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  • using dummy row with NOT NULL to solve DEFAULT NULL

    - by Tony38
    I know having DEFAULT NULLS is not a good practice but I have many optional lookup values which are FK in the system so to solve this issue here is what i am doing: I use NOT NULL for every FK / lookup colunms. I have the first row in every lookup table which is PK id = 1 as a dummy row with just "none" in all the columns. This way I can use NOT NULL in my schema and if needed reference to the none row values PK =1 for FKs which do not have any lookup value. Is this a good design or any other work arounds? EDIT: I have: Neighborhood table Postal table. Every neighborhood has a city, so the FK can be NOT NULL. But not every postal code belongs to a neighborhood. Some do, some don't depending on the country. So if i use NOT NULL for the FK between postal and neighborhood then I will be screwed as there has to be some value entered. So what i am doing in essence is: have a row in every table to be a dummy row just to link the FKs. This way row one in neighborhood table will be: n_id = 1 name =none etc... In postal table I can have: postal_code = 3456A3 FK (city) = Moscow FK (neighborhood_id)=1 as a NOT NULL. If I don't have a dummy row in the neighborhood lookup table then I have to declare FK (neighborhood_id) as a Default null column and store blanks in the table. This is an example but there is a huge number of values which will have blanks then in many tables.

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  • Null Values And The T-SQL IN Operator

    - by Jesse
    I came across some unexpected behavior while troubleshooting a failing test the other day that took me long enough to figure out that I thought it was worth sharing here. I finally traced the failing test back to a SELECT statement in a stored procedure that was using the IN t-sql operator to exclude a certain set of values. Here’s a very simple example table to illustrate the issue: Customers CustomerId INT, NOT NULL, Primary Key CustomerName nvarchar(100) NOT NULL SalesRegionId INT NULL   The ‘SalesRegionId’ column contains a number representing the sales region that the customer belongs to. This column is nullable because new customers get created all the time but assigning them to sales regions is a process that is handled by a regional manager on a periodic basis. For the purposes of this example, the Customers table currently has the following rows: CustomerId CustomerName SalesRegionId 1 Customer A 1 2 Customer B NULL 3 Customer C 4 4 Customer D 2 5 Customer E 3   How could we write a query against this table for all customers that are NOT in sales regions 2 or 4? You might try something like this: 1: SELECT 2: CustomerId, 3: CustomerName, 4: SalesRegionId 5: FROM Customers 6: WHERE SalesRegionId NOT IN (2,4)   Will this work? In short, no; at least not in the way that you might expect. Here’s what this query will return given the example data we’re working with: CustomerId CustomerName SalesRegionId 1 Customer A 1 5 Customer E 5   I was expecting that this query would also return ‘Customer B’, since that customer has a NULL SalesRegionId. In my mind, having a customer with no sales region should be included in a set of customers that are not in sales regions 2 or 4.When I first started troubleshooting my issue I made note of the fact that this query should probably be re-written without the NOT IN clause, but I didn’t suspect that the NOT IN clause was actually the source of the issue. This particular query was only one minor piece in a much larger process that was being exercised via an automated integration test and I simply made a poor assumption that the NOT IN would work the way that I thought it should. So why doesn’t this work the way that I thought it should? From the MSDN documentation on the t-sql IN operator: If the value of test_expression is equal to any value returned by subquery or is equal to any expression from the comma-separated list, the result value is TRUE; otherwise, the result value is FALSE. Using NOT IN negates the subquery value or expression. The key phrase out of that quote is, “… is equal to any expression from the comma-separated list…”. The NULL SalesRegionId isn’t included in the NOT IN because of how NULL values are handled in equality comparisons. From the MSDN documentation on ANSI_NULLS: The SQL-92 standard requires that an equals (=) or not equal to (<>) comparison against a null value evaluates to FALSE. When SET ANSI_NULLS is ON, a SELECT statement using WHERE column_name = NULL returns zero rows even if there are null values in column_name. A SELECT statement using WHERE column_name <> NULL returns zero rows even if there are nonnull values in column_name. In fact, the MSDN documentation on the IN operator includes the following blurb about using NULL values in IN sub-queries or expressions that are used with the IN operator: Any null values returned by subquery or expression that are compared to test_expression using IN or NOT IN return UNKNOWN. Using null values in together with IN or NOT IN can produce unexpected results. If I were to include a ‘SET ANSI_NULLS OFF’ command right above my SELECT statement I would get ‘Customer B’ returned in the results, but that’s definitely not the right way to deal with this. We could re-write the query to explicitly include the NULL value in the WHERE clause: 1: SELECT 2: CustomerId, 3: CustomerName, 4: SalesRegionId 5: FROM Customers 6: WHERE (SalesRegionId NOT IN (2,4) OR SalesRegionId IS NULL)   This query works and properly includes ‘Customer B’ in the results, but I ultimately opted to re-write the query using a LEFT OUTER JOIN against a table variable containing all of the values that I wanted to exclude because, in my case, there could potentially be several hundred values to be excluded. If we were to apply the same refactoring to our simple sales region example we’d end up with: 1: DECLARE @regionsToIgnore TABLE (IgnoredRegionId INT) 2: INSERT @regionsToIgnore values (2),(4) 3:  4: SELECT 5: c.CustomerId, 6: c.CustomerName, 7: c.SalesRegionId 8: FROM Customers c 9: LEFT OUTER JOIN @regionsToIgnore r ON r.IgnoredRegionId = c.SalesRegionId 10: WHERE r.IgnoredRegionId IS NULL By performing a LEFT OUTER JOIN from Customers to the @regionsToIgnore table variable we can simply exclude any rows where the IgnoredRegionId is null, as those represent customers that DO NOT appear in the ignored regions list. This approach will likely perform better if the number of sales regions to ignore gets very large and it also will correctly include any customers that do not yet have a sales region.

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  • How can I optimize this subqueried and Joined MySQL Query?

    - by kevzettler
    I'm pretty green on mysql and I need some tips on cleaning up a query. It is used in several variations through out a site. Its got some subquerys derived tables and fun going on. Heres the query: # Query_time: 2 Lock_time: 0 Rows_sent: 0 Rows_examined: 0 SELECT * FROM ( SELECT products . *, categories.category_name AS category, ( SELECT COUNT( * ) FROM distros WHERE distros.product_id = products.product_id) AS distro_count, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM downloads WHERE downloads.product_id = products.product_id AND WEEK(downloads.date) = WEEK(curdate())) AS true_downloads, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM views WHERE views.product_id = products.product_id AND WEEK(views.date) = WEEK(curdate())) AS true_views FROM products INNER JOIN categories ON products.category_id = categories.category_id ORDER BY created_date DESC, true_views DESC ) AS count_table WHERE count_table.distro_count > 0 AND count_table.status = 'published' AND count_table.active = 1 LIMIT 0, 8 Heres the explain: +----+--------------------+------------+-------+---------------+-------------+---------+------------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +----+--------------------+------------+-------+---------------+-------------+---------+------------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------------+ | 1 | PRIMARY | <derived2> | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 232 | Using where | | 2 | DERIVED | categories | index | PRIMARY | idx_name | 47 | NULL | 13 | Using index; Using temporary; Using filesort | | 2 | DERIVED | products | ref | category_id | category_id | 4 | digizald_db.categories.category_id | 9 | | | 5 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | views | ref | product_id | product_id | 4 | digizald_db.products.product_id | 46 | Using where | | 4 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | downloads | ref | product_id | product_id | 4 | digizald_db.products.product_id | 14 | Using where | | 3 | DEPENDENT SUBQUERY | distros | ref | product_id | product_id | 4 | digizald_db.products.product_id | 1 | Using index | +----+--------------------+------------+-------+---------------+-------------+---------+------------------------------------+------+----------------------------------------------+ 6 rows in set (0.04 sec) And the Tables: mysql> describe products; +---------------+--------------------------------------------------+------+-----+-------------------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +---------------+--------------------------------------------------+------+-----+-------------------+----------------+ | product_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | product_key | char(32) | NO | | NULL | | | title | varchar(150) | NO | | NULL | | | company | varchar(150) | NO | | NULL | | | user_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | description | text | NO | | NULL | | | video_code | text | NO | | NULL | | | category_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | price | decimal(10,2) | NO | | NULL | | | quantity | int(10) unsigned | NO | | NULL | | | downloads | int(10) unsigned | NO | | NULL | | | views | int(10) unsigned | NO | | NULL | | | status | enum('pending','published','rejected','removed') | NO | | NULL | | | active | tinyint(1) | NO | | NULL | | | deleted | tinyint(1) | NO | | NULL | | | created_date | datetime | NO | | NULL | | | modified_date | timestamp | NO | | CURRENT_TIMESTAMP | | | scrape_source | varchar(215) | YES | | NULL | | +---------------+--------------------------------------------------+------+-----+-------------------+----------------+ 18 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> describe categories -> ; +------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | category_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | category_name | varchar(45) | NO | MUL | NULL | | | parent_id | int(10) unsigned | YES | MUL | NULL | | | category_type_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | | NULL | | +------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> describe compatibilities -> ; +------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | compatibility_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | name | varchar(45) | NO | | NULL | | | code_name | varchar(45) | NO | | NULL | | | description | varchar(128) | NO | | NULL | | | position | int(10) unsigned | NO | | NULL | | +------------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 5 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> describe distros -> ; +------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | product_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | compatibility_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | user_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | | NULL | | | status | enum('pending','published','rejected','removed') | NO | | NULL | | | distro_type | enum('file','url') | NO | | NULL | | | version | varchar(150) | NO | | NULL | | | filename | varchar(50) | YES | | NULL | | | url | varchar(250) | YES | | NULL | | | virus | enum('READY','PASS','FAIL') | YES | | NULL | | | downloads | int(10) unsigned | NO | | 0 | | +------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 11 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> describe downloads; +------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | product_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | distro_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | user_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | ip_address | varchar(15) | NO | | NULL | | | date | datetime | NO | | NULL | | +------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 6 rows in set (0.01 sec) mysql> describe views -> ; +------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(10) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | product_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | user_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | ip_address | varchar(15) | NO | | NULL | | | date | datetime | NO | | NULL | | +------------+------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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  • Identifying and removing null characters in UNIX

    - by fahdshariff
    I have a text file containing unwanted null characters. When I try to view it in I see ^@ symbols, interleaved in normal text. How can I: a) Identify which lines in the file contains null characters? I have tried grepping for \0 and \x0, but this did not work. b) Remove the null characters? Running strings on the file cleaned it up, but I'm just wondering if this is the best way? Thanks

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  • Bus Timetable database design

    - by paddydub
    hi, I'm trying to design a db to store the timetable for 300 different bus routes, Each route has a different number of stops and different times for Monday-Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I've represented the bus departure times for each route as follows, I'm not sure if i should have null values in the table, does this look ok? route,Num,Day, t1, t2, t3, t4 t5 t6 t7 t8 t9 t10 117, 1, Monday, 9:00, 9:30, 10:50, 12:00, 14:00 18:00 19:00 null null null 117, 2, Monday, 9:03, 9:33, 10:53, 12:03, 14:03 18:03 19:03 null null null 117, 3, Monday, 9:06, 9:36, 10:56, 12:06, 14:06 18:06 19:06 null null null 117, 4, Monday, 9:09, 9:39, 10:59, 12:09, 14:09 18:09 19:09 null null null . . . 117, 20, Monday, 9:39, 10.09, 11:39, 12:39, 14:39 18:39 19:39 null null null 119, 1, Monday, 9:00, 9:30, 10:50, 12:00, 14:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 119, 2, Monday, 9:03, 9:33, 10:53, 12:03, 14:03 18:03 19:03 20:03 21:03 22:03 119, 3, Monday, 9:06, 9:36, 10:56, 12:06, 14:06 18:06 19:06 20:06 21:06 22:06 119, 4, Monday, 9:09, 9:39, 10:59, 12:09, 14:09 18:09 19:09 20:09 21:09 22:09 . . . 119, 37, Monday, 9:49, 9:59, 11:59, 12:59, 14:59 18:59 19:59 20:59 21:59 22:59 139, 1, Sunday, 9:00, 9:30, 20:00 21:00 22:00 null null null null null 139, 2, Sunday, 9:03, 9:33, 20:03 21:03 22:03 null null null null null 139, 3, Sunday, 9:06, 9:36, 20:06 21:06 22:06 null null null null null 139, 4, Sunday, 9:09, 9:39, 20:09 21:09 22:09 null null null null null . . . 139, 20, Sunday, 9:49, 9:59, 20:59 21:59 22:59 null null null null null

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  • Wordpress databse insert() and update() - using NULL values

    - by pygorex1
    Wordpress ships with the wpdb class which handles CRUD operations. The two methods of this class that I'm interested in are the insert() (the C in CRUD) and update() (the U in CRUD). A problem arises when I want to insert a NULL into a mysql database column - the wpdb class escapes PHP null variables to empty strings. How can I tell Wordpress to use an actual MySQL NULL instead of a MySQL string?

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  • Why does null need to be casted?

    - by BlueRaja The Green Unicorn
    The following code does not compile: //int a = ... int? b = (int?) (a != 0 ? a : null); In order to compile, it needs to be changed to int? b = (a != 0 ? a : (int?) null); Since both b = null and b = a are legal, this doesn't make sense to me. Why does null need to be casted, and why can't we simply cast the whole expression (which I know is legal in other cases)?

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  • LINQ-to-entities - Null reference

    - by BlueRaja
    I could swear this was working the other day: var resultSet = (from o in _entities.Table1 where o.Table2.Table3.SomeColumn == SomeProperty select o ).First(); SelectedItem = resultSet.Table2.SomeOtherColumn; I am getting a null reference exception on the last line: resultSet.Table2 is null. Not only am I sure that all the foreign keys and whatnot have the correct values, but I don't see how Table2 could be null, since o.Table2.Table3.SomeColumn == SomeProperty. resultSet is being returned with all its properties set to the correct values, with the exception that Table2 is null.

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  • linq null parameter

    - by kusanagi
    how can i do the code static string BuildMenu(List<Menu> menu, int? parentId) { foreach (var item in menu.Where(i => i.ParentMenu == parentId || i.ParentMenu.MenuId == parentId).ToList()) { } } return BuildMenu(menuList,null); so if parentId==null then return only records i = i.ParentMenu == null but when parentId is 0 then return records with i.ParentMenu.MenuId == parentId

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  • Compilers behave differently with a null parameter of a generic method

    - by Eyal Schneider
    The following code compiles perfectly with Eclipse, but fails to compile with javac: public class HowBizarre { public static <P extends Number, T extends P> void doIt(P value) { } public static void main(String[] args) { doIt(null); } } I simplified the code, so T is not used at all now. Still, I don't see a reason for the error. For some reason javac decides that T stands for Object, and then complains that Object does not conform to the bounds of T (which is true): HowBizarre.java:6: incompatible types; inferred type argument(s) java.lang.Number,java.lang.Object do not conform to bounds of type variable (s) P,T found : <P,T>void required: void doIt(null); ^ Note that if I replace the null parameter with a non-null value, it compiles fine. Which of the compilers behaves correctly and why? Is this a bug of one of them?

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  • Identifying and removing null characters in UNIX

    - by fahdshariff
    I have a text file containing unwanted null characters. When I try to view it in I see ^@ symbols, interleaved in normal text. How can I: a) Identify which lines in the file contains null characters? I have tried grepping for \0 and \x0, but this did not work. b) Remove the null characters? Running strings on the file cleaned it up, but I'm just wondering if this is the best way? Thanks

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  • How Oracle 10g evaluates NULL in boolean expressions

    - by Phani Kumar PV
    if not (i_ReLaunch = 1 and (dt_enddate is not null)) How this epression will be evaluated in Oracle 10g when the input value of the i_ReLaunch = null and the value of the dt_enddate is not null it is entering the loop. According to the rules in normal c# and all it should not enter the loop as it will be as follows with the values. If( not(false and (true)) = if not( false) =if( true) which implies it should enters the loop But it is not happening Can someone let me know if i am wrong at any place

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  • MessageBroker.getMessageBroker(null) getting null pointer Exception

    - by Shital
    I am creating Dynamic Destinations MessageBroker broker = MessageBroker.getMessageBroker(null); MessageService service = (MessageService) broker.getService("message-service"); MessageDestination destination = (MessageDestination) service.createDestination("Group1"); if (service.isStarted()) { destination.start(); } But I am getting Null Pointer Exception MessageBroker broker = MessageBroker.getMessageBroker(null); Can Anyone Help Me

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  • Alter Dilemma : How to use to set Primary and other attributes.

    - by Rachel
    I have following table in database AND I need to alter it to below mentioned schema. Initially I was drop the current database and creating new one using the create but I am not supposed to do that and use ALTER but am not sure as to how can I use ALTER to add primary key and other constraints. Any Suggestions !!! Code Current: CREATE TABLE `details` ( `KEY` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `ID` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `CODE` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `C_ID` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `C_CODE` varchar(64) NOT NULL, `CCODE` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `TCODE` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `LCODE` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `CAMCODE` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `OFCODE` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `OFNAME` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `PRIORITY` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `STDATE` datetime NOT NULL, `ENDATE` datetime NOT NULL, `INT` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `PHONE` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `TV` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `MTV` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `TYPE` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `CREATED` datetime NOT NULL, `MAIN` varchar(255) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; Desired: CREATE TABLE `details` ( `id` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `code` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `cid` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `ccode` varchar(64) NOT NULL, `c_code` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `tcode` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `lcode` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `camcode` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `ofcode` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `ofname` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `priority` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `stdate` datetime NOT NULL, `enddate` datetime NOT NULL, `list` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `created` datetime NOT NULL, `date` datetime NOT NULL, `ofshn` int(20) NOT NULL, `ofcl` int(20) NOT NULL, `ofr` int(20) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`code`,`ccode`,`list`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; Thanks !!!

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  • Checking instance of non-class constrained type parameter for null in generic method

    - by casperOne
    I currently have a generic method where I want to do some validation on the parameters before working on them. Specifically, if the instance of the type parameter T is a reference type, I want to check to see if it's null and throw an ArgumentNullException if it's null. Something along the lines of: // This can be a method on a generic class, it does not matter. public void DoSomething<T>(T instance) { if (instance == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("instance"); Note, I do not wish to constrain my type parameter using the class constraint. I thought I could use Marc Gravell's answer on "How do I compare a generic type to its default value?", and use the EqualityComparer<T> class like so: static void DoSomething<T>(T instance) { if (EqualityComparer<T>.Default.Equals(instance, null)) throw new ArgumentNullException("instance"); But it gives a very ambiguous error on the call to Equals: Member 'object.Equals(object, object)' cannot be accessed with an instance reference; qualify it with a type name instead How can I check an instance of T against null when T is not constrained on being a value or reference type?

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  • R: preventing unlist to drop NULL values

    - by nico
    I'm running into a strange problem. I have a vector of lists and I use unlist on them. Some of the elements in the vectors are NULL and unlist seems to be dropping them. How can I prevent this? Here's a simple (non) working example showing this unwanted feature of unlist a = c(list("p1"=2, "p2"=5), list("p1"=3, "p2"=4), list("p1"=NULL, "p2"=NULL), list("p1"=4, "p2"=5)) unlist(a) p1 p2 p1 p2 p1 p2 2 5 3 4 4 5

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  • node to traverse cannot be null (Hibernate SQL)

    - by tiswas
    I'm performing a SQL query through hibernate, which looks like: SELECT thi FROM track_history_items thi JOIN artists art ON thi.artist_id = art.id WHERE thi.type = "TrackBroadcast" GROUP BY art.name ORDER thi.createdAt DESC but I'm getting the message that 'Node to traverse cannot be null!'. Anyone know what could be causing this? --EDIT-- I'm pretty sure that this problem is being caused by the possibility of artist_id to be null. However, I can't prevent this, so can I just skip the rows track_history_item rows which have a null artist_id?

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  • SSIS Script Component, Allow Null values

    - by user2471943
    I have a SSIS package that I am programming and my script component won't allow null column inputs. I have checked the box to keep nulls in the flat file source component. My program is running well until my script component where I get the error "The column has a null value" (super vague, I know). The column currently throwing the error is an "int" valued column and is used for aggregations in my script. I could make the null values 0s or to say "NULL" but I'd prefer to just leave them blank. Any advice on how to handle this problem would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! I am using SQL Server BIDS 2008.

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  • To "null" or not to "null" my class's attributes

    - by Helper Method
    When I write a class in Java, I like to initialize the attributes which are set to a default value directly and attributes which are set by the caller in the constructor, something like this: public class Stack<E> { private List<E> list; private size = 0; public Stack(int initialCapacity) { list = new ArrayList<E>(initialCapacity); } // remainder omitted } Now suppose I have a Tree class: public class Tree<E> { private Node<E> root = null; // no constructor needed, remainder omitted } Shall I set the root attribute to null, to mark that it is set to null by default, or omit the null value?

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  • List with non-null elements ends up containing null. A synchronization issue?

    - by Alix
    Hi. First of all, sorry about the title -- I couldn't figure out one that was short and clear enough. Here's the issue: I have a list List<MyClass> list to which I always add newly-created instances of MyClass, like this: list.Add(new MyClass()). I don't add elements any other way. However, then I iterate over the list with foreach and find that there are some null entries. That is, the following code: foreach (MyClass entry in list) if (entry == null) throw new Exception("null entry!"); will sometimes throw an exception. I should point out that the list.Add(new MyClass()) are performed from different threads running concurrently. The only thing I can think of to account for the null entries is the concurrent accesses. List<> isn't thread-safe, after all. Though I still find it strange that it ends up containing null entries, instead of just not offering any guarantees on ordering. Can you think of any other reason? Also, I don't care in which order the items are added, and I don't want the calling threads to block waiting to add their items. If synchronization is truly the issue, can you recommend a simple way to call the Add method asynchronously, i.e., create a delegate that takes care of that while my thread keeps running its code? I know I can create a delegate for Add and call BeginInvoke on it. Does that seem appropriate? Thanks.

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  • geom_rect and NULL

    - by csgillespie
    I've been looking at the geom_rect example in section 5.10 of the ggplot2 book and don't understand the purpose of the NULL's in the aes function. For example, using the mpg data: g = ggplot(data=mpg, aes(x=displ, y=hwy)) + geom_point() #Produces a plot with a transparent filled region g + geom_rect(aes(NULL, NULL), alpha=0.1,xmin=5, xmax=7, ymin=10, ymax=45, fill="blue") #Solid filled region (v0.9) or nothing in v0.8 g + geom_rect(alpha=0.1,xmin=5, xmax=7, ymin=10, ymax=45, fill="blue") My understanding is that the NULL's are resetting the x & y mapping, but I don't see why this should affect the transparency.

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  • NULL pointer comparison fails

    - by Ilya
    Hello, I'm initializing in a class a pointer to be NULL. Afterwards I check if it is NULL in the same class. But it's not always 0x0. Sometimes it's 0x8 or 0xfeffffff or 0x3f800000 or 0x80 or other strange stuff. In most case the pointer is 0x0 but sometimes it gets altered somehow. I'm sure that I'm not changing it anywhere in my code. Is there a way it gets changed by "itself"? Here's my code: MeshObject::MeshObject() { mesh.vertexColors = NULL; } MeshObject::MeshObject(const MeshObject &_copyFromMe) { SimpleLog("vertexColors pointer: %p", _copyFromMe.mesh.vertexColors); if (_copyFromMe.mesh.vertexColors != NULL) { SimpleLog("vertexColors"); this->mesh.vertexColors = new tColor4i[_copyFromMe.mesh.vertexCount]; memcpy(this->mesh.vertexColors, _copyFromMe.mesh.vertexColors, _copyFromMe.mesh.vertexCount * sizeof(tColor4i) ); } } My application crashes, because vertexColors wasn't initialized and is being copied. However it is NULL and shouldn't be copied. Thanks.

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