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Verifying a Destructor’s Invocation

Conceptually, destructors of global objects are called after main() has exited. For this reason, many debugging and memory checking tools are confused and report phantom memory leaks or warn about

std::string and null Characters

Unlike C-strings, a std::string object may contain null characters in the middle of its internal buffer. For example: std::string s=

Self-referential Inheritance

Consider the following example: class A : public list < A >{ // …}; Does your compiler accept it? According to the Standard, using an incomplete type as a template

Viewing Error Outputs From Java Applets in IE

The file Java/Javalog.txt in the Windows directory (i.e. C:windowsJava.Javalog.txt for windows and C:winntJavaJavalog.txt for NT) contains information for the last applet that was loaded by Internet Explorer. This file contains

How to Access Cookies Set at the Client Side

Class javax.servlet.http.cookies can be used to access cookies on the client side. The following code demonstrates this technique. The code also checks for the cookie names in order to access

Another Way to Delete Files or Filetypes

This routine uses all the good stuff that FileSystemObject offers. Here it is: Public Sub DeleteFiles(ByVal strPath As String, ByVal strExtension As String) Dim fsoMain As Scripting.FileSystemObject Dim folToDeleteFrom As

Delete Duplicate Rows From an Oracle Table

It’s easy to introduce duplicate rows of data into Oracle tables by running a data load twice without the primary key or unique indexes created or enabled.Here’s how you remove

Another Way To Compare Strings

When comparing a string, you can use this: public class compareString{ public static void main(String[] args) { String stringToCompare =

Renaming an Oracle Table

Create a synonym to the table with a new name. A public synonym is accessible by all schemas in the database, not just the user who created the synonym.Here is

Implementing Interfaces on Forms

There is an easy way to make your application respond to data changes in forms, by implementing interfaces on your forms.For example, when you have an order application and insert,

Mutual Exclusion in Servlets

While writing portals using servlets, it is possible for two users to enter the same login name and press request at exactly the same time. It

Reversing Array Elements in O(n/2)

Reversing Array Elements in O(n/2) where n is the number of elements: Public Sub ReverseArray(arrPerson() as String)Dim iIndex As IntegerDim strTemp As String For iIndex=LBound(arrPerson) To UBound2(arrPerson) strTemp=arrPerson(iIndex)arrPerson(iIndex)=arrPerson(UBound(arrPerson)-iIndex+LBound(arrPerson)) arrPerson(UBound(arrPerson)-iIndex)=strTemp NextEnd

Some Notes on the Len() Function

In VB, function Len() is mainly used to return the length of a string.However, if you pass something other than a string type variable as its argument, the result may

How to Share a Handle Between Two Threads

Whenever a handle is passed to another thread, use the DuplicateHandle API to create a duplicate handle to the same object and pass this duplicated handle to the thread. That

Determine Current User

In Windows, the computer can be set up so that many different users can log into the computer. The current user

Use Mid$ to Compose a Big String

The following code is a fast way to compose a big string by using Mid$ function instead of using the concatenating operator. The strings concatenated in a loop are often