database

How to delete a row from DB (*.mdb) in c#

Hello, I have an access DB (.mdb) named: Programs, with one table named: Data. By using the DataGridView I present the data from the table Data. I want to delete a row from the DataGridView and from the DB during runtime. Does anyone know how to do that (using C#)? Another question I have is, who can i run queries on my DB? thanks! ...

SQL Query problem

Consider two table.Employee and Project.Employee table has fields like eid,ename.Project table has fields like pid,pname.Now,since an employee can work on many projects and a project can be done by many employees, therefore,as evident,there is a many to many relationship b/w the two tables.Break the many to many,and create a new table ca...

postgresql doesn't starts after editing the postgresql.conf

Hi all, I tried to enlarge the value of the "shared_buffers" settings to be larger then a default 24Mb, and the server doesn't starts with other values (I tried some) except of the default one. Just an empty logfile is created. It's a clean installation of the postgresql on the linux server, so all other settings are default. Does anybod...

PL/SQL...if inside a select?

I'm pretty new when it comes to PL/SQL, and I have to modify someone else's stored procedure. Is it possible to add an if statement in the middle of a select? The procedure I have tries to open a cursor and select a bunch of stuff from different tables into it (don't ask me why they didn't use a join) and return the cursor. The thing ...

Generating surrogate keys remotely

Hi Guys, Sorry in advance as this question is similar (but not the same!) to others. Anyway, I need to be able to generate surrogate keys in more than one location to be synchronized at a later time. I was considering using GUIDs, however these keys may have to appear in the parameters of a URL and GUIDs would be really complicated and...

Database free NUnit tests

How can I test my code (TDD) for standard CRUD operations without having a database. Is it possible to achieve such level of isolation so that my code is database independent. Thanks a lot guys. ...

Is there a way to search 2 or more fields at the same time?

I am looking into creating something that does this: SELECT * FROM (`tm_accounts`) WHERE CONCAT(`last_name`, `first_name`) LIKE '%o%' This, of course, doesn't work. I just want you to see the idea behind what I'm trying to emulate. last_name and first_name are two separate fields in the accounts table ...

Grouping by Nested Object Keys in MongoDB

with mongodb, is it possible to group results by a key found in an array of objects in a list? for example, lets say i have a table of survey responses (survey_responses), and each entry represents a single response. one or more of the questions in the survey is a multiple choice, so the answers stored could resemble: survey_responses....

Hexadecimal sequence in Oracle

Hi all, I would like to generate 16 char length hex decimal value as sequence. My database is Oracle and would like to know is it possible to do so? I checked the SEQUENCE in Oracle but I think its only for numericals. Any idea would be great help. Thanks in advance, Abdel Olakara ...

Concurrency / Synchronization question

I have 2 programs running on 2 different machines. Each program has a method called updateRecord that does the following 2 things: 1. Do a SELECT query on a particular record Z 2. Do a UPDATE query on the same record. If these 2 queries are in the same transaction (between beginTransaction and commitTransaction) does it guarantee proper...

Rich database frontend - how to correctly handle low quality networks?

Hello. I have a very limited experience of database programming and my applications that access databases are simple ones :). Until now :(. I need to create a medium-size desktop application (it's called rich client?) that will use a database on the network to share data between multiple users. Most probably i will use C# and MSSQL/MySQ...

Getting error when INSERT into MySQL.

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How to upload data to database with ADO.NET

Hey all, I have a web application that has a requirement to take data from an Excel workbook and load it to the database. I am using ADO.NET 2.0 and need to use DataSet/DataTable/DataAdapter/etc. to perform this task. We also have a requirement of verifying the data before it is uploaded and informing the user if there are any PK/FK/U...

How do I create a unique property in python on google app engine?

In some database technologies, for a attribute in a record, you can guarantee uniqueness of that attribute within the entire database. An example of this might be a email_address attribute in a User record. By setting email_address to unique, you guarantee that a particular email address can only appear in one record in the entire databa...

Sorting by unknown column type in mysql

So I've got a users table; storing things like username, email, etc. I then have a user_settings table. Instead of standard columns like timestamp_logged_in, profile_views, etc., I have it organized as key/value combo. For example, the columns are: user_settings_ID user_ID name value A sample record would be: 82 2 'timestamp_logged_in'...

Super-light weight database engine to distribute part of tiny PHP script

I am looking for a super-light weight open-source database engine (could be a library that mimics one) to be packaged part of a tiny PHP script distributed to people without sudo access. Basic CRUD, no need for any complicated implementations with string search, etc. I found txtSQL (uses flat files, which I believe is the way to go) but...

Database records lost when debugging

Why are database records lost when I'm debugging the winforms application? When I start the debugging app, records are saved into the database, but when it is restarted, all of the database records are lost and the database tables are empty. How can I debug an application without losing the data? ...

Ruby Rails Nested Records

I'm not sure if what I'm even trying to do is possible but here goes. I have an SQL database with the following tables defined (showing only relevant tables in SQL): CREATE TABLE customers( id integer NOT NULL UNIQUE, name vachar(25) NOT NULL, surname vachar(25) NOT NULL, password vachar(20) NOT NULL, email_address ...

Sync DB between Windows Mobile and MySQL

I am trying to create a windows mobile application that contains a database and can occasionally be connected to the Internet. When connected, I would like to sync the local database with the central database server. The central server is a MySQL server. The local database can be anything (probably SQL Compact). What I did so far: Ins...

What should I name a table that maps two tables together?

Let's say I have two tables: Table: Color Columns: Id, ColorName, ColorCode Table: Shape Columns: Id, ShapeName, VertexList What should I call the table that maps color to shape? Table: ??? Columns: ColorId, ShapeId ...