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    You're right. But "nasty" doesn't begin to describe it and calling it "a stat" just masks the horror. That's a big part of the problem. In the days after each …
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    Replied To a Post in need help with mysql data to label

    OK. Then the obvious next question is - what is the type of the database field named playerid. I had assumed it was numeric based on the single example. Please …
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    In 2015, the US has averaged more than one mass shooting per day (defined as any single incident in which at least four people are shot, including the gunman). [Source](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/08/26/were-now-averaging-more-than-one-mass-shooting-per-day-in-2015/) …
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    And what are you having a problem with? You haven't said what kind of database you are using or what language you are programming in. Is your problem with the …
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    Replied To a Post in need help with mysql data to label

    In this case it doesn't matter what your code is. The error is in the query and showing us cmd.CommandText = cmd.CommandText = "SELECT health,strength FROM playerstats WHERE playerid= " …
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    My company was regularly listed as one of the best companies to work for, and rightly so. I just had a bad boss. It can happen anywhere.
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    We really need an emoticon for sarcasm.
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    >Like I said, this entire project is only a few weeks old. I came up with the idea 3 weeks ago, started developing it 2 weeks ago, and launched it …
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    Replied To a Post in need help with mysql data to label

    I don't see any output from Debug.Writeline. Comment out the Try/Catch/End Try.
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    So today I get this email from DaniWeb and it's promoting this new business social network Dazah. So after working hard to fill out the initial profile and write the …
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    It is one thing to point out perceived shortcomings of someone else's work. It's another entrely to get personal. I'm always in favour of rational and constructive criticism. However, referring …
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    “I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.” Oliver Cromwell
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    A better place to start might be the [OSDev wiki](http://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page), especially the Introduction page (particularly the section '[What Is An Operating System?](http://wiki.osdev.org/Introduction#What_is_an_Operating_System.3F)'), [Beginner's Mistakes](http://wiki.osdev.org/Beginner_Mistakes), and [Required Knowledge](http://wiki.osdev.org/Required_Knowledge). The textbook can …
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    Suggested reading - Andrew Tanenbaum's Operating Systems: Design and Implementation.
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    Lots of good stuff there. I wasn't aware I could do that. Unfortunately, the only exe associated with that handle was the RealTekAudio exe. I wouldn't mind if Skype grabbed …
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    I suggest you get a book on operating system design and read it instead of asking us to help when you have shown no proof of effort on your part. …
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    Replied To a Post in need help with mysql data to label

    Try cmd.CommandText = "SELECT health,strength FROM playerstats " & " WHERE playerid=" & playeridlbl.Text Debug.WriteLine cmd.CommandText and post the output here.
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    Replied To a Post in Tech Workplace Environments

    Getting back to the original topic, let me cite an example of "bad boss behaviour". I retired in August of 2008. In the three months or so before I retired …
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    Replied To a Post in need help with mysql data to label

    That looks right, however because your playerid is numeric you should leave out the single quotes and use cmd.CommandText = "SELECT health,strength FROM playerstats " & " WHERE playerid=" & …
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    We will not do you work for you. We *will* help with specific problems if you 1. provide specific information 1. show us that you have put in some effort …
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    We won't do the work for you. We certainly can't help based on a complete lack of information. Also, I would expect that since you are posting from California that …
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    Gave Reputation to chinnasamyiITI in library management system

    front end vb6.0 and back end sql please send me coding with login
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    Replied To a Post in need help with mysql data to label

    Do you have SQL Management Studio (SQLMS) installed? It's free from Microsoft and is really useful for developing data base based apps. If not then I suggest a breakpoint at …
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    Replied To a Post in how to code the edit and delete button if i use this code in my add button.

    OleDbCommand does not support named parameters. You should use sql = "INSERT into inventory (pcode, psup, pcat, pdescript, pstock, piprice, ptprice, pdate) values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)" Just make sure you add the …
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    Replied To a Post in need help with mysql data to label

    Fields are zero-relative. You *could* index them by (using the correct syntax) healthlbl.Text = reader(0) strengthlbl.Text = reader(1) but this is bad practice because if you change the query you …
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    >don't know about where you are, but here unions are utterly useless I've never had to approach my union to resolve a problem but I do know that the one …
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    >Many studies suggest the decision on the candidate can often takes less than 30 seconds into the interview and that interviews are prone to tons of subconscious biases Reinforcing my …
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    Let's take, for example, olympic swimmers. Races can be won or lost by hundredths of a second. The reason you shave your body or wear the latest low-drag, high-tech swim …
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    Edited Accessing webcam in vb6

    pls fam,,, how can i access a webcam in vb6 and save its output in a picture box... pls i need it urgently cos am writing a project .. thanks
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    Replied To a Post in Windows 7 Microphone Not Releasing

    Device manager shows the device as working properly. All the control panel settings are unchanged from when the microphone is working.
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    Replied To a Post in Tech Workplace Environments

    Union busting hasn't been the problem up here in Canada like it has been in the US. Also, while unions can protect you against certain things like unfair dismissal and …
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    >I remember the best teachers in my school were the ones that looked like tramps I'd be willing to bet they didn't look like that when they were being interviewed. …
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    Created Windows 7 Microphone Not Releasing

    I use Skype frequently for voip. After I reboot, and for an indefinite time after, everything works fine. But eventually my microphone (Dell built-in) stops working. The party at the …
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    What would you consider an "American" accent? Is it the Southern drawl? Is it the Joisey thing? Is it the whatever-the-heck-they-call-it accent everyone in the series, Fargo, seeemed to speak? …
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    A news article I read earlier today had the passage: >After he turned to walk away, the officer, who has yet to be named by the department, grabbed Osche and …
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    I should also point out that I **do** allow for people to whom English is a second language. But for people who know only English I expect better. I suppose …
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    I present myself to the world in four ways 1. how I speak 2. how I act 3. how I write 4. how I dress How I speak and write …
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    In my experience your boss determines whether your workplace is heaven or hell, or somewhere in-between. In my 29 years at one corporation I had four different bosses (for the …
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    @basit_3 - We are not here to conform to your schedule.
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    That's a problem with any language that has been around for as long as English. Take English in the time of Chaucer, for example To thee clepe I, thou goddesse …
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    Replied To a Post in encryption and decrytpion

    It's highlighting because it isn't a valid statement. Take out the line.
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    I think the problem is not that English is a difficult language. I think the problem is that our schools have gotten so overwhelmingly bad at teaching. When I was …
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    We will answer specific questions if you provide appropriate information. For example, "I am getting an error at line xxx. Here is the error message" or "I want this piece …
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    What can I say but [SMBC](http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=1981) [SMBC](http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2478) [SMBC](http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2835) [SMBC](http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=30) [SMBC](http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3761)
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    Replied To a Post in create a site like facebook with a database

    Reminds me of the [How to Do It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNfGyIW7aHM) Monty Python sketch.
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    Replied To a Post in Bad Grammar

    If you want a sensible language then learn Esperanto. Although I suspect that even that would eventually evolve into a hodge-podge.
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    Replied To a Post in encryption and decrytpion

    The main form should be the form that you spend the most time in and from which other forms are shown. Make that form the main form in the design …
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    Replied To a Post in encryption and decrytpion

    That depends on how you define "help"? Do you mean "will someone please do it for me" then the answer is likely "no". I posted a complete solution for encrypting/decrypting …
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    Replied To a Post in cutting opimization code..

    >the problem that i don't know when to start You start by writing the parts that you can and stubbing out the rest. Then you can ask specific questions about …
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    There are differences but I don't do any asp.net programming so I can't tell you what they are. If you are programming in asp.net I suggest you post your questions …

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