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Q&A Would a MySQL database run more efficiently with smaller varchar lengths?

The manual writes: In contrast to CHAR, VARCHAR values are stored as a 1-byte or 2-byte length prefix plus data. The length prefix indicates the number of bytes in the value. A column uses one len...

posted 5y ago by meriton‭  ·  edited 5y ago by meriton‭

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Meta Site scope - draft proposal [duplicate]

EDIT: This discussion thread is mostly obsolete now that a new draft has been posted on the site. Please take further discussion & proposals to this meta post instead: Community feedback: What ...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Lundin‭  ·  closed as duplicate 4y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A List what file(s) an identifier was declared in?

I haven't used Doxygen that much, but after checking the documentation and looking around online, it looks like the reason this might be happening is because the SHOW_USED_FILES setting which (if I...

posted 4y ago by summea‭  ·  edited 4y ago by summea‭

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Q&A How to pivot text?

Perhaps (if a process of several relatively familiar steps is easy to remember) but additional formulae may be appropriate, a little extension to the source data required and some formatting. Howev...

posted 4y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A How to temporarily disable a MySQL user?

I think the closest thing to what the post body is suggesting is offline mode: Connected client users who do not have the SUPER privilege are disconnected on the next request, with an appropriate...

posted 5y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 5y ago by Alexei‭

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Meta Strategy to migrate meaningful content from Stack Overflow

Please note that migrate in this context means grabbing the exact post as-is from a SE site and importing it here. This is allowed, with attribution given, as per licensing model. Codidact staff c...

posted 5y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 5y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A What is the difference between a hook and a code injection?

I would define a hook as: A piece of code which changes the response to a certain event, without changing the original code that caused the event How is that different than "code injection", if a...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 4y ago by BobJarvis‭

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Q&A Having trouble adding include directories

Ah. There's a good reason the compiler says it can't find the file: it's not there. In my particular case, BeepBoop.hpp actually gets automatically generated from other files by the ordinary build ...

posted 4y ago by Hyperlynx‭

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Q&A How do I choose the correct Perl module from these variations?

When looking for Perl modules to handle JSON strings and/or documents, I found JSON::PP and JSON::XS. The documentation of JSON::PP says it is compatible with JSON::XS. What do these suffixes me...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by ghost-in-the-zsh‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by ivan‭

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Meta Do we really need the [tools] tag?

No, it's not helpful, it's far too broad and doesn't make sense to use in combination with any other tag either. It can't be used for searching or categorizing questions either.

posted 4y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A How to do "out-of-source" build properly with cmake?

Whenever I've worked with CMake-based projects, the structure has been something like this: project src <-------- typically this is a source control working directory CMakeLists.txt ...

posted 4y ago by Hyperlynx‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Hyperlynx‭

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Meta How can we grow this community?

S.E.O. - Stack Overflow has fantastic SEO, and this is a self-feeding cycle. Currently codidact isn't adding json-ld or oembed information so that these posts won't show up neatly in search engin...

posted 1y ago by rook‭

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Q&A How does a client verify a server's SSL certificate? What are the specific steps?

I have little to no idea what happens after a client obtains the server's certificate. It has to make sure that it (somehow) valid, but how?

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 1y ago by toraritte‭

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Q&A Building a language model completely from scratch

This is not feasible as described. To learn LLMs, you can look at models like 3B WizardLM. These are open source and should be possible to just train and run as is. The build may be very complex, ...

posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Why can parentheses cause exceptions in Python when using for loops?

Using parentheses in Javascript is always needed when you want to create functions, if/else statements and for/while loops. But in Python it has a function that is called tuples. When using an if s...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Bennshinpoes‭  ·  edited 2y ago by trichoplax‭

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Meta Should asking about book recommendations directly connected to software development be on-topic?

Disclaimer: I am new here, I have not understood the overall policy of the site (yet), I can offer no moderator perspective, more a user and regular (unpaid) documentation contributor perspective. ...

posted 2y ago by sypets‭

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Q&A C naming convention, module trigrams?

Personally, I don't like the first form (initCanDriver) at all. The routine name is supposed to present some information as to where/how the routine fits into the larger software world. Informati...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How to create an object, call one of it's methods and pass it as an argument as a oneliner?

It's not clear from the question if the requirement is based on lines or statements. If what you care about is lines of code, you can put all three statements on one line. This doesn't do much for...

posted 3y ago by deleted user

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Q&A How do I strip file extensions from URLs with H2O?

I'm trying to use H2O to serve a multi-file PHP website without routing—just having a separate PHP file for every page. The relevant part of my H2O config currently looks like this: paths: "/":...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Ullallulloo‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by jminer‭

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Meta Questions easily answered by studying a beginner-level book

Downvote them for now. If it becomes a common problem, then create a close reason of no-research, and close them. Such questions should not be "answered" in comments. First, comments aren't for ...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Problems with data structures and filestreams.

My advice to you is to break this down into smaller problems and try to solve them one at a time, making sure you have a program that can compile and run at each step. First: figure out how to suc...

posted 3y ago by r~~‭

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Q&A Comparing two excel files with Python based on changes

I have two tables: Table1: Name Description Amount 123 Description123 123 456 Description456 456 789 Description789 666 101 Description777 101 133 De...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by sfrow‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by ibmx‭

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Q&A cannot initialize a variable of type 'CFDictionaryRef'

Background story: I'm on mac OS 11.6 and would like to access an identifier for the current space/desktop from the command line. I found a helpful article at https://ianyh.com/blog/identifying-spac...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by foobar‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: when trying to connect to JDBC with JDK 14 in Eclipse

I'm trying to connect to a db file in my project but having some troubles. I'm using JDK 14 with ojdbc11 however I am still getting this when trying to connect: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionEr...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by cuzzo‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A What is Backus–Naur form as applied in computer programming?

What is Backus–Naur form as applied in computer programming? From Wikipedia In computer science, Backus–Naur form (/ˌbækəs ˈnaʊər/) or Backus normal form (BNF) is a metasyntax notation for cont...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by r~~‭

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