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Beware of Single Quotes When Working With SQL

When concatenating a SQL statement such as INSERT, you may have trouble if your field value contains an apostrophe (‘) such as in “Commedia Dell’Arte.” SQL thinks the apostrophe is

Identify Host That Called Remote Method

When creating remote objects for use with Java’s Remote Method Invocation (RMI), you’ll often extend java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject. When you do extend UnicastRemoteObject, it becomes easy for the remote methods to determine

Generate Beeps in Your Application

Many applications use an audible “beep” sound to signal that an error has occurred or to get the user’s attention for some reason. For example, a user interface that allows

Assigning Integers to an Enum Type

In C, it is valid to assign integers to an enumerated type. For example: /*** valid in C but not C++ ***/enum Status {good, bad};void func(){ Status stat = 1;