What is a stored procedure?

Stored procedures are a batch of SQL statements that can be executed in a couple of ways. Most major DBMs support stored procedures; however, not all do. You will need to verify with your particular DBMS help documentation for specifics. As I am most familiar with SQL Server I will use that as my samples. … Read more

How does System.out.print() work?

System.out is just an instance of PrintStream. You can check its JavaDoc. Its variability is based on method overloading (multiple methods with the same name, but with different parameters). This print stream is sending its output to so called standard output. In your question you mention a technique called variadic functions (or varargs). Unfortunately that … Read more

What is console.log?

It’s not a jQuery feature but a feature for debugging purposes. You can for instance log something to the console when something happens. For instance: You’d then see #someButton was clicked in Firebug’s “Console” tab (or another tool’s console — e.g. Chrome’s Web Inspector) when you would click the button. For some reasons, the console … Read more

What is size_t in C?

According to the 1999 ISO C standard (C99), size_t is an unsigned integer type of at least 16 bit (see sections 7.17 and 7.18.3). size_tis an unsigned data type defined by several C/C++ standards, e.g. the C99 ISO/IEC 9899 standard, that is defined in stddef.h.1 It can be further imported by inclusion of stdlib.h as … Read more

Error in file(file, “rt”) : cannot open the connection [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: How to open CSV file in R when R says “no such file or directory”? I’m new to R, and after researching this error extensively, I’m still not able to find a solution for it. Here’s the code. I’ve checked my working directory, and made sure the files are … Read more

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Case in Select Statement

I have an SQL statement that has a CASE from SELECT and I just can’t get it right. Can you guys show me an example of CASE where the cases are the conditions and the results are from the cases. For example: where the results show