A database is any organized collection of data organized to provide efficient retrieval.
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Appropriate way to create object for storing data in a ListView & Profiling
I'm creating a location based reminder application in Android using proximity alerts, geocoder, Google Maps API and their Places API.
Currently there is a default ListView using a Cardlibs library ...
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how can I factor out REST-POST activity to a manager?
I have this RestPostActivity:
public class RestPostActivity extends BaseActivity implements OnClickListener {
...
public static String POST(String url, Person person) {
InputStream ...
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General table name for Person Inf [migrated]
I was in a meeting with my boss and technical support leader and they asked me for a database model to a very simple application. That application requires: employees information, some location data, ...
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Simple in-memory database
How can I improve this code (elegance, best practices, etc)?
""" Simple in-memory database as a response to the Thumbtack coding challenge. """
class SimpleDb(object):
""" Simple in-memory ...
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Using keywords async/await in database queries (Windows Phone 8)
I have a local database in Windows Phone 8 app. The app includes a lot of queries to the database and I don't want bad effect on the responsiveness of UI.
For example I have a table of users and ...
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Repository pattern review, question about when dispose the Context
I have a question about the Repository pattern. This is my repository:
public abstract class RepositoryBase<T> : IDisposable, IRepository<T> where T : class, IEntity
{
/// ...
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Music list program
I need a little help with improving my first Java program. I have programmed for about a month, so my code is quite messy. The program is a "Musiclist" program, with which you can add songs, edit ...
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In-memory data cache architecture for data transfer
I am writing a cron job to manipulate and transfer remote data.
I need to cache data from a table, process it, merge with previous table, iterate the process, and eventually send the result data to ...
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Updating visiting dates of each visitor
I am still a PHP beginner. Please review/improve my PHP code and reveal errors, typos and warnings.
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
$connection = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", ...
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Data table class
so this is my code and I just want to improve it, I'm a beginner so I think there are some better and short ways to do what I did here. Any Ideas?
The code:
class Table:
def ...
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Login and User Information Requests
I am trying to improvise a piece of code. The best is to get reviews from experts, so here I am.
Can you have a look? What do you think of it? Any suggestions? This code basically connects to a ...
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A Simple Cache class
“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache
invalidation and naming things.” -- Phil Karlton
That being said, I created this SimpleCache class which I intend to use to cache ...
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In-memory data cache architecture
I am designing basic in-memory cache storage with thin CRUD (actually CRD) interface. The design is inspired by the Backend solutions such as Parse and StackMob.
Main requirements:
Cache consists ...
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SQL database design e-commerce
I am new to database design but am fairly familiar with SQL and its syntax. I want to create a database for an E-commerce website that will sell a single product type such as a shirt. They could be ...
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Implementation of OOP for retrieving list of objects from database
If I have a Person class that outlines the properties of a person and one of People that just contains a List<Person> like so:
public class Person
{
public Person(){}
public int ...
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API request and database insert
This is a pretty big undertaking for me with my basic skills, and I was kind of flying blind. It's basic in its intent: get a bunch of case info from a helpdesk app and put it into a database. There ...
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Is this code Pythonic?
The code uses SQLAlchemy Core. However, what I want to know is if writing code in this pattern is recommendable.
def saveUser(self, user):
"""
Inserts or updates a user in database.
The ...
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Builder pattern for Codeigniter ActiveRecord queries
I am using Codeigniter and it's ActiveRecord.
I had this idea for a base class that provided a generic getter/setter for doing simple queries on a database. I have a lot of database objects that ...
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Optimizing join statement
I have this piece of code:
List<myItem> items = (from x in db.myItems
join y in db.tblParents on x.item_parent equals y.id
where !y.hidden
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Building a simple database in Python
I choose to use a dictionary to store the variables for fast GET and SET commands. In my code, I have saved all of the open transactional blocks in memory. I can't see any way around this since it ...
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PDO class for multiple databases
I have PDO class below:
class DB {
private $dbh;
private $stmt;
static $db_type;
static $connections;
public function __construct($db, $id="") {
...
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First Schema for Location and Countries
This is my first MYSQL schema for caching location data (co-ordinates to place names) and referencing it with a country.
I was wondering what everyones feedback was on it, did I do a good job?
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Very simple PHP PDO class
There are many PHP PDO classes out there, agreed. However I find they do not allow for flexibility. So I created one that helps reduce development time as little as it may be but it does the job ...
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guide me to make my code perfect
I had made some of pages and they work but I'm not sure if I coded it in best way so I want your suggestions and ideas to make my code better.
connection.php
<?php
$mysql_host = ...
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Generic DB Value Getter
I'm trying to see if there is a better way to do this when I just need one column with one row. Do not mind the lack of use of a prepared statement, I will put it in.
public <T> T ...
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MySQL one-to-many relationship - is this the right way?
I'm currently working on a logfile parser for a pretty old videogame called 'Team Fortress Classic' which can be compared to Counter-Strike 1.6 and is available on Valve's Steam platform.
I started ...
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Querying a database with PHP
I'm new to PHP programming. I would love some feedback on this simple code I wrote which queries a database based on some arguments supplied by a user and returns an HTML table displaying the data.
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User Data Security Improvements
** Original Question From Stack Overflow **
I'm working on my site, and need help knowing what I need to do to improve the security of my login system.
If you feel so inclined, I would love some ...
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Need your opinions on my database normalization attempt [closed]
I'm working on a project with CakePHP where it will allow users to log their drug use. Be it alcohol, caffeine, or whatever else. When people add a log, they select the substance from a drop down, ...
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Improve my SQL select statement
I have three tables for a blog system.
The blog
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS lm_blog(
blog_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
title VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
action ...
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1answer
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Generic method for database calls
Background
Breaking from MVC, I've implemented the following architecture:
POST/GET ➤ PHP ➤ Database Calls ➤ XML ➤ XSLT ➤ HTML
All database interactions are relegated to the call method in the ...
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1answer
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Database “design” using Symfony2 and Doctrine2
I'm working on an application, which tracks expenses. I have users. Each user can create his categories for the expenses (like Food, Bills, Transport, Drinks, Clothes) and then create expenses - each ...
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asp.net (vb.net): handling of open database connection and calling shared function from web api
I'm working on an ASP.NET project using VB.NET that uses Dapper
and the code as implemented so far runs fine with just me testing.
In the example below, Dapper calls a stored proc.
But my I am ...
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Android database access
For my simple Android application, I don't want to use an ORM. I'd like to have a db-communcation layer easy to user, to read and efficient.
This is my solution: every entity (ex: Person) as an ...
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1answer
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DAO Layer Code Review
Please review my following code for DAO layer.
public List<Channel> getListOfChannels() throws DataAccessException {
// will have the channel in form of List
// to hold the ...
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Keeping track of people's relationships in MySQL using a people relation table?
I am trying to track relationships among people. I came up with my own solution, but wondering if there might be another way or better way of doing this. To keep it simplified, I'll post just the bare ...
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Testing database table creation with NUnit
I'm new to using NUnit and have written a test to check for the existence of a database table. I have the below code that should check whether a new table named NewTable has been created in the ...
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ORM Entity with many similar relationships
To provide some background context, I'm implementing a web-based solution (Java, Spring, Hibernate) that allows the creation/authoring of task-centric workflow documents. Basically a workflow ...
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Make code looks more cleaner in the run method
I am trying to insert into Database using JDBC and each thread will be inserting into database. I need to insert into around 30-35 columns. I wrote a Stored procedure that will UPSERT into those ...
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Simplify things in the run method to look cleaner
I am trying to insert into Database using JDBC and each thread will be inserting into database. I need to insert into around 30-35 columns. I wrote a Stored procedure that will UPSERT into those ...
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PHP Class Inheritance / Object Instantiation / Object / Property Scope w/ Child / Parent Classes & Dependency Container Class
In PHP, I have a parent/child class and am using dependency container to load them. I am trying to use the same database connection on all of them without duplicating the object.
CLARIFICATION: MY ...
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First Database Schema - How did I do?
I would really like some advice from any DB gurus who have a few minutes free. After doing some reading and playing with sqlfiddle over the weekend I have constructed this postgresql schema and it is ...
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Nhibernate session and transaction implementation
In order to create loose coupling architecture on my web applications, I have created my own implementation for orm, in this case, nhibernate.
I want you please to review the code and tell me if you ...
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1answer
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How to write a stable WCF service
I'm writing a WCF service for validating password and getting company ID for the clients that requests the services. The service runs on a server locally as a windows service, which sends queries to ...
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Backup a database over an SQL connection
Developing some industrial WinForms application for some industrial setting, I wanted to provide users of our software with a convenient way to back up the database the software uses (to send it to ...
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Building database from file C# Mysql
well as the question reads I am building a database with 3 tables. Now these tables are going to be used to store names in.
Table 1 will store First Names
Table 2 will store Last Names
Table 3 ...
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1answer
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Rails 3: How can I improve this ActiveRecord count
Here I retrieve a collection of causes from the database. Along with the information from each cause, I want to send the number of users in each cause. This way works, but if experience has told me ...
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Connects to database but cannot get table [closed]
I use this php code to connect to my databse and retrieve the table food. I am able to connect to the database but no retrieve the table. I get this as a result: Host information: site.ipagemysql.com ...
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Improve and adding new method to GenericDataAccess?
I have this GenericDataAccess class to interact with database from my school just I want to ask for some suggestions and advice in how to to improve it and add new methods to for future use & ...
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Javascript Coding Wager
I have two scripts written by my co-workers for auto-filling a form with information from the facebook graph-api. I am trying to figure out which has been coded in a more efficient style?
This is the ...
