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Entity Framework VS LINQ to SQL VS ADO.NET with stored procedures?

How would you rate each of them in terms of: 1. Performance 2. Speed of development 3. Neat, intuitive, maintainable code 4. Flexibility 5. Overall I like my SQL and so have always been a die-har...

How do I read and parse an XML file in C#?

How do I read and parse an XML file in C#?

19 Mar at 23:3

Rails: How can I set default values in ActiveRecord?

How can I set default value in ActiveRecord? I see a post from Pratik that describes an ugly, complicated chunk of code: [http://m.onkey.org/2007/7/24/how-to-set-default-values-in-your-model](http://...

23 Jun at 15:4

How do I print the full value of a long string in gdb?

I want to print the full length of a C-string in GDB. By default it's being abbreviated, how do I force GDB to print the whole string?

6 Oct at 21:11

Is there a constraint that restricts my generic method to numeric types?

Can anyone tell me if there is a way with generics to limit a generic type argument `T` to only: - `Int16`- `Int32`- `Int64`- `UInt16`- `UInt32`- `UInt64` I'm aware of the `where` keyword, but can't...

16 Dec at 09:40

Typescript: Type 'string | undefined' is not assignable to type 'string'

When I make any property of an interface optional, and while assigning its member to some other variable like this: ``` interface Person { name?: string, age?: string, gender?: string, occupat...

9 May at 12:24

Mac OS X and multiple Java versions

How can I install an additional java on MacOS? I installed jdk8 and that works fine. But now I need a jdk7 installation for development purposes. When trying to install the old version via DMG file, ...

What is the best way to test for an empty string in Go?

Which method is best (most idomatic) for testing non-empty strings (in Go)? ``` if len(mystring) > 0 { } ``` Or: ``` if mystring != "" { } ``` Or something else?

4 Feb at 20:9

Git error: "Host Key Verification Failed" when connecting to remote repository

I am trying to connect to a remote Git repository that resides on my web server and clone it to my machine. I am using the following format for my command: ``` git clone ssh://username@domain.example/...

20 Jun at 10:29

How is Math.Pow() implemented in .NET Framework?

I was looking for an efficient approach for calculating a (say `a = 2` and `b = 50`). To start things up, I decided to take a look at the implementation of `Math.Pow()` function. But in [.NET Reflecto...

8 May at 03:7

Can constructors be async?

I have a project where I'm trying to populate some data in a constructor: ``` public class ViewModel { public ObservableCollection<TData> Data { get; set; } async public ViewModel() { ...

14 Mar at 19:29

How to set custom validation messages for HTML forms?

I've got the following HTML form: [http://jsfiddle.net/nfgfP/](http://jsfiddle.net/nfgfP/) ``` <form id="form" onsubmit="return(login())"> <input name="username" placeholder="Username" required /> <in...

Get the key corresponding to the minimum value within a dictionary

If I have a Python dictionary, how do I get the key to the entry which contains the minimum value? I was thinking about something to do with the `min()` function... Given the input: ``` {320:1, 321...

22 Apr at 14:21

How to delete a cookie?

Is my function of creating a cookie correct? How do I delete the cookie at the beginning of my program? is there a simple coding? ``` function createCookie(name,value,days) ``` ``` function setCo...

6 Jul at 02:25

How do I run all Python unit tests in a directory?

I have a directory that contains my Python unit tests. Each unit test module is of the form . I am attempting to make a file called that will, you guessed it, run all files in the aforementioned test...

How to set a value to a file input in HTML?

How can I set the value of this? ``` <input type="file" /> ```

18 Jun at 04:21

Passing a single item as IEnumerable<T>

Is there a common way to pass a single item of type `T` to a method which expects an `IEnumerable<T>` parameter? Language is C#, framework version 2.0. Currently I am using a helper method (it's .Ne...

11 Sep at 07:6

Simplest/cleanest way to implement a singleton in JavaScript

What is the simplest/cleanest way to implement the [singleton pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern) in JavaScript?

Get lengths of a list in a jinja2 template

How do I get the number of elements in a list in jinja2 template? For example, in Python: ``` print(template.render(products=[???])) ``` and in jinja2 ``` <span>You have {{what goes here?}} produ...

22 Aug at 14:28

Stripping everything but alphanumeric chars from a string in Python

What is the best way to strip all non alphanumeric characters from a string, using Python? The solutions presented in the [PHP variant of this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/840948) wi...

15 Jan at 05:1

Replace tabs with spaces in vim

I would like to convert tab to spaces in gVim. I added the following line to my `_vimrc`: ``` set tabstop=2 ``` It works to stop at two spaces but it still looks like one tab key is inserted (I tri...

23 May at 02:29

Multiple Updates in MySQL

I know that you can insert multiple rows at once, is there a way to update multiple rows at once (as in, in one query) in MySQL? Edit: For example I have the following ``` Name id Col1 Col2 Row1...

25 Jun at 20:3

Method List in Visual Studio Code

I've recently started using the Visual Studio Code editor. I'm really loving it, but there's one critical feature (for me) that I haven't been able to find. Is there a method list, similar to the Na...

8 Jan at 13:29

How can I scroll up more (increase the scroll buffer) in iTerm2?

How can I scroll up more on iterm2 to get full output? At times, for example if I am doing unit tests, the errors are so large than I need to keep scrolling up to which I cannot scroll up anymore but ...

16 Jun at 21:18

How to Copy Text to Clip Board in Android?

Can anybody please tell me how to copy the text present in a particular textview to clipboard when a button is pressed? ``` @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onC...