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How to implement one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many relationships while designing tables?

Can anyone explain how to implement one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many relationships while designing tables with some examples?

Custom CSS Scrollbar for Firefox

I want to customize a scrollbar with CSS. I use this WebKit CSS code, which works well for Safari and Chrome: ``` ::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 15px; height: 15px; } ::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piec...

18 Nov at 06:27

How can I change the thickness of my <hr> tag

I want to change the thickness of my horizontal rule (`<hr>`)in CSS. I know it can be done in HTML like so - ``` <hr size="10"> ``` But I hear that this is [deprecated](https://www.w3.org/TR/html4...

15 Jul at 06:18

Total memory used by Python process?

Is there a way for a Python program to determine how much memory it's currently using? I've seen discussions about memory usage for a single object, but what I need is total memory usage for the proce...

28 Aug at 15:16

Use of Finalize/Dispose method in C#

C# 2008 I have been working on this for a while now, and I am still confused about the use of finalize and dispose methods in code. My questions are below: 1. I know that we only need a finalizer w...

25 Nov at 14:42

Is "else if" faster than "switch() case"?

I'm an ex Pascal guy, currently learning C#. My question is the following: Is the code below faster than making a switch? ``` int a = 5; if (a == 1) { .... } else if(a == 2) { .... } else i...

Why is super.super.method(); not allowed in Java?

I read [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/580984/how-do-you-get-the-object-reference-of-an-object-in-java-when-tostring-and-hash) and thought that would easily be solved (not that it ...

23 May at 12:10

Casting vs using the 'as' keyword in the CLR

When programming interfaces, I've found I'm doing a lot of casting or object type conversion. Is there a difference between these two methods of conversion? If so, is there a cost difference or how ...

21 Sep at 18:6

Test if object implements interface

What is the simplest way of testing if an object implements a given interface in C#? (Answer to this question [in Java](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/766106/test-if-object-implements-interface)...

23 May at 12:3

Why can't I have "public static const string S = "stuff"; in my Class?

When trying to compile my class I get an error: > The constant `'NamespaceName.ClassName.CONST_NAME'` cannot be marked static. at the line: ``` public static const string CONST_NAME = "blah"; ```...

30 Oct at 08:35

What is the lifetime of a static variable in a C++ function?

If a variable is declared as `static` in a function's scope it is only initialized once and retains its value between function calls. What exactly is its lifetime? When do its constructor and destruct...

21 Oct at 08:5

When do I use the PHP constant "PHP_EOL"?

When is it a good idea to use [PHP_EOL](http://us3.php.net/manual/en/reserved.constants.php)? I sometimes see this in code samples of PHP. Does this handle DOS/Mac/Unix endline issues?

18 Oct at 11:11

time.sleep -- sleeps thread or process?

In Python for *nix, does `time.sleep()` block the thread or the process?

Storing Images in DB - Yea or Nay?

So I'm using an app that stores images heavily in the DB. What's your outlook on this? I'm more of a type to store the location in the filesystem, than store it directly in the DB. What do you think ...

28 Nov at 05:41

How to determine if .NET Core is installed

I know that for older versions of .NET, you can determine if a given version is installed by following ``` https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/318785 ``` Is there an official method of determin...

31 Jan at 13:24

Visual Studio "Could not copy" .... during build

I keep getting this error during the build of my VS2012 C# project ``` Error 41 Could not copy "obj\Debug\WeinGartner.WeinCad.exe" to "bin\Debug\WeinGartner.WeinCad.exe". Exceeded retry count o...

1 Jul at 19:17

pandas: filter rows of DataFrame with operator chaining

Most operations in `pandas` can be accomplished with operator chaining (`groupby`, `aggregate`, `apply`, etc), but the only way I've found to filter rows is via normal bracket indexing ``` df_filtere...

22 Jan at 03:44

How do I get the last four characters from a string in C#?

Suppose I have a string: ``` "34234234d124" ``` I want to get the last four characters of this string which is `"d124"`. I can use `SubString`, but it needs a couple of lines of code, including nam...

26 May at 16:22

Printing all global variables/local variables?

How can I print all global variables/local variables? Is that possible in gdb?

31 Jul at 00:44

Convert boolean to int in Java

What is the most accepted way to convert a `boolean` to an `int` in Java?

20 Mar at 04:2

I want my android application to be only run in portrait mode?

I want my android application to be only run in portrait mode? How can I do that?

27 Nov at 17:20

What is the difference between the HashMap and Map objects in Java?

What is the difference between the following maps I create (in another question, people answered using them seemingly interchangeably and I'm wondering if/how they are different): ``` HashMap<String,...

5 Jan at 09:50

How to get the file name from a full path using JavaScript?

Is there a way that I can get the last value (based on the '\' symbol) from a full path? Example: `C:\Documents and Settings\img\recycled log.jpg` With this case, I just want to get `recycled log.j...

25 Jan at 15:34

What can I use for good quality code coverage for C#/.NET?

I wonder what options there are for .NET (or C# specifically) code coverage, especially in the lower priced segment? I am not looking for recommendations, but for a comparison of products based on fa...

30 Apr at 03:16

Best database field type for a URL

I need to store a url in a MySQL table. What's the best practice for defining a field that will hold a URL with an undetermined length?

29 Jun at 16:21