Category Archives: Programming

Lack-an-ODBCy

Posted on December 11, 2006 by Arthur

The silly thing of having out-of-date interface files + up-to-date SDK files is that nothing matches and that (generally) the next step is to ‘duke it out’ with everything, except for the compiler. Here’s what I was fighting out: Using … Continue reading →

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Huh. Huh?!?

Posted on December 7, 2006 by Arthur

While returning back to some older ADO/DAO stuff (earlier on xsamplex), I decided to take a look behind the scenes: the ADO/MDAC SDK comes -uh- with a set of tools to help developers find out problems with ODBC drivers and … Continue reading →

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You asked: CreatMapFile & Pascal

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Arthur

From the logfile, a Polish person looking for CreateFileMapping, most likely using Delphi. The WIN32 API function is generally used in conjunction with ‘MapViewOfFile’. You’d generally use memory mapped files when you run into a TStringList limitation. At this stage, … Continue reading →

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Com0Com

Posted on November 2, 2006 by Arthur

For the uninitiated: Framework 2.0 nowadays sports genuine Serialport communication (via an extra class/component called SerialPort) [MSDN link]. The class supports both blocking and non-blocking forms of communication. A good way to test serial port communication (without the need of … Continue reading →

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Holy Cows!

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Arthur

So, a question programmers (the Earthly types) should be able to answer: How many cows can you store in a genuine Int64? If you’re a smartass, take it away!

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Who slams who?

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Arthur

This article (“The Web is broken and it’s all your fault”) popped up on the Postgres-general list and then made it into Slashdot as ‘Postgres slammed by PHP creator’. The Slashdot thread highlights some interesting PHP flaws and the fact … Continue reading →

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Et tu, compile

Posted on September 8, 2005 by Arthur

Managed to compile Regnessem, that is, a couple of hours ago. Compiling isn’t too much of a job: the original directory structure within the tarball (which I hope is the latest version of the program) has been setup nice and … Continue reading →

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CVS

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Arthur

Having used WinCVS for so many moons, both personally and professionally, there’s one thing that annoys the hell out of me: When importing new modules, the dialog that shows which files are going to be part of this module and … Continue reading →

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File format hacking

Posted on March 3, 2005 by Arthur

Today, I was researching the file format of a legacy application that is not supported anymore. I don’t think the company that made the program exist anymore, probably suffering the same fate as anyother (legacy) database vendor: swallowed up by … Continue reading →

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On a related note

Posted on January 26, 2005 by Arthur

For users of Postgres 7.2 (and probably up to 7.3, but it might be compatible with all higher versions) who do not have a clue how to get those triggers going because it’s all undocumented, here goes. Two things you … Continue reading →

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Owner draw

Posted on July 14, 2004 by Arthur

While doing some ownerdraw stuff in regular Windows stuff (stuff is my favourite word, as you can see), I noticed something weird: I was forced to ‘refresh’ regions by code, instead of relying on the tools of the specific programming … Continue reading →

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On Select Go Slow

Posted on March 20, 2004 by Arthur

At work, I rolled out a crucial test for the Postgres database: Originally the Invoicing program was never meant to work in a real multi-user environment. This is particularly due to a couple of statements used to generate a unique … Continue reading →

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Algorithms

Posted on November 17, 2003 by Arthur

The most comprehensive resource for algorithms is still the DADS, NIST’s Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures. Completely recommended if you quickly need to look up a way to sort your data. DADS is also living proof why it’s ridiculous … Continue reading →

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