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How can I get the column name of the primary key of a Database Table from the ResultSet or ResultSetMetaData object in JAVA?

I am writing a Java Application. I have got a ResultSet. Now I want to find out the coloumn name of the primary key of the table. Is it possible to get that coloumn name through ResultSet object or ResultSetMetaData Object or any other way. I didn't find any way to find this. ...

Reading EXIF/MetaData from CRW (or other RAW files) with PHP

Hi, Pretty much as the title says, I've had a search around but been unable to find anything. I can read TIFF and JPEG files, but I've not found anything to read RAW files. Does anyone know of anything PHP or otherwise that can do this (if otherwise, then something I can use with PHP). Many thanks, Mike. ...

Need an image server to query FITS (astronomy) or general image files

I would like a system that is able to query FITS files. If it doesn't work specifically with FITS files that is ok. I can write extra code. Basically FITS files are image files that are used in astronomy. I need to be able to query an existing set of files, as well as index the metadata in the files, search the index of metadata, uploa...

Redefine folder structure of document library with metadata

Hi all, I have a problem in my sharepoint document library structure. Currently the document library consiste of folder sub-folder structure to store a document categorywise. Now our client want to redefine this folder structure with a metadata structure. Can any one tell me how can I use metadata instade of folder sub folder structure...

Is there anyway to get ID3 metadata from an MP3 or Vorbis comments from Ogg via the HTML5 audio element?

Mozilla Developer Center's HTML5 media guide describes an event for audio and video elements called "loadedmetadata". Is there anyway to get the metadata for files? I am writing an HTML5 extension for Google Chrome and I don't know what the metadata for the audio files I'm creating a player for beforehand. Edit: This question seems to ...

Java library for extracting metadata

I have a binary file which has an ASCII metadata header. The elements are of the form "tag = value". Do you know of any Java libraries that will simplify extraction of this metadata. ...

Custom/arbitrary database metadata

I think that the ability of some reflective managed environments (e.g. .NET) to add custom metadata to code entities in the form of attributes is very powerful. Is there any mechanism for doing something similar for databases? Databases obviously already have a fair amount of metadata available; for example, you can get a list of all ta...

Change executable properties (product name) with c#

I have a c# proyect that I need to change its product name upon compiling. I used the prebuild event to change it in the AssemblyInfo.cs but a few times visual studio doesnt get this change and compiles it with the previous product name. So i prefer to change it after compiling from another executable (all in c#) ...

How to get access to the metaproperties of a file (aspecially a mp3 file) with vba

I'm creating an excel-sheets that reads the tags from the MP3-files situated in a folder. Yet the time apparently is or calculated from data inside the MetaProperties of a file or is inside those data. When I use the Property MetaProperties VBA always provokes an error, even in using a copy of the example in adapting the appropiate data....

Is it possible to retrieve the last modified date of a file using Javascript?

I have a set of links on a web page that link to PDF forms and .doc forms. These files are not stored in a database, simply stored as they are, locally on the server. Is it possible to retrieve the last modified date of a PDF or DOC file using Javascript? I don't have any specific need to use Javascript, but it is preferable. UPDATE:...

Are Search Engines Parsing Videos For Metadata?

I was wondering if search engines are parsing metadata embedded in videos? I've been reading on how you can put them in Adobe Premiere or Bridge but is google really indexing them based on embedded meta? Any news would be greatly appreciated. :D ...

Image metadata Keywords not recognized by Windows XP

Hi, I am using WIC (Windows Imaging Component) in my WPF application to read/write image metadata. Everything works perfect except for keywords not being recognized by Windows XP in the Summary properties tab. Vista & 7 recognizes it properly in the Tags property. I would greatly appreciate any pointers.. Murugesh. ...

MP3 Metadata Question

I want to organize my music library. I've had MP3's since 1998, traveling with me from hard drive to hard drive, computer to computer, etc. Despite the fact that all I've done was modify metadata of the file and despite the fact that they seem to by default acquire the creation date of the date of using the new computer, I want to know: ...

Correct way of parsing XMP XML metadata attached to the end of a PDF file?

I have a PDF with some meta data in XMP XML format attached to the end. What is the correct way of parsing and using this meta data? At the minute i have a working solution using C99, parsing each character in the file, starting at the beginning and using loops until i reach a tag im after and then recording the contents until i reach t...

Adding Album Art using python in mp3 metadata

The code below doesnt seem to update the artwork of the mp3 file. Code:- #Editing the MetaData tag = eyeD3.Tag() print tag.link('location') //Returns 1 tag.setVersion([2,3,0]) print tag.addImage(0x08,'artwork.jpg') //Return None (Its sure that file is present) print tag.update() //Returns 1 The values returned by the function are co...

Git hooks for metadata storage/retrieval

One of git's unavoidable quirks is its inability to store and retrieve metadata about a file. For example, on the mac, labels are stored with "extended attributes" (accessible with xattr), and any checkout/reset/merge/pull command will erase those attributes if the file is affected by the checkout. I've looked around to see if someone h...

EF Mapping and metadata information could not be found for EntityType Error

Hi, I have encountered an exception when I using Entity Framework 4.0 RC. My Entity Framework model is encapsulated in a private assembly whos name is Procurement.EFDataProvider and my POCO are inside of another assembly Procurement.Core The relation between Core(Business Logic)and EFDataProvider(Data Access) is with a factory named Data...

How do you read a jpg creation date in Flash using AS3

I'm loading thumbnails repeatedly in a sequential order. 01.jpg 02.jpg etc. I need to know if they're failing to be produced. The only way I can think of is to read the creation time of the jpg, so I can verify that it's been updated. Anyone know the best way to read creation time in jpg in as3? I didn't see that in the headers by pars...

Java package that converts rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates

I need to convert rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates. Can you recommend a library that I can use, I would rather not have to write this myself. This is used for making sense of metadata included in astronomy image files. ...

How to read image metadata when source is http

I have no problem getting to the metadata is the file is local, but if my reference is a more general http uri -- that's the problem. Here is my test code: String s = "http://myserver/MediaStore/pic1.jpg"; //String s = "c:\\MediaStore\\pic1.jpg"; <==== This works Uri u = new Uri(s, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute); ...