1&param2=2'

How to customize <input type="file">?

first of all it's a container:

<div class="upload_file_container">
    Select file!
    <input type="file" name="photo" />
</div>

The second, it's a CSS style, if you want to real more customization, just keeping your eyes is open :)

.upload_file_container{
   width:100px;
   height:40px;
   position:relative;
   background(your img);
}

.upload_file_container input{
   width:100px;
   height:40px;
   position:absolute;
   left:0;
   top:0;
   cursor:pointer;
}

This example hasn't style for text inside the button, it depends on font-size, just correct the height and padding-top values for container

Classes cannot be accessed from outside package

public SmartSaverCals(Context context)
{
    this.context= context;
}

add public to Your constructor.in my case problem solved

Entity Framework The underlying provider failed on Open

I saw this error when a colleague was trying to connect to a database that was protected behind a VPN. The user had unknownling switched to a wireless network that did not have VPN access. One way to test this scenario is to see if you can establish a connection in another means, such as SSMS, and see if that fails as well.

Import an Excel worksheet into Access using VBA

Pass the sheet name with the Range parameter of the DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet Method. See the box titled "Worksheets in the Range Parameter" near the bottom of that page.

This code imports from a sheet named "temp" in a workbook named "temp.xls", and stores the data in a table named "tblFromExcel".

Dim strXls As String
strXls = CurrentProject.Path & Chr(92) & "temp.xls"
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acImport, , "tblFromExcel", _
    strXls, True, "temp!"

Get first n characters of a string

This is what i do

    function cutat($num, $tt){
        if (mb_strlen($tt)>$num){
            $tt=mb_substr($tt,0,$num-2).'...';
        }
        return $tt;
    }

where $num stands for number of chars, and $tt the string for manipulation.

Get client IP address via third party web service

If you face an issue of CORS, you can use https://api.ipify.org/.

function httpGet(theUrl)
{
    var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xmlHttp.open( "GET", theUrl, false );
    xmlHttp.send( null );
    return xmlHttp.responseText;
}


publicIp = httpGet("https://api.ipify.org/");
alert("Public IP: " + publicIp);

I agree that using synchronous HTTP call is not good idea. You can use async ajax call then.

How to access the ith column of a NumPy multidimensional array?

>>> test[:,0]
array([1, 3, 5])

this command gives you a row vector, if you just want to loop over it, it's fine, but if you want to hstack with some other array with dimension 3xN, you will have

ValueError: all the input arrays must have same number of dimensions

while

>>> test[:,[0]]
array([[1],
       [3],
       [5]])

gives you a column vector, so that you can do concatenate or hstack operation.

e.g.

>>> np.hstack((test, test[:,[0]]))
array([[1, 2, 1],
       [3, 4, 3],
       [5, 6, 5]])

Recommended website resolution (width and height)?

All of the answers so far talk about desktop monitors, but I'm using stack overflow on my iPhone and I don't think you should exclude any mobile platform by targeting 1024 or 1280 horizontal pixels. Mark up your page so the browser knows what it all means and making it usable will come for free, even on screen readers and other kit you haven't thought of.

Internet Explorer 11 disable "display intranet sites in compatibility view" via meta tag not working

Make sure:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">

is the first <meta> tag on your page, otherwise IE may not respect it.

Alternatively, the problem may be that IE is using Enterprise Mode for this website:

  • Your question mentioned that the console shows: HTML1122: Internet Explorer is running in Enterprise Mode emulating IE8.
  • If so you may need to disable enterprise mode (or like this) or turn it off for that website from the Tools menu in IE.
  • However Enterprise Mode should in theory be overridden by the X-UA-Compatible tag, but IE might have a bug...

Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

I was trying to install react expo and apart from sudo I had to add --unsafe-perm

like this. This resolves my Issue

sudo npm install -g expo-cli --unsafe-perm

Oracle PL/SQL string compare issue

To fix the core question, "how should I detect that these two variables don't have the same value when one of them is null?", I don't like the approach of nvl(my_column, 'some value that will never, ever, ever appear in the data and I can be absolutely sure of that') because you can't always guarantee that a value won't appear... especially with NUMBERs.

I have used the following:

if (str1 is null) <> (str2 is null) or str1 <> str2 then
  dbms_output.put_line('not equal');
end if;

Disclaimer: I am not an Oracle wizard and I came up with this one myself and have not seen it elsewhere, so there may be some subtle reason why it's a bad idea. But it does avoid the trap mentioned by APC, that comparing a null to something else gives neither TRUE nor FALSE but NULL. Because the clauses (str1 is null) will always return TRUE or FALSE, never null.

(Note that PL/SQL performs short-circuit evaluation, as noted here.)

PHP get dropdown value and text

You will have to save the relationship on the server side. The value is the only part that is transmitted when the form is posted. You could do something nasty like...

<option value="2|Dog">Dog</option>

Then split the result apart if you really wanted to, but that is an ugly hack and a waste of bandwidth assuming the numbers are truly unique and have a one to one relationship with the text.

The best way would be to create an array, and loop over the array to create the HTML. Once the form is posted you can use the value to look up the text in that same array.

<div> cannot appear as a descendant of <p>

If this error occurs while using Material UI <Typography> https://material-ui.com/api/typography/, then you can easily change the <p> to a <span> by changing the value of the component attribute of the <Typography> element :

<Typography component={'span'} variant={'body2'}>

According to the typography docs:

component : The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a DOM element or a component. By default, it maps the variant to a good default headline component.

So Typography is picking <p> as a sensible default, which you can change. May come with side effects ... worked for me.

Share data between html pages

Well, you can actually send data via JavaScript - but you should know that this is the #1 exploit source in web pages as it's XSS :)

I personally would suggest to use an HTML formular instead and modify the javascript data on the server side.

But if you want to share between two pages (I assume they are not both on localhost, because that won't make sense to share between two both-backend-driven pages) you will need to specify the CORS headers to allow the browser to send data to the whitelisted domains.

These two links might help you, it shows the example via Node backend, but you get the point how it works:

Link 1

And, of course, the CORS spec:

Link 2

~Cheers

What is the difference between Java RMI and RPC?

The main difference between RPC and RMI is that RMI involves objects. Instead of calling procedures remotely by use of a proxy function, we instead use a proxy object.

There is greater transparency with RMI, namely due the exploitation of objects, references, inheritance, polymorphism, and exceptions as the technology is integrated into the language.

RMI is also more advanced than RPC, allowing for dynamic invocation, where interfaces can change at runtime, and object adaption, which provides an additional layer of abstraction.

CSS3's border-radius property and border-collapse:collapse don't mix. How can I use border-radius to create a collapsed table with rounded corners?

I had the same problem. remove border-collapse entirely and use: cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" in the html document. example:

<table class="top_container" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

Copying files using rsync from remote server to local machine

If you have SSH access, you don't need to SSH first and then copy, just use Secure Copy (SCP) from the destination.

scp user@host:/path/file /localpath/file

Wild card characters are supported, so

scp user@host:/path/folder/* /localpath/folder

will copy all of the remote files in that folder.If copying more then one directory.

note -r will copy all sub-folders and content too.

Vertical line using XML drawable

You can use a shape but instead of a line make it rectangle.

android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
    android:width="5dp"
    android:color="#ff000000"
    android:dashGap="10px"
    android:dashWidth="30px" />

and In your layout use this...

<ImageView
    android:layout_width="7dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:src="@drawable/dashline"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layerType="software"/>

You might have to play with the width, depending on the size of the dashes, to get it into a single line.

Hope this helps Cheers

Get div to take up 100% body height, minus fixed-height header and footer

You can take advatange of the css property Box Sizing.

#content { 
    height: 100%;
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; /* Safari/Chrome, other WebKit */
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;    /* Firefox, other Gecko */
    box-sizing: border-box;         /* Opera/IE 8+ */
    padding-top: 50px;
    margin-top: -50px;
    padding-bottom: 50px;
    margin-bottom: -50px;
}

See the JsFiddle.

Passing 'this' to an onclick event

Yeah first method will work on any element called from elsewhere since it will always take the target element irrespective of id.

check this fiddle

http://jsfiddle.net/8cvBM/

What's the difference between implementation and compile in Gradle?

Compile configuration was deprecated and should be replaced by implementation or api.

You can read the docs at https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/java_library_plugin.html#sec:java_library_separation.

The brief part being-

The key difference between the standard Java plugin and the Java Library plugin is that the latter introduces the concept of an API exposed to consumers. A library is a Java component meant to be consumed by other components. It's a very common use case in multi-project builds, but also as soon as you have external dependencies.

The plugin exposes two configurations that can be used to declare dependencies: api and implementation. The api configuration should be used to declare dependencies which are exported by the library API, whereas the implementation configuration should be used to declare dependencies which are internal to the component.

For further explanation refer to this image. Brief explanation

How do I copy folder with files to another folder in Unix/Linux?

You are looking for the cp command. You need to change directories so that you are outside of the directory you are trying to copy.

If the directory you're copying is called dir1 and you want to copy it to your /home/Pictures folder:

cp -r dir1/ ~/Pictures/

Linux is case-sensitive and also needs the / after each directory to know that it isn't a file. ~ is a special character in the terminal that automatically evaluates to the current user's home directory. If you need to know what directory you are in, use the command pwd.

When you don't know how to use a Linux command, there is a manual page that you can refer to by typing:

man [insert command here]

at a terminal prompt.

Also, to auto complete long file paths when typing in the terminal, you can hit Tab after you've started typing the path and you will either be presented with choices, or it will insert the remaining part of the path.

Run bash command on jenkins pipeline

For multi-line shell scripts or those run multiple times, I would create a new bash script file (starting from #!/bin/bash), and simply run it with sh from Jenkinsfile:

sh 'chmod +x ./script.sh'
sh './script.sh'

exception in initializer error in java when using Netbeans

I got same error and it was due to older Lombok version. Check and update your Lombok version, Changes in Lombok

v1.18.4 - Many improvements for lombok's JDK10/11 support.

Meaning of "referencing" and "dereferencing" in C

I've always heard them used in the opposite sense:

  • & is the reference operator -- it gives you a reference (pointer) to some object

  • * is the dereference operator -- it takes a reference (pointer) and gives you back the referred to object;

Jenkins pipeline if else not working

It requires a bit of rearranging, but when does a good job to replace conditionals above. Here's the example from above written using the declarative syntax. Note that test3 stage is now two different stages. One that runs on the master branch and one that runs on anything else.

stage ('Test 3: Master') {
    when { branch 'master' }
    steps { 
        echo 'I only execute on the master branch.' 
    }
}

stage ('Test 3: Dev') {
    when { not { branch 'master' } }
    steps {
        echo 'I execute on non-master branches.'
    }
}

What size do you use for varchar(MAX) in your parameter declaration?

If you do something like this:

    cmd.Parameters.Add("@blah",SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = "some large text";

size will be taken from "some large text".Length

This can be problematic when it's an output parameter, you get back no more characters then you put as input.

how to concatenate two dictionaries to create a new one in Python?

You can use the update() method to build a new dictionary containing all the items:

dall = {}
dall.update(d1)
dall.update(d2)
dall.update(d3)

Or, in a loop:

dall = {}
for d in [d1, d2, d3]:
  dall.update(d)

How to install .MSI using PowerShell

After some trial and tribulation, I was able to find all .msi files in a given directory and install them.

foreach($_msiFiles in 
($_msiFiles = Get-ChildItem $_Source -Recurse | Where{$_.Extension -eq ".msi"} |
 Where-Object {!($_.psiscontainter)} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName)) 
{
    msiexec /i $_msiFiles /passive
}

How to set TLS version on apache HttpClient

You could just specify the following property -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2 at your server which configures the JVM to specify which TLS protocol version should be used during all https connections from client.

How do I change the string representation of a Python class?

The closest equivalent to Java's toString is to implement __str__ for your class. Put this in your class definition:

def __str__(self):
     return "foo"

You may also want to implement __repr__ to aid in debugging.

See here for more information:

Jquery Chosen plugin - dynamically populate list by Ajax

try this:

$('.chzn-choices input').autocomplete({
  source: function( request, response ) {
    $.ajax({
      url: "/change/name/autocomplete/"+request.term+"/",
      dataType: "json",
      beforeSend: function(){$('ul.chzn-results').empty();},
      success: function( data ) {
        response( $.map( data, function( item ) {
          $('ul.chzn-results').append('<li class="active-result">' + item.name + '</li>');
        }));
      }
    });
  }
});

How to change the background-color of jumbrotron?

You don't necessarily have to use custom CSS (or even worse inline CSS), in Bootstrap 4 you can use the utility classes for colors, like:

<div class="jumbotron bg-dark text-white">
...

And if you need other colors than the default ones, just add additional bg-classes using the same naming convention. This keeps the code neat and understandable.

You might also need to set text-white on child-elements inside the jumbotron, like headings.

SQL Last 6 Months

select *
from tbl1
where
datetime_column >= 
DATEADD(m, -6, convert(date, convert(varchar(6), getdate(),112) + '01'))

std::queue iteration

If you need to iterate over a queue then you need something more than a queue. The point of the standard container adapters is to provide a minimal interface. If you need to do iteration as well, why not just use a deque (or list) instead?

Deep copy in ES6 using the spread syntax

Instead use this for deep copy

var newObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(oldObject))

_x000D_
_x000D_
var oldObject = {_x000D_
  name: 'A',_x000D_
  address: {_x000D_
    street: 'Station Road',_x000D_
    city: 'Pune'_x000D_
  }_x000D_
}_x000D_
var newObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(oldObject));_x000D_
_x000D_
newObject.address.city = 'Delhi';_x000D_
console.log('newObject');_x000D_
console.log(newObject);_x000D_
console.log('oldObject');_x000D_
console.log(oldObject);
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

How to limit the number of dropzone.js files uploaded?

I achieved this a slightly different way. I just remove the old dropped file any time a new file is added. It acts as overwriting the file which was the user experience I was going for here.

Dropzone.options.myAwesomeDropzone = {
  accept: function(file, done) {
    console.log("uploaded");
    done();
  },
  init: function() {
    this.on("addedfile", function() {
      if (this.files[1]!=null){
        this.removeFile(this.files[0]);
      }
    });
  }
};

How to comment out particular lines in a shell script

You can comment section of a script using a conditional.

For example, the following script:

DEBUG=false
if ${DEBUG}; then
echo 1
echo 2
echo 3
echo 4
echo 5
fi
echo 6
echo 7

would output:

6
7

In order to uncomment the section of the code, you simply need to comment the variable:

#DEBUG=false

(Doing so would print the numbers 1 through 7.)

Getting full URL of action in ASP.NET MVC

As Paddy mentioned: if you use an overload of UrlHelper.Action() that explicitly specifies the protocol to use, the generated URL will be absolute and fully qualified instead of being relative.

I wrote a blog post called How to build absolute action URLs using the UrlHelper class in which I suggest to write a custom extension method for the sake of readability:

/// <summary>
/// Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method by using
/// the specified action name, controller name and route values.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="url">The URL helper.</param>
/// <param name="actionName">The name of the action method.</param>
/// <param name="controllerName">The name of the controller.</param>
/// <param name="routeValues">The route values.</param>
/// <returns>The absolute URL.</returns>
public static string AbsoluteAction(this UrlHelper url,
    string actionName, string controllerName, object routeValues = null)
{
    string scheme = url.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.Url.Scheme;

    return url.Action(actionName, controllerName, routeValues, scheme);
}

You can then simply use it like that in your view:

@Url.AbsoluteAction("Action", "Controller")

How to dynamically create generic C# object using reflection?

Indeed you would not be able to write the last line.

But you probably don't want to create the object, just for the sake or creating it. You probably want to call some method on your newly created instance.

You'll then need something like an interface :

public interface ITask 
{
    void Process(object o);
}

public class Task<T> : ITask
{ 
   void ITask.Process(object o) 
   {
      if(o is T) // Just to be sure, and maybe throw an exception
        Process(o as T);
   }

   public void Process(T o) { }
}

and call it with :

Type d1 = Type.GetType("TaskA"); //or "TaskB"
Type[] typeArgs = { typeof(Item) };
Type makeme = d1.MakeGenericType(typeArgs);
ITask task = Activator.CreateInstance(makeme) as ITask;

// This can be Item, or any type derived from Item
task.Process(new Item());

In any case, you won't be statically cast to a type you don't know beforehand ("makeme" in this case). ITask allows you to get to your target type.

If this is not what you want, you'll probably need to be a bit more specific in what you are trying to achieve with this.

In Perl, what is the difference between a .pm (Perl module) and .pl (Perl script) file?

A .pl is a single script.

In .pm (Perl Module) you have functions that you can use from other Perl scripts:

A Perl module is a self-contained piece of Perl code that can be used by a Perl program or by other Perl modules. It is conceptually similar to a C link library, or a C++ class.

Select and trigger click event of a radio button in jquery

Switch the order of the code: You're calling the click event before it is attached.

$(document).ready(function() {
      $("#checkbox_div input:radio").click(function() {

           alert("clicked");

      });

      $("input:radio:first").prop("checked", true).trigger("click");

});

Variables as commands in bash scripts

I am not sure, but it might be worth running an eval on the commands first.

This will let bash expand the variables $TAR_CMD and such to their full breadth(just as the echo command does to the console, which you say works)

Bash will then read the line a second time with the variables expanded.

eval $TAR_CMD | $ENCRYPT_CMD | $SPLIT_CMD 

I just did a Google search and this page looks like it might do a decent job at explaining why that is needed. http://fvue.nl/wiki/Bash:_Why_use_eval_with_variable_expansion%3F

Java array reflection: isArray vs. instanceof

If obj is of type int[] say, then that will have an array Class but not be an instance of Object[]. So what do you want to do with obj. If you are going to cast it, go with instanceof. If you are going to use reflection, then use .getClass().isArray().

Running interactive commands in Paramiko

You need Pexpect to get the best of both worlds (expect and ssh wrappers).

Are multi-line strings allowed in JSON?

JSON doesn't allow breaking lines for readability.

Your best bet is to use an IDE that will line-wrap for you.

Declare a Range relative to the Active Cell with VBA

There is an .Offset property on a Range class which allows you to do just what you need

ActiveCell.Offset(numRows, numCols)

follow up on a comment:

Dim newRange as Range
Set newRange = Range(ActiveCell, ActiveCell.Offset(numRows, numCols))

and you can verify by MsgBox newRange.Address

and here's how to assign this range to an array

Git clone particular version of remote repository

If that version you need to obtain is either a branch or a tag then:

git clone -b branch_or_tag_name repo_address_or_path

How to check variable type at runtime in Go language

It seems that Go have special form of switch dedicate to this (it is called type switch):

func (e *Easy)SetOption(option Option, param interface{}) {

    switch v := param.(type) { 
    default:
        fmt.Printf("unexpected type %T", v)
    case uint64:
        e.code = Code(C.curl_wrapper_easy_setopt_long(e.curl, C.CURLoption(option), C.long(v)))
    case string:
        e.code = Code(C.curl_wrapper_easy_setopt_str(e.curl, C.CURLoption(option), C.CString(v)))
    } 
}

CSS: Creating textured backgrounds

If you search for an image base-64 converter, you can embed some small image texture files as code into your @import url('') section of code. It will look like a lot of code; but at least all your data is now stored locally - rather than having to call a separate resource to load the image.

Example link: http://www.base64-image.de/

When I take a file from my own inventory of a simple icon in PNG format, and convert it to base-64, it looks like this in my CSS:

url('data:image/png;base64,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')

With your texture images, you'll want to employ a similar process.

How do I get the current date in Cocoa

Original poster - the way you're determining seconds until midnight won't work on a day when daylight savings starts or ends. Here's a chunk of code which shows how to do it... It'll be in number of seconds (an NSTimeInterval); you can do the division/modulus/etc to get down to whatever you need.

NSDateComponents *dc = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSDayCalendarUnit|NSMonthCalendarUnit|NSYearCalendarUnit fromDate:[NSDate date]];
[dc setDay:dc.day + 1];
NSDate *midnightDate = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:dc];
NSLog(@"Now: %@, Tonight Midnight: %@, Hours until midnight: %.1f", [NSDate date], midnightDate, [midnightDate timeIntervalSinceDate:[NSDate date]] / 60.0 / 60.0);

NSUserDefaults - How to tell if a key exists

objectForKey: will return nil if it doesn't exist.

Javascript to convert UTC to local time

This works for both Chrome and Firefox.
Not tested on other browsers.

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  if (dateTime !== null && dateTime !== undefined) {
    if (notStanderdFormat) {
      // works for 2021-02-21 04:01:19
      // convert to 2021-02-21T04:01:19.000000Z format before convert to local time
      const splited = dateTime.split(" ");
      let convertedDateTime = `${splited[0]}T${splited[1]}.000000Z`;
      const date = new Date(convertedDateTime);
      return date.toString();
    } else {
      // works for 2021-02-20T17:52:45.000000Z or  1613639329186
      const date = new Date(dateTime);
      return date.toString();
    }
  } else {
    return "Unknown";
  }
};

// TEST

console.log(convertToLocalTime('2012-11-29 17:00:34 UTC'));
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Why should I use the keyword "final" on a method parameter in Java?

One additional reason to add final to parameter declarations is that it helps to identify variables that need to be renamed as part of a "Extract Method" refactoring. I have found that adding final to each parameter prior to starting a large method refactoring quickly tells me if there are any issues I need to address before continuing.

However, I generally remove them as superfluous at the end of the refactoring.

What does DIM stand for in Visual Basic and BASIC?

Variable declaration. Initially, it was short for "dimension", which is not a term that is used in programming (outside of this specific keyword) to any significant degree.

http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090310095555AANmiAZ

SSRS custom number format

am assuming that you want to know how to format numbers in SSRS

Just right click the TextBox on which you want to apply formatting, go to its expression.

suppose its expression is something like below

=Fields!myField.Value

then do this

=Format(Fields!myField.Value,"##.##") 

or

=Format(Fields!myFields.Value,"00.00")

difference between the two is that former one would make 4 as 4 and later one would make 4 as 04.00

this should give you an idea.

also: you might have to convert your field into a numerical one. i.e.

  =Format(CDbl(Fields!myFields.Value),"00.00")

so: 0 in format expression means, when no number is present, place a 0 there and # means when no number is present, leave it. Both of them works same when numbers are present ie. 45.6567 would be 45.65 for both of them:

UPDATE :

if you want to apply variable formatting on the same column based on row values i.e. you want myField to have no formatting when it has no decimal value but formatting with double precision when it has decimal then you can do it through logic. (though you should not be doing so)

Go to the appropriate textbox and go to its expression and do this:

=IIF((Fields!myField.Value - CInt(Fields!myField.Value)) > 0, 
    Format(Fields!myField.Value, "##.##"),Fields!myField.Value)

so basically you are using IIF(condition, true,false) operator of SSRS, ur condition is to check whether the number has decimal value, if it has, you apply the formatting and if no, you let it as it is.

this should give you an idea, how to handle variable formatting.

Sending simple message body + file attachment using Linux Mailx

Johnsyweb's answer didn't work for me, but it works for me with Mutt:

echo "Message body" | mutt -s "Message subject" -a myfile.txt [email protected]

How do you manually execute SQL commands in Ruby On Rails using NuoDB

For me, I couldn't get this to return a hash.

results = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(sql)

But using the exec_query method worked.

results = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query(sql)

How do you Sort a DataTable given column and direction?

Actually got the same problem. For me worked this easy way:

Adding the data to a Datatable and sort it:

dt.DefaultView.Sort = "columnname";
dt = dt.DefaultView.ToTable();

The requested resource does not support HTTP method 'GET'

Please use the attributes from the System.Web.Http namespace on your WebAPI actions:

    [System.Web.Http.AcceptVerbs("GET", "POST")]
    [System.Web.Http.HttpGet]
    public string Auth(string username, string password)
    {...}

The reason why it doesn't work is because you were using the attributes that are from the MVC namespace System.Web.Mvc. The classes in the System.Web.Http namespace are for WebAPI.

batch file to check 64bit or 32bit OS

If $SYSTEM_os_arch==x86 ( 
  Echo OS is 32bit
 ) else ( 
  ECHO OS is 64bit
)

correct configuration for nginx to localhost?

Fundamentally you hadn't declare location which is what nginx uses to bind URL with resources.

 server {
            listen       80;
            server_name  localhost;

            access_log  logs/localhost.access.log  main;

            location / {
                root /var/www/board/public;
                index index.html index.htm index.php;
            }
       }

Custom UITableViewCell from nib in Swift

Swift 4

Register Nib

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    tblMissions.register(UINib(nibName: "MissionCell", bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: "MissionCell")
}

In TableView DataSource

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
          guard let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "MissionCell", for: indexPath) as? MissionCell else { return UITableViewCell() }
          return cell
    }

How to read file with space separated values in pandas

If you can't get text parsing to work using the accepted answer (e.g if your text file contains non uniform rows) then it's worth trying with Python's csv library - here's an example using a user defined Dialect:

 import csv

 csv.register_dialect('skip_space', skipinitialspace=True)
 with open(my_file, 'r') as f:
      reader=csv.reader(f , delimiter=' ', dialect='skip_space')
      for item in reader:
          print(item)

How to 'bulk update' with Django?

IT returns number of objects are updated in table.

update_counts = ModelClass.objects.filter(name='bar').update(name="foo")

You can refer this link to get more information on bulk update and create. Bulk update and Create

Regex Match all characters between two strings

RegEx to match everything between two strings using the Java approach.

List<String> results = new ArrayList<>(); //For storing results
String example = "Code will save the world";

Let's use Pattern and Matcher objects to use RegEx (.?)*.

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("Code "(.*?)" world");   //java.util.regex.Pattern;
Matcher m = p.matcher(example);                      //java.util.regex.Matcher;

Since Matcher might contain more than one match, we need to loop over the results and store it.

while(m.find()){   //Loop through all matches
   results.add(m.group()); //Get value and store in collection.
}

This example will contain only "will save the" word, but in the bigger text it will probably find more matches.

Laravel: Auth::user()->id trying to get a property of a non-object

Check your route for the function in which you are using Auth::user(), For getting Auth::user() data the function should be inside web middleware Route::group(['middleware' => 'web'], function () {}); .

"com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: Auth fail" with working passwords

Example case, when I get file from remote server and save it in local machine
package connector;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import com.jcraft.jsch.ChannelSftp;
import com.jcraft.jsch.JSch;
import com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException;
import com.jcraft.jsch.Session;
import com.jcraft.jsch.SftpException;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws JSchException, SftpException, IOException {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        String username = "XXXXXX";
        String host = "XXXXXX";
        String passwd = "XXXXXX";
        JSch conn = new JSch();
        Session session = null;
        session = conn.getSession(username, host, 22);
        session.setPassword(passwd);
        session.setConfig("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no");
        session.connect();

        ChannelSftp channel = null;
        channel = (ChannelSftp)session.openChannel("sftp");
        channel.connect();

        channel.cd("/tmp/qtmp");

        InputStream in = channel.get("testScp");
        String lf = "OBJECT_FILE";
        FileOutputStream tergetFile = new FileOutputStream(lf);

        int c;
        while ( (c= in.read()) != -1 ) {
            tergetFile.write(c);
        } 

        in.close();
        tergetFile.close();

        channel.disconnect();
        session.disconnect();   

    }

}

How do I grep recursively?

For .gz files, recursively scan all files and directories Change file type or put *

find . -name \*.gz -print0 | xargs -0 zgrep "STRING"

Custom Date/Time formatting in SQL Server

You're going to need DATEPART here. You can concatenate the results of the DATEPART calls together.

To get the month abbreviations, you might be able to use DATENAME; if that doesn't work for you, you can use a CASE statement on the DATEPART.

DATEPART also works for the time field.

I can think of a couple of ways of getting the AM/PM indicator, including comparing new dates built via DATEPART or calculating the total seconds elapsed in the day and comparing that to known AM/PM thresholds.

php: how to get associative array key from numeric index?

You might do it this way:

function asoccArrayValueWithNumKey(&$arr, $key) {
   if (!(count($arr) > $key)) return false;
   reset($array);
   $aux   = -1;
   $found = false;
   while (($auxKey = key($array)) && !$found) {
      $aux++;
      $found = ($aux == $key);
   }
   if ($found) return $array[$auxKey];
   else return false;
}

$val = asoccArrayValueWithNumKey($array, 0);
$val = asoccArrayValueWithNumKey($array, 1);
etc...

Haven't tryed the code, but i'm pretty sure it will work.

Good luck!

How do I rename both a Git local and remote branch name?

This can be done even without renaming the local branch in three simple steps:

  1. Go to your repository in GitHub
  2. Create a new branch from the old branch which you want to rename
  3. Delete the old branch

Android: how to hide ActionBar on certain activities

1.Go to your manifest.xml file.

2.Find the activity tag for which you want to hide your ActionBar and then add ,

android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar"

           <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar"
            >

Mercurial stuck "waiting for lock"

I had the same problem. Got the following message when I tried to commit:

waiting for lock on working directory of <MyProject> held by '...'

hg debuglock showed this:

lock:  free
wlock:  (66722s)

So I did the following command, and that fixed the problem for me:

hg debuglocks -W

Using Win7 and TortoiseHg 4.8.7.

Expected response code 250 but got code "535", with message "535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted

I had the same problem, changing my gmail password fixed the issue, and also don't forget to enable less secure app on on your gmail account

HTML5 Canvas: Zooming

IIRC Canvas is a raster style bitmap. it wont be zoomable because there's no stored information to zoom to.

Your best bet is to keep two copies in memory (zoomed and non) and swap them on mouse click.

How do I rewrite URLs in a proxy response in NGINX

We should first read the documentation on proxy_pass carefully and fully.

The URI passed to upstream server is determined based on whether "proxy_pass" directive is used with URI or not. Trailing slash in proxy_pass directive means that URI is present and equal to /. Absense of trailing slash means hat URI is absent.

Proxy_pass with URI:

location /some_dir/ {
    proxy_pass http://some_server/;
}

With the above, there's the following proxy:

http:// your_server/some_dir/ some_subdir/some_file ->
http:// some_server/          some_subdir/some_file

Basically, /some_dir/ gets replaced by / to change the request path from /some_dir/some_subdir/some_file to /some_subdir/some_file.

Proxy_pass without URI:

location /some_dir/ {
    proxy_pass http://some_server;
}

With the second (no trailing slash): the proxy goes like this:

http:// your_server /some_dir/some_subdir/some_file ->
http:// some_server /some_dir/some_subdir/some_file

Basically, the full original request path gets passed on without changes.


So, in your case, it seems you should just drop the trailing slash to get what you want.


Caveat

Note that automatic rewrite only works if you don't use variables in proxy_pass. If you use variables, you should do rewrite yourself:

location /some_dir/ {
  rewrite    /some_dir/(.*) /$1 break;
  proxy_pass $upstream_server;
}

There are other cases where rewrite wouldn't work, that's why reading documentation is a must.


Edit

Reading your question again, it seems I may have missed that you just want to edit the html output.

For that, you can use the sub_filter directive. Something like ...

location /admin/ {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/;
    sub_filter "http://your_server/" "http://your_server/admin/";
    sub_filter_once off;
}

Basically, the string you want to replace and the replacement string

Copy data from one column to other column (which is in a different table)

Table2.Column2 => Table1.Column1

I realize this question is old but the accepted answer did not work for me. For future googlers, this is what worked for me:

UPDATE table1 
    SET column1 = (
        SELECT column2
        FROM table2
        WHERE table2.id = table1.id
    );

Whereby:

  • table1 = table that has the column that needs to be updated
  • table2 = table that has the column with the data
  • column1 = blank column that needs the data from column2 (this is in table1)
  • column2 = column that has the data (that is in table2)

WAMP error: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server

In my case, the problem was that the phpMyAdmin version was specified wrongly in the phpmyadmin.conf file. You may check that:

  1. Go to wamp/apps/phpmyadmin3.x.x: notice the file name - what version you are currently using?

  2. Open file wamp/alias/phpmyadmin.conf:

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride all Order Deny,Allow Allow from all

Check the first line (directory "c:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin3.x.x/") is the file name exactly the same as your actual file name.

Make sure the directory file name is absolutely correct.

Generate unique random numbers between 1 and 100

This is a implementation of Fisher Yates/Durstenfeld Shuffle, but without actual creation of a array thus reducing space complexity or memory needed, when the pick size is small compared to the number of elements available.

To pick 8 numbers from 100, it is not necessary to create a array of 100 elements.

Assuming a array is created,

  • From the end of array(100), get random number(rnd) from 1 to 100
  • Swap 100 and the random number rnd
  • Repeat step 1 with array(99)

If a array is not created, A hashMap may be used to remember the actual swapped positions. When the second random number generated is equal to the one of the previously generated numbers, the map provides the current value in that position rather than the actual value.

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Calculate days between two Dates in Java 8

Use the class or method that best meets your needs:

  • the Duration class,
  • Period class,
  • or the ChronoUnit.between method.

A Duration measures an amount of time using time-based values (seconds, nanoseconds).

A Period uses date-based values (years, months, days).

The ChronoUnit.between method is useful when you want to measure an amount of time in a single unit of time only, such as days or seconds.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/datetime/iso/period.html

Bootstrap tab activation with JQuery

why not select active tab first then active the selected tab content ?
1. Add class 'active' to the < li > element of tab first .
2. then use set 'active' class to selected div.

    $(document).ready( function(){
        SelectTab(1); //or use other method  to set active class to tab
        ShowInitialTabContent();

    });
    function SelectTab(tabindex)
    {
        $('.nav-tabs li ').removeClass('active');
        $('.nav-tabs li').eq(tabindex).addClass('active'); 
        //tabindex start at 0 
    }
    function FindActiveDiv()
    {  
        var DivName = $('.nav-tabs .active a').attr('href');  
        return DivName;
    }
    function RemoveFocusNonActive()
    {
        $('.nav-tabs  a').not('.active').blur();  
        //to >  remove  :hover :focus;
    }
    function ShowInitialTabContent()
    {
        RemoveFocusNonActive();
        var DivName = FindActiveDiv();
        if (DivName)
        {
            $(DivName).addClass('active'); 
        } 
    }

Throw keyword in function's signature

A no throw specification on an inlined function that only returns a member variable and could not possibly throw exceptions may be used by some compilers to do pessimizations (a made-up word for the opposite of optimizations) that can have a detrimental effect on performance. This is described in the Boost literature: Exception-specification

With some compilers a no-throw specification on non-inline functions may be beneficial if the correct optimizations are made and the use of that function impacts performance in a way that it justifies it.

To me it sounds like whether to use it or not is a call made by a very critical eye as part of a performance optimization effort, perhaps using profiling tools.

A quote from the above link for those in a hurry (contains an example of bad unintended effects of specifying throw on an inline function from a naive compiler):

Exception-specification rationale

Exception specifications [ISO 15.4] are sometimes coded to indicate what exceptions may be thrown, or because the programmer hopes they will improve performance. But consider the following member from a smart pointer:

T& operator*() const throw() { return *ptr; }

This function calls no other functions; it only manipulates fundamental data types like pointers Therefore, no runtime behavior of the exception-specification can ever be invoked. The function is completely exposed to the compiler; indeed it is declared inline Therefore, a smart compiler can easily deduce that the functions are incapable of throwing exceptions, and make the same optimizations it would have made based on the empty exception-specification. A "dumb" compiler, however, may make all kinds of pessimizations.

For example, some compilers turn off inlining if there is an exception-specification. Some compilers add try/catch blocks. Such pessimizations can be a performance disaster which makes the code unusable in practical applications.

Although initially appealing, an exception-specification tends to have consequences that require very careful thought to understand. The biggest problem with exception-specifications is that programmers use them as though they have the effect the programmer would like, instead of the effect they actually have.

A non-inline function is the one place a "throws nothing" exception-specification may have some benefit with some compilers.

Easiest way to toggle 2 classes in jQuery

Your onClick request:

<span class="A" onclick="var state = this.className.indexOf('A') > -1; $(this).toggleClass('A', !state).toggleClass('B', state);">Click Me</span>

Try it: https://jsfiddle.net/v15q6b5y/


Just the JS à la jQuery:

$('.selector').toggleClass('A', !state).toggleClass('B', state);

Hadoop "Unable to load native-hadoop library for your platform" warning

I'm not using CentOS. Here is what I have in Ubuntu 16.04.2, hadoop-2.7.3, jdk1.8.0_121. Run start-dfs.sh or stop-dfs.sh successfully w/o error:

# JAVA env
#
export JAVA_HOME=/j01/sys/jdk
export JRE_HOME=/j01/sys/jdk/jre

export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${JRE_HOME}/bin:${PATH}:.

# HADOOP env
#
export HADOOP_HOME=/j01/srv/hadoop
export HADOOP_MAPRED_HOME=$HADOOP_HOME
export HADOOP_COMMON_HOME=$HADOOP_HOME
export HADOOP_HDFS_HOME=$HADOOP_HOME
export YARN_HOME=$HADOOP_HOME

export HADOOP_CONF_DIR=$HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop
export PATH=$PATH:$HADOOP_HOME/sbin:$HADOOP_HOME/bin

Replace /j01/sys/jdk, /j01/srv/hadoop with your installation path

I also did the following for one time setup on Ubuntu, which eliminates the need to enter passwords for multiple times when running start-dfs.sh:

sudo apt install openssh-server openssh-client
ssh-keygen -t rsa
ssh-copy-id user@localhost

Replace user with your username

Which @NotNull Java annotation should I use?

I very much like the Checker Framework, which is an implementation of type annotations (JSR-308) which is used to implement defect checkers like a nullness checker. I haven't really tried any others to offer any comparison, but I've been happy with this implementation.

I'm not affiliated with the group that offers the software, but I am a fan.

Four things I like about this system:

  1. It has a defect checkers for nullness (@Nullable), but also has ones for immutability and interning (and others). I use the first one (nullness) and I'm trying to get into using the second one (immutability/IGJ). I'm trying out the third one, but I'm not certain about using it long term yet. I'm not convinced of the general usefulness of the other checkers yet, but its nice to know that the framework itself is a system for implementing a variety of additional annotations and checkers.

  2. The default setting for nullness checking works well: Non-null except locals (NNEL). Basically this means that by default the checker treats everyhing (instance variables, method parameters, generic types, etc) except local variables as if they have a @NonNull type by default. Per the documentation:

    The NNEL default leads to the smallest number of explicit annotations in your code.

    You can set a different default for a class or for a method if NNEL doesn't work for you.

  3. This framework allows you to use with without creating a dependency on the framework by enclosing your annotations in a comment: e.g. /*@Nullable*/. This is nice because you can annotate and check a library or shared code, but still be able to use that library/shared coded in another project that doesn't use the framework. This is a nice feature. I've grown accustom to using it, even though I tend to enable the Checker Framework on all my projects now.

  4. The framework has a way to annotate APIs you use that aren't already annotated for nullness by using stub files.

how to get value of selected item in autocomplete

When autocomplete changes a value, it fires a autocompletechange event, not the change event

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('#tags').on('autocompletechange change', function () {
        $('#tagsname').html('You selected: ' + this.value);
    }).change();
});

Demo: Fiddle

Another solution is to use select event, because the change event is triggered only when the input is blurred

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('#tags').on('change', function () {
        $('#tagsname').html('You selected: ' + this.value);
    }).change();
    $('#tags').on('autocompleteselect', function (e, ui) {
        $('#tagsname').html('You selected: ' + ui.item.value);
    });
});

Demo: Fiddle

Notify ObservableCollection when Item changes

The ObservableCollection and its derivatives raises its property changes internally. The code in your setter should only be triggered if you assign a new TrulyObservableCollection<MyType> to the MyItemsSource property. That is, it should only happen once, from the constructor.

From that point forward, you'll get property change notifications from the collection, not from the setter in your viewmodel.

Named placeholders in string formatting

There is nothing built into Java at the moment of writing this. I would suggest writing your own implementation. My preference is for a simple fluent builder interface instead of creating a map and passing it to function -- you end up with a nice contiguous chunk of code, for example:

String result = new TemplatedStringBuilder("My name is {{name}} and I from {{town}}")
   .replace("name", "John Doe")
   .replace("town", "Sydney")
   .finish();

Here is a simple implementation:

class TemplatedStringBuilder {

    private final static String TEMPLATE_START_TOKEN = "{{";
    private final static String TEMPLATE_CLOSE_TOKEN = "}}";

    private final String template;
    private final Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<>();

    public TemplatedStringBuilder(String template) {
        if (template == null) throw new NullPointerException();
        this.template = template;
    }

    public TemplatedStringBuilder replace(String key, String value){
        parameters.put(key, value);
        return this;
    }

    public String finish(){

        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();

        int startIndex = 0;

        while (startIndex < template.length()){

            int openIndex  = template.indexOf(TEMPLATE_START_TOKEN, startIndex);

            if (openIndex < 0){
                result.append(template.substring(startIndex));
                break;
            }

            int closeIndex = template.indexOf(TEMPLATE_CLOSE_TOKEN, openIndex);

            if(closeIndex < 0){
                result.append(template.substring(startIndex));
                break;
            }

            String key = template.substring(openIndex + TEMPLATE_START_TOKEN.length(), closeIndex);

            if (!parameters.containsKey(key)) throw new RuntimeException("missing value for key: " + key);

            result.append(template.substring(startIndex, openIndex));
            result.append(parameters.get(key));

            startIndex = closeIndex + TEMPLATE_CLOSE_TOKEN.length();
        }

        return result.toString();
    }
}

how to set font size based on container size?

You may be able to do this with CSS3 using calculations, however it would most likely be safer to use JavaScript.

Here is an example: http://jsfiddle.net/8TrTU/

Using JS you can change the height of the text, then simply bind this same calculation to a resize event, during resize so it scales while the user is making adjustments, or however you are allowing resizing of your elements.

Round double value to 2 decimal places

You can use the below code to format it to two decimal places

NSNumberFormatter *formatter = [[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init];

[formatter setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterDecimalStyle];
[formatter setMaximumFractionDigits:2];
[formatter setRoundingMode: NSNumberFormatterRoundUp];

NSString *numberString = [formatter stringFromNumber:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:22.368511]];

NSLog(@"Result...%@",numberString);//Result 22.37

Swift 4:

let formatter = NumberFormatter()
formatter.numberStyle = .decimal
formatter.maximumFractionDigits = 2
formatter.roundingMode = .up

let str = String(describing: formatter.string(from: 12.2345)!)

print(str)

Entity Framework is Too Slow. What are my options?

If you're purely fetching data, it's a big help to performance when you tell EF to not keep track of the entities it fetches. Do this by using MergeOption.NoTracking. EF will just generate the query, execute it and deserialize the results to objects, but will not attempt to keep track of entity changes or anything of that nature. If a query is simple (doesn't spend much time waiting on the database to return), I've found that setting it to NoTracking can double query performance.

See this MSDN article on the MergeOption enum:

Identity Resolution, State Management, and Change Tracking

This seems to be a good article on EF performance:

Performance and the Entity Framework

How can I add numbers in a Bash script?

Another portable POSIX compliant way to do in bash, which can be defined as a function in .bashrc for all the arithmetic operators of convenience.

addNumbers () {
    local IFS='+'
    printf "%s\n" "$(( $* ))"
}

and just call it in command-line as,

addNumbers 1 2 3 4 5 100
115

The idea is to use the Input-Field-Separator(IFS), a special variable in bash used for word splitting after expansion and to split lines into words. The function changes the value locally to use word-splitting character as the sum operator +.

Remember the IFS is changed locally and does NOT take effect on the default IFS behaviour outside the function scope. An excerpt from the man bash page,

The shell treats each character of IFS as a delimiter, and splits the results of the other expansions into words on these characters. If IFS is unset, or its value is exactly , the default, then sequences of , , and at the beginning and end of the results of the previous expansions are ignored, and any sequence of IFS characters not at the beginning or end serves to delimit words.

The "$(( $* ))" represents the list of arguments passed to be split by + and later the sum value is output using the printf function. The function can be extended to add scope for other arithmetic operations also.

How do I "Add Existing Item" an entire directory structure in Visual Studio?

A neat trick I discovered is that if you go to "Add existing...", you can drag the folder from the open dialog to your solution.

I have my Visual Studio to open in Admin Mode automatically, so this was a good workaround for me as I didn't want to have to undo that just to get this to work.

Handling the null value from a resultset in JAVA

I was able to do this:

String a;
if(rs.getString("column") != null)
{
    a = "Hello world!";
}
else
{
    a = "Bye world!";
}

What's the -practical- difference between a Bare and non-Bare repository?

Non bare repository allows you to (into your working tree) capture changes by creating new commits.

Bare repositories are only changed by transporting changes from other repositories.

AngularJS UI Router - change url without reloading state

This setup solved following issues for me:

  • The training controller is not called twice when updating the url from .../ to .../123
  • The training controller is not getting invoked again when navigating to another state

State configuration

state('training', {
    abstract: true,
    url: '/training',
    templateUrl: 'partials/training.html',
    controller: 'TrainingController'
}).
state('training.edit', {
    url: '/:trainingId'
}).
state('training.new', {
    url: '/{trainingId}',
    // Optional Parameter
    params: {
        trainingId: null
    }
})

Invoking the states (from any other controller)

$scope.editTraining = function (training) {
    $state.go('training.edit', { trainingId: training.id });
};

$scope.newTraining = function () {
    $state.go('training.new', { });
};

Training Controller

var newTraining;

if (!!!$state.params.trainingId) {

    // new      

    newTraining = // create new training ...

    // Update the URL without reloading the controller
    $state.go('training.edit',
        {
            trainingId : newTraining.id
        },
        {
            location: 'replace', //  update url and replace
            inherit: false,
            notify: false
        });     

} else {

    // edit

    // load existing training ...
}   

Create line after text with css

You could achieve this with an extra <span>:

HTML

<h2><span>Featured products</span></h2>
<h2><span>Here is a very long h2, and as you can see the line get too wide</span></h2>

CSS

h2 {
    position: relative;
}

h2 span {
    background-color: white;
    padding-right: 10px;
}

h2:after {
    content:"";
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: 0.5em;
    border-top: 1px solid black;
    z-index: -1;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/myajouri/pkm5r/

Another solution without the extra <span> but requires an overflow: hidden on the <h2>:

h2 {
    overflow: hidden;
}

h2:after {
    content:"";
    display: inline-block;
    height: 0.5em;
    vertical-align: bottom;
    width: 100%;
    margin-right: -100%;
    margin-left: 10px;
    border-top: 1px solid black;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/myajouri/h2JRj/

Spring @Transactional - isolation, propagation

A Transaction represents a unit of work with a database.

In spring TransactionDefinition interface that defines Spring-compliant transaction properties. @Transactional annotation describes transaction attributes on a method or class.

@Autowired
private TestDAO testDAO;

@Transactional(propagation=TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRED,isolation=TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_READ_UNCOMMITTED)
public void someTransactionalMethod(User user) {

  // Interact with testDAO

}

Propagation (Reproduction) : is uses for inter transaction relation. (analogous to java inter thread communication)

+-------+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| value |        Propagation        |                                             Description                                              |
+-------+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|    -1 | TIMEOUT_DEFAULT           | Use the default timeout of the underlying transaction system, or none if timeouts are not supported. |
|     0 | PROPAGATION_REQUIRED      | Support a current transaction; create a new one if none exists.                                      |
|     1 | PROPAGATION_SUPPORTS      | Support a current transaction; execute non-transactionally if none exists.                           |
|     2 | PROPAGATION_MANDATORY     | Support a current transaction; throw an exception if no current transaction exists.                  |
|     3 | PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW  | Create a new transaction, suspending the current transaction if one exists.                          |
|     4 | PROPAGATION_NOT_SUPPORTED | Do not support a current transaction; rather always execute non-transactionally.                     |
|     5 | PROPAGATION_NEVER         | Do not support a current transaction; throw an exception if a current transaction exists.            |
|     6 | PROPAGATION_NESTED        | Execute within a nested transaction if a current transaction exists.                                 |
+-------+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Isolation : Isolation is one of the ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) properties of database transactions. Isolation determines how transaction integrity is visible to other users and systems. It uses for resource locking i.e. concurrency control, make sure that only one transaction can access the resource at a given point.

Locking perception: isolation level determines the duration that locks are held.

+---------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+
| Isolation Level Mode      |  Read             |   Insert    |   Update    |       Lock Scope       |
+---------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+
| READ_UNCOMMITTED          |  uncommitted data | Allowed     | Allowed     | No Lock                |
| READ_COMMITTED (Default)  |   committed data  | Allowed     | Allowed     | Lock on Committed data |
| REPEATABLE_READ           |   committed data  | Allowed     | Not Allowed | Lock on block of table |
| SERIALIZABLE              |   committed data  | Not Allowed | Not Allowed | Lock on full table     |
+---------------------------+-------------------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+

Read perception: the following 3 kinds of major problems occurs:

  • Dirty reads : reads uncommitted data from another tx(transaction).
  • Non-repeatable reads : reads committed UPDATES from another tx.
  • Phantom reads : reads committed INSERTS and/or DELETES from another tx

Isolation levels with different kinds of reads:

+---------------------------+----------------+----------------------+----------------+
| Isolation Level Mode      |  Dirty reads   | Non-repeatable reads | Phantoms reads |
+---------------------------+----------------+----------------------+----------------+
| READ_UNCOMMITTED          | allows         | allows               | allows         |
| READ_COMMITTED (Default)  | prevents       | allows               | allows         |
| REPEATABLE_READ           | prevents       | prevents             | allows         |
| SERIALIZABLE              | prevents       | prevents             | prevents       |
+---------------------------+----------------+----------------------+----------------+

for examples

how to fire event on file select

Do whatever you want to do after the file loads successfully.just after the completion of your file processing set the value of file control to blank string.so the .change() will always be called even the file name changes or not. like for example you can do this thing and worked for me like charm

  $('#myFile').change(function () {
    LoadFile("myFile");//function to do processing of file.
    $('#myFile').val('');// set the value to empty of myfile control.
    });

How to get client IP address using jQuery

jQuery can handle JSONP, just pass an url formatted with the callback=? parameter to the $.getJSON method, for example:

_x000D_
_x000D_
$.getJSON("https://api.ipify.org/?format=json", function(e) {_x000D_
    console.log(e.ip);_x000D_
});
_x000D_
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

This example is of a really simple JSONP service implemented on with api.ipify.org.

If you aren't looking for a cross-domain solution the script can be simplified even more, since you don't need the callback parameter, and you return pure JSON.

How to convert unsigned long to string

you can write a function which converts from unsigned long to str, similar to ltostr library function.

char *ultostr(unsigned long value, char *ptr, int base)
{
  unsigned long t = 0, res = 0;
  unsigned long tmp = value;
  int count = 0;

  if (NULL == ptr)
  {
    return NULL;
  }

  if (tmp == 0)
  {
    count++;
  }

  while(tmp > 0)
  {
    tmp = tmp/base;
    count++;
  }

  ptr += count;

  *ptr = '\0';

  do
  {
    res = value - base * (t = value / base);
    if (res < 10)
    {
      * -- ptr = '0' + res;
    }
    else if ((res >= 10) && (res < 16))
    {
        * --ptr = 'A' - 10 + res;
    }
  } while ((value = t) != 0);

  return(ptr);
}

you can refer to my blog here which explains implementation and usage with example.

Default SecurityProtocol in .NET 4.5

For completeness, here is a Powershell script that sets aforementioned registry keys:

new-itemproperty -path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319" -name "SchUseStrongCrypto" -Value 1 -PropertyType "DWord";
new-itemproperty -path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319" -name "SchUseStrongCrypto" -Value 1 -PropertyType "DWord"

Can't import org.apache.http.HttpResponse in Android Studio

HttpClient was deprecated in Android 5.1 and is removed from the Android SDK in Android 6.0. While there is a workaround to continue using HttpClient in Android 6.0 with Android Studio, you really need to move to something else. That "something else" could be:

Or, depending upon the nature of your HTTP work, you might choose a library that supports higher-order operations (e.g., Retrofit for Web service APIs).

In a pinch, you could enable the legacy APIs, by having useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy' in your android closure in your module's build.gradle file. However, Google has been advising people for years to stop using Android's built-in HttpClient, and so at most, this should be a stop-gap move, while you work on a more permanent shift to another API.

Django - Static file not found

I confused STATIC_ROOT and STATICFILES_DIRS

Actually I was not really understanding the utility of STATIC_ROOT. I thought that it was the directory on which I have to put my common files. This directory is used for the production, this is the directory on which static files will be put (collected) by collectstatic.

STATICFILES_DIRS is the one that I need.

Since I'm in a development environment, the solution for me is to not use STATIC_ROOT (or to specify another path) and set my common files directory in STATICFILES_DIRS:

#STATIC_ROOT = (os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'static_files/'))
import os
SITE_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
  os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'static/'),
)

Also don't forget to from django.conf import settings

Segmentation fault on large array sizes

In C or C++ local objects are usually allocated on the stack. You are allocating a large array on the stack, more than the stack can handle, so you are getting a stackoverflow.

Don't allocate it local on stack, use some other place instead. This can be achieved by either making the object global or allocating it on the global heap. Global variables are fine, if you don't use the from any other compilation unit. To make sure this doesn't happen by accident, add a static storage specifier, otherwise just use the heap.

This will allocate in the BSS segment, which is a part of the heap:

static int c[1000000];
int main()
{
   cout << "done\n";
   return 0;
}

This will allocate in the DATA segment, which is a part of the heap too:

int c[1000000] = {};
int main()
{
   cout << "done\n";
   return 0;
}

This will allocate at some unspecified location in the heap:

int main()
{
   int* c = new int[1000000];
   cout << "done\n";
   return 0;
}

How to fill Dataset with multiple tables?

If you are issuing a single command with several select statements, you might use NextResult method to move to next resultset within the datareader: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.idatareader.nextresult.aspx

I show how it could look bellow:

public DataSet SelectOne(int id)
{
    DataSet result = new DataSet();
    using (DbCommand command = Connection.CreateCommand())
    {
        command.CommandText = @"
select * from table1
select * from table2
        ";

        var param = ParametersBuilder.CreateByKey(command, "ID", id, null);
        command.Parameters.Add(param);

        Connection.Open();
        using (DbDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader())
        {
            result.MainTable.Load(reader);
            reader.NextResult();
            result.SecondTable.Load(reader);
            // ...
        }
        Connection.Close();
    }
    return result;
}

TypeError: $ is not a function WordPress

I added a custom script file that loaded at the end of the head section, and inserted the following at the top:

(function (jQuery) {
    window.$ = jQuery.noConflict();
})(jQuery);

(This is a modification of Fanky's answer)

Why aren't Xcode breakpoints functioning?

If you tried all basic checks, check for for Optimization Level in project target and project settings. make sure you selected None for debug.

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How are environment variables used in Jenkins with Windows Batch Command?

I should this On Windows, environment variable expansion is %BUILD_NUMBER%

String.Format for Hex

You can also pad the characters left by including a number following the X, such as this: string.format("0x{0:X8}", string_to_modify), which yields "0x00000C20".

How to get default gateway in Mac OSX

Using System Preferences:

Step 1: Click the Apple icon (at the top left of the screen) and select System Preferences.

Step 2: Click Network.

Step 3: Select your network connection and then click Advanced.

Step 4: Select the TCP/IP tab and find your gateway IP address listed next to Router.

What are all codecs and formats supported by FFmpeg?

ffmpeg -codecs

should give you all the info about the codecs available.

You will see some letters next to the codecs:

Codecs:
 D..... = Decoding supported
 .E.... = Encoding supported
 ..V... = Video codec
 ..A... = Audio codec
 ..S... = Subtitle codec
 ...I.. = Intra frame-only codec
 ....L. = Lossy compression
 .....S = Lossless compression

Can I calculate z-score with R?

if x is a vector with raw scores then scale(x) is a vector with standardized scores.

Or manually: (x-mean(x))/sd(x)

Removing NA in dplyr pipe

I don't think desc takes an na.rm argument... I'm actually surprised it doesn't throw an error when you give it one. If you just want to remove NAs, use na.omit (base) or tidyr::drop_na:

outcome.df %>%
  na.omit() %>%
  group_by(Hospital, State) %>%
  arrange(desc(HeartAttackDeath)) %>%
  head()

library(tidyr)
outcome.df %>%
  drop_na() %>%
  group_by(Hospital, State) %>%
  arrange(desc(HeartAttackDeath)) %>%
  head()

If you only want to remove NAs from the HeartAttackDeath column, filter with is.na, or use tidyr::drop_na:

outcome.df %>%
  filter(!is.na(HeartAttackDeath)) %>%
  group_by(Hospital, State) %>%
  arrange(desc(HeartAttackDeath)) %>%
  head()

outcome.df %>%
  drop_na(HeartAttackDeath) %>%
  group_by(Hospital, State) %>%
  arrange(desc(HeartAttackDeath)) %>%
  head()

As pointed out at the dupe, complete.cases can also be used, but it's a bit trickier to put in a chain because it takes a data frame as an argument but returns an index vector. So you could use it like this:

outcome.df %>%
  filter(complete.cases(.)) %>%
  group_by(Hospital, State) %>%
  arrange(desc(HeartAttackDeath)) %>%
  head()

Present and dismiss modal view controller

First of all, when you put that code in applicationDidFinishLaunching, it might be the case that controllers instantiated from Interface Builder are not yet linked to your application (so "red" and "blue" are still nil).

But to answer your initial question, what you're doing wrong is that you're calling dismissModalViewControllerAnimated: on the wrong controller! It should be like this:

[blue presentModalViewController:red animated:YES];
[red dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

Usually the "red" controller should decide to dismiss himself at some point (maybe when a "cancel" button is clicked). Then the "red" controller could call the method on self:

[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

If it still doesn't work, it might have something to do with the fact that the controller is presented in an animation fashion, so you might not be allowed to dismiss the controller so soon after presenting it.

Sort array by value alphabetically php

You want the php function "asort":

http://php.net/manual/en/function.asort.php

it sorts the array, maintaining the index associations.

Edit: I've just noticed you're using a standard array (non-associative). if you're not fussed about preserving index associations, use sort():

http://php.net/manual/en/function.sort.php

how to customise input field width in bootstrap 3

In Bootstrap 3, .form-control (the class you give your inputs) has a width of 100%, which allows you to wrap them into col-lg-X divs for arrangement. Example from the docs:

<div class="row">
  <div class="col-lg-2">
    <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder=".col-lg-2">
  </div>
  <div class="col-lg-3">
    <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder=".col-lg-3">
  </div>
  <div class="col-lg-4">
    <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder=".col-lg-4">
  </div>
</div>

See under Column sizing.

It's a bit different than in Bootstrap 2.3.2, but you get used to it quickly.

HTTP GET in VBS

Dim o
Set o = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
o.open "GET", "http://www.example.com", False
o.send
' o.responseText now holds the response as a string.

Scroll to a div using jquery

Add this little function and use it as so: $('div').scrollTo(500);

jQuery.fn.extend(
{
  scrollTo : function(speed, easing)
  {
    return this.each(function()
    {
      var targetOffset = $(this).offset().top;
      $('html,body').animate({scrollTop: targetOffset}, speed, easing);
    });
  }
});

Dynamic SQL - EXEC(@SQL) versus EXEC SP_EXECUTESQL(@SQL)

sp_executesql is more likely to promote query plan reuse. When using sp_executesql, parameters are explicitly identified in the calling signature. This excellent article descibes this process.

The oft cited reference for many aspects of dynamic sql is Erland Sommarskog's must read: "The Curse and Blessings of Dynamic SQL".

Maintaining the final state at end of a CSS3 animation

IF NOT USING THE SHORT HAND VERSION: Make sure the animation-fill-mode: forwards is AFTER the animation declaration or it will not work...

animation-fill-mode: forwards;
animation-name: appear;
animation-duration: 1s;
animation-delay: 1s;

vs

animation-name: appear;
animation-duration: 1s;
animation-fill-mode: forwards;
animation-delay: 1s;

std::string formatting like sprintf

If you are on a system that has asprintf(3), you can easily wrap it:

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstdio>

std::string format(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));

std::string format(const char *fmt, ...)
{
    std::string result;

    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, fmt);

    char *tmp = 0;
    int res = vasprintf(&tmp, fmt, ap);
    va_end(ap);

    if (res != -1) {
        result = tmp;
        free(tmp);
    } else {
        // The vasprintf call failed, either do nothing and
        // fall through (will return empty string) or
        // throw an exception, if your code uses those
    }

    return result;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    std::string username = "you";
    std::cout << format("Hello %s! %d", username.c_str(), 123) << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

Stopping a JavaScript function when a certain condition is met

use return for this

if(i==1) { 
    return; //stop the execution of function
}

//keep on going

How to convert a String to CharSequence?

Attempting to provide some (possible) context for OP's question by posting my own trouble. I'm working in Scala, but the error messages I'm getting all reference Java types, and the error message reads a lot like the compiler complaining that CharSequence is not a String. I confirmed in the source code that String implements the CharSequence interface, but the error message draws attention to the difference between String and CharSequence while hiding the real source of the trouble:

scala> cols
res8: Iterable[String] = List(Item, a, b)

scala> val header = String.join(",", cols)
<console>:13: error: overloaded method value join with alternatives:
  (x$1: CharSequence,x$2: java.lang.Iterable[_ <: CharSequence])String <and>
  (x$1: CharSequence,x$2: CharSequence*)String
 cannot be applied to (String, Iterable[String])
       val header = String.join(",", cols)

I was able to fix this problem with the realization that the problem wasn't String / CharSequence, but rather a mismatch between java.lang.Iterable and Scala's built-in Iterable.

scala> val header = String.join(",", coll: _*)
header: String = Item,a,b

My particular problem can also be solved via the answers at Scala: join an iterable of strings

In summary, OP and others who come across similar problems should parse the error messages very closely and see what other type conversions might be involved.

Cassandra port usage - how are the ports used?

For Apache Cassandra 2.0 you need to take into account the following TCP ports: (See EC2 security group configuration and Apache Cassandra FAQ)

Cassandra

  • 7199 JMX monitoring port
  • 1024 - 65355 Random port required by JMX. Starting with Java 7u4 a specific port can be specified using the com.sun.management.jmxremote.rmi.port property.
  • 7000 Inter-node cluster
  • 7001 SSL inter-node cluster
  • 9042 CQL Native Transport Port
  • 9160 Thrift

DataStax OpsCenter

  • 61620 opscenterd daemon
  • 61621 Agent
  • 8888 Website

Architecture

A possible architecture with Cassandra + OpsCenter on EC2 could look like this: AWS EC2 with OpsCenter

SSH configuration: override the default username

If you have multiple references to a particular variable i.e. User or IdentityFile, the first entry in the ssh config file always takes precedence, if you want something specific then put it in first, anything generic put it at the bottom.

How to select into a variable in PL/SQL when the result might be null?

I use this syntax for flexibility and speed -

    begin
    --
    with KLUJ as
    ( select 0 ROES from dual
       union 
      select count(*) from MY_TABLE where rownum = 1
    ) select max(ROES) into has_rows from KLUJ;
    --
    end;

Dual returns 1 row, rownum adds 0 or 1 rows, and max() groups to exactly 1. This gives 0 for no rows in a table and 1 for any other number of rows.

I extend the where clause to count rows by condition, remove rownum to count rows meeting a condition, and increase rownum to count rows meeting the condition up to a limit.

Is it possible to create a remote repo on GitHub from the CLI without opening browser?

For Rubyists:

gem install githubrepo
githubrepo create *reponame*

enter username and pw as prompted

git remote add origin *ctrl v*
git push origin master

Source: Elikem Adadevoh

Reporting Services permissions on SQL Server R2 SSRS

If this still isn't working try unchecking "Enable Protected Mode" in IE.
Add your site to Local Intranet in Tools -> Internet Option -> Security Tab Then uncheck "Enable Protected Mode" Restart IE

What is the difference between encode/decode?

The decode method of unicode strings really doesn't have any applications at all (unless you have some non-text data in a unicode string for some reason -- see below). It is mainly there for historical reasons, i think. In Python 3 it is completely gone.

unicode().decode() will perform an implicit encoding of s using the default (ascii) codec. Verify this like so:

>>> s = u'ö'
>>> s.decode()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xf6' in position 0:
ordinal not in range(128)

>>> s.encode('ascii')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xf6' in position 0:
ordinal not in range(128)

The error messages are exactly the same.

For str().encode() it's the other way around -- it attempts an implicit decoding of s with the default encoding:

>>> s = 'ö'
>>> s.decode('utf-8')
u'\xf6'
>>> s.encode()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 0:
ordinal not in range(128)

Used like this, str().encode() is also superfluous.

But there is another application of the latter method that is useful: there are encodings that have nothing to do with character sets, and thus can be applied to 8-bit strings in a meaningful way:

>>> s.encode('zip')
'x\x9c;\xbc\r\x00\x02>\x01z'

You are right, though: the ambiguous usage of "encoding" for both these applications is... awkard. Again, with separate byte and string types in Python 3, this is no longer an issue.

rebase in progress. Cannot commit. How to proceed or stop (abort)?

Rebase doesn't happen in the background. "rebase in progress" means that you started a rebase, and the rebase got interrupted because of conflict. You have to resume the rebase (git rebase --continue) or abort it (git rebase --abort).

As the error message from git rebase --continue suggests, you asked git to apply a patch that results in an empty patch. Most likely, this means the patch was already applied and you want to drop it using git rebase --skip.

How to create a JavaScript callback for knowing when an image is loaded?

You can use the .complete property of the Javascript image class.

I have an application where I store a number of Image objects in an array, that will be dynamically added to the screen, and as they're loading I write updates to another div on the page. Here's a code snippet:

var gAllImages = [];

function makeThumbDivs(thumbnailsBegin, thumbnailsEnd)
{
    gAllImages = [];

    for (var i = thumbnailsBegin; i < thumbnailsEnd; i++) 
    {
        var theImage = new Image();
        theImage.src = "thumbs/" + getFilename(globals.gAllPageGUIDs[i]);
        gAllImages.push(theImage);

        setTimeout('checkForAllImagesLoaded()', 5);
        window.status="Creating thumbnail "+(i+1)+" of " + thumbnailsEnd;

        // make a new div containing that image
        makeASingleThumbDiv(globals.gAllPageGUIDs[i]);
    }
}

function checkForAllImagesLoaded()
{
    for (var i = 0; i < gAllImages.length; i++) {
        if (!gAllImages[i].complete) {
            var percentage = i * 100.0 / (gAllImages.length);
            percentage = percentage.toFixed(0).toString() + ' %';

            userMessagesController.setMessage("loading... " + percentage);
            setTimeout('checkForAllImagesLoaded()', 20);
            return;
        }
    }

    userMessagesController.setMessage(globals.defaultTitle);
}

Scale iFrame css width 100% like an image

None of these solutions worked for me inside a Weebly "add your own html" box. Not sure what they are doing with their code. But I found this solution at https://benmarshall.me/responsive-iframes/ and it works perfectly.

CSS

.iframe-container {
  overflow: hidden;
  padding-top: 56.25%;
  position: relative;
}

.iframe-container iframe {
   border: 0;
   height: 100%;
   left: 0;
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
   width: 100%;
}

/* 4x3 Aspect Ratio */
.iframe-container-4x3 {
  padding-top: 75%;
}

HTML

<div class="iframe-container">
  <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/106466360" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

How to call C++ function from C?

You can prefix the function declaration with extern “C” keyword, e.g.

extern “C” int Mycppfunction()

{

// Code goes here

return 0;

}

For more examples you can search more on Google about “extern” keyword. You need to do few more things, but it's not difficult you'll get lots of examples from Google.

Proxy with express.js

I used the following setup to direct everything on /rest to my backend server (on port 8080), and all other requests to the frontend server (a webpack server on port 3001). It supports all HTTP-methods, doesn't lose any request meta-info and supports websockets (which I need for hot reloading)

var express  = require('express');
var app      = express();
var httpProxy = require('http-proxy');
var apiProxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer();
var backend = 'http://localhost:8080',
    frontend = 'http://localhost:3001';

app.all("/rest/*", function(req, res) {
  apiProxy.web(req, res, {target: backend});
});

app.all("/*", function(req, res) {
    apiProxy.web(req, res, {target: frontend});
});

var server = require('http').createServer(app);
server.on('upgrade', function (req, socket, head) {
  apiProxy.ws(req, socket, head, {target: frontend});
});
server.listen(3000);

How to find NSDocumentDirectory in Swift?

The modern recommendation is to use NSURLs for files and directories instead of NSString based paths:

enter image description here

So to get the Document directory for the app as an NSURL:

func databaseURL() -> NSURL? {

    let fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()

    let urls = fileManager.URLsForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory, inDomains: .UserDomainMask)

    if let documentDirectory: NSURL = urls.first as? NSURL {
        // This is where the database should be in the documents directory
        let finalDatabaseURL = documentDirectory.URLByAppendingPathComponent("items.db")

        if finalDatabaseURL.checkResourceIsReachableAndReturnError(nil) {
            // The file already exists, so just return the URL
            return finalDatabaseURL
        } else {
            // Copy the initial file from the application bundle to the documents directory
            if let bundleURL = NSBundle.mainBundle().URLForResource("items", withExtension: "db") {
                let success = fileManager.copyItemAtURL(bundleURL, toURL: finalDatabaseURL, error: nil)
                if success {
                    return finalDatabaseURL
                } else {
                    println("Couldn't copy file to final location!")
                }
            } else {
                println("Couldn't find initial database in the bundle!")
            }
        }
    } else {
        println("Couldn't get documents directory!")
    }

    return nil
}

This has rudimentary error handling, as that sort of depends on what your application will do in such cases. But this uses file URLs and a more modern api to return the database URL, copying the initial version out of the bundle if it does not already exist, or a nil in case of error.

How to open/run .jar file (double-click not working)?

You must create a manifest file and specify your class that has the main method. you can build your jar file with manifest file as a parameter.

jar cfm MyJar.jar Manifest.txt MyPackage/*.class

Manifest-Version: 1.0

Archiver-Version: Plexus Archiver

Created-By: Apache Maven

Built-By: Cakes

Build-Jdk: 1.6.0_04

Main-Class: com.foo.App

Set mouse focus and move cursor to end of input using jQuery

function CurFocus()
{
    $('.txtEmail').focus(); 
}

function pageLoad()
{
   setTimeout(CurFocus(),3000);
}

window.onload = pageLoad;

How to create a collapsing tree table in html/css/js?

SlickGrid has this functionality, see the tree demo.

If you want to build your own, here is an example (jsFiddle demo): Build your table with a data-depth attribute to indicate the depth of the item in the tree (the levelX CSS classes are just for styling indentation): 

<table id="mytable">
    <tr data-depth="0" class="collapse level0">
        <td><span class="toggle collapse"></span>Item 1</td>
        <td>123</td>
    </tr>
    <tr data-depth="1" class="collapse level1">
        <td><span class="toggle"></span>Item 2</td>
        <td>123</td>
    </tr>
</table>

Then when a toggle link is clicked, use Javascript to hide all <tr> elements until a <tr> of equal or less depth is found (excluding those already collapsed):

$(function() {
    $('#mytable').on('click', '.toggle', function () {
        //Gets all <tr>'s  of greater depth below element in the table
        var findChildren = function (tr) {
            var depth = tr.data('depth');
            return tr.nextUntil($('tr').filter(function () {
                return $(this).data('depth') <= depth;
            }));
        };

        var el = $(this);
        var tr = el.closest('tr'); //Get <tr> parent of toggle button
        var children = findChildren(tr);

        //Remove already collapsed nodes from children so that we don't
        //make them visible. 
        //(Confused? Remove this code and close Item 2, close Item 1 
        //then open Item 1 again, then you will understand)
        var subnodes = children.filter('.expand');
        subnodes.each(function () {
            var subnode = $(this);
            var subnodeChildren = findChildren(subnode);
            children = children.not(subnodeChildren);
        });

        //Change icon and hide/show children
        if (tr.hasClass('collapse')) {
            tr.removeClass('collapse').addClass('expand');
            children.hide();
        } else {
            tr.removeClass('expand').addClass('collapse');
            children.show();
        }
        return children;
    });
});

How to get the seconds since epoch from the time + date output of gmtime()?

t = datetime.strptime('Jul 9, 2009 @ 20:02:58 UTC',"%b %d, %Y @ %H:%M:%S %Z")

Execute a command line binary with Node.js

@hexacyanide's answer is almost a complete one. On Windows command prince could be prince.exe, prince.cmd, prince.bat or just prince (I'm no aware of how gems are bundled, but npm bins come with a sh script and a batch script - npm and npm.cmd). If you want to write a portable script that would run on Unix and Windows, you have to spawn the right executable.

Here is a simple yet portable spawn function:

function spawn(cmd, args, opt) {
    var isWindows = /win/.test(process.platform);

    if ( isWindows ) {
        if ( !args ) args = [];
        args.unshift(cmd);
        args.unshift('/c');
        cmd = process.env.comspec;
    }

    return child_process.spawn(cmd, args, opt);
}

var cmd = spawn("prince", ["-v", "builds/pdf/book.html", "-o", "builds/pdf/book.pdf"])

// Use these props to get execution results:
// cmd.stdin;
// cmd.stdout;
// cmd.stderr;

How can I convert a Word document to PDF?

unoconv, it's a python tool worked in UNIX. While I use Java to invoke the shell in UNIX, it works perfect for me. My source code : UnoconvTool.java. Both JODConverter and unoconv are said to use open office/libre office.

docx4j/docxreport, POI, PDFBox are good but they are missing some formats in conversion.

Saving images in Python at a very high quality

Okay, I found spencerlyon2's answer working. However, in case anybody would find himself/herself not knowing what to do with that one line, I had to do it this way:

beingsaved = plt.figure()

# Some scatter plots
plt.scatter(X_1_x, X_1_y)
plt.scatter(X_2_x, X_2_y)

beingsaved.savefig('destination_path.eps', format='eps', dpi=1000)

How to install OpenSSL for Python

SSL development libraries have to be installed

CentOS:

$ yum install openssl-devel libffi-devel

Ubuntu:

$ apt-get install libssl-dev libffi-dev

OS X (with Homebrew installed):

$ brew install openssl

The transaction log for the database is full

Try this:

USE YourDB;  
GO  
-- Truncate the log by changing the database recovery model to SIMPLE.  
ALTER DATABASE YourDB
SET RECOVERY SIMPLE;  
GO  
-- Shrink the truncated log file to 50 MB.  
DBCC SHRINKFILE (YourDB_log, 50);  
GO  
-- Reset the database recovery model.  
ALTER DATABASE YourDB
SET RECOVERY FULL;  
GO 

I hope it helps.

The equivalent of wrap_content and match_parent in flutter?

I used this solution, you have to define the height and width of your screen using MediaQuery:

 Container(
        height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.height,
        width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width
  )

How to check if all elements of a list matches a condition?

Another way to use itertools.ifilter. This checks truthiness and process (using lambda)

Sample-

for x in itertools.ifilter(lambda x: x[2] == 0, my_list):
    print x

Why do we use __init__ in Python classes?

By what you wrote, you are missing a critical piece of understanding: the difference between a class and an object. __init__ doesn't initialize a class, it initializes an instance of a class or an object. Each dog has colour, but dogs as a class don't. Each dog has four or fewer feet, but the class of dogs doesn't. The class is a concept of an object. When you see Fido and Spot, you recognise their similarity, their doghood. That's the class.

When you say

class Dog:
    def __init__(self, legs, colour):
        self.legs = legs
        self.colour = colour

fido = Dog(4, "brown")
spot = Dog(3, "mostly yellow")

You're saying, Fido is a brown dog with 4 legs while Spot is a bit of a cripple and is mostly yellow. The __init__ function is called a constructor, or initializer, and is automatically called when you create a new instance of a class. Within that function, the newly created object is assigned to the parameter self. The notation self.legs is an attribute called legs of the object in the variable self. Attributes are kind of like variables, but they describe the state of an object, or particular actions (functions) available to the object.

However, notice that you don't set colour for the doghood itself - it's an abstract concept. There are attributes that make sense on classes. For instance, population_size is one such - it doesn't make sense to count the Fido because Fido is always one. It does make sense to count dogs. Let us say there're 200 million dogs in the world. It's the property of the Dog class. Fido has nothing to do with the number 200 million, nor does Spot. It's called a "class attribute", as opposed to "instance attributes" that are colour or legs above.

Now, to something less canine and more programming-related. As I write below, class to add things is not sensible - what is it a class of? Classes in Python make up of collections of different data, that behave similarly. Class of dogs consists of Fido and Spot and 199999999998 other animals similar to them, all of them peeing on lampposts. What does the class for adding things consist of? By what data inherent to them do they differ? And what actions do they share?

However, numbers... those are more interesting subjects. Say, Integers. There's a lot of them, a lot more than dogs. I know that Python already has integers, but let's play dumb and "implement" them again (by cheating and using Python's integers).

So, Integers are a class. They have some data (value), and some behaviours ("add me to this other number"). Let's show this:

class MyInteger:
    def __init__(self, newvalue)
        # imagine self as an index card.
        # under the heading of "value", we will write
        # the contents of the variable newvalue.
        self.value = newvalue
    def add(self, other):
        # when an integer wants to add itself to another integer,
        # we'll take their values and add them together,
        # then make a new integer with the result value.
        return MyInteger(self.value + other.value)

three = MyInteger(3)
# three now contains an object of class MyInteger
# three.value is now 3
five = MyInteger(5)
# five now contains an object of class MyInteger
# five.value is now 5
eight = three.add(five)
# here, we invoked the three's behaviour of adding another integer
# now, eight.value is three.value + five.value = 3 + 5 = 8
print eight.value
# ==> 8

This is a bit fragile (we're assuming other will be a MyInteger), but we'll ignore now. In real code, we wouldn't; we'd test it to make sure, and maybe even coerce it ("you're not an integer? by golly, you have 10 nanoseconds to become one! 9... 8....")

We could even define fractions. Fractions also know how to add themselves.

class MyFraction:
    def __init__(self, newnumerator, newdenominator)
        self.numerator = newnumerator
        self.denominator = newdenominator
        # because every fraction is described by these two things
    def add(self, other):
        newdenominator = self.denominator * other.denominator
        newnumerator = self.numerator * other.denominator + self.denominator * other.numerator
        return MyFraction(newnumerator, newdenominator)

There's even more fractions than integers (not really, but computers don't know that). Let's make two:

half = MyFraction(1, 2)
third = MyFraction(1, 3)
five_sixths = half.add(third)
print five_sixths.numerator
# ==> 5
print five_sixths.denominator
# ==> 6

You're not actually declaring anything here. Attributes are like a new kind of variable. Normal variables only have one value. Let us say you write colour = "grey". You can't have another variable named colour that is "fuchsia" - not in the same place in the code.

Arrays solve that to a degree. If you say colour = ["grey", "fuchsia"], you have stacked two colours into the variable, but you distinguish them by their position (0, or 1, in this case).

Attributes are variables that are bound to an object. Like with arrays, we can have plenty colour variables, on different dogs. So, fido.colour is one variable, but spot.colour is another. The first one is bound to the object within the variable fido; the second, spot. Now, when you call Dog(4, "brown"), or three.add(five), there will always be an invisible parameter, which will be assigned to the dangling extra one at the front of the parameter list. It is conventionally called self, and will get the value of the object in front of the dot. Thus, within the Dog's __init__ (constructor), self will be whatever the new Dog will turn out to be; within MyInteger's add, self will be bound to the object in the variable three. Thus, three.value will be the same variable outside the add, as self.value within the add.

If I say the_mangy_one = fido, I will start referring to the object known as fido with yet another name. From now on, fido.colour is exactly the same variable as the_mangy_one.colour.

So, the things inside the __init__. You can think of them as noting things into the Dog's birth certificate. colour by itself is a random variable, could contain anything. fido.colour or self.colour is like a form field on the Dog's identity sheet; and __init__ is the clerk filling it out for the first time.

Any clearer?

EDIT: Expanding on the comment below:

You mean a list of objects, don't you?

First of all, fido is actually not an object. It is a variable, which is currently containing an object, just like when you say x = 5, x is a variable currently containing the number five. If you later change your mind, you can do fido = Cat(4, "pleasing") (as long as you've created a class Cat), and fido would from then on "contain" a cat object. If you do fido = x, it will then contain the number five, and not an animal object at all.

A class by itself doesn't know its instances unless you specifically write code to keep track of them. For instance:

class Cat:
    census = [] #define census array

    def __init__(self, legs, colour):
        self.colour = colour
        self.legs = legs
        Cat.census.append(self)

Here, census is a class-level attribute of Cat class.

fluffy = Cat(4, "white")
spark = Cat(4, "fiery")
Cat.census
# ==> [<__main__.Cat instance at 0x108982cb0>, <__main__.Cat instance at 0x108982e18>]
# or something like that

Note that you won't get [fluffy, sparky]. Those are just variable names. If you want cats themselves to have names, you have to make a separate attribute for the name, and then override the __str__ method to return this name. This method's (i.e. class-bound function, just like add or __init__) purpose is to describe how to convert the object to a string, like when you print it out.

How do I hide a menu item in the actionbar?

This Approach worked for me:

private  Menu thismenu;

if (condition)
{
   if(thismenu != null)
   {
       thismenu.findItem(R.id.menu_save).setVisible(true);
       Toast.makeText(ProfileActivity.this, 
    ""+thismenu.findItem(R.id.menu_save).getTitle(),
                Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
   }else
   {
       thismenu.findItem(R.id.menu_save).setVisible(false);
   }
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
   getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.profile_menu, menu);
   thismenu = menu;

   return true;
}

Spark - Error "A master URL must be set in your configuration" when submitting an app

If you are using following code

 val sc = new SparkContext(master, "WordCount", System.getenv("SPARK_HOME"))

Then replace with following lines

  val jobName = "WordCount";
  val conf = new SparkConf().setAppName(jobName);
  val sc = new SparkContext(conf)

In Spark 2.0 you can use following code

val spark = SparkSession
  .builder()
  .appName("Spark SQL basic example")
  .config("spark.some.config.option", "some-value")
  .master("local[*]")// need to add
  .getOrCreate()

You need to add .master("local[*]") if runing local here * means all node , you can say insted of 8 1,2 etc

You need to set Master URL if on cluster

Get Table and Index storage size in sql server

This query here will list the total size that a table takes up - clustered index, heap and all nonclustered indices:

SELECT 
    s.Name AS SchemaName,
    t.NAME AS TableName,
    p.rows AS RowCounts,
    SUM(a.total_pages) * 8 AS TotalSpaceKB, 
    SUM(a.used_pages) * 8 AS UsedSpaceKB, 
    (SUM(a.total_pages) - SUM(a.used_pages)) * 8 AS UnusedSpaceKB
FROM 
    sys.tables t
INNER JOIN 
    sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = t.schema_id
INNER JOIN      
    sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id
INNER JOIN 
    sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = p.OBJECT_ID AND i.index_id = p.index_id
INNER JOIN 
    sys.allocation_units a ON p.partition_id = a.container_id
WHERE 
    t.NAME NOT LIKE 'dt%'    -- filter out system tables for diagramming
    AND t.is_ms_shipped = 0
    AND i.OBJECT_ID > 255 
GROUP BY 
    t.Name, s.Name, p.Rows
ORDER BY 
    s.Name, t.Name

If you want to separate table space from index space, you need to use AND i.index_id IN (0,1) for the table space (index_id = 0 is the heap space, index_id = 1 is the size of the clustered index = data pages) and AND i.index_id > 1 for the index-only space

How can I add a table of contents to a Jupyter / JupyterLab notebook?

Here is my approach, clunky as it is and available in github:

Put in the very first notebook cell, the import cell:

from IPythonTOC import IPythonTOC

toc = IPythonTOC()

Somewhere after the import cell, put in the genTOCEntry cell but don't run it yet:

''' if you called toc.genTOCMarkdownCell before running this cell, 
the title has been set in the class '''

print toc.genTOCEntry()

Below the genTOCEntry cell`, make a TOC cell as a markdown cell:

<a id='TOC'></a>

#TOC

As the notebook is developed, put this genTOCMarkdownCell before starting a new section:

with open('TOCMarkdownCell.txt', 'w') as outfile:

    outfile.write(toc.genTOCMarkdownCell('Introduction'))

!cat TOCMarkdownCell.txt

!rm TOCMarkdownCell.txt

Move the genTOCMarkdownCell down to the point in your notebook where you want to start a new section and make the argument to genTOCMarkdownCell the string title for your new section then run it. Add a markdown cell right after it and copy the output from genTOCMarkdownCell into the markdown cell that starts your new section. Then go to the genTOCEntry cell near the top of your notebook and run it. For example, if you make the argument to genTOCMarkdownCell as shown above and run it, you get this output to paste into the first markdown cell of your newly indexed section:

<a id='Introduction'></a>

###Introduction

Then when you go to the top of your notebook and run genTocEntry, you get the output:

[Introduction](#Introduction)

Copy this link string and paste it into the TOC markdown cell as follows:

<a id='TOC'></a>

#TOC

[Introduction](#Introduction)

After you edit the TOC cell to insert the link string and then you press shift-enter, the link to your new section will appear in your notebook Table of Contents as a web link and clicking it will position the browser to your new section.

One thing I often forget is that clicking a line in the TOC makes the browser jump to that cell but doesn't select it. Whatever cell was active when we clicked on the TOC link is still active, so a down or up arrow or shift-enter refers to still active cell, not the cell we got by clicking on the TOC link.

Encoding Javascript Object to Json string

Unless the variable k is defined, that's probably what's causing your trouble. Something like this will do what you want:

var new_tweets = { };

new_tweets.k = { };

new_tweets.k.tweet_id = 98745521;
new_tweets.k.user_id = 54875;

new_tweets.k.data = { };

new_tweets.k.data.in_reply_to_screen_name = 'other_user';
new_tweets.k.data.text = 'tweet text';

// Will create the JSON string you're looking for.
var json = JSON.stringify(new_tweets);

You can also do it all at once:

var new_tweets = {
  k: {
    tweet_id: 98745521,
    user_id: 54875,
    data: {
      in_reply_to_screen_name: 'other_user',
      text: 'tweet_text'
    }
  }
}

Java Loop every minute

You can use Timer

Timer timer = new Timer();

timer.schedule( new TimerTask() {
    public void run() {
       // do your work 
    }
 }, 0, 60*1000);

When the times comes

  timer.cancel();

To shut it down.

Spring Boot War deployed to Tomcat

If you are creating a new app instead of converting an existing one, the easiest way to create WAR based spring boot application is through Spring Initializr.

It auto-generates the application for you. By default it creates Jar, but in the advanced options, you can select to create WAR. This war can be also executed directly.

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Even easier is to create the project from IntelliJ IDEA directly:

File ? New Project ? Spring Initializr

Convert JavaScript string in dot notation into an object reference

Note if you're already using Lodash you can use the property or get functions:

var obj = { a: { b: '1', c: '2' } };
_.property('a.b')(obj); // => 1
_.get(obj, 'a.b'); // => 1

Underscore also has a property function but it doesn't support dot notation.

Limit number of characters allowed in form input text field

According to w3c, the default value for the MAXLENGTH attribute is an unlimited number. So if you don't specify the max a user could cut and paste the bible a couple of times and stick it in your form.

Even if you do specify the MAXLENGTH to a reasonable number make sure you double check the length of the submitted data on the server before processing (using something like php or asp) as it's quite easy to get around the basic MAXLENGTH restriction anyway

Convert string to decimal, keeping fractions

The below code prints the value as 1200.00.

var convertDecimal = Convert.ToDecimal("1200.00");
Console.WriteLine(convertDecimal);

Not sure what you are expecting?

show/hide a div on hover and hover out

I found using css opacity is better for a simple show/hide hover, and you can add css3 transitions to make a nice finished hover effect. The transitions will just be dropped by older IE browsers, so it degrades gracefully to.

JS fiddle Demo

CSS

#stuff {
    opacity: 0.0;
    -webkit-transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
}
#hover {
    width:80px;
    height:20px;
    background-color:green;
    margin-bottom:15px;
}
#hover:hover + #stuff {
    opacity: 1.0;
}

HTML

<div id="hover">Hover</div>
<div id="stuff">stuff</div>

Gather multiple sets of columns

It's not at all related to "tidyr" and "dplyr", but here's another option to consider: merged.stack from my "splitstackshape" package, V1.4.0 and above.

library(splitstackshape)
merged.stack(df, id.vars = c("id", "time"), 
             var.stubs = c("Q3.2.", "Q3.3."),
             sep = "var.stubs")
#     id       time .time_1       Q3.2.       Q3.3.
#  1:  1 2009-01-01      1. -0.62645381  1.35867955
#  2:  1 2009-01-01      2.  1.51178117 -0.16452360
#  3:  1 2009-01-01      3.  0.91897737  0.39810588
#  4:  2 2009-01-02      1.  0.18364332 -0.10278773
#  5:  2 2009-01-02      2.  0.38984324 -0.25336168
#  6:  2 2009-01-02      3.  0.78213630 -0.61202639
#  7:  3 2009-01-03      1. -0.83562861  0.38767161
# <<:::SNIP:::>>
# 24:  8 2009-01-08      3. -1.47075238 -1.04413463
# 25:  9 2009-01-09      1.  0.57578135  1.10002537
# 26:  9 2009-01-09      2.  0.82122120 -0.11234621
# 27:  9 2009-01-09      3. -0.47815006  0.56971963
# 28: 10 2009-01-10      1. -0.30538839  0.76317575
# 29: 10 2009-01-10      2.  0.59390132  0.88110773
# 30: 10 2009-01-10      3.  0.41794156 -0.13505460
#     id       time .time_1       Q3.2.       Q3.3.

How to set maximum fullscreen in vmware?

Go to view and press "Switch to scale mode" which will adjust the virtual screen when you adjust the application.

NTFS performance and large volumes of files and directories

I am building a File-Structure to host up to 2 billion (2^32) files and performed the following tests that show a sharp drop in Navigate + Read Performance at about 250 Files or 120 Directories per NTFS Directory on a Solid State Drive (SSD):

  • The File Performance drops by 50% between 250 and 1000 Files.
  • The Directory Performance drops by 60% between 120 and 1000 Directories.
  • Values for Numbers > 1000 remain relatively stable

Interestingly the Number of Directories and Files do NOT significantly interfere.

So the Lessons are:

  • File Numbers above 250 cost a Factor of 2
  • Directories above 120 cost a Factor of 2.5
  • The File-Explorer in Windows 7 can handle large #Files or #Dirs, but Usability is still bad.
  • Introducing Sub-Directories is not expensive

This is the Data (2 Measurements for each File and Directory):

(FOPS = File Operations per Second)
(DOPS = Directory Operations per Second)

#Files  lg(#)   FOPS    FOPS2   DOPS    DOPS2
   10   1.00    16692   16692   16421   16312
  100   2.00    16425   15943   15738   16031
  120   2.08    15716   16024   15878   16122
  130   2.11    15883   16124   14328   14347
  160   2.20    15978   16184   11325   11128
  200   2.30    16364   16052   9866    9678
  210   2.32    16143   15977   9348    9547
  220   2.34    16290   15909   9094    9038
  230   2.36    16048   15930   9010    9094
  240   2.38    15096   15725   8654    9143
  250   2.40    15453   15548   8872    8472
  260   2.41    14454   15053   8577    8720
  300   2.48    12565   13245   8368    8361
  400   2.60    11159   11462   7671    7574
  500   2.70    10536   10560   7149    7331
 1000   3.00    9092    9509    6569    6693
 2000   3.30    8797    8810    6375    6292
10000   4.00    8084    8228    6210    6194
20000   4.30    8049    8343    5536    6100
50000   4.70    7468    7607    5364    5365

And this is the Test Code:

[TestCase(50000, false, Result = 50000)]
[TestCase(50000, true, Result = 50000)]
public static int TestDirPerformance(int numFilesInDir, bool testDirs) {
    var files = new List<string>();
    var dir = Path.GetTempPath() + "\\Sub\\" + Guid.NewGuid() + "\\";
    Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
    Console.WriteLine("prepare...");
    const string FILE_NAME = "\\file.txt";
    for (int i = 0; i < numFilesInDir; i++) {
        string filename = dir + Guid.NewGuid();
        if (testDirs) {
            var dirName = filename + "D";
            Directory.CreateDirectory(dirName);
            using (File.Create(dirName + FILE_NAME)) { }
        } else {
            using (File.Create(filename)) { }
        }
        files.Add(filename);
    }
    //Adding 1000 Directories didn't change File Performance
    /*for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
        string filename = dir + Guid.NewGuid();
        Directory.CreateDirectory(filename + "D");
    }*/
    Console.WriteLine("measure...");
    var r = new Random();
    var sw = new Stopwatch();
    sw.Start();
    int len = 0;
    int count = 0;
    while (sw.ElapsedMilliseconds < 5000) {
        string filename = files[r.Next(files.Count)];
        string text = File.ReadAllText(testDirs ? filename + "D" + FILE_NAME : filename);
        len += text.Length;
        count++;
    }
    Console.WriteLine("{0} File Ops/sec ", count / 5);
    return numFilesInDir; 
}

AWS S3: how do I see how much disk space is using

Yippe - an update to AWS CLI allows you to recursively ls through buckets...

aws s3 ls s3://<bucketname> --recursive  | grep -v -E "(Bucket: |Prefix: |LastWriteTime|^$|--)" | awk 'BEGIN {total=0}{total+=$3}END{print total/1024/1024" MB"}'

Spring MVC - How to get all request params in a map in Spring controller?

Here is the simple example of getting request params in a Map.

 @RequestMapping(value="submitForm.html", method=RequestMethod.POST)
     public ModelAndView submitForm(@RequestParam Map<String, String> reqParam) 
       {
          String name  = reqParam.get("studentName");
          String email = reqParam.get("studentEmail");

          ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView("AdmissionSuccess");
          model.addObject("msg", "Details submitted by you::
          Name: " + name + ", Email: " + email );
       }

In this case, it will bind the value of studentName and studentEmail with name and email variables respectively.

How to make asynchronous HTTP requests in PHP

If you control the target that you want to call asynchronously (e.g. your own "longtask.php"), you can close the connection from that end, and both scripts will run in parallel. It works like this:

  1. quick.php opens longtask.php via cURL (no magic here)
  2. longtask.php closes the connection and continues (magic!)
  3. cURL returns to quick.php when the connection is closed
  4. Both tasks continue in parallel

I have tried this, and it works just fine. But quick.php won't know anything about how longtask.php is doing, unless you create some means of communication between the processes.

Try this code in longtask.php, before you do anything else. It will close the connection, but still continue to run (and suppress any output):

while(ob_get_level()) ob_end_clean();
header('Connection: close');
ignore_user_abort();
ob_start();
echo('Connection Closed');
$size = ob_get_length();
header("Content-Length: $size");
ob_end_flush();
flush();

The code is copied from the PHP manual's user contributed notes and somewhat improved.

Oracle: If Table Exists

I have been looking for the same but I ended up writing a procedure to help me out:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE DelObject(ObjName varchar2,ObjType varchar2)
IS
 v_counter number := 0;   
begin    
  if ObjType = 'TABLE' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from user_tables where table_name = upper(ObjName);
    if v_counter > 0 then          
      execute immediate 'drop table ' || ObjName || ' cascade constraints';        
    end if;   
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'PROCEDURE' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from User_Objects where object_type = 'PROCEDURE' and OBJECT_NAME = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP PROCEDURE ' || ObjName;        
      end if; 
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'FUNCTION' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from User_Objects where object_type = 'FUNCTION' and OBJECT_NAME = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP FUNCTION ' || ObjName;        
      end if; 
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'TRIGGER' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from User_Triggers where TRIGGER_NAME = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP TRIGGER ' || ObjName;
      end if; 
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'VIEW' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from User_Views where VIEW_NAME = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP VIEW ' || ObjName;        
      end if; 
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'SEQUENCE' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from user_sequences where sequence_name = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP SEQUENCE ' || ObjName;        
      end if; 
  end if;
end;

Hope this helps

Visual Studio "Could not copy" .... during build

Using DNN. I solved the problem by editing the MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets file and changing the bin path:

<MSBuildDnnBinPath Condition="'$(MSBuildDnnBinPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\bin</MSBuildDnnBinPath>

Top 1 with a left join

Use OUTER APPLY instead of LEFT JOIN:

SELECT u.id, mbg.marker_value 
FROM dps_user u
OUTER APPLY 
    (SELECT TOP 1 m.marker_value, um.profile_id
     FROM dps_usr_markers um (NOLOCK)
         INNER JOIN dps_markers m (NOLOCK) 
             ON m.marker_id= um.marker_id AND 
                m.marker_key = 'moneyBackGuaranteeLength'
     WHERE um.profile_id=u.id 
     ORDER BY m.creation_date
    ) AS MBG
WHERE u.id = 'u162231993';

Unlike JOIN, APPLY allows you to reference the u.id inside the inner query.

Differences between strong and weak in Objective-C

Strong: Basically Used With Properties we used to get or send data from/into another classes. Weak: Usually all outlets, connections are of Weak type from Interface.

Nonatomic: Such type of properties are used in conditions when we don't want to share our outlet or object into different simultaneous Threads. In other words, Nonatomic instance make our properties to deal with one thread at a time. Hopefully it helpful for you.

Postgres: check if array field contains value?

With ANY operator you can search for only one value.

For example,

select * from mytable where 'Book' = ANY(pub_types);

If you want to search multiple values, you can use @> operator.

For example,

select * from mytable where pub_types @> '{"Journal", "Book"}';

You can specify in which ever order you like.

Simple way to sort strings in the (case sensitive) alphabetical order

The simple way to solve the problem is to use ComparisonChain from Guava http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git/javadoc/com/google/common/collect/ComparisonChain.html

private static Comparator<String> stringAlphabeticalComparator = new Comparator<String>() {
        public int compare(String str1, String str2) {
            return ComparisonChain.start().
                                compare(str1,str2, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER).
                                compare(str1,str2).
                                result();
         }
 };
Collections.sort(list, stringAlphabeticalComparator);

The first comparator from the chain will sort strings according to the case insensitive order, and the second comparator will sort strings according to the case insensitive order. As excepted strings appear in the result according to the alphabetical order:

"AA","Aa","aa","Development","development"

Differences between C++ string == and compare()?

compare has overloads for comparing substrings. If you're comparing whole strings you should just use == operator (and whether it calls compare or not is pretty much irrelevant).

How to combine GROUP BY and ROW_NUMBER?

Undoubtly this can be simplified but the results match your expectations.

The gist of this is to

  • Calculate the maximum price in a seperate CTE for each t2ID
  • Calculate the total price in a seperate CTE for each t2ID
  • Combine the results of both CTE's

SQL Statement

;WITH MaxPrice AS ( 
    SELECT  t2ID
            , t1ID
    FROM    (       
                SELECT  t2.ID AS t2ID
                        , t1.ID AS t1ID
                        , rn = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY t2.ID ORDER BY t1.Price DESC)
                FROM    @t1 t1
                        INNER JOIN @relation r ON r.t1ID = t1.ID        
                        INNER JOIN @t2 t2 ON t2.ID = r.t2ID
            ) maxt1
    WHERE   maxt1.rn = 1                            
)
, SumPrice AS (
    SELECT  t2ID = t2.ID
            , Price = SUM(Price)
    FROM    @t1 t1
            INNER JOIN @relation r ON r.t1ID = t1.ID
            INNER JOIN @t2 t2 ON t2.ID = r.t2ID
    GROUP BY
            t2.ID           
)           
SELECT  t2.ID
        , t2.Name
        , t2.Orders
        , mp.t1ID
        , t1.ID
        , t1.Name
        , sp.Price
FROM    @t2 t2
        INNER JOIN MaxPrice mp ON mp.t2ID = t2.ID
        INNER JOIN SumPrice sp ON sp.t2ID = t2.ID
        INNER JOIN @t1 t1 ON t1.ID = mp.t1ID

how to mysqldump remote db from local machine

As I haven't seen it at serverfault yet, and the answer is quite simple:

Change:

ssh -f -L3310:remote.server:3306 [email protected] -N

To:

ssh -f -L3310:localhost:3306 [email protected] -N

And change:

mysqldump -P 3310 -h localhost -u mysql_user -p database_name table_name

To:

mysqldump -P 3310 -h 127.0.0.1 -u mysql_user -p database_name table_name

(do not use localhost, it's one of these 'special meaning' nonsense that probably connects by socket rather then by port)

edit: well, to elaborate: if host is set to localhost, a configured (or default) --socket option is assumed. See the manual for which option files are sought / used. Under Windows, this can be a named pipe.

Should I use alias or alias_method?

A point in favor of alias instead of alias_method is that its semantic is recognized by rdoc, leading to neat cross references in the generated documentation, while rdoc completely ignore alias_method.

Send File Attachment from Form Using phpMailer and PHP

File could not be Attached from client PC (upload)

In the HTML form I have not added following line, so no attachment was going:

enctype="multipart/form-data"

After adding above line in form (as below), the attachment went perfect.

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="form_phpm_mailer.php"  enctype="multipart/form-data">

Populate nested array in mongoose

You can do this using $lookup aggregation as well and probably the best way as now populate is becoming extinct from the mongo

Project.aggregate([
  { "$match": { "_id": mongoose.Types.ObjectId(id) } },
  { "$lookup": {
    "from": Pages.collection.name,
    "let": { "pages": "$pages" },
    "pipeline": [
      { "$match": { "$expr": { "$in": [ "$_id", "$$pages" ] } } },
      { "$lookup": {
        "from": Component.collection.name,
        "let": { "components": "$components" },
        "pipeline": [
          { "$match": { "$expr": { "$in": [ "$_id", "$$components" ] } } },
        ],
        "as": "components"
      }},
    ],
    "as": "pages"
  }}
])

What does the C++ standard state the size of int, long type to be?

When it comes to built in types for different architectures and different compilers just run the following code on your architecture with your compiler to see what it outputs. Below shows my Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) 64 bit g++4.7.3 output. Also please note what was answered below which is why the output is ordered as such:

"There are five standard signed integer types: signed char, short int, int, long int, and long long int. In this list, each type provides at least as much storage as those preceding it in the list."

#include <iostream>

int main ( int argc, char * argv[] )
{
  std::cout<< "size of char: " << sizeof (char) << std::endl;
  std::cout<< "size of short: " << sizeof (short) << std::endl;
  std::cout<< "size of int: " << sizeof (int) << std::endl;
  std::cout<< "size of long: " << sizeof (long) << std::endl;
  std::cout<< "size of long long: " << sizeof (long long) << std::endl;

  std::cout<< "size of float: " << sizeof (float) << std::endl;
  std::cout<< "size of double: " << sizeof (double) << std::endl;

  std::cout<< "size of pointer: " << sizeof (int *) << std::endl;
}


size of char: 1
size of short: 2
size of int: 4
size of long: 8
size of long long: 8
size of float: 4
size of double: 8
size of pointer: 8

Normalizing a list of numbers in Python

There isn't any function in the standard library (to my knowledge) that will do it, but there are absolutely modules out there which have such functions. However, its easy enough that you can just write your own function:

def normalize(lst):
    s = sum(lst)
    return map(lambda x: float(x)/s, lst)

Sample output:

>>> normed = normalize(raw)
>>> normed
[0.25, 0.5, 0.25]

How to efficiently use try...catch blocks in PHP

There is no reason against using a single block for multiple operations, since any thrown exception will prevent the execution of further operations after the failed one. At least as long as you can conclude which operation failed from the exception caught. That is as long as it is fine if some operations are not processed.

However I'd say that returning the exception makes only limited sense. A return value of a function should be the expected result of some action, not the exception. If you need to react on the exception in the calling scope then either do not catch the exception here inside your function, but in the calling scope or re-throw the exception for later processing after having done some debug logging and the like.

Django: OperationalError No Such Table

If you get to the bottom of this list and find this answer, I am almost sure it will solve all your issues :) In my case, I had dropped a database table and I was not getting anywhere with makemigrations and migrate

So I got a very detailed answer on how to reset everything on this link

How to trigger checkbox click event even if it's checked through Javascript code?

You can use .change() function too

E.g.:

$('form input[type=checkbox]').change(function() { console.log('hello') });