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Problem with Subquery - repeating

I am having problem with the subquery giving me same results multiple times. I want to fetch only records one time, but this is not happening at the moment. I've tried different combination but I cant ...
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how to select between two dates but I already used the WHERE so how can I select between two dates

"SELECT status, DATE(order_date) AS date, SUM(`total`) AS total_sales FROM orders WHERE status = 'Recieved' GROUP BY date"; how to add the between code here when I already used the WHERE
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Latency occurring in the sql query when using IN and EXISTS

I'm facing a latency issue when loading the sql query. I'm using IN and EXISTS in my code, maybe this is causing the issue. Is there any other alternative way to improve the performance by using ...
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Designing an advanced permission system [closed]

I am currently wanting to implement a permission system, whereby it is convenient to add permissions as life goes on (by using rows instead of fields in MySQL). Each permission will have 5 bits: view, ...
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Java db access in new/separate thread - general design [closed]

I am familiar with the basic concepts of Java multi threading. Operations should made in a thread separte from the AWT dispatcher thread. Following scenario: Simple GUI from address record management ...
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How do large corporations store API keys?

When FaceBook or Google give me an API key, are they just storing it in a database? Unlike a password, where you can hash and salt it before putting it in the database, it seems to me that a key ...
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Best approach to develop php mysql project with multiple developers

We are 4 developers working on a PHP-mySQL web project. Currently we work together as described below: All project files except DB is hosted at GitHub All project files except DB is hosted at GitHub ...
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Compiling data from multiple API sources, multiple languages, into a single database (MySQL or Mongo)

I'm thinking about a database schema, and would really appreciate if some of you could look at where I'm up to and offer some advice.. The mission - We have to write a program that will fetch data ...
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Nested query between two tables [migrated]

I'm trying to write a query which combines data from two tables. Both tables contain information about certain objects. An object is uniquely defined by a triple (x,y,z) (each x, y and z have a ...
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How can I distribute a PHP application without it being copied by my client? [duplicate]

My team developed software for a client using PHP, because our team was proficient at the language and it allowed us to implement the software quickly. Now, this project is ending and we want to be ...
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Best Multiple tables product with categories

I was looking to create an EAV structure for an inventory management system. But I read this answer and decided against it. I am looking to create multiple tables for all my products. But the trouble ...
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Compute geographic areas Laravel

I am developing a backend for a taxi app in Laravel 5. Up to now, served areas are defined by the admins but I would like to change the way it works. I would like each taxi driver to define their ...
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Conflict resolution for two-way sync offline sync

How do you manage two-way synchronization between a 'main' database server and many 'secondary' servers, in particular conflict resolution, assuming a connection is not always available(offline ...
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Shopping cart in PHP : Sessions or Database? [closed]

I am currently developing a simple shopping cart using PHP & HTML. I've been having troubles with using the SESSIONS in Php like: Sessions not continuing when I switch pages even though I ...
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MySQL: Application Table Design

I'm creating a new site which will have many objects, such as posts(text/photo/video), products, photo galleries, etc. Currently my design is to put all of the objects into a posts table, but I'm ...
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How to avoid null in primary key? [closed]

I need to make table that seems to require two column primary key with one of the columns nullable. But according to questions I read on Stack Overflow that is undesirable and even against SQL ...
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How to deal with long running transactions?

I'm developing a Content Management System (CMS) and I would like to include a "Save Changes" button. I mean: a user performs several changes in the database, but those changes are still not ...
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Tracking hours with clock in/out

I am working on a web interface that would allow the user to keep track of the amount of time people spend at their establishment. The problem: I don't know what the best way to keep track of this ...
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Roles and permissions: a good approach in defining permissions?

My application has users and administrators. The administrators split into two: super-admin and limited-admin. The super gets all permissions while the limited can be configured to inherit just the ...
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Synchronize database with external API

I currently own a website where players can look-up their statistics of a game. When someone that is not in my database yet requests their statistics, I am calling the API with a PHP cURL request and ...
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PHP MySQL unique user data [closed]

I'm trying to create a php website that users log into and they can submit data to a MySQL database. How do I make it so the users can only see data they've submitted and not everyone else's data? ...
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RDBMS v/s NoSQL for analytics [closed]

While reading about this topic online I have found out that, in general, RDBMS are good for read heavy loads and NoSQL databases are good for write heavy workloads. This statement also seemed true ...
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How do SQL transactions return immediate results?

I am using transactions to do bulk insert/updates. This is my little test loop: $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); for ($i=0; $i<60; $i++) { $db->insert($cfg['ps_manufacturer'], array( ...
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Why does databases use text? [closed]

This might be a little dumb question but why do we save text in the db instead of something smaller? Couldn't there be some other way to store data in the db like in a compressed form, and then have ...
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What is the problem will happen if I create auto generate ID without using mysql auto increase of mysql table by my self?

I would like to ask you a question about MySQL AUTO_INCREMENT. I already created my own function to generate AUTO_INCREMENT when the user inserts any data input a table in MySQL. This function works ...
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matching usernames with their password

We are working on a simple login/registration form. Our login script checks to see if the username and password exist in the same row of the database. If it does exist, we bring the user to a welcome ...
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How to handle the default time when user is selecting dates to filter on?

We have an ASP.NET application which allows users to report on their data. We have a number of reports that the user selects the start and end date from a datepicker and then we returned the filtered ...
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What's the best way to track updates when syncing data from MySQL remote server to local SQLite database?

I'm making an iOS App, well, two actually. App A will be able to write TO-DOs to a remote MySQL database, and App B will be able to read what App A has written/modified. App B needs to be always ...
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Is it bad to store data in JSON form or should I use mySQL? [closed]

I've been building an application and the whole thing is built around a simple data storage system. Create an array. Convert it into JSON. Add <?php die() at the beginning to prevent access. ...
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PHP mysql checking for relational equivalence

Suppose I have a users table and in that users table I have a role_id. In my roles table I have: users - id - role_id roles - id - name roles id | name 1 | admin 2 | normal Now ...
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Algorithm to maintain a blog sign up page

I have a functional sign up page for a blog that updates a database with a users name, email, profile picture and a short bio. The General information page and the profile picture upload/bio page are ...
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Java desktop app with mysql database

I'm currently in the process of learning Java and swing and in doing so am trying to create a desktop app. As part of this app I have set up a mysql database which the app is connected to, however ...
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How can I keep browser URL secret when editing data?

Suppose, There is a user list. <a href="user/5">Edit</a> <a href="user/6">Edit</a> When a system user clicked to edit a user info. Then it goes to url to browser like as ...
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Process string before or after insert into mysql

I have a device network where each device has different sensors (temperature, humidity, etc..). Each device uploads raw measured weather data every 10 seconds to a apache/php/mysql REST API. There are ...
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Is it safe to only use intval to sanitize user input for a database select?

Is it safe to only use intval to sanitize the user input for a database select, as in the following example? $id = intval($_GET['id']); $query = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE id='$id'";
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BCMath vs MySQL: performance

Scenario I am working on a web application that handles financial transactions, and my code will need to be reusable for everything from consumer carts to manufacturer/distributor shipments. The ...
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DB Schema design : single table with more columns vs multiple tables with fewer colomns

What would be better DB design for a social network website. A single table with more columns and less rows or multiple table with fewer columns but more rows. For example: User can post an update on ...
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Should migrations modify data?

Imagine you have a table that has 5 columns, and you need to split this into two tables, because in your iterative process, your application has increased in complexity. Should migrations change the ...
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Making a safe PHP login system [duplicate]

I am making a php website that requires user login. It has a remember me function. I would like to ask if the following approach is safe ? User logs in with correct username and pass (and remember ...
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NoSQL or MySQL? [closed]

I'm developing an app that requires to save data that is not consistent across all rows. These database entries represent different kind of sport activities. Let's take an example: In football the ...
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Multiple MySQL update calls per second, can some of them be “missed”?

I have simple question, I think its not that big of a deal, but I'd still like to ask it as its boggling my mind for past 2 days a lot. What if I have a poll where instead of inserting answers to ...
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Composite Primary Key drawbacks

For website that I maintain (eCommerce) I now need to make a table that seems to require Composite Primary Key of 5 columns. I never used 5 column as primary key before, only 2 and rarely 3. I ...
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Advice on paging tree structured data

I'm in the process of building web based a commenting system, for which the comments are rendered in a reddit / disqus style tree structure. The MySQL schema uses a string of ancestor id's, and the ...
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Auto-save user input - the smartest way?

I'm developing a social network website and I'm working with php/mysql/jquery and I want users to have the most user-friendly website experience. That's why I try to avoid a save (submit) button at ...
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Do common relational database systems work 'out of the box'? [closed]

I'm quite new to software development and whenever I come across small projects which involve storing (relational) data I always ask myself if something like a micro-blog (or any other project with ...
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Do I need a web-service for this case? Data-synchronization over multiple clients

I'm new in this area and a little bit confused about my current thoughts on a web-service implementation for my application. I want to synchronize all connected clients with the current data on a ...
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How to get real time notifications, when a database change (insert, update, delete) occurs?

I'm creating a dashboard which should monitor a database table. I have only database access (no application layer). The table is rather large (10 million rows), however not changing rapidly (100 ...
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Design interface for WebService to access several MySQL databases

I am currently trying to design an interface for a WebService that can access several MySQL databases. There will be 4 operations available, Add(), Read(), Update() and Delete(). The WebService just ...
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Social network notification system

Background I am working on an app for a client that includes some social networking features. I was originally developing the mobile front-end, but circumstances have left me in charge of developing ...
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Android, PHP session and JSON object retrieval

I am working on an app in android studio.. it currently has a login and registration system that are linked to a database and both work perfectly. I am now trying to carry over the user id value ...