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SQL query to order by the difference between FIRST and BEST scores

Can anyone help me optimise this query? I have the following table: ...
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Uploading images via MySQL in Blob

Is it safe to upload images via MySQL in Blob? I've constructed my code like the following: ...
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Selecting all posts with a certain tag

The task is to select all posts tagged with a certain tag, along with other tags the post may have, given as text rather than ID. Table posts ...
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Handling errors when using PDO to connect to a database instead of MySQLi

What would be the preferred method for handling errors when using the PDO to connect to a MySQL database? I was using mysqli_error($this->pdo), but I heard this ...
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Selecting three stylesheets in a specific order

I'm somewhat new to SQL (only had to use it in Database classes). I have a simple table of stylesheets, from which I want to select specific ones in a specific order (e.g. reset, then layout, then ...
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Instagram-like news feed display

I am writing an application that shows a news feed, much like Instagram. For this, I have a function in the model to select the feeds as shown in the code. For some reason, this runs quite slow and I ...
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Programming with PHP & jQuery

I'm programming a system and I want to know if this is the correct way or if there are a better way to do it. Container: I have more fields but I only added one to show you the container. ...
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Class for multithreaded insert into database

Here I have class that supposed to take dictionaries of product objects and their articles (kind of unique identifier) from queue and insert or update them in database table. Received dictionary ...
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Looping to update article codes on one server based on queries on another server

I've read somewhere on Stack Overflow that doing queries in a loop is very inefficient. It will hammer your SQL server and make your script very slow. Sample code: ...
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Inserting data into database

I started learning PHP and MySQL, was using MySQL_ functions. Then I learned they are deprecated, had to choose between PDO and MySQL. I chose MySQL and started using it. As I learn OOP PHP, I ...
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Slow query joining orders and products

The end result I am trying to achieve is an array containing the total ordered qty for each product. I have been successful but the query takes about 20 minutes to run and I'm wondering if there is ...
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Fetching objects and adding a calculated field in Doctrine 2

I'm making a section that shows a list of blogs and how many comments it has without loading any comment data. My Blog entity is as follows: ...
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Inserting values of Date type into a MySQL database

I have got a JTable implementing a TableModel interface. There are ID (primary key, ...
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Selecting Timesheets

I'm trying to improve my SQL syntax, take the following for the example ...
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My method of escaping MySQL strings in C++

This is how I'm currently escaping MySQL strings in C++: ...
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A class which represents an SQL table

I'm representing DB tables as classes (in this case PHP classes). This has the goal of modeling every section of the web page, where you will get inputs from the user. My actual base design is: One ...
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PHP/MySQL: Best way to check if images are identical? [closed]

I got a table where i add user personalia. Additionally I have one picture stored in the filesystem for each record, named after the id of the record like below. personalia table: ...
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PDO class extend

I am moving in to OOP PHP and having some problems extending my database class to my objects. I am still new to the variable scoping in OOP PHP, so if it a tiny syntax error I apologize. If my ...
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TrackDAO: what can be improved?

In this specific situation there is a table with trackdata and a form to add rows. For the sake of clarity I won't include the view-related code here. The added rows are added to a LinkedList when ...
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JOIN and sprintf rather than two queries and echo

It works fine, however it's a little messy. I understand it would be better for performance to use JOIN and have been advised before to use sprintf. However, it's ...
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Web Service implementation on the client

I will be creating a web service as part of a group project for university, which will be developed using Java within the Eclipse IDE. Having no prior experience using web services, I managed to ...
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Possible SQL injection vulnerability searching for a product by ID?

I want to be sure that this isn't vulnerable to SQL injection. If yes, then how can it be improved? ...
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Safety of globalizing config data

I have some framework in PHP/MySQL for developing web services. Finally my code works on two servers - production and developer. My idea is to create one code without differences, which will work ...
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Inserting e-mail subscribers into MySQL

I'm new to Python and I am learning database connections from here. This is the code I am using to insert e-mail subscribers into a table: ...
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Calculator using PHP with logging to MySQL database

I have made a calculator in PHP and I need some feedback in terms of security and performance or any other general improvements. You can download a zip file with all the contents from this link if ...
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Checking if my code is secure

I'm deploying a PHP project, and I always try to use prepared statements, but unfortunately, GoDaddy does not have the mod mysqlnd which I use it for the function ...
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Connecting to a MySQL database with C#

Can anyone help me with checking this code? It is for connecting to a database. The method getFromDatabase is to take values from the database and put it to a ...
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Bash-based MySQL inventory scanner

I am trying to create a bash-based inventory scanner, and was wondering if there is anything 'glaringly' incorrect about my syntax or usage. I was hoping I could get some feedback on: bash ...
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Querying multiple tables to pull data to show to the user

I have a function that I use to display a relatively large amount of data to the user: ...
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Find minutes with no data in database

I'm trying to show a table, for each ID, to see if there is data available. In this case, its measurements. If there's no data, that means the logger isn't doing its job properly. I currently have ...
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Entering information about a business and finding matches

I'm writing a Java Servlet application where the users must enter information about a business. I'd like to prevent as many duplicate entries in the MySQL database as possible and I'd appreciate ...
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Enhance CSV file database import

I'm using the script below to import a large .csv file to my database. If the table is empty the process takes about 5 minutes to finish on a local machine. If I'm using the file to update existing ...
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Django ListView with MySQL query for the queryset

(Note: Even if you don't know Django, it's probably the query that needs work anyway, so you probably don't need to know Django/Python) I have a ListView that ...
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Function to run MySQL SELECT queries with no leaks

I am upgrading an old massive website that is a Classic ASP \ ASP.NET hybrid. I still have a long way to MVC. Right now I want to convert all code that uses ODBC to the mysql connector specific code. ...
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Auction function for a game

This is an auction function for a game where you can bid on houses on the website. You set a limit, and if posts limit below current bet or below your limit, it will raise the bid from current plus ...
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MySQL case statement with two tables

How can I improve the following working SQL statement for better performance and consistency? ...
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Out of one Oracle into another

A project that I have been working on required data to be transferred from an Oracle database into MySQL. The process I devised for that transfer involved a query (included below) on the Oracle ...
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Select products and config values from MySQL

I have working code that gets products details and config values from MySQL bit it's combined with HTML, I would like to know a better way to do this, maybe a class that I can use. ...
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Grouping counts from tables by account ID

I'm working with this query to get counts from three different tables, and to group the results by account ID: ...
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OOP PDO Database Connection

I'm currently learning about PDO, and trying to connect to the database and CRUD in OOP way, this is a simple code that I use. index.php ...
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Can I further secure this blog post loading script?

The following code is developed around a mysql database where the posts table has 3 columns: post_ID, date and title. config.php holds the values for $dsn, ...
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Is there a more efficient way of executing multiple SQL prepared statements at once?

I'm updating more than one table at once and, as you will see, it uses a lot of similar looking code. Is there a more efficient way of doing this, perhaps some way of combining the queries? For ...
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MySQL Java in JTable

This is an assignment posted here. (Part-B) The aim here is to create a GUI in which the user can search for and insert data into a particular table of a MySQL database. Is this an appropriate ...
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Simulating Natural Sorting in MySQL with PHP

I have a MySQL table which contains product SKUs among other things. PHP powers importing data into this database, managing data through a control panel, displaying the information on the front-end, ...
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Using database connection and GUI

In my project there are a lot of GUI so I have a class for each GUI. I created a class to connect to my db (MySQL). Remember, I don't have problems with code not working. The code (important to this ...
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Security flaws in smartphone application

And could you give me any security and optimization recommendations? ...
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Correct MySQL DB Query and processing

I ve got a table called EXP it looks like this The table contains REG_ID - (id of the registred users) TRA_TYPE - (type of transportation the user chose 1-export 2-import) PRO_ID - (product id ...
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PDO insert from check boxes

I've seen so many different ways of doing this all seem very complex and all seem to be done in MySQL. I'm using PDO in my project so I've had a go myself to see what I could come up with. Is this ...
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High school social network query for friends in common

This is sourced from the Stanford Coursera self study DB class SQL quizzes: Students at your hometown high school have decided to organize their social network using databases. So far, they have ...
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Comments in PHP authentication system

Leaving aside absolutely everything about the code itself (but if you find stuff that's not ok feel free to comment on them). What I'm asking here is the following: Is my code properly commented? ...