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Threads and JDBC Connections

Question: Is the JDBC Connection class thread safe? In other words, can a connection be shared between multiple threads without using synchronization? Answer: java.sql.Connection is actually an interface and not

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File Deletion

Question: I’m opening a file for reading, and after reading its contents I write it all to other file. Now I want to delete the original file. How do I

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Use of SocketImpl Class

Question: What is the SocketImpl class used for? Answer: SocketImpl is an abstract class that provides an interface for customizing socket implementations. Subclasses of SocketImpl are not intended to be

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Project Reference

Question: In a code I’m developing, I am getting a “can’t find project or library” error message when it gets to the following functions: Chr(), Right(), Left(). Aren’t these VB

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Case Sensitivity

Question: Is Java platform-dependent where the case sensitivity of filenames is concerned? In Unix, filenames are case sensitive whereas in Windows they are not. How does it work when Java

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Store Procedure and View Creation

Question: We need to create a view based on about 1600 tables. One of the problems is that we cannot enter all of the query into the buffer because the

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Blobs and Java

Question: How can I get out the value of a blob to print out on a web page using Java? I am using a cursor to get out all the