data-transfer

Recursively PUT files to a remote server using FTP

I'm currently in a situation where I have very limited access to a server, but need to upload and download a significant amount of files contained within a single directory structure. I don't have SSH access, so I can't use SCP - and rsync isn't an option either unfortunately. I'm currently using ncftpput, which is great but seems to b...

Can instances of the same PHP script cross communicate?

I'm assuming that for every page request, the webserver (eg. Apache) creates a new instance of a script in memory. Can these instances communicate with each other while running? and pass data too? ...

Global variables in PHP?

Does PHP have global variables that can be modified by one running script and read by another? ...

Secure two-way communication between client and server including large file attachments

In .net, I need to securely transfer files 4mb in size from client machines running my software to a central server, process, and securely send back results consisting of a pdf file, a jpg image, and xml data. What .net technology would be most appropriate for this? (web service. remoting, etc) ...

Advice on how to write robust data transfer processes?

I have a daily process that relies on flat files delivered to a "drop box" directory on file system, this kicks off a load of this comma-delimited (from external company's excel etc) data into a database, a piecemeal Perl/Bash application, this database is used by multiple applications as well as edited directly with some GUI tools. Some...

Help understanding Amazon Web Services pricing

Hi I am trying to understand Amazon's pricing for regional data transfer... I have an EC2 instance in a us-east region and an S3 bucket in the EU. I am also using a 3rd party service that uses an EC2 instance that is only available in the US. Can someone help to clarify what I am charged and where. Data can take one of 2 routes: 1GB...

What is more compact, GET or POST?

Is POST more compact than GET, since GET requests have to be URL-encoded? ...

Problem while Designing a Database

Hello, I am in a mission to devise an application database in MS ACCESS. In my database there are 5 tables: Master Cash Cheque Detail Month (displays month in a year) Here I have made Master as parent record and 3 others Cash, Cheque and Detail are children to Master table. Here are the fields in master table Lt no Name Re...

How to export tables from sql server to ms access on the fly?

I would like to publish some data of a sql server 2k to msaccess databases. I'd like to do that given a table supplying datatransformation info, for example : tablenameOnServer | pathToPub ------------------------------------------------------ Clients | D:\Data\Pub1\ClientData1.mdb Orders | D:\OtherData\Pub...

How do I speed up a SSIS Transfer Server Objects task that runs really slow?

Within SSIS 2005 I used the Import/Export wizard to create a package that drops/recreates and replaces the data on some tables between my production server and development machine. The control flow that was created by the wizard was extremely complicated so I created a new package and used the "Transfer SQL Server Objects Task" which is ...

iphone development.

hi.i am sapna.and we have to develop an application in an iphone having features:- Identifies a unique user and captures profile. Admin module / configuration module to assist user define the data points and their bound values. Support of upto 250 data points to monitor, and monitor upto 50 on the client side Provide tabbed interface w...

Can multiple WCF services communicate with each other?

I'm just beginning WCF and so I don't understand exactly how the abstraction works. Can I write a WCF service and install the same thing on multiple machines, and have them communicate via some ID? I'm looking at sending/receiving commands, and continuous real-time data being sent between devices. ...

Tips on building a byte protocol

I'm communicating data between devices, and I have to program the protocol as an array of bytes. Any tips when building protocols at a low-level? .. Eg: Use a 2 byte header, to send the length of the message before the data bytes. Use a CRC/data validation scheme. (How do I do this? Any simple checksums?) ...

Is there a javascript equivalent of php's urldecode or html_entity_decode()?

I've got an associative array in php that I want to stick into a hidden form input so that I can later get the values in javascript. Because of quoting issues, I need to urlencode the json, or htmlentity it. Once I have the object in javascript, though, what's the easiest way to get it back to plain ol' json? OR is there a better way to...

Ad Hoc Wifi Connection Between iPhone & Mac - Possible?

Hey guys, I was just wondering if it is possible to set up a data transfer tunnel between an iPhone and a Mac using the Wifi hardware present on both devices? My main objective is to transfer data from my iPhone to my Mac through an app along an ad hoc wifi connection. If there are any other methods you would like to suggest, then pleas...

Transfering data to another computer in C#

Well, i have a C# forms application, and im looking for the best way to transfer a string of data from the application, to another computer, on a different network, to be opened by a different C# application. anyone know the best way to do this? ...

Connection between different Web-Services? (eg: Twitter-Feeds on Facebook)

Hi, does anybody know agood way in granting a connection from one service to another, so that both services benefits fromeach other? I would like to have an easy but never the less safe way to do a connection between my server and another server, but I don't know how to do that. It should be ... easy, so that neither the user nor the ...

Streaming, Asynchronous, Language Independent technology to transfer Object data

What are the best-practice / industry standard technologies for the folowing requirements Allow transfer of business objects from one client / server to another Language and platform independent Supports Streaming to alow passing large data (e.g. a connected statefull conversation) Is Asynchronous in nature (doesn't block, allows mon...

When should I use transactions in my queries?

Hi, I'm reading on web, very detailed tutorials on how to use transactions with database types and database engines, but I haven't found some guide that teach me when and why I should use them. I know transactions are usually used for home bankings, so when we work with money data, but I can immagine they are used in many other ways. T...

SQL Server: Copying table contents from one database to another

I want to update a static table on my local development database with current values from our server (accessed on a different network/domain via VPN). Using the Data Import/Export wizard would be my method of choice, however I typically run into one of two issues: I get primary key violation errors and the whole thing quits. This is ...