I'm a full-time freelance web designer and developer for a wide variety of clients. One of my clients just asked me to build a web site them but it turns out that what they really want instead is a user registration system that has a rewards component. Can I beg, borrow or steal something that's already built, or should I get out now before I get in too deep?
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posted by lgandme0717
on May 14, 2012 -
1 answer
[Python/database filter] I wrote a script in python for a class and I want to challenge myself now to make it attached to a database...
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posted by handbanana
on Aug 26, 2011 -
8 answers
Looking for books and articles on programming, design patterns, information architecture, and whatever else. Clear information on Things To Do and Things To Avoid, with a smattering of theory and opinion, would be great.
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posted by jsturgill
on Aug 23, 2011 -
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I have a list of about 350 words that I'm putting into a database that I'm building from scratch. For each word in the list, I'd like to include its American English dictionary definition (preferably American Heritage Dictionary), UrbanDictionary entry, and Wikipedia page link (I realize that entries may not exist for some columns for many of these words). Is there some way to streamline or data-mine this process, so I don't have to look up each word individually in 3 separate sources x350+, not to mention all the copying and pasting?
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posted by iamkimiam
on Feb 11, 2011 -
10 answers
I've just been put in charge of teaching two executives in my company how to use MySQL. Oh dear God, please help me!
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posted by fogster
on Apr 16, 2010 -
14 answers
What interesting statistical information can I dig out of this medical billing data?
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posted by neilkod
on Nov 19, 2009 -
8 answers
SQL query help. Given the (fictional but equivalent) table disk_status = computer_id:int, disk_id:int, datetime:datetime, temperature:float, rpm:int, I need to provide a table of disk status for a given computer_id, without knowing in advance how many disks there are. So if there were two disks for a particular computer, the result would have the header: datetime, disk_1_temperature, disk_1_rpm, disk_2_temperature, disk_2_rpm, disk_2_rpm
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posted by Nothing
on Apr 16, 2009 -
25 answers
Is there a GUI SQL editor that emulates a spreadsheet-style "copy down"? If not, is there a technique I should learn?
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posted by rokusan
on Apr 14, 2009 -
10 answers
I have been asked to make a proposal to upsize an Access database to allow for a few more concurrent users (currently 10) and ideally improve the overall performance of the system. Am I getting in over my head?
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posted by cbrody
on Mar 10, 2009 -
11 answers
I have a MySQL table with about 100,000 items in it. Question about setting up indexes for efficient querying.
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posted by maxwelton
on Oct 15, 2008 -
8 answers
Database Olympics: File Maker Pro vs. MySQL! Help us pick a database system (
Anko or
Firebrand). Which do you think is superior to run a print publication database?
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posted by spakto
on Aug 19, 2008 -
6 answers
Are there SQL statements that return table names and field names for given table names in MySQL Server (5.0.22)?
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posted by joemako
on Jul 7, 2008 -
8 answers
Which version of PHP should I start to learn, and how? I know HTML and CSS, and intend to build with Drupal (or similar) and its many extensions.
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posted by prophetsearcher
on May 4, 2008 -
12 answers
MySQL sorting issue. When I have "first name" and "last name" columns, and I'm sorting primarily by "last name." Some entries have only a "first name," and rather than have those end up at either the start or end of the sort, I'd like it to pretend the "first name" IS the "last name" and sort accordingly. Is there a way to do this with the SQL SELECT statement or should I just edit the data?
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posted by dnash
on May 2, 2008 -
8 answers
What's the best way to keep data one way synchronized between an internal Mircosoft SQL Server database and a web facing mySQL database?
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posted by advicepig
on Apr 3, 2008 -
9 answers
MySQL question: Given a table with a datetime column and several additional columns which may or may not be null, is there an easy way to select the most recent previous non-null value of each column given a specific date?
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posted by Nothing
on Mar 13, 2008 -
10 answers
SQL Filter: What query can I use to count the number of times a word appears in a text field?
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posted by Wild_Eep
on Feb 21, 2008 -
6 answers
How does Facebook handle or simplify the presumably complicated DB queries involved so that me loading my page doesn't bring it to its knees?
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posted by bonaldi
on Feb 4, 2008 -
27 answers
Been banging my head against the wall on this the whole day. I need a way to select & sort data from a single MySQL table, but it's a little bit more complicated that it seems.
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posted by arrowhead
on Nov 23, 2007 -
14 answers
Sum of data for all months, including months with no rows, in MySQL?
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posted by tmcw
on Nov 15, 2007 -
7 answers
From two MySQL tables, I need to fetch a list of customers who DOES NOT have an invoice issued to them within the past 2 months. More details about the table structures inside.
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posted by arrowhead
on Sep 3, 2007 -
10 answers
I'm trying to merge simple contact data from a bunch of single tables into one big text (csv) dump. The problem is that not all fields are present for each user. e.g. one user may be missing an email. Because of the missing field, my current (big and ugly) sql query will not return all the rows.
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posted by kamelhoecker
on Aug 2, 2007 -
13 answers
mySQLfilter: How can I ignore "A, An, & The" at the beginning of book titles when sorting results alphabetically by title?
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posted by Wild_Eep
on Dec 5, 2006 -
10 answers
I'm writing a small app to store my contacts. There's a little tool to search for names. When I search for "Jo", the results should display all names starting with "jo", followed by those with "jo" in the middle:
1. Joanna
2. John
3. Jonathan
4. Marjorie
5. Mojo
How do I do this using a single SQL statement?
posted by arrowhead
on Mar 9, 2006 -
14 answers
I have a MySQL database that contains two fields - name and e-mail - for a bunch of records. Separately I have a FileMaker 7 database that contains the same fields - name and e-mail -
and contains other fields, like "notes".
My question: can the FileMaker database, after polling the MySQL database, show name and e-mail as read-only; and then show the other fields as editable? i.e. if I make a change to the MySQL database, can I get it to show up in FM?
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posted by mark7570
on Sep 30, 2005 -
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myPHPadmin : I'm trying to get it to run an line of MySQL and it's complaining. Anyone got any thoughts? [MI]
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posted by twine42
on Nov 4, 2004 -
8 answers
