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Using REGEX Case Sensitively

Consider a table with data as below. + — — — + — — — — — — + — — — — — — +| ID | FIRSTNAME |

How to Annotate Class with Lombok

The first approach consists of annotating the class as below: @ToString@EqualsAndHashCode@Getter@Setter@RequiredArgsConstructorpublic class Foo { …} A shortcut for @ToString, @EqualsAndHashCode, @Getter on all fields, @Setter on all non-final fields, and

T-SQL FORCEPLAN

The SQL Server query optimizer processes a JOIN?in the same order as the tables appear in the FROM?clause, when FORCEPLAN?is ON. SET FORCEPLAN ON | OFF

Understanding Checksum Table in MySQL

CHECKSUM is a concept that is used to verify if the related files/contents are not tampered with or corrupted. On similar lines, MySQL provides CHECKSUM TABLE to verify the CHECKSUM

Use BitConverter Class to Convert a Byte Array

BitConverter’s ToString?method can be used to convert a byte array to a string. See below for an example: byte[] byteArray = ?string convertedString = BitConverter.ToString(byteArray).Replace(“-“,””);

Understanding the Unary Operator in Java

Java uses the symbol tilde (~) to represent the operator. The following examples are clearly illustrative of the use and outcome of this operator. Code sample: public class JavaUnary{public static

Validate Field Length

See how to validate the length of a field in Java via javax.validation.constraints.Size. We can do it as follows: @NotNull@Size(min=3, message=”Name must be at least 3 characters long”)private String name;

Set ARITHIGNORE to On

Setting ARITHIGNORE?helps to control whether error messages will be returned from overflow or divide-by-zero errors occurring during a query. SET ARITHIGNORE ON | OFF

Using the FileTime Class in Java

FileTime is a class in Java that helps you retrieve time-related information regarding files. One such method that we will see below is to get the modified time of a

Change Date to ISO8601 Date Format in C#

To change the date format in C#, just use the ToUniverstalTime and the overload formatting as below: String isoFormat = inputDateTime.ToUniversalTime().ToString(“s”) + “Z”;

Renaming a User in MySQL

There are instances in which a user is created according to current requirements. However, as the design progress and requirements freezes or changes, there is a possible need to change

Working with Long Integer Literals

Literals of type long are expressed by adding an L suffix. For example: 0L // The decimal number zero (type ‘long’)1L // The decimal number one (type ‘long’)2147483648L // The value

Explore a Few Math Functions in SQL Server

There are a number of math functions in T-SQL. Here are a few of them: SELECT SQRT(49) –Gives 7, Square RootSELECT PI() –Gives 3.14 …. PISELECT ROUND(15.30, 0) –Gives 15.

Setting Up a PROXY User in MySQL

In MySQL, a user is allowed to have a PROXY user. This means that a user can behave the same way as the original user with the same permissions as

Calculate the Distance Between Two Coordinates in C#

We can use the GetDistinaceTo?method of the GetCoordinates?class to determine the distance between two coordinates in C#. See below for an example: Using System.Device.Location;//double distance = 0.0;var aCoordinate = new

Disabling Binary Logs in MySQL

Logs often come in handy for problem resolution. However, there are times when there are too many logs that are not useful from the developer’s perspective. One such log is

Set Hibernate Batching Size

Setting the Hibernate batching size can be accomplished via hibernate.jdbc.batch_size. In Spring, we need to add in application properties per the following setting (the recommended batch size is between 5

Using LOCK_TIMEOUT in SQL

LOCK_TIMEOUT?specifies the number of milliseconds a statement should wait for a lock to be released, for example: SET LOCK_TIMEOUT 1000 –Wait one second

How to Change the Storage Engine in MySQL

Every table in MySQL will have a storage engine that offers certain capabilities. Some storage engines offer performance, some of them transaction support, and so on. By default, all tables

Get the Class-Level Annotation

Via Java Reflection API, we can obtain all the annotations of a class as follows: Class clazz = Foo.class;Annotation[] clazzAnnotations = clazz.getAnnotations();

Using NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT in T-SQL

NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT?specifies the level of error reporting that has been generated when an expression being rounded has caused loss of precision. SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT ON

Using SoapHexBinary Class for Byte and String Conversions

See below for a code sample of how to perform byte and string conversions: using System.Runtime.Remoting.Metadata.W3cXsd2001;public static byte[] GetStringToBytes(string stringValue){ SoapHexBinary result = SoapHexBinary.Parse(stringValue); return result.Value;}public static string GetBytesToString(byte[] byteArray){

Understanding What Grants a User Has in MySQL

MySQL allows various permissions to be set for users during (or after) creation. The following command comes handy to understand what GRANTS a user has. Command: SHOW GRANTS FOR user;

Get the UTC Machine Time in Java

Beginning with JDK 8, the machine UTC timestamp with nanoseconds precision can be obtained via the java.time.Instant class as below: // e.g., 2019-02-26T15:28:21.051163100ZInstant now = Instant.now();

Reseed All Autonumber Fields in All Tables

Reseed all Autonumber fields in all tables with the following query: EXEC sp_MSForEachTable ‘ IF OBJECTPROPERTY(object_id(”?”), ”TableHasIdentity”) = 1 DBCC CHECKIDENT (”?”, RESEED, 0)

Creating an Immutable List via JDK 9

Starting with JDK 9, we can create an immutable list via the suite of List#of(…) methods. For example, an immutable list of 3 elements can be created as follows: import java.util.List;…List

Repeating Text n Times via Stream.generate()

There are several approaches for repeating a string n times. In functional-style, we can rely on Stream.generate(), as in the following example: String result = Stream.generate(() – TEXT) .limit(5) .collect((joining()));

How to Use the Show ProcessList in MySQL

This command is similar to that of an operating system command that shows all the processes. In MySQL, this command, when executed, lists all of the processes that hold a