database

Enabling 2 different models in a rails app talk to the same table

I'm having a few integration issues. I have 2 models which need to be mapped so as to enable them to talk to the same table. So one model has a few attributes that are mapped to the corresponding columns in the table and likewise for the other model. I've heard of aliasing, a technique that can be used. Help would be appreciated. Thank...

One-To-Many reflexive association INSERT data

Hi, I have a table with One-To-Many reflexive association. I need insert the first value disabling temporary the constraint. Any idea how to do it? I use MS SQL 2008, thanks guys for your support! CREATE TABLE dbo.CmsCategories ( CategoryId int NOT NULL IDENTITY (0,1) -- Seed = 0 and Increment= 1 ...

Silverlight limitations regarding database access/multi threading

Speaking of in-browser (having not much experience with a SL, I can only assume this is a very common usage scenario) SL applications - do they have any programming restrictions with respect to database access and multi-threading? ...

Database Tagging with alternative Results

Hi, I'm working on an PHP/Jquery autosuggest tool that'll query a large table of tags but I need some suggestions for the db schema that'll return related tags as well as match-based results. For example: I type 'Web': Results 'Web Developer' 'Web Designer' 'Web Analyst' and also related tags... 'PHP Developer' 'Flash Program...

How to connect to Access Database via Data Sources (ODBC) using a mapped network drive?

I need to make a connection to an Access Database. In order to do that I created a System DSN. I had success making that connection using local files. However, the database must be at a remote server and I mapped a network drive so I can access the database files. Mapping the drive and using the remote files, an error arises when I try ...

How does this not make varchar2 inefficient?

Suppose I have a table with a column name varchar(20), and I store a row with name = "abcdef". INSERT INTO tab(id, name) values(12, 'abcdef'); How is the memory allocation for name done in this case? There are two ways I can think of: a) 20 bytes is allocated but only 6 used. In this case varchar2 does not have any significant adva...

MySQL: Getting connected (simillar) data with lef/right fields

In MySQL Im having two tables: PRODUCTS (id, Name) SEEALSO (id, prodLeft, prodRight) SEEALSO defines which PRODUCTS are related together and are represented as binded fileds "prodLeft"-"prodRight". For Example: PRODUCTS: 1 Desk 2 Table 3 Chair 4 Doors 5 Tree 6 Flower SEEALSO 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 From that we can see bin...

Zend_db_table: How to Select with a Mysql Keyword

Hey Any Ideas how I can build the following query with the zend_db_table class? SELECT SUM(x) FROM traffic thanks ...

Retrieve last row inserted with Uniqueidentifier that it is not IDENTITY

Hi, I am puzzled with a query. I need find out the LAST row added in a table with a column with datatype Uniqueidentifier column is: aspnet_Applications.ApplicationId Notes: This column Uniqueidentifier it is NOT and IDENTITY Column. I need also take the last row inserted and update it on a different table aspnet_Users.ApplicationId I...

Inserting an image into a pre-developed SQLite DB for use with Android

Hello all, Ive developed a DB for use with my app but I've realised that I actually want extend my db to incorporate images! I will be hosting the db online but for now I am using it locally for development purposes. To create my db I have been using SQLiteBrowser, which I think is a standalone version of the Firefox SQLiteManager plugi...

SQL to combine 2 tables

I have 2 separate queries that returns to me the following tables: =========================== Id f_name l_name =========================== 15 Little Timmy 16 John Doe 17 Baby Jessica --------------------------- =========================== Id item_name item_price =========================== 15 Camera...

Visual Studio 2010: Is there a way to deploy a single database object that retains the object in normal builds?

Developers have expressed a desire to deploy a single database object from a Sql Server 2008 project, such as a stored procedure, without having to use the build/deploy or schema comparison functions. To enable this, developers have created their database object scripts including 'if exists.. drop' checks at the top of the script and ...

Where to save large blog posts data -in File or database?

I am developing one Blog Website and I was wondering how to save the large blog post data - in a XML file, as a HTML file or directly in database. Any suggestion? ...

Silverlight Asyncronous Column Binding

I have two distinct databases as a source for a Silverlight RIA application. They are exposed through separate RIA services. There is one relationship between the databases, meaning that I have a foreign key (no constraint) between the databases. My Entities currently load this as an Int32. How would I go about mapping this to an act...

Suitable architecture / language for sclabale twitter / facebook / myspace activity database

Quick intro I've built a system which requests stats from social network apis for 1000s of different subjects every 20mins. So I do a call to each social network for each subject. This means im making 1000s of http requests for each 20 mins slot. The results are then processed in a separate task. Current solution I'm running php from ...

Global access of encrypted data in the cloud?

Assuming that I created a cloud-based website application that people literally all over the world could use, are there any countries in particular that do not like personal data being encrypted and stored within a database and used in this manner? I'm not saying about storing unencrypted data, I mean about countries that do not like th...

MySQL - move from flat table to first normal form

Hello I am building an application that will allow a user to record weekly activity over a 6 week period. Each week has 3 benchmarks to record against, here is an example: Week 1 +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+ | Day | Minutes | Location | Miles | +------------+-----------+------------+-----------+...

mysql query doubt

Hi, my query is as follows: SELECT r.name , r.network , r.namestring , i.name , r.rid , i.id , d.dtime , d.ifInOctets FROM router AS r INNER JOIN interface AS i ON r.rid = i.rid INNER JOIN 1278993600_1_60 AS d ON i.id = d.id AND dtime BETWEEN 1279027200 AND 1279029000 WHERE r.network = "ITPN" AND i.status = "active" WHERE ...

How can I see the contents of an Oracle index?

Is it possible to have a look at what is there inside an index using SQL*Plus? If I have a table like this: Table A ------------------------ rowid | id name 123 | 1 A 124 | 4 G 125 | 2 R 126 | 3 P where id is the primary key, I expect the index to be something like this index on A.id ------------- id ...

How do I quickly search for data stored in an XML file within a large number of directories?

A project I have been working on for the past year writes out log files to a network drive every time a task is performed. We currently have about 1300 folders each with a number of files and folders. The important part here is that we have about 3-4 XML files on average within each folder that contain serial numbers and other identifyin...