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  • Mysql results sorted by list which is unique for each user

    - by ADAM
    Ive got a table of thousands of products and 50 or so authenticated users. These users all show the products on their own web sites and they all require the ability to have them ordered differently. Im guesing i need some kind of seperate table for the orders which contains the product_id, user_id and order column? How do i do this the most efficiently in mysql so as to be very fast, and not slow down if i get millions of products in the database. Is it even wise to do it in mysql or should i be using some kind of other index like solr/lucene? My Product table is called "products" My User table is called "users" A good example of the functionality i need is google search where you can order/supress the results if you are logged in. edit: the product results will be paginated and the users have the authority to edit the products, so its not just ready only

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  • sti and polymorphic's

    - by Alexey Poimtsev
    Hi, I have problem with my code class Post < ActiveRecord::Base end class NewsArticle < Post has_many :comments, :as => :commentable, :dependent => :destroy, :order => 'created_at' end class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :commentable, :polymorphic => true, :counter_cache => true end And on attempt go get comments for some NewsArticle i see in logs something like Comment Load (0.9ms) SELECT "comments".* FROM "comments" WHERE ("comments"."commentable_id" = 1 and "comments"."commentable_type" = 'Post') ORDER BY created_at Strange that "commentable_type" = 'Post'. Whats wrong? PS: Rails 2.3.5 && ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i686-darwin10]

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  • Creating multiple MFC dialogs through COM, strange behaviour

    - by John
    One of our apps has a COM interface which will launch a dialog, e.g: STDMETHODIMP CSomeClass::LaunchDialog(BSTR TextToDisplay) { CDialog *pDlg = new CSomeDialog(TextToDisplay); pDlg->BringWindowToTop(); } For some reason when the COM method is called several times at once by the server, we get odd behaviour: We get multiple dialogs, but only one entry in the taskbar Dialog Z-order is based on order created and can't be changed... the first dialog created is always shown under the 2nd one, 2nd under 3rd, etc, even when you drag them around if N dialogs were created, closing one of them closes it and all the others created afterwards. e.g if 5 dialogsa re created and you close the 3rd one, #3,#4,#5 all get closed. It's somehow like the dialogs are siblings but I don't see anything weird going on. Is it perhaps due to COM, or is this a weird MFC/Win32 issue?

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  • CodePlex Daily Summary for Monday, October 24, 2011

    CodePlex Daily Summary for Monday, October 24, 2011Popular ReleasesPeople's Note: People's Note 0.31: Added note tag editing. Changed note edit conflict resolution to keep the latest version. 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Please be patient with us as we work out all of the kinks, and feel free to send comments. To install and run the program download and double click the .msi file below. Make sure you already have a Microsoft Touch Mouse and can use it before installing.xUnit.net Contrib: xunitcontrib-resharper 0.4.4 (dotCover): xunitcontrib release 0.4.4 (ReSharper runner) This release provides a test runner plugin for Resharper 6.0 RTM, targetting all versions of xUnit.net. (See the xUnit.net project to download xUnit.net itself.) This release addresses the following issues:Support for dotCover code coverage 4132 Note that this build work against ALL VERSIONS of xunit. The files are compiled against xunit.dll 1.8 - DO NOT REPLACE THIS FILE. 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Added 'ChildNodeDefinitions' to the options, which allows for easier navigation of parent-child and ID-IDREF relationships. Discovery happens on-demand, as nodes are expanded and child nodes are added. Nodes can now have 'virtual' child nodes, defined by an xpath to select an identifier (usually relative to ...Media Companion: MC 3.419b Weekly: A couple of minor bug fixes, but the important fix in this release is to tackle the extremely long load times for users with large TV collections (issue #130). A note has been provided by developer Playos: "One final note, you will have to suffer one final long load and then it should be fixed... alternatively you can delete the TvCache.xml and rebuild your library... 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It's intended for developers looking to become familiar with the codebase & architecture, or for thos...Vkontakte WP: Vkontakte: source codeWay2Sms Applications for Android, Desktop/Laptop & Java enabled phones: Way2SMS Desktop App v2.0: 1. Fixed issue with sending messages due to changes to Way2Sms site 2. Updated the character limit to 160 from 140GART - Geo Augmented Reality Toolkit: 1.0.1: About Release 1.0.1 Release 1.0.1 is a service release that addresses several issues and improves performance. As always, check the Documentation tab for instructions on how to get started. If you don't have the Windows Phone SDK yet, grab it here. Breaking Change Please note: There is a breaking change in this release. As noted below, the WorldCalculationMode property of ARItem has been replaced by a user-definable function. ARItem is now automatically wired up with a function that perform...Microsoft Ajax Minifier: Microsoft Ajax Minifier 4.32: Fix for issue #16710 - string literals in "constant literal operations" which contain ASP.NET substitutions should not be considered "constant." Move the JS1284 error (Misplaced Function Declaration) so it only fires when in strict mode. I got a couple complaints that people didn't like that error popping up in their existing code when they could verify that the location of that function, although not strict JS, still functions as expected cross-browser.Naked Objects: Naked Objects Release 4.0.110.0: Corresponds to the packaged version 4.0.110.0 available via NuGet. Please note that the easiest way to install and run the Naked Objects Framework is via the NuGet package manager: just search the Official NuGet Package Source for 'nakedobjects'. It is only necessary to download the source code (from here) if you wish to modify or re-build the framework yourself. If you do wish to re-build the framework, consul the file HowToBuild.txt in the release. Documentation Please note that after ...New Projects360zebra4en: 360zebra???AG: Web Framework that can leverage silverlight, but fall back on native html if silverlight is not available.BookShop: BookShop ????? ???? ? ????????????? ?????????.CompendiumImport: Import data from Dungeons & Dragons Compendium to Masterplan librariesCS 6235 Arbiter Server: CS 6235 Arbiter ServerDual numbers for automatic differentiation: Dual numbers can be used to automatically calculate numerically stable derivatives of functions.Effort - Entity Framework Unit Testing Tool: Effort is a powerful unit testing tool that brings an easy way to create unit tests for Entity Framework based applications. It can manipulate the behavior of EntityConnection or ObjectContext objects, so that the data operations are executed by a fake in-process database, while omitting the real database completely. This mechanism makes possible to remove the dependency between your unit test and the real database.FlexiCache for ASP.NET applications: This library provides extended cache capabilities to the ASP.NET applications. It includes the MongoDB and SQL Server output cache providers extending ASP.NET Output Cache capabilities by allowing to store cached data outside of the application process that is especially important in web-farm scenario. 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Use it in your application to post Text, Photos, Quotes, Links, Chats, Audio and Videos as well as set functions such as tags, dates and choose whether the post should be private or not.VisualBASH: This project aims to extends Visual Studio's language support to include bash scripting. This includes syntax highlighting, code completion, and syntax error checking.Window Manipulation with the Microsoft Touch Mouse: Window Manipulation for the Microsoft Touch Mouse provides a set of simple gestures for moving and resizing windows.Workflow Automation (for Dynamics CRM 2011): Workflow Automation for Dynamics CRM 2011 allows user to automate or schedule workflow execution via Windows Task Scheduler. XNA Model Viewer: The XNA Model Viewer allows you to load FBX files and view them. It allows you to test that models will work in XNA, determine the effect of modifying bone transforms, and view animation clips. You can examine the bones and meshes and see the complete hierarchy.

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  • MySQL optimized sentence

    - by Ivan
    I have a simple table where I have to extract some records. The problem is that the evaluation function is a very time-consuming stored procedure so I shouldn't to call it twice like in this sentence: SELECT *, slow_sp(row) FROM table WHERE slow_sp(row)>0 ORDER BY dist DESC LIMIT 10 First I thought in optimize like this: SELECT *, slow_sp(row) AS value FROM table WHERE value>0 ORDER BY dist DESC LIMIT 10 But it doesn't works due "value" is not processed when the WHERE clause is evaluated. Any idea to optimize this sentence? Thanks.

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  • Storing date and time as epoch vs native datetime format in the database

    - by zakovyrya
    For most of my tasks I find it much easier to work with date and time in the epoch format: it's trivial to calculate timespan or determine if some event happened before or after another, I don't have to deal with time-zone issues if the data comes from different geographical sources, in case of scripting languages what I usually get from database when I request a datetime-typed column is a string that I need to parse in order to work with it. This list can go on, but for me in order to keep my code portable that's enough to ditch database's native datetime format and store date and time as integer. What do you guys think?

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  • Thinking Sphinx - sorting by a string attribute gets out of sync when changes are made

    - by Scott Brown
    I have a "restaurants" table with a "name" column. I've defined the following index: indexes "REPLACE(UPPER(restaurants.name), 'THE ', '')", :as => :restaurant_name, :sortable => true ... because I want to sort the restaurant names without respect to the prefix "The ". My problem is that whenever one of these records is updated (in any way) the new record jumps to the top of the sort order. If another record is updated, it also jumps ahead of the rest. I end up with two lists: a list of restaurants that have been updated since the last re-indexing and a list of those that haven't. Each respective list is in alphabetical order, but I don't understand why the overall list is getting segregated this way. I do have a delayed delta index set up, and I assume the issue is related to this.

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  • array and array_view from amp.h

    - by Daniel Moth
    This is a very long post, but it also covers what are probably the classes (well, array_view at least) that you will use the most with C++ AMP, so I hope you enjoy it! Overview The concurrency::array and concurrency::array_view template classes represent multi-dimensional data of type T, of N dimensions, specified at compile time (and you can later access the number of dimensions via the rank property). If N is not specified, it is assumed that it is 1 (i.e. single-dimensional case). They are rectangular (not jagged). The difference between them is that array is a container of data, whereas array_view is a wrapper of a container of data. So in that respect, array behaves like an STL container, whereas the closest thing an array_view behaves like is an STL iterator (albeit with random access and allowing you to view more than one element at a time!). The data in the array (whether provided at creation time or added later) resides on an accelerator (which is specified at creation time either explicitly by the developer, or set to the default accelerator at creation time by the runtime) and is laid out contiguously in memory. The data provided to the array_view is not stored by/in the array_view, because the array_view is simply a view over the real source (which can reside on the CPU or other accelerator). The underlying data is copied on demand to wherever the array_view is accessed. Elements which differ by one in the least significant dimension of the array_view are adjacent in memory. array objects must be captured by reference into the lambda you pass to the parallel_for_each call, whereas array_view objects must be captured by value (into the lambda you pass to the parallel_for_each call). Creating array and array_view objects and relevant properties You can create array_view objects from other array_view objects of the same rank and element type (shallow copy, also possible via assignment operator) so they point to the same underlying data, and you can also create array_view objects over array objects of the same rank and element type e.g.   array_view<int,3> a(b); // b can be another array or array_view of ints with rank=3 Note: Unlike the constructors above which can be called anywhere, the ones in the rest of this section can only be called from CPU code. You can create array objects from other array objects of the same rank and element type (copy and move constructors) and from other array_view objects, e.g.   array<float,2> a(b); // b can be another array or array_view of floats with rank=2 To create an array from scratch, you need to at least specify an extent object, e.g. array<int,3> a(myExtent);. Note that instead of an explicit extent object, there are convenience overloads when N<=3 so you can specify 1-, 2-, 3- integers (dependent on the array's rank) and thus have the extent created for you under the covers. At any point, you can access the array's extent thought the extent property. The exact same thing applies to array_view (extent as constructor parameters, incl. convenience overloads, and property). While passing only an extent object to create an array is enough (it means that the array will be written to later), it is not enough for the array_view case which must always wrap over some other container (on which it relies for storage space and actual content). So in addition to the extent object (that describes the shape you'd like to be viewing/accessing that data through), to create an array_view from another container (e.g. std::vector) you must pass in the container itself (which must expose .data() and a .size() methods, e.g. like std::array does), e.g.   array_view<int,2> aaa(myExtent, myContainerOfInts); Similarly, you can create an array_view from a raw pointer of data plus an extent object. Back to the array case, to optionally initialize the array with data, you can pass an iterator pointing to the start (and optionally one pointing to the end of the source container) e.g.   array<double,1> a(5, myVector.begin(), myVector.end()); We saw that arrays are bound to an accelerator at creation time, so in case you don’t want the C++ AMP runtime to assign the array to the default accelerator, all array constructors have overloads that let you pass an accelerator_view object, which you can later access via the accelerator_view property. Note that at the point of initializing an array with data, a synchronous copy of the data takes place to the accelerator, and then to copy any data back we'll see that an explicit copy call is required. This does not happen with the array_view where copying is on demand... refresh and synchronize on array_view Note that in the previous section on constructors, unlike the array case, there was no overload that accepted an accelerator_view for array_view. That is because the array_view is simply a wrapper, so the allocation of the data has already taken place before you created the array_view. When you capture an array_view variable in your call to parallel_for_each, the copy of data between the non-CPU accelerator and the CPU takes place on demand (i.e. it is implicit, versus the explicit copy that has to happen with the array). There are some subtleties to the on-demand-copying that we cover next. The assumption when using an array_view is that you will continue to access the data through the array_view, and not through the original underlying source, e.g. the pointer to the data that you passed to the array_view's constructor. So if you modify the data through the array_view on the GPU, the original pointer on the CPU will not "know" that, unless one of two things happen: you access the data through the array_view on the CPU side, i.e. using indexing that we cover below you explicitly call the array_view's synchronize method on the CPU (this also gets called in the array_view's destructor for you) Conversely, if you make a change to the underlying data through the original source (e.g. the pointer), the array_view will not "know" about those changes, unless you call its refresh method. Finally, note that if you create an array_view of const T, then the data is copied to the accelerator on demand, but it does not get copied back, e.g.   array_view<const double, 5> myArrView(…); // myArrView will not get copied back from GPU There is also a similar mechanism to achieve the reverse, i.e. not to copy the data of an array_view to the GPU. copy_to, data, and global copy/copy_async functions Both array and array_view expose two copy_to overloads that allow copying them to another array, or to another array_view, and these operations can also be achieved with assignment (via the = operator overloads). Also both array and array_view expose a data method, to get a raw pointer to the underlying data of the array or array_view, e.g. float* f = myArr.data();. Note that for array_view, this only works when the rank is equal to 1, due to the data only being contiguous in one dimension as covered in the overview section. Finally, there are a bunch of global concurrency::copy functions returning void (and corresponding concurrency::copy_async functions returning a future) that allow copying between arrays and array_views and iterators etc. Just browse intellisense or amp.h directly for the full set. Note that for array, all copying described throughout this post is deep copying, as per other STL container expectations. You can never have two arrays point to the same data. indexing into array and array_view plus projection Reading or writing data elements of an array is only legal when the code executes on the same accelerator as where the array was bound to. In the array_view case, you can read/write on any accelerator, not just the one where the original data resides, and the data gets copied for you on demand. In both cases, the way you read and write individual elements is via indexing as described next. To access (or set the value of) an element, you can index into it by passing it an index object via the subscript operator. Furthermore, if the rank is 3 or less, you can use the function ( ) operator to pass integer values instead of having to use an index object. e.g. array<float,2> arr(someExtent, someIterator); //or array_view<float,2> arr(someExtent, someContainer); index<2> idx(5,4); float f1 = arr[idx]; float f2 = arr(5,4); //f2 ==f1 //and the reverse for assigning, e.g. arr(idx[0], 7) = 6.9; Note that for both array and array_view, regardless of rank, you can also pass a single integer to the subscript operator which results in a projection of the data, and (for both array and array_view) you get back an array_view of rank N-1 (or if the rank was 1, you get back just the element at that location). Not Covered In this already very long post, I am not going to cover three very cool methods (and related overloads) that both array and array_view expose: view_as, section, reinterpret_as. We'll revisit those at some point in the future, probably on the team blog. Comments about this post by Daniel Moth welcome at the original blog.

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  • Debian Package Control file Question.

    - by AJ
    Hello, I need to create a debian package for a java application. In my package there a .jar file which is executable , a script which will run this jar file and a .so file for fmod. I read the tutorial provided at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/ My question is in control file there is a Depends field which basically mentions the packages that need to installed in order to install my application. How do i find which packages are required for my application. I followed the instructions provided in the link for one of the .so and did ~/Desktop/PennTotalRecall/native/fmod/lib/linux64$ dpkg -S libfmodex64-4.28.09.so dpkg: libfmodex64-4.28.09.so not found. It gives above result. Also my application requires java 1.5 to be installed in order for it to run. How do I specify in my debian package. Thanks, AJ

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  • STI and polymorphs

    - by Alexey Poimtsev
    Hi, I have problem with my code class Post < ActiveRecord::Base end class NewsArticle < Post has_many :comments, :as => :commentable, :dependent => :destroy, :order => 'created_at' end class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :commentable, :polymorphic => true, :counter_cache => true end And on attempt go get comments for some NewsArticle i see in logs something like Comment Load (0.9ms) SELECT "comments".* FROM "comments" WHERE ("comments"."commentable_id" = 1 and "comments"."commentable_type" = 'Post') ORDER BY created_at Strange that "commentable_type" = 'Post'. What's wrong? PS: Rails 2.3.5 && ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i686-darwin10]

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  • MySQL vs PHP when retrieving a random item

    - by andufo
    Hi, which is more efficient (when managing over 100K records): A. Mysql SELECT * FROM user ORDER BY RAND(); of course, after that i would already have all the fields from that record. B. PHP use memcached to have $cache_array hold all the data from "SELECT id_user FROM user ORDER BY id_user" for 1 hour or so... and then: $id = array_rand($cache_array); of course, after that i have to make a MYSQL call with: SELECT * FROM user WHERE id_user = $id; so... which is more efficient? A or B?

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  • NHibernate: Mapping IList property

    - by Anry
    I have a table Order, Transaction, Payment. Class Order has the properties: public virtual Guid Id { get; set; } public virtual DateTime Created { get; set; } ... I added properties: public virtual IList<Transaction> Transactions { get; set; } public virtual IList<Payment> Payments { get; set; } These properties contain a record of tables [Transaction] and [Payment]. How to keep these lists in the database?

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  • Use a certain select statement in a stored procedure depending on the Exec statement

    - by MyHeadHurts
    Alright so i am not even sure if this is possible I have a q_00 and q_01 and q_02 which are all in my stored procedure. then on the bottom i have 3 select statements that select a certain catagory for example Sales,Net Sales and INS sales What i want to be able to do is if the user types exec (name of my sp) (sales) (and a year which is the @yearparameter) it will run the sales select statement If they type Exec (name of my SP) netsales (@Yeartoget) it will show the net sales is this possible or do i need multiple stored procedures ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[casof] @YearToGet int as ; with q_00 as ( select DIVISION , SDESCR , DYYYY , sum(APRICE) as asofSales , sum(PARTY) as asofPAX , sum(NetAmount) as asofNetSales , sum(InsAmount) as asofInsSales , sum(CancelRevenue) as asofCXSales , sum(OtherAmount) as asofOtherSales , sum(CXVALUE) as asofCXValue from dbo.B101BookingsDetails where Booked <= CONVERT(int,DateAdd(year, @YearToGet - Year(getdate()), DateAdd(day, DateDiff(day, 1, getdate()), 0))) and DYYYY = @YearToGet group by DIVISION, SDESCR, DYYYY ), q_01 as ( select DIVISION , SDESCR , DYYYY , sum(APRICE) as YESales , sum(PARTY) as YEPAX , sum(NetAmount) as YENetSales , sum(InsAmount) as YEInsSales , sum(CancelRevenue) as YECXSales , sum(OtherAmount) as YEOtherSales , sum(CXVALUE) as YECXValue from dbo.B101BookingsDetails where DYYYY=@YearToGet group by DIVISION, SDESCR, DYYYY ), q_02 as ( select DIVISION , SDESCR , DYYYY , sum(APRICE) as CurrentSales , sum(PARTY) as CurrentPAX , sum(NetAmount) as CurrentNetSales , sum(InsAmount) as CurrentInsSales , sum(CancelRevenue) as CurrentCXSales , sum(OtherAmount) as CurrentOtherSales , sum(CXVALUE) as CurrentCXValue from dbo.B101BookingsDetails where Booked <= CONVERT(int,DateAdd(year, (year( getdate() )) - Year(getdate()), DateAdd(day, DateDiff(day, 1, getdate()), 0))) and DYYYY = (year( getdate() )) group by DIVISION, SDESCR, DYYYY ) select a.DIVISION , a.SDESCR , a.DYYYY , asofSales , asofPAX , YESales , YEPAX , CurrentSales , CurrentPAX , asofsales/ ISNULL(NULLIF(yesales,0),1) as percentsales , asofpax/yepax as percentpax ,currentsales/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofsales/ISNULL(NULLIF(yesales,0),1)),0),1) as projectedsales ,currentpax/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofpax/ISNULL(NULLIF(yepax,0),1)),0),1) as projectedpax from q_00 as a join q_01 as b on (b.DIVISION = a.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = a.SDESCR and b.DYYYY = a.DYYYY) join q_02 as c on (b.DIVISION = c.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = c.SDESCR) order by a.DIVISION, a.SDESCR, a.DYYYY ; select a.DIVISION , a.SDESCR , a.DYYYY , asofPAX , asofNetSales , YEPAX , YENetSales , CurrentPAX , CurrentNetSales , asofnetsales/ ISNULL(NULLIF(yenetsales,0),1) as percentnetsales , asofpax/yepax as percentpax ,currentnetsales/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofnetsales/ISNULL(NULLIF(yenetsales,0),1)),0),1) as projectednetsales ,currentpax/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofpax/ISNULL(NULLIF(yepax,0),1)),0),1) as projectedpax from q_00 as a join q_01 as b on (b.DIVISION = a.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = a.SDESCR and b.DYYYY = a.DYYYY) join q_02 as c on (b.DIVISION = c.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = c.SDESCR) order by a.DIVISION, a.SDESCR, a.DYYYY ; select a.DIVISION , a.SDESCR , a.DYYYY , asofPAX , asofInsSales , YEPAX , YEInsSales , CurrentPAX , CurrentInsSales , asofinssales/ ISNULL(NULLIF(yeinssales,0),1) as percentsales , asofpax/yepax as percentpax ,currentinssales/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofinssales/ISNULL(NULLIF(yeinssales,0),1)),0),1) as projectedinssales from q_00 as a join q_01 as b on (b.DIVISION = a.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = a.SDESCR and b.DYYYY = a.DYYYY) join q_02 as c on (b.DIVISION = c.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = c.SDESCR) order by a.DIVISION, a.SDESCR, a.DYYYY ;

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  • How to select the first row for each group in MySQL?

    - by Jader Dias
    In C# it would be like this: table .GroupBy(row => row.SomeColumn) .Select(group => group .OrderBy(row => row.AnotherColumn) .First() ) Linq-To-Sql translates it to the following T-SQL code: SELECT [t3].[AnotherColumn], [t3].[SomeColumn] FROM ( SELECT [t0].[SomeColumn] FROM [Table] AS [t0] GROUP BY [t0].[SomeColumn] ) AS [t1] OUTER APPLY ( SELECT TOP (1) [t2].[AnotherColumn], [t2].[SomeColumn] FROM [Table] AS [t2] WHERE (([t1].[SomeColumn] IS NULL) AND ([t2].[SomeColumn] IS NULL)) OR (([t1].[SomeColumn] IS NOT NULL) AND ([t2].[SomeColumn] IS NOT NULL) AND ([t1].[SomeColumn] = [t2].[SomeColumn])) ORDER BY [t2].[AnotherColumn] ) AS [t3] ORDER BY [t3].[AnotherColumn] But it is uncompatible with MySQL.

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  • Import Paradox table in Access database: Incorrect collating sequence

    - by waanders
    Hello, I have a Paradox 5.0 database and want to migrate it to Access 2007. But if I try to import a Paradox table, Access gives an error message: "Incorrect collating sequence". The Help says: "You tried to link a Paradox table that was created with an international sort order that is not the same as the one you are using". What am I doing wrong? How can a change that sort order? Anybody? Thanks in advance.

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  • using Dependency Parser in Stanford coreNLP

    - by Eddie Dovzhik
    I am using the Stanford coreNLP ( http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/corenlp.shtml ) in order to parse sentences and extract dependencies between the words. I have managed to create the dependencies graph like in the example in the supplied link, but I don't know how to work with it. I can print the entire graph using the toString() method, but the problem I have is that the methods that search for certain words in the graph, such as getChildList, require an IndexedWord object as a parameter. Now, it is clear why they do because the nodes of the graph are of IndexedWord type, but it's not clear to me how I create such an object in order to search for a specific node. For example: I want to find the children of the node that represents the word "problem" in my sentence. How I create an IndexWord object that represents the word "problem" so I can search for it in the graph?

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  • Why wont my if statement work, in my stored procedure

    - by MyHeadHurts
    Alright so i am not even sure if this is possible I have a q_00 and q_01 and q_02 which are all in my stored procedure. then on the bottom i have 3 select statements that select a certain catagory for example Sales,Net Sales and INS sales What i want to be able to do is if the user types exec (name of my sp) (sales) (and a year which is the @yearparameter) it will run the sales select statement If they type Exec (name of my SP) netsales (@Yeartoget) it will show the net sales is this possible or do i need multiple stored procedures ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[casof] @YearToGet int, @mode VARCHAR(20) as ; with q_00 as ( select DIVISION , SDESCR , DYYYY , sum(APRICE) as asofSales , sum(PARTY) as asofPAX , sum(NetAmount) as asofNetSales , sum(InsAmount) as asofInsSales , sum(CancelRevenue) as asofCXSales , sum(OtherAmount) as asofOtherSales , sum(CXVALUE) as asofCXValue from dbo.B101BookingsDetails where Booked <= CONVERT(int,DateAdd(year, @YearToGet - Year(getdate()), DateAdd(day, DateDiff(day, 1, getdate()), 0))) and DYYYY = @YearToGet group by DIVISION, SDESCR, DYYYY ), q_01 as ( select DIVISION , SDESCR , DYYYY , sum(APRICE) as YESales , sum(PARTY) as YEPAX , sum(NetAmount) as YENetSales , sum(InsAmount) as YEInsSales , sum(CancelRevenue) as YECXSales , sum(OtherAmount) as YEOtherSales , sum(CXVALUE) as YECXValue from dbo.B101BookingsDetails where DYYYY=@YearToGet group by DIVISION, SDESCR, DYYYY ), q_02 as ( select DIVISION , SDESCR , DYYYY , sum(APRICE) as CurrentSales , sum(PARTY) as CurrentPAX , sum(NetAmount) as CurrentNetSales , sum(InsAmount) as CurrentInsSales , sum(CancelRevenue) as CurrentCXSales , sum(OtherAmount) as CurrentOtherSales , sum(CXVALUE) as CurrentCXValue from dbo.B101BookingsDetails where Booked <= CONVERT(int,DateAdd(year, (year( getdate() )) - Year(getdate()), DateAdd(day, DateDiff(day, 1, getdate()), 0))) and DYYYY = (year( getdate() )) group by DIVISION, SDESCR, DYYYY ) IF @mode = 'sales' select a.DIVISION , a.SDESCR , a.DYYYY , asofSales , asofPAX , YESales , YEPAX , CurrentSales , CurrentPAX , asofsales/ ISNULL(NULLIF(yesales,0),1) as percentsales , asofpax/yepax as percentpax ,currentsales/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofsales/ISNULL(NULLIF(yesales,0),1)),0),1) as projectedsales ,currentpax/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofpax/ISNULL(NULLIF(yepax,0),1)),0),1) as projectedpax from q_00 as a join q_01 as b on (b.DIVISION = a.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = a.SDESCR and b.DYYYY = a.DYYYY) join q_02 as c on (b.DIVISION = c.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = c.SDESCR) order by a.DIVISION, a.SDESCR, a.DYYYY ; else if @mode= 'netsales' select a.DIVISION , a.SDESCR , a.DYYYY , asofPAX , asofNetSales , YEPAX , YENetSales , CurrentPAX , CurrentNetSales , asofnetsales/ ISNULL(NULLIF(yenetsales,0),1) as percentnetsales , asofpax/yepax as percentpax ,currentnetsales/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofnetsales/ISNULL(NULLIF(yenetsales,0),1)),0),1) as projectednetsales ,currentpax/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofpax/ISNULL(NULLIF(yepax,0),1)),0),1) as projectedpax from q_00 as a join q_01 as b on (b.DIVISION = a.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = a.SDESCR and b.DYYYY = a.DYYYY) join q_02 as c on (b.DIVISION = c.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = c.SDESCR) order by a.DIVISION, a.SDESCR, a.DYYYY ; ELSE IF @mode = 'inssales' select a.DIVISION , a.SDESCR , a.DYYYY , asofPAX , asofInsSales , YEPAX , YEInsSales , CurrentPAX , CurrentInsSales , asofinssales/ ISNULL(NULLIF(yeinssales,0),1) as percentsales , asofpax/yepax as percentpax ,currentinssales/ISNULL(NULLIF((asofinssales/ISNULL(NULLIF(yeinssales,0),1)),0),1) as projectedinssales from q_00 as a join q_01 as b on (b.DIVISION = a.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = a.SDESCR and b.DYYYY = a.DYYYY) join q_02 as c on (b.DIVISION = c.DIVISION and b.SDESCR = c.SDESCR) order by a.DIVISION, a.SDESCR, a.DYYYY ;

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  • Multiple merchant accounts with Activemerchant gem.

    - by sosborn
    I am developing a rails site that will allow a group of merchants (5 - 10) to accept credit card orders online. I plan on using the Activemerchant gem to handle the processing. In this case, each merchant will have their own merchant accounts to handle the payments. Storing banking information like that is not something I am a fan of. This could be solved by queing orders and allowing the merchant to log in to the site, input their credentials and process the order. However, if I go that route then it seems to me that I would have to store the customers' credit card information temporarily until the merchant has the opportunity to log in and process the order, which to me is the greater evil. Has anyone dealt with this situation? If so, what are the options available and what pitfalls should I look out for? In my mind, security customer credit card information is priority number one with the merchant account information a close second.

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  • Connection string in app.config in a class library

    - by Copeleto
    I am creating solution and inside I have three projects: A WCF Service Library Project A DataAccess Project (Class Library) A Web site for hosting WCF service The implementation of the service is on the project # 1, but in order to access the DataBase I use a second project that implements the data access using a class library project. That problem is in order to get data access I need to configure a connection string, but that connection string must be configurable in a production environment, I meant in production I am going to deploy the site, which is a very simple project that contains only a reference WCF Service Library Project then a guy from database department will configure the connection string. In development I have an app.config on the data access project but when I do the release that app.config is embedded on the dll. Any ideas how can we achieve our purpose

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  • LINQ aggregate left join on SQL CE

    - by P Daddy
    What I need is such a simple, easy query, it blows me away how much work I've done just trying to do it in LINQ. In T-SQL, it would be: SELECT I.InvoiceID, I.CustomerID, I.Amount AS AmountInvoiced, I.Date AS InvoiceDate, ISNULL(SUM(P.Amount), 0) AS AmountPaid, I.Amount - ISNULL(SUM(P.Amount), 0) AS AmountDue FROM Invoices I LEFT JOIN Payments P ON I.InvoiceID = P.InvoiceID WHERE I.Date between @start and @end GROUP BY I.InvoiceID, I.CustomerID, I.Amount, I.Date ORDER BY AmountDue DESC The best equivalent LINQ expression I've come up with, took me much longer to do: var invoices = ( from I in Invoices where I.Date >= start && I.Date <= end join P in Payments on I.InvoiceID equals P.InvoiceID into payments select new{ I.InvoiceID, I.CustomerID, AmountInvoiced = I.Amount, InvoiceDate = I.Date, AmountPaid = ((decimal?)payments.Select(P=>P.Amount).Sum()).GetValueOrDefault(), AmountDue = I.Amount - ((decimal?)payments.Select(P=>P.Amount).Sum()).GetValueOrDefault() } ).OrderByDescending(row=>row.AmountDue); This gets an equivalent result set when run against SQL Server. Using a SQL CE database, however, changes things. The T-SQL stays almost the same. I only have to change ISNULL to COALESCE. Using the same LINQ expression, however, results in an error: There was an error parsing the query. [ Token line number = 4, Token line offset = 9,Token in error = SELECT ] So we look at the generated SQL code: SELECT [t3].[InvoiceID], [t3].[CustomerID], [t3].[Amount] AS [AmountInvoiced], [t3].[Date] AS [InvoiceDate], [t3].[value] AS [AmountPaid], [t3].[value2] AS [AmountDue] FROM ( SELECT [t0].[InvoiceID], [t0].[CustomerID], [t0].[Amount], [t0].[Date], COALESCE(( SELECT SUM([t1].[Amount]) FROM [Payments] AS [t1] WHERE [t0].[InvoiceID] = [t1].[InvoiceID] ),0) AS [value], [t0].[Amount] - (COALESCE(( SELECT SUM([t2].[Amount]) FROM [Payments] AS [t2] WHERE [t0].[InvoiceID] = [t2].[InvoiceID] ),0)) AS [value2] FROM [Invoices] AS [t0] ) AS [t3] WHERE ([t3].[Date] >= @p0) AND ([t3].[Date] <= @p1) ORDER BY [t3].[value2] DESC Ugh! Okay, so it's ugly and inefficient when run against SQL Server, but we're not supposed to care, since it's supposed to be quicker to write, and the performance difference shouldn't be that large. But it just doesn't work against SQL CE, which apparently doesn't support subqueries within the SELECT list. In fact, I've tried several different left join queries in LINQ, and they all seem to have the same problem. Even: from I in Invoices join P in Payments on I.InvoiceID equals P.InvoiceID into payments select new{I, payments} generates: SELECT [t0].[InvoiceID], [t0].[CustomerID], [t0].[Amount], [t0].[Date], [t1].[InvoiceID] AS [InvoiceID2], [t1].[Amount] AS [Amount2], [t1].[Date] AS [Date2], ( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM [Payments] AS [t2] WHERE [t0].[InvoiceID] = [t2].[InvoiceID] ) AS [value] FROM [Invoices] AS [t0] LEFT OUTER JOIN [Payments] AS [t1] ON [t0].[InvoiceID] = [t1].[InvoiceID] ORDER BY [t0].[InvoiceID] which also results in the error: There was an error parsing the query. [ Token line number = 2, Token line offset = 5,Token in error = SELECT ] So how can I do a simple left join on a SQL CE database using LINQ? Am I wasting my time?

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  • Expectations + Rewards = Innovation

    - by D'Arcy Lussier
    “Innovation” is a heavy word. We regard those that embrace it as “Innovators”. We describe organizations as being “Innovative”. We hold those associated with the word in high regard, even though its dictionary definition is very simple: Introducing something new. What our culture has done is wrapped Innovation in white robes and a gold crown. Innovation is rarely just introducing something new. Innovations and innovators are typically associated with other terms: groundbreaking, genius, industry-changing, creative, leading. Being a true innovator and creating innovations are a big deal, and something companies try to strive for…or at least say they strive for. There’s huge value in being recognized as an innovator in an industry, since the idea is that innovation equates to increased profitability. IBM ran an ad a few years back that showed what their view of innovation is: “The point of innovation is to make actual money.” If the money aspect makes you feel uneasy, consider it another way: the point of innovation is to <insert payoff here>. Companies that innovate will be more successful. Non-profits that innovate can better serve their target clients. Governments that innovate can better provide services to their citizens. True innovation is not easy to come by though. As with anything in business, how well an organization will innovate is reliant on the employees it retains, the expectations placed on those employees, and the rewards available to them. In a previous blog post I talked about one formula: Right Employees + Happy Employees = Productive Employees I want to introduce a new one, that builds upon the previous one: Expectations + Rewards = Innovation  The level of innovation your organization will realize is directly associated with the expectations you place on your staff and the rewards you make available to them. Expectations We may feel uncomfortable with the idea of placing expectations on our staff, mainly because expectation has somewhat of a negative or cold connotation to it: “I expect you to act this way or else!” The problem is in the or-else part…we focus on the negative aspects of failing to meet expectations instead of looking at the positive side. “I expect you to act this way because it will produce <insert benefit here>”. Expectations should not be set to punish but instead be set to ensure quality. At a recent conference I spoke with some Microsoft employees who told me that you have five years from starting with the company to reach a “Senior” level. If you don’t, then you’re let go. The expectation Microsoft placed on their staff is that they should be working towards improving themselves, taking more responsibility, and thus ensure that there is a constant level of quality in the workforce. Rewards Let me be clear: a paycheck is not a reward. A paycheck is simply the employer’s responsibility in the employee/employer relationship. A paycheck will never be the key motivator to drive innovation. Offering employees something over and above their required compensation can spur them to greater performance and achievement. Working in the food service industry, this tactic was used again and again: whoever has the highest sales over lunch will receive a free lunch/gift certificate/entry into a draw/etc. There was something to strive for, to try beyond the baseline of what our serving jobs were. It was through this that innovative sales techniques would be tried and honed, with key servers being top sellers time and time again. At a code camp I spoke at, I was amazed to see that all the employees from one company receive $100 Visa gift cards as a thank you for taking time to speak. Again, offering something over and above that can give that extra push for employees. Rewards work. But what about the fairness angle? In the restaurant example I gave, there were servers that would never win the competition. They just weren’t good enough at selling and never seemed to get better. So should those that did work at performing better and produce more sales for the restaurant not get rewarded because those who weren’t working at performing better might get upset? Of course not! Organizations succeed because of their top performers and those that strive to join their ranks. The Expectation/Reward Graph While the Expectations + Rewards = Innovation formula may seem like a simple mathematics formula, there’s much more going under the hood. In fact there are three different outcomes that could occur based on what you put in as values for Expectations and Rewards. Consider the graph below and the descriptions that follow: Disgruntled – High Expectation, Low Reward I worked at a company where the mantra was “Company First, Because We Pay You”. Even today I still hear stories of how this sentiment continues to be perpetuated: They provide you a paycheck and a means to live, therefore you should always put them as your top priority. Of course, this is a huge imbalance in the expectation/reward equation. Why would anyone willingly meet high expectations of availability, workload, deadlines, etc. when there is no reward other than a paycheck to show for it? Remember: paychecks are not rewards! Instead, you see employees be disgruntled which not only affects the level of production but also the level of quality within an organization. It also means that you see higher turnover. Complacent – Low Expectation, Low Reward Complacency is a systemic problem that typically exists throughout all levels of an organization. With no real expectations or rewards, nobody needs to excel. In fact, those that do try to innovate, improve, or introduce new things into the organization might be shunned or pushed out by the rest of the staff who are just doing things the same way they’ve always done it. The bigger issue for the organization with low/low values is that at best they’ll never grow beyond their current size (and may shrink actually), and at worst will cease to exist. Entitled – Low Expectation, High Reward It’s one thing to say you have the best people and reward them as such, but its another thing to actually have the best people and reward them as such. Organizations with Entitled employees are the former: their organization provides them with all types of comforts, benefits, and perks. But there’s no requirement before the rewards are dolled out, and there’s no short-list of who receives the rewards. Everyone in the company is treated the same and is given equal share of the spoils. Entitlement is actually almost identical with Complacency with one notable difference: just try to introduce higher expectations into an entitled organization! Entitled employees have been spoiled for so long that they can’t fathom having rewards taken from them, or having to achieve specific levels of performance before attaining them. Those running the organization also buy in to the Entitled sentiment, feeling that they must persist the same level of comforts to appease their staff…even though the quality of the employee pool may be suspect. Innovative – High Expectation, High Reward Finally we have the Innovative organization which places high expectations but also provides high rewards. This organization gets it: if you truly want the best employees you need to apply equal doses of pressure and praise. Realize that I’m not suggesting crazy overtime or un-realistic working conditions. I do not agree with the “Glengary-Glenross” method of encouragement. But as anyone who follows sports can tell you, the teams that win are the ones where the coaches push their players to be their best; to achieve new levels of performance that they didn’t know they could receive. And the result for the players is more money, fame, and opportunity. It’s in this environment that organizations can focus on innovation – true innovation that builds the business and allows everyone involved to truly benefit. In Closing Organizations love to use the word “Innovation” and its derivatives, but very few actually do innovate. For many, the term has just become another marketing buzzword to lump in with all the other business terms that get overused. But for those organizations that truly get the value of innovation, they will be the ones surging forward while other companies simply fade into the background. And they will be the organizations that expect more from their employees, and give them their just rewards.

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  • Emtel Knowledge Series - Q2/2014

    From Cyber Island to Smart Mauritius Cyber Island? Smart Mauritius? - What is Emtel talking about? "With the majority of the population living in urban environments today, the concept of "Smart Cities" has become an urgent necessity. "Smart Cities" refer to an urban transformation which, by using latest ICT technologies makes cities more efficient. Many Governments are setting out ambitious plans to build the cities of the future based on massive connectivity, high bandwidth communications, intelligent sensors and analysis of huge volumes of data. Various researches have shown four key enablers for smart city success - Government leadership, suitable technology infrastructure, solid public-private partnerships and engaged citizens. It is around these enabling factors that telecoms companies can play a vital role in assisting governments to deliver on the smart city vision." The Emtel Knowledge Series goes in compliance with Emtel's 25th anniversary celebrations throughout the year and the master of ceremony, Kim Andersen, mentioned that there will be more upcoming events on a quarterly base. As a representative of the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community (MSCC) there was absolutely no hesitation to join in again. Following my visit to the first Emtel Knowledge Series workshop back in February this year, it was great to have another opportunity to meet and exchange with technology experts. But quite frankly what is it with those buzz words... As far as I remember and how it was mentioned "Cyber Island" is an old initiative from around 2005/2006 which has been refreshed in 2010. It implies the empowerment of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) as an essential factor of growth by the government here in Mauritius. Actually, the first promotional period of Cyber Island brought me here but that's another story. The venue and its own problems Like last time the event was organised and held at the Conference Hall at Cyber Tower I in Ebene. As I've been working there for some years, I know about the frustrating situation of finding a proper parking. So, does Smart Island include better solutions for the search of parking spaces? Maybe, let's see whether I will be able to answer that question at the end of the article. Anyway, after circling around the tower almost two times, I finally got a decent space to put the car, without risking to get a ticket or damage actually. International speakers and their experience Once again, Emtel did a great job to get international expertise onto the stage to share their experience and vision on this kind of embarkment. Personally, I really appreciated the fact they were speakers of global reach and could provide own-experience knowledge. Johan Gott spoke about the fundamental change that the Swedish government ignited in order to move their society and workers' environment away from heavy industry towards a knowledge-based approach. Additionally, we spoke about the effort and transformation of New York City into a greener and more efficient Smart City. Given modern technology he also advised that any kind of available Big Data should be opened to the general public - this openness would provide a playground for anyone to garner new ideas and most probably solid solutions of which no one else thought about before. Emtel Knowledge Series on moving from Cyber Island to Smart Mauritus Later during the afternoon that exact statement regarding openness to and transparency of government-owned Big Data has been emphasised again by the Danish speaker Kim Andersen and his former colleague Mika Jantunen from Finland. Mika continued to underline the important role of the government to provide a solid foundation for a knowledge-based society and mentioned that Finnish citizens have a constitutional right to broadband connectivity. Next to free higher (tertiary) education Finland already produced a good number of innovations, among them are: First country to grant voting rights to women Free higher education Constitutional right to broadband connectivity Nokia Linux Angry Birds Sauna and others...  General access to internet via broadband and/or mobile connectivity is surely a key factor towards Smart Cities, or better said Smart Mauritius given the area dimensions and size of population. CTO Paul Valette gave the audience a brief overview of the essential role that Emtel will have to move Mauritius forward towards a knowledge-based and innovation-driven environment for its citizen. What I have seen looks really promising and with recently published information that Mauritians have 127% of mobile capacity - meaning more than 1 mobile, smartphone or tablet per person - it will be crucial to have the right infrastructure for these connected devices. How would it be possible to achieve a knowledge-based society? YouTube to the rescue!Seriously, gaining more knowledge will require to have fast access to educational course material as explained by Dr Kaviraj Sukon, General Director of the Open University of Mauritius. According to him a good number of high-profile universities in the world have opened their course libraries to the general public, among them EDX, Coursera and Open University. Nowadays, you're actually able and enabled to learn for and earn a BSc or even MSc certification on your own pace - no need to attend classed on campus. It was really impressive to see the number of available hours - more than enough for a life-long learning experience! {loadposition content_adsense} Networking in the name of MSCC As briefly mentioned above I was about to combine two approaches for this workshop. Of course, getting latest information and updates on Emtel services available, especially for my business here on the west coast of the island, but also to meet and greet new people for the MSCC. And I think it was very positive on both sides. Let me quickly describe some of the key aspects that happened during the day: Met with Arnaud Meslier and Kellie, both Microsoft to swap latest information on IT events. Hereby, I got an invite to Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Dev Camp. Got in touch with Arvin Lockee, Emtel to check our options to meet with the data team, and seizing the opportunity to have a visiting tour at the Emtel Data Centre. Had a great chat with Avinash Meetoo, Knowledge 7, Kim Andersen and Mika Jantunen about the situation of teaching and learning in general and specifically in the private sector here in Mauritius. Additionally, a number of various other interesting chats... Once again, I'm catching up on a couple of business cards in order to provide more background information about the MSCC, and to create a better awareness of MSCC within the local IT businesses. There is more to come soon!  Resume of the day The number of attendees during this event has been doubled or even tripled this time. The whole organisation has been improved massively and the combination of presentation and summarizing panel discussions was better than during the previous workshop back in February. Overall, once again a well-organised workshop and I'm already looking forward to join the next workshop in Q3. Update End of July we finally managed to visit the Emtel Data Centre in Arsenal. It was an interesting opportunity for some of our MSCC members.

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