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  • Ab Initio - Formatting a number in Left alignment

    - by Veera
    I have a requirement in Ab Initio to format a number in left alignment. I shouldn't be using String conversion (as Strings are left aligned by default), as it might cause compatibility problems in the other end. For example, if my Field has 7 bytes length, and I'm getting only two digits as my input, then these two digits should go into the first two bytes of my field (left aligned), instead of the last two bytes. So, is there any in-built function in Ab Initio, that can format a number as left aligned?

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  • django filebrowser extensions problem

    - by Borislav
    Hi, I've set django filebrowser's debug to True and wrote the extension restrictions in the model. pdf = FileBrowseField("PDF", max_length=200, directory="documents/", extensions=['.pdf', '.doc', '.txt'], format='Document', blank=True, null=True) In django admin it shows correctly with debug info. Directory documents/ Extensions ['.pdf', '.doc', '.txt'] Format Document But when I call the filebrowser, it allows all file extensions to be uploaded. How can I restrict filebrowser to upload only certain filetypes that I want? Thanks everyone

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  • Using JSON Data to Populate a Google Map with Database Objects

    - by MikeH
    I'm revising this question after reading the resources mentioned in the original answers and working through implementing it. I'm using the google maps api to integrate a map into my Rails site. I have a markets model with the following columns: ID, name, address, lat, lng. On my markets/index view, I want to populate a map with all the markets in my markets table. I'm trying to output @markets as json data, and that's where I'm running into problems. I have the basic map displaying, but right now it's just a blank map. I'm following the tutorials very closely, but I can't get the markers to generate dynamically from the json. Any help is much appreciated! Here's my setup: Markets Controller: def index @markets = Market.filter_city(params[:filter]) respond_to do |format| format.html # index.html.erb format.json { render :json => @market} format.xml { render :xml => @market } end end Markets/index view: <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=GOOGLE KEY REDACTED, BUT IT'S THERE" > </script> <script type="text/javascript"> var markets = <%= @markets.to_json %>; </script> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> google.load("maps", "2.x"); google.load("jquery", "1.3.2"); </script> </head> <body> <div id="map" style="width:400px; height:300px;"></div> </body> Public/javascripts/application.js: function initialize() { if (GBrowserIsCompatible() && typeof markets != 'undefined') { var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map")); map.setCenter(new GLatLng(40.7371, -73.9903), 13); map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl()); function createMarker(latlng, market) { var marker = new GMarker(latlng); var html="<strong>"+market.name+"</strong><br />"+market.address; GEvent.addListener(marker,"click", function() { map.openInfoWindowHtml(latlng, html); }); return marker; } var bounds = new GLatLngBounds; for (var i = 0; i < markets.length; i++) { var latlng=new GLatLng(markets[i].lat,markets[i].lng) bounds.extend(latlng); map.addOverlay(createMarker(latlng, markets[i])); } } } window.onload=initialize; window.onunload=GUnload;

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  • javscript delay output

    - by tazim
    I have written some code to display server's current date and time on browser every time user clicks the button . I have done this using ajax in django with the help of jquery. Now my, problem is I have to continously display the date and time once the button is clicked . Some Sample code or utilities allowing such kind of delay will be helpful . Thanks in advance The template is : $(document).ready(function() { $("button").click(function() { $.ajax({ type: "POST", url :"/showdate/", datatype: "json ", success : function(data){ var s = data.currentdate; var sd = s $(sd).appendTo("div"); } }); }); }); <button type="button">Click Me</button> <div id="someid"></div> The view function is : def showdate(request): now = datetime.datetime.now() string_now = str(now) return_dict = {'currentdate':string_now} json = simplejson.dumps(return_dict) return HttpResponse(json,mimetype="application/json")

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  • Requires a valid Date or x-amz-date header?

    - by Jordan Messina
    I'm getting the following error when attempting to upload a file to S3: S3StorageError: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Error><Code>AccessDenied</Code><Message>AWS authentication requires a valid Date or x-amz-date header</Message><RequestId>7910FF83F3FE17E2</RequestId><HostId>EjycXTgSwUkx19YNkpAoY2UDDur/0d5SMvGJUicpN6qCZFa2OuqcpibIR3NJ2WKB</HostId></Error> I'm using Django with Django-Storages and Imagekit My S3 settings in my settings.py looks as follows: locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, 'en_US') DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'backends.s3.S3Storage' AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = '************************' AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = '*****************************' AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = 'static.blabla.com' AWS_HEADERS = { 'x-amz-date': datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT'), 'Expires': 'Thu, 15 Apr 2200 20:00:00 GMT', } from S3 import CallingFormat AWS_CALLING_FORMAT = CallingFormat.SUBDOMAIN Thanks for any help you can give!

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  • Should I throw my own ArgumentOutOfRangeException or let one bubble up from below?

    - by Neil N
    I have a class that wraps List< I have GetValue by index method: public RenderedImageInfo GetValue(int index) { list[index].LastRetrieved = DateTime.Now; return list[index]; } If the user requests an index that is out of range, this will throw an ArgumentOutOfRangeException . Should I just let this happen or check for it and throw my own? i.e. public RenderedImageInfo GetValue(int index) { if (index >= list.Count) { throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("index"); } list[index].LastRetrieved = DateTime.Now; return list[index]; } In the first scenario, the user would have an exception from the internal list, which breaks mt OOP goal of the user not needing to know about the underlying objects. But in the second scenario, I feel as though I am adding redundant code. Edit: And now that I think of it, what about a 3rd scenario, where I catch the internal exception, modify it, and rethrow it?

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  • INNER JOIN code calculated value with SELECT statement

    - by sp-1986
    I have the following stored procedure which will generate mon to sun and then creates a temp table with a series of 'weeks' (start and end weeks) : USE [test_staff] GO /****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[sp_timesheets_all_staff_by_week_by_job_grouping_by_site] Script Date: 03/21/2012 09:04:49 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_timesheets_all_staff_by_week_by_job_grouping_by_site] ( @grouping_ref int, @week_ref int ) AS CREATE TABLE #WeeklyList ( Start_Week date, End_Week date, week_ref int --month_name date ) DECLARE @REPORT_DATE DATETIME, @WEEK_BEGINING VARCHAR(10) SELECT @REPORT_DATE = '2011-01-19T00:00:00' --SELECT @REPORT_DATE = GETDATE() -- should grab the date now. SELECT @WEEK_BEGINING = 'MONDAY' IF @WEEK_BEGINING = 'MONDAY' SET DATEFIRST 1 ELSE IF @WEEK_BEGINING = 'TUESDAY' SET DATEFIRST 2 ELSE IF @WEEK_BEGINING = 'WEDNESDAY' SET DATEFIRST 3 ELSE IF @WEEK_BEGINING = 'THURSDAY' SET DATEFIRST 4 ELSE IF @WEEK_BEGINING = 'FRIDAY' SET DATEFIRST 5 ELSE IF @WEEK_BEGINING = 'SATURDAY' SET DATEFIRST 6 ELSE IF @WEEK_BEGINING = 'SUNDAY' SET DATEFIRST 7 DECLARE @WEEK_START_DATE DATETIME, @WEEK_END_DATE DATETIME --GET THE WEEK START DATE SELECT @WEEK_START_DATE = @REPORT_DATE - (DATEPART(DW, @REPORT_DATE) - 1) --GET THE WEEK END DATE SELECT @WEEK_END_DATE = @REPORT_DATE + (7 - DATEPART(DW, @REPORT_DATE)) PRINT 'Week Start: ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, @WEEK_START_DATE) PRINT 'Week End: ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR, @WEEK_END_DATE) DECLARE @Interval int = datediff(WEEK,getdate(),@WEEK_START_DATE)+1 --SELECT Start_Week=@WEEK_START_DATE --, End_Week=@WEEK_END_DATE --INTO #WeekList INSERT INTO #WeeklyList SELECT Start_Week=@WEEK_START_DATE, End_Week=@WEEK_END_DATE WHILE @Interval <= 0 BEGIN set @WEEK_START_DATE=DATEADD(WEEK,1,@WEEK_START_DATE) set @WEEK_END_DATE=DATEADD(WEEK,1,@WEEK_END_DATE) INSERT INTO #WeeklyList values (@WEEK_START_DATE,@WEEK_END_DATE) SET @Interval += 1; END SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(11), Start_Week, 106) AS 'month_name', CONVERT(VARCHAR(11), End_Week, 106) AS 'End', DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, Start_Week) / 7 AS week_ref -- create the unique week reference number --'VIEW' AS month_name FROM #WeeklyList In this section i am creating the week_ref DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, Start_Week) / 7 AS week_ref -- create the unique week reference number I then need to combine it with this select code: DECLARE @YearString char(3) = CONVERT(char(3), SUBSTRING(CONVERT(char(5), @week_ref), 1, 3)) DECLARE @MonthString char(2) = CONVERT(char(2), SUBSTRING(CONVERT(char(5), @week_ref), 4, 2)) --Convert: DECLARE @Year int = CONVERT(int, @YearString) + 1200 DECLARE @Month int = CONVERT(int, @MonthString) **--THIS FILTERS THE REPORT** SELECT ts.staff_member_ref, sm.common_name, sm.department_name, DATENAME(MONTH, ts.start_dtm) + ' ' + DATENAME(YEAR, ts.start_dtm) AS month_name, ts.timesheet_cat_ref, cat.desc_long AS timesheet_cat_desc, grps.grouping_ref, grps.description AS grouping_desc, ts.task_ref, tsks.task_code, tsks.description AS task_desc, ts.site_ref, sits.description AS site_desc, ts.site_ref AS Expr1, CASE WHEN ts .status = 0 THEN 'Pending' WHEN ts .status = 1 THEN 'Booked' WHEN ts .status = 2 THEN 'Approved' ELSE 'Invalid Status' END AS site_status, ts.booked_time AS booked_time_sum, start_dtm, CONVERT(varchar(20), start_dtm, 108) + ' ' + CONVERT(varchar(20), start_dtm, 103) AS start_dtm_text, booked_time, end_dtm, CONVERT(varchar(20), end_dtm, 108) + ' ' + CONVERT(varchar(20), end_dtm, 103) AS end_dtm_text FROM timesheets AS ts INNER JOIN timesheet_categories AS cat ON ts.timesheet_cat_ref = cat.timesheet_cat_ref INNER JOIN timesheet_tasks AS tsks ON ts.task_ref = tsks.task_ref INNER JOIN timesheet_task_groupings AS grps ON tsks.grouping_ref = grps.grouping_ref INNER JOIN timesheet_sites AS sits ON ts.site_ref = sits.site_ref INNER JOIN vw_staff_members AS sm ON ts.staff_member_ref = sm.staff_member_ref WHERE (ts.status IN (1, 2)) AND (cat.is_leave_category = 0) GROUP BY ts.staff_member_ref, sm.common_name, sm.department_name, DATENAME(MONTH, ts.start_dtm), DATENAME(YEAR, ts.start_dtm), ts.timesheet_cat_ref, cat.desc_long, grps.grouping_ref, grps.description, ts.status, ts.booked_time, ts.task_ref, tsks.task_code, tsks.description, ts.site_ref, sits.description, ts.start_dtm, ts.end_dtm ORDER BY sm.common_name, timesheet_cat_desc, tsks.task_code, site_desc DROP TABLE #WeeklyList GO I want to pass the week_ref into the SELECT statement (refer to comment - THIS FILTERS THE REPORT) but the problem is week_ref isnt a valid column as its derived by code. Any ideas?

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  • How should I rewrite my code to make it amenable to unittesting?

    - by justin
    I've been trying to get started with unit-testing while working on a little cli program. My program basically parses the command line arguments and options, and decides which function to call. Each of the functions performs some operation on a database. So, for instance, I might have a create function: def create(self, opts, args): #I've left out the error handling. strtime = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%D %H:%M") vals = (strtime, opts.message, opts.keywords, False) self.execute("insert into mytable values (?, ?, ?, ?)", vals) self.commit() Should my test case call this function, then execute the select sql to check that the row was entered? That sounds reasonable, but also makes the tests more difficult to maintain. Would you rewrite the function to return something and check for the return value? Thanks

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  • How to specify an association relation using declarative base

    - by sam
    I have been trying to create an association relation between two tables, intake and module . Each intake has a one-to-many relationship with the modules. However there is a coursework assigned to each module, and each coursework has a duedate which is unique to each intake. I tried this but it didnt work: intake_modules_table = Table('tg_intakemodules',metadata, Column('intake_id',Integer,ForeignKey('tg_intake.intake_id', onupdate="CASCADE",ondelete="CASCADE")), Column('module_id',Integer,ForeignKey('tg_module.module_id', onupdate ="CASCADE",ondelete="CASCADE")), Column('dueddate', Unicode(16)) ) class Intake(DeclarativeBase): __tablename__ = 'tg_intake' #{ Columns intake_id = Column(Integer, autoincrement=True, primary_key=True) code = Column(Unicode(16)) commencement = Column(DateTime) completion = Column(DateTime) #{ Special methods def __repr__(self): return '"%s"' %self.code def __unicode__(self): return self.code #} class Module(DeclarativeBase): __tablename__ ='tg_module' #{ Columns module_id = Column(Integer, autoincrement=True, primary_key=True) code = Column(Unicode(16)) title = Column(Unicode(30)) #{ relations intakes = relation('Intake', secondary=intake_modules_table, backref='modules') #{ Special methods def __repr__(self): return '"%s"'%self.title def __unicode__(self): return '"%s"'%self.title #} When I do this the column duedate specified in the intake_module_table is not created. Please some help will be appreciated here. thanks in advance

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  • Remove a tag type from the view (involves alphabetical pagination)

    - by user284194
    I have an index view that lists all of the tags for my Entry and Message models. I would like to only show the tags for Entries in this view. I'm using acts-as-taggable-on. Tags Controller: def index @letter = params[:letter].blank? ? 'a' : params[:letter] @tagged_entries = Tagging.find_all_by_taggable_type('Entry').map(&:taggable) @title = "Tags" if params[:letter] == '#' @data = Tag.find(@tagged_entries, :conditions => ["name REGEXP ?", "^[^a-z]"], :order => 'name', :select => "id, name") else @data = Tag.find(@tagged_entries, :conditions => ["name LIKE ?", "#{params[:letter]}%"], :order => 'name', :select => "id, name") end respond_to do |format| flash[:notice] = 'We are currently in Beta. You may experience errors.' format.html end end tags#index: <% @data.each do |t| %> <div class="tag"><%= link_to t.name.titleize, tag_path(t) %></div> <% end %> I want to show only the taggable type 'Entry' in the view. Any ideas? Thank you for reading my question. SECOND EDIT: Tags Controller: def index @title = "Tags" @letter = params[:letter].blank? ? 'a' : params[:letter] @taggings = Tagging.find_all_by_taggable_type('Entry', :include => [:tag, :taggable]) @tags = @taggings.map(&:tag).sort_by(&:name).uniq @tagged_entries = @taggings.map(&:taggable)#.sort_by(&:id)#or whatever if params[:letter] == '#' @data = Tag.find(@tags, :conditions => ["name REGEXP ?", "^[^a-z]"], :order => 'name', :select => "id, name") else @data = Tag.find(@tags, :conditions => ["name LIKE ?", "#{params[:letter]}%"], :order => 'name', :select => "id, name") end respond_to do |format| format.html end end tags#index: <% @data.each do |t| %> <div class="tag"><%= link_to t.name.titleize, tag_path(t) %></div> <% end %> Max Williams' code works except when I click on my alphabetical pagination links. The error I'm getting [after I clicked on the G link of the alphabetical pagination] reads: Couldn't find all Tags with IDs (77,130,115,...) AND (name LIKE 'G%') (found 9 results, but was looking for 129) Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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  • LINQ: Dot Notation vs Query Expression

    - by Martín Marconcini
    I am beginning to use LINQ in general (so far toXML and toSQL). I've seen that sometimes there are two or more ways to achieve the same results. Take this simple example, as far as I understand both return exactly the same thing: SomeDataContext dc = new SomeDataContext(); var queue = from q in dc.SomeTable where q.SomeDate <= DateTime.Now && q.Locked != true orderby (q.Priority, q.TimeCreated) select q; var queue2 = dc.SomeTable .Where( q => q.SomeDate <= DateTime.Now && q.Locked != true ) .OrderBy(q => q.Priority) .ThenBy(q => q.TimeCreated); Besides any mistake I may have made in the syntax or a missing parameter or difference, the idea is that there are two ways to express the same thing; I understand that the first method has some limitations and that the "dot notation" is more complete, but besides that, are there any other advantages?

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  • dos batch assign returned values from a command into a variable (from powershell)

    - by nokheat
    i am refering to this question ASSIGN win XP dos commandline output to variable http://stackoverflow.com/questions/537404/assign-win-xp-dos-commandline-output-to-variable i am trying to use it on a powershell code segment so i typed powershell date (get-date).AddDays(-1) -format yyyyMMdd and confirm it returns like 20100601 but then if i tried to for /f "tokens=*" %a in ('powershell date get-date -format yyyyMMdd ') do set var=%a then it failed to work as expected. how can i transfer the date to a variable?

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  • In Google App Engine, what is the simplest way to keep a record of items that you have put into memc

    - by Chris Boesch
    I am starting to use memcache more frequently to avoid having to recalculate things between page requests. When the memcache periodically clears, as it is designed to do, I have to start all over rebuilding various items that I have placed in memcache. What I would like to do is create a very simple model that enables me to periodically save the items that I put into memcache based on the memcache keys that I'm using along with a datetime that is related to the data being memcached. What is the best way to do this? I'm looking for something like this: class MemcacheRecord(db.Model): key = db.StringProperty(required=True) value = #Something that can store whatever memcache can validThru = db.DateTimeProperty(required=True) def set(self, key, value, validThru): #Save a new memcache record newMemcacheRecord = MemcacheRecord(key=key, value=value, validThru=validThru) .. return True # or False def get_latest(self, key): #Get the memcache record with the most recent validThru datetime latestMemcacheRecord = MemcacheRecord.all().order('-validThru').get() return {'validThru':latestMemcacheRecord.validThru, 'value':latestMemcachRecord.value}

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  • How can I simply change the Timezone Offset with Zend_Date?

    - by Nicky Hajal
    I'm using Zend_Date to manage dates/times in a scheduling app. The only way I'm able to determine the user's Timezone is via Javascript which only gives a Timezone Offset. Zend_Date only seems to take Timezones in the 'America/New_York' format. Is there a way to get the users timezone in this format or set the Timezone Offset with Zend_Date? Thanks!

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  • arbitrary typed data in django model

    - by Dmitry Shevchenko
    I have a model, say, Item. I want to store arbitrary amount of attributes on it, like title, description, release_date. And i want them to be not just strings but have python type, so string, boolean, datetime etc. What are my options here? EAV pattern with separate name-value table won't work because of the same DB type across all values. JSONField can probably help, but it doesn't know about datetime, for example. Also i was looking at PickeField, it fits perfectly, but i'm a bit concerned about performance.

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  • What is the proper way to create a recursive entity in the Entity Framework?

    - by Orion Adrian
    I'm currently using VS 2010 RC, and I'm trying to create a model that contains a recursive self-referencing entity. Currently when I import the entity from the model I get an error indicating that the parent property cannot be part of the association because it's set to 'Computed' or 'Identity', though I'm not sure why it does it that way. I've been hand-editing the file to get around that error, but then the model simply doesn't work. What is the proper way to get recursive entities to work in the Entity Framework. CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Appointments]( [AppointmentId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [Description] [nvarchar](1024) NULL, [Start] [datetime] NOT NULL, [End] [datetime] NOT NULL, [Username] [varchar](50) NOT NULL, [RecurrenceRule] [nvarchar](1024) NULL, [RecurrenceState] [varchar](20) NULL, [RecurrenceParentId] [int] NULL, [Annotations] [nvarchar](50) NULL, [Application] [nvarchar](100) NOT NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_Appointments] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [AppointmentId] ASC ) ) GO ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Appointments] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_Appointments_ParentAppointments] FOREIGN KEY([RecurrenceParentId]) REFERENCES [dbo].[Appointments] ([AppointmentId]) GO ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Appointments] CHECK CONSTRAINT [FK_Appointments_ParentAppointments] GO

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  • Advantage of creating a generic repository vs. specific repository for each object?

    - by LuckyLindy
    We are developing an ASP.NET MVC application, and are now building the repository/service classes. I'm wondering if there are any major advantages to creating a generic IRepository interface that all repositories implement, vs. each Repository having its own unique interface and set of methods. For example: a generic IRepository interface might look like (taken from this answer): public interface IRepository : IDisposable { T[] GetAll<T>(); T[] GetAll<T>(Expression<Func<T, bool>> filter); T GetSingle<T>(Expression<Func<T, bool>> filter); T GetSingle<T>(Expression<Func<T, bool>> filter, List<Expression<Func<T, object>>> subSelectors); void Delete<T>(T entity); void Add<T>(T entity); int SaveChanges(); DbTransaction BeginTransaction(); } Each Repository would implement this interface (e.g. CustomerRepository:IRepository, ProductRepository:IRepository, etc). The alternate that we've followed in prior projects would be: public interface IInvoiceRepository : IDisposable { EntityCollection<InvoiceEntity> GetAllInvoices(int accountId); EntityCollection<InvoiceEntity> GetAllInvoices(DateTime theDate); InvoiceEntity GetSingleInvoice(int id, bool doFetchRelated); InvoiceEntity GetSingleInvoice(DateTime invoiceDate, int accountId); //unique InvoiceEntity CreateInvoice(); InvoiceLineEntity CreateInvoiceLine(); void SaveChanges(InvoiceEntity); //handles inserts or updates void DeleteInvoice(InvoiceEntity); void DeleteInvoiceLine(InvoiceLineEntity); } In the second case, the expressions (LINQ or otherwise) would be entirely contained in the Repository implementation, whoever is implementing the service just needs to know which repository function to call. I guess I don't see the advantage of writing all the expression syntax in the service class and passing to the repository. Wouldn't this mean easy-to-messup LINQ code is being duplicated in many cases? For example, in our old invoicing system, we call InvoiceRepository.GetSingleInvoice(DateTime invoiceDate, int accountId) from a few different services (Customer, Invoice, Account, etc). That seems much cleaner than writing the following in multiple places: rep.GetSingle(x => x.AccountId = someId && x.InvoiceDate = someDate.Date); The only disadvantage I see to using the specific approach is that we could end up with many permutations of Get* functions, but this still seems preferable to pushing the expression logic up into the Service classes. What am I missing?

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  • How do I convert a System.Type to its nullable version?

    - by AlexDuggleby
    Once again one of those: "Is there an easier built-in way of doing things instead of my helper method?" So it's easy to get the underlying type from a nullable type, but how do I get the nullable version of a .NET type? So I have typeof(int) typeof(DateTime) System.Type t = something; and I want int? DateTime? or Nullable<int> (which is the same) if t is primitive then Nullable<T> else just T Any suggestions? (Is there something built in.) Thanks in advance.

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  • code formatter for grails and Groovy?

    - by Jared
    I'm currently using a basic text editor to write my grails code. Does anyone know of a program that will automatically format code with indentation similar to indent does for C? I'd rather use a commandline program to do this but can use an IDE to format my code if that's the only option.

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  • Reliable and fast way to convert a zillion ODT files in PDF?

    - by Marco Mariani
    I need to pre-produce a million or two PDF files from a simple template (a few pages and tables) with embedded fonts. Usually, I would stay low level in a case like this, and compose everything with a library like ReportLab, but I joined late in the project. Currently, I have a template.odt and use markers in the content.xml files to fill with data from a DB. I can smoothly create the ODT files, they always look rigth. For the ODT to PDF conversion, I'm using openoffice in server mode (and PyODConverter w/ named pipe), but it's not very reliable: in a batch of documents, there is eventually a point after which all the processed files are converted into garbage (wrong fonts and letters sprawled all over the page). Problem is not predictably reproducible (does not depend on the data), happens in OOo 2.3 and 3.2, in Ubuntu, XP, Server 2003 and Windows 7. My Heisenbug detector is ticking. I tried to reduce the size of batches and restarting OOo after each one; still, a small percentage of the documents are messed up. Of course I'll write about this on the Ooo mailing lists, but in the meanwhile, I have a delivery and lost too much time already. Where do I go? Completely avoid the ODT format and go for another template system. Suggestions? Anything that takes a few seconds to run is way too slow. OOo takes around a second and it sums to 15 days of processing time. I had to write a program for clustering the jobs over several clients. Keep the format but go for another tool/program for the conversion. Which one? There are many apps in the shareware or commercial repositories for windows, but trying each one is a daunting task. Some are too slow, some cannot be run in batch without buying it first, some cannot work from command line, etc. Open source tools tend not to reinvent the wheel and often depend on openoffice. Converting to an intermediate .DOC format could help to avoid the OOo bug, but it would double the processing time and complicate a task that is already too hairy. Try to produce the PDFs twice and compare them, discarding the whole batch if there's something wrong. Although the documents look equal, I know of no way to compare the binary content. Restart OOo after processing each document. it would take a lot more time to produce them it would lower the percentage of the wrong files, and make it very hard to identify them. Go for ReportLab and recreate the pages programmatically. This is the approach I'm going to try in a few minutes. Learn to properly format bulleted lists Thanks a lot.

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  • how to write mpeg4 file in vc++ directshow

    - by Sathis
    hai.. Am writing application for capture video from camera in vc++ using directshow and write that file in WMV format.and how to write MPEG4 file format.can i install any sdk for mpeg4.can you provide details about mpeg file writing in vc++ kindly help me thanks

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  • Finding the nth number of primes

    - by Braxton Smith
    I can not figure out why this won't work. Please help me from math import sqrt pN = 0 numPrimes = 0 num = 1 def checkPrime(x): '''Check\'s whether a number is a prime or not''' prime = True if(x==2): prime = True elif(x%2==0): prime=False else: root=int(sqrt(x)) for i in range(3,root,2): if(x%i==0): prime=False break return prime n = int(input("Find n number of primes. N being:")) while( numPrimes != n ): if( checkPrime( num ) == True ): numPrimes += 1 pN = num print("{0}: {1}".format(numPrimes,pN)) num += 1 print("Prime {0} is: {1}".format(n,pN))

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