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    What part is untrue? > **Early PHP was not intended to be a new programming language, and grew organicall**y, with Lerdorf noting in retrospect: "I don't know how to stop …
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    Replied To a Post in Which programming language does PHP resemble? Please tell me

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP gives a history of PHP and frankly it's none of the ones you noted. It appears to be a new organically grown language that wasn't intended to be a …
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    Our scenario was a product tester. Also known as Automatic Test. The SQL Server was on the network and there's only a dozen test machines which would spend about 10 …
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    I recall the caching of queries is something from about the 1990's. But hey, there is query caching (apparently) in SQL Server 2008. Plenty on the web about it such …
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    The query cache, that rproffitt linked to, used to cache MySQL result sets for situations where an identical query is made and there have been no table writes to any …
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    Given the tags asp.net and C# I don't know of a quick as in ready to code solution. Now if you had PHP on the backend, there are PDF utilities …
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    Replied To a Post in caching datasets or result set. what is the the best option?

    As I read https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/query-cache.html my view/answer is I wouldn't bother optimizing in this situation.
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    Replied To a Post in How to generate high trust score browsers

    OK, let's check out Android support. https://riptutorial.com/selenium/example/29267/python-plus-chrome-plus-android Fine, that's a go. You do iOS?
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    Replied To a Post in How to generate high trust score browsers

    Since I don't have to build or buy Chrome, Python or Selenium I am left wondering what's missing. Robotic interacting with a web page isn't something I can buy as …
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    I am only beginning to GUESS what you want to achieve. So let's say I wanted to automate Chrome which has an A+ rating on your test. OK, I'd use …
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    I tested that trust score on the current version of Chrome on Windows 10 and it was an A+ rating. Tell me what you are trying to do so I …
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    Reading https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-determine-the-trust-score-assigned-by-search-engines-for-a-given-website for example this score does NOT appear to be linked to the browser used. Can you define "high trust score"?
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    I am looking for an software/script that can generate high trust score browsers, i am using [this GitHub project](https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/) to see the info about the browser and the score. I …
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    Maybe its time to let the members choose tags like they do on Reddit.
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    I've seen this issue for years. It's not a show stopper but for me explains why many add tags that don't belong.
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    When I create a new topic and enter the mandatory tags, the tag dialog box sometimes overlays the "Continue to the Last Step" button leaving only the merest sliver of …
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    I submitted a new thread today. Same problem. Here is the screencap ![2022-07-25_091556.jpg](https://static.daniweb.com/attachments/3/edf725841d7a3153de5f0cd1528854de.jpg)
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    No code so this is a Design discussion. It's yours to make or the client's choice what the result should be but I can see how a SQL statement might …
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    Without detailing what it does, my nod is to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.globalization.cultureinfo.defaultthreadcurrentculture and its example. Given it affects the current and new threads, this line of code should appear too often. Also …
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    We have a pipeline which builds, tests and outputs some artefacts to nuget. After an initial push of the existing codebase (C#), the tests fail in the pipeline where .ToString() …
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    Replied To a Post in Need help counting occurences of a letter from a file

    This is one of those I would turn to Rosetta Code. https://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Letter_frequency has over 124 solutions in various languages. While a student would have such as an assignment, later you …
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    Or replace D7 with a Schottky diode to minimize the drop and adjust your voltage divider to cancel out more of the error introduced by the source reverse polarity protection. …
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    I recently built a logic probe adapting a circuit from an old magazine. One of the modifications I introduced is adding a polarity protection diode ([1N4007](https://pdf.chimicron.com/1N4007-T-704173.pdf)) in series with the …
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    Write a program that converts temperature from degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius .The formula is C = (5.0/9.0) (F-32)
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    Gave Reputation to Reverend Jim in I Need Help With A Simple Program

    And, what exactly did the OP learn by you writing the code for them?
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    Replied To a Post in programming , four digit positive integer

    Taylor Hyles wrote that in 2016: Be sure to give credit to their contribution: import java.util.*; import java.io.Console; public class FourDigit { public static void main(String[] args) { Console console …
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    Write a program that prompts the user to input a four - digit positive integer.The program then outputs the digits of the number one digit per line
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    What control panel? Be specific. Also a nod to https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/bpj07429 about printing a sheet at the printer along with said update. This sort of device does NOT plug and play. …
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    Continuing from our last discussion, I know what I would do but it hasn't dawned on you why that would be the fastest. As such, post over in https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/ to …
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    There are far too many issues with vb6 and Unicode. For example: "Visual Basic controls are not Unicode aware." Also, "Strings passed to API are converted to ANSI and vice …
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    Hello everyone, I wrote data arrays at the end of the exe with delimiter. After I compiled, the app it didn't work on Chinese Windows, only on English, I want …
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    Replied To a Post in Do you think the openGauss database can replace the Oracle database?

    Sadly, there's been a lot of opengauss spam. I've used SQL databases for decades and Oracle just once. Ever since MySQL rolled out that's what we use along with SQLite. …
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    In China, many manufacturers are 'replacing IOE' and are moving closer to open source databases.openGauss is an open source database developed by Huawei itself. Although there is policy support,but ,Oracle …
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    I'm leaving my typo as-is. I take it this is on Daniweb. Link to the content please?
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    What isn't a good idea? I propose your database starts with ZERO entries until there is a query. Obviously you will have to go get a location from some other …
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    Replied To a Post in Pc only boots when ram is reseated

    No power is also a motherboard function. A Volt meter is used to check if the +5V StandBy is present and then we know the motherboard is the one to …
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    Replied To a Post in MongoDB ipv4/ipv6 hex index

    "2." I meant what I wrote. DO NOT FILL THE DATABASE. Start with zero entries until you get a query then go find that via some web API and add …
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    I think it's time to see if https://twitter.com/davepl1968 has an answer. While I can see a reason for the spy tool to give client coords vs screen coords and I …
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    Replied To a Post in How do you join the open-source database community to contribute?

    Find the dev pages usually by google and see what they say when you ask them.
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    In recent years, open source software, and open source community construction is more popular, such as: mysql, postgresql, and openGauss database open source communities .So, as an individual, how to …
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    Try this. Bump the app window border up to something big, like 20 or more. What does the spy tool tell us now?
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    Replied To a Post in Pc only boots when ram is reseated

    So the BIOS setting has been changed, the new CMOS battery installed, CMOS values set to default except for fast boot and it fails. The usual is a failed motherboard.
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    I'm finding today's browser cache content like no tomorrow. To see the new content or check if a deleted item is gone I try another browser or clear the cache(s). …

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