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Q&A What should healthcheck of an Web API application actually check?

I have to add health checks to a rather new application (Web API, not a microservice) and I and a colleague are not agreeing about what other systems I should include in the check. This application...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Mocking tempnam() with vfsstream

This turned out to be a more difficult question to address than I initially thought! After many attempts at finding a way to use tempnam() with vfsStream, I only just now found out from the vfsStre...

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

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Q&A How can I can I reduce the size of a SQL Server database after being restored and massive embedded files stripped?

One way to solve this is to shrink the database and reindex all tables to fix the indexes fragmentation: DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (TheDatabase); GO -- reindexing all tables to optimize performance ...

posted 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Meta I object to [stl]

Currently the tag [stl] is marked as a sub-tag of c++, implying a meaning of "standard-template-library". However I see both of the questions currently using the tag mean the 3D object description ...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by dmckee‭  ·  edited 4y ago by dmckee‭

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Q&A How can I can I reduce the size of a SQL Server database after being restored and massive embedded files stripped?

My project has the following set up for the production and preproduction ("clone") environment. Production is not accessible at all for the development team, only the preproduction database. Pr...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Meta What is the point of tagging a question with both a parent and a child tag?

An answer on a related Meta suggestion, Remove parent tags from a post where a child tag is present, provides a case where you might want to tag both. For example, if mammal is a parent of deer,...

posted 4y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Are hyphens and/or underscores valid in golang package names?

Disclaimer: I don't know Go. This is all just me reading the specification. In the Go specification under Packages, it defines PackageName. PackageName = identifier Under Identifiers identi...

posted 4y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How to create a delayed loading indicator when working with ngrx/store?

I am working on an Angular application using ngrx and I have a loader state + reducer that is used to display a loader. However, very short AJAX calls cause a flicker and I need to delay showing th...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A What would the pros and cons of storing the compiled CSS output of SASS in version control?

This is as old as the ages, and the problem existed in the Yacc world long before CSS was invented.  Keep both the SASS and the resulting CSS files in version control. Good: More predictable, eas...

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Meta What is our policy on tags?

Thanks for raising this question. My answers to your questions: What type of tags will we allow? (Should specific tags like [UrlRewrite] be allowed?) I am not sure what is the best way to deal wi...

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Q&A How to use LazyCache library with Unity Container?

I want to use LazyCache and UnityContainer together in an ASP.NET classic application (.NET framework 4.6.1+). Namely, to be able to inject IAppCache in various services. For ASP.NET Core and its d...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Automatic adjustment when copying of column reference within INDIRECT function

An as yet unanswered question on Web Applications, INDIRECT cell reference - Can't copy cell as reference cell pattern remains same, from @Daniel Klose is: I have an Overview Sheet where I want ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by pnuts‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Wicket‭

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Q&A Automatic adjustment when copying of column reference within INDIRECT function

When in ColumnC B can be returned with =char(Column()+63) and since not inside double quotes this will automatically adjust to C in ColumnD. This way a string acceptable to INDIRECT can be construc...

posted 4y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Code Reviews Are any downsides of hiding the actual Entity Framework Core DbSets and exposing only some generic methods?

I have recently started a project based on the clean architecture principle and noticed that it did not rely on generic repositories since Entity Framework's DbSets are doing the job just fine. In ...

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Q&A How to drop all stored procedures from a MySQL database

The easy way is to run this query. SELECT concat('DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS example_database.',routine_name ,';') FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Routines WHERE ROUTINE_SCHEMA = 'example_database'; F...

posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A What's the difference between null pointers and NULL?

To answer one specific part of the question: Does this have anything to do with some systems allowing a different representation of the null pointer other than zero? Sort of. A null pointer ...

posted 4y ago by Martin Bonner‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Martin Bonner‭

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Meta What is the point of tagging a question with both a parent and a child tag?

Tags also serve for someone who stumbles across the question directly from a third party link to find related content. Perhaps the child tag would suffice if the parent tag is automatically inserte...

posted 4y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A Is it necessary for a build server to remove node_modules before an AOT build?

I am currently dealing with an Angular application that is being deployed using an CI orchestrator and Jenkins. Jenkins job is configured to do the following (relevant steps only): fetch source...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Derek Elkins‭

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Q&A Access TypeScript class outside bundled code

I'm developing the design framework for a certain Q&A site. We are currently using an external dependency for the tag selector on the post editor, but it has some disadvantages (not fitting int...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by luap42‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A How to temporarily disable a MySQL user?

The easiest way to temporarily disable a MySQL user is to the change the value of the Host column in the mysql.user table to an invalid host. UPDATE mysql.user SET HOST = 'blocked' WHERE #your cond...

posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A How to calculate the Hamming weight of a binary string?

I believe the answer at the moment is "No" but a very simple formula in LibreOffice 5.4.3.2 can achieve the desired result: =LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B1;0;"")) where B1 contains: =BASE(A1;2;8) as valid and...

posted 4y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Include a Blazor Webassembly project into an existing ASP.NET Core project

Add Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Server nuget to the ASP.NET Core application. Reference the Blazor WebAssembly application from the ASP.NET Core application. <Project Sdk="Mi...

posted 4y ago by ndc‭

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Q&A In a stored procedure, is it possible to get the total number or rows updated by different statements?

I have a bunch of stored procedures that look like something this CREATE PROCEDURE example() BEGIN UPDATE STATEMENT A; UPDATE STATEMENT B; UPDATE STATEMENT C; END// When I run them thr...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A How do I find all the tables in a database that don't have a specific column?

The select for finding tables without a specific column name is, SELECT DISTINCT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'DATABASE_NAME' AND table_name NOT IN( SELECT DI...

posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A What is happening under the hood to the selected data in a MySQL cursor?

I have a number of MySQL stored procedures that use a cursor to go through a select and then pass the results to other stored procedures one row at a time. This can take a while to run, what is hap...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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