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Posts by mcalex‭

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Q&A grep AND search for multiple words in files

I have text (xml actually) files. Some files contain 'foo', some contain 'bar', some contain neither and some contain both. It's the both I'm interested in. How do I do an AND search on words in...

5 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by mcalex‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by tripleee‭

Question grep file-handling
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Meta Are general questions (hopefully resulting in comprehensive, 'canonical' answers) in scope

Co I'm a database/desktop dev venturing into programming web apps using Angular and I've been informed 'functional reactive programming' is something I should be aware of. Some other site has a ge...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by mcalex‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Retrieve user details from service in Angular

Angular 12; .NET Core 3.1 Following a code-maze tutorial, I have a working authentication (registration/login) service using .NET Core Identity. After login, I would like to add 'username' data ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by mcalex‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by meriton‭

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Q&A Save migration info in separate DB schema

When creating a code-first solution in dot net core using Visual Studio, you manipulate the database by changing model classes and migrating the changes. I can set the schema for tables that I cre...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by mcalex‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Order a subcollection from linq

I am using linq/EF core to retrieve data via an API call. How do I sort the collection of related data for each retrieved entity? Assume the following structure: an Order is made on a certain da...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by mcalex‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Input date in Angular Material date picker in dd/MM/yyyyy format

I am trying to create an application that takes a date as user input which is then passed as a parameter to an API call. The local date format is dd/MM/yyyy. I want the user to be able to enter t...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by mcalex‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by tmpod‭

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Q&A TeamCity build variables

I want to pass a variable to TeamCity (on prem) to choose between deployment environments (there are 14 of 'em - don't ask) when running a TC deployment configuration build which uses a PowerShell ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by mcalex‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Generating nested repeating values with JSON Generator

Hi, I'm trying to use the JSON Generator to create data with nested repeating values. I want to create 100 objects with an ID, Name, and Code. The Id is incremented from 0 to 99, but the Code (pr...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by mcalex‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by __blackjack__‭

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Q&A Angular Testing fails with Service.method is not a function

I'm trying to write a spec test for a (correctly working) Angular component, but it errors when calling a service method with: TypeError: _this.myService.getSomeData is not a function The service...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by mcalex‭

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Meta Should we allow answers generated by ChatGPT?

This may be a bit out of left-field, but I don't see anybody else taking the approach. Let's face it, ChatGPT and AI and all its quandaries are not going away. If we put a ban in, some clever clo...

posted 2y ago by mcalex‭  ·  edited 2y ago by mcalex‭

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