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Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-11 21:49:28
April 11 2016 21:21 GMT
#14341
Requesting help with some sql. I have to use Oracle for this which has been a complete and utter nightmare

+ Show Spoiler [code] +
CREATE TRIGGER update_available_insert
BEFORE INSERT ON loans
BEGIN
UPDATE available A
SET A.amount=(
SELECT (A2.amount - 1)
FROM available A2
WHERE A2.lid = :new.lid
)
WHERE :new.lid=A.lid;
END update_available_insert;


I'm trying to create this trigger, but the syntax doesn't work. The terminal doesn't execute the command and no error is thrown about where or what syntax is wrong. I've never written triggers before so I'm not really sure what is going wrong. I can provide some more context on the tables if needed.
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Nesserev
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium2760 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-11 21:44:19
April 11 2016 21:43 GMT
#14342
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Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-11 21:55:51
April 11 2016 21:52 GMT
#14343
I fixed the code paste. I think this is just gonna be implemented in Java instead, but it'd be nice if the triggers worked instead.
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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18219 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-11 22:13:14
April 11 2016 22:12 GMT
#14344
Not too hot on Oracle, but isn't that inner query needlessly complex? Doesn't:


UPDATE available A
SET A.amount= A.amount - 1
WHERE A.lid = :new.lid;


work?

Not that that should be your problem; your query seems valid, just needlessly complex.
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17667 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-12 01:08:08
April 12 2016 01:03 GMT
#14345
I'm not a fan of moving your logic to the database. It should stay in the application.

Speaking of DB queries and all... Do you think it would be possible to turn this into a query (PostgreSQL)?


$string = 'AB.6740.D.336.2011.AP';
$regex = '/\.(\D)\./';
$alphabet = range('a', 'z');

preg_match($regex, $string, $matches);

if (!empty($matches)) {
$letter = strtolower($matches[1]);
$num = array_search($letter, $alphabet) + 1;

$string = preg_replace($regex, sprintf('.%d.', $num), $string);
}

echo $string;


This would have to update all the rows of course. The things I have to deal with...

I know that you can do WHERE field *~ '\.(\D)\.', but I'm not sure you can do replaces with regex.
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Blitzkrieg0
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States13132 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-12 01:43:52
April 12 2016 01:32 GMT
#14346
On April 12 2016 10:03 Manit0u wrote:
I'm not a fan of moving your logic to the database. It should stay in the application.


It's not really moving logic to the database though. I'm keeping an inventory so I want a count of those items. Having the logic in the application just means that I'd be querying the database and then updating the database. Placing that logic into the database instead means that when I insert or update a record the database triggers that update automatically. In this context I feel like the logic being in the database makes more sense.

I can't figure out how to get this trigger working and I'm not going to spend hours debugging some syntax bullshit when I can just implement it in the java in ten minutes though. One day I might fix it if I can figure out the trigger syntax, but without an error message I'm not sure I'd ever be able to figure it out. I'm pretty sure it's missing a comma/semicolon somewhere, but I don't know how to figure out where.
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Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17667 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-12 18:34:05
April 12 2016 18:33 GMT
#14347
On April 12 2016 10:32 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 12 2016 10:03 Manit0u wrote:
I'm not a fan of moving your logic to the database. It should stay in the application.


It's not really moving logic to the database though. I'm keeping an inventory so I want a count of those items. Having the logic in the application just means that I'd be querying the database and then updating the database. Placing that logic into the database instead means that when I insert or update a record the database triggers that update automatically. In this context I feel like the logic being in the database makes more sense.

I can't figure out how to get this trigger working and I'm not going to spend hours debugging some syntax bullshit when I can just implement it in the java in ten minutes though. One day I might fix it if I can figure out the trigger syntax, but without an error message I'm not sure I'd ever be able to figure it out. I'm pretty sure it's missing a comma/semicolon somewhere, but I don't know how to figure out where.


The thing is, with this approach you're tying your system to this specific database. I'm sure there are some lifecycleCallbacks or something in Hibernate or whatever you're using to do this for you automatically when you update your db. I know for certain that in PHP you can add pre-persist and post-persist triggers within your application. Since Java is more mature and advanced I think it should have something similar (it's not that different from adding created_at, updated_at, created_by, updated_by etc. fields and triggers).
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supereddie
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands151 Posts
April 13 2016 07:20 GMT
#14348
On April 12 2016 10:03 Manit0u wrote:

Speaking of DB queries and all... Do you think it would be possible to turn this into a query (PostgreSQL)?


$string = 'AB.6740.D.336.2011.AP';
$regex = '/\.(\D)\./';
$alphabet = range('a', 'z');

preg_match($regex, $string, $matches);

if (!empty($matches)) {
$letter = strtolower($matches[1]);
$num = array_search($letter, $alphabet) + 1;

$string = preg_replace($regex, sprintf('.%d.', $num), $string);
}

echo $string;


This would have to update all the rows of course. The things I have to deal with...

I know that you can do WHERE field *~ '\.(\D)\.', but I'm not sure you can do replaces with regex.

Well, if it is a one-time thing you can just write out the update and do 26 replaces...
"Do not try to make difficult things possible, but make simple things simple." - David Platt on Software Design
dsyxelic
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1417 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-14 22:46:42
April 14 2016 08:14 GMT
#14349
probably a simple error (java) i've been stuck on for a while. its confusing for me since this is code from what my teacher gave as reference and I don't spot any glaring errors.
+ Show Spoiler +

 
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
String menuName;
menuName = event.getActionCommand();
if (menuName.equals("Open"))
openFile( ); //NullPE <-------------------
else if (menuName.equals("Quit"))
System.exit(0);
} //actionPerformed
private void openFile( ) {
JFileChooser chooser;
int status;
chooser = new JFileChooser();
status = chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
if (status == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
readSource(chooser.getSelectedFile()); //NullPE error <-------------
else
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Open File dialog canceled");
} //openFile
//...and so on

basically a snippet of part of my code to let my GUI read in a textfile and then append some words in it to text areas.
the textfile is named "test.txt" and it is in the same folder as my src folder (next to it not inside src). I get the errors when I try to open the file with my GUI.


http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29982188/getting-a-exception-java-lang-nullpointerexception-cant-figure-out-why/29982222

a guy with pretty much the same exact code/problem as me (most likely same teacher, different problem) and it doesn't seem like he got it resolved there. tried the suggestions there to no avail. any help is appreciated. let me know if I didn't give enough information, didn't want to slab on too many lines of code.


edit:
On April 14 2016 17:19 solidbebe wrote:
*never mind I missed a line*

Looks like getSelectedFile returns null. Have a look at that method, see what it does.


It returns the selected file+ Show Spoiler +
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/JFileChooser.html#getSelectedFile%28%29
, which should be fine since my readSource method uses File as a parameter.

edit2:
thanks guys, slept on it and figured it out when I got back from school. turns out there was something wrong with my readSource method.
TL/SKT
solidbebe
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Netherlands4921 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-14 08:24:04
April 14 2016 08:19 GMT
#14350
*never mind I missed a line*

Looks like getSelectedFile returns null. Have a look at that method, see what it does.
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Deleted User 101379
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
4849 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-14 08:52:27
April 14 2016 08:48 GMT
#14351
What is the full stack trace of the exception in your case?

EDIT: And the code of readSource()
solidbebe
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Netherlands4921 Posts
April 14 2016 08:55 GMT
#14352
So are you setting the file somewhere? Seems to be the selectedFile field is uninitialized.
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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18219 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-14 11:18:28
April 14 2016 11:07 GMT
#14353
That can't be the top of your stack trace. Chooser is guaranteed to be non-null there, so the only place your nullpointerexception can originate is from somewhere inside readSource.

getSelectedFile() is allowed to return null on that line, but you clearly don't want it to be, so why not add a test for that? In general, when you run into problems debugging your code, you have more tools available than just the stack trace. Use the Java debugger, junit tests and good old fashioned logging to figure out what is breaking. Don’t assume something is non-null, test that.
zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15362 Posts
April 14 2016 12:16 GMT
#14354
So I have dabbled a bit with HTML5 with oData models to various backends. I finally feel like I am living in the future. Wish I hadn't neglected my JS for like 5 years, this is so much fun.
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shz
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany2687 Posts
April 14 2016 21:51 GMT
#14355
Does anyone have any experience with auth0 + s3 on Android? Or at least experience with S3 when authenticating users by token on Android?
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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18219 Posts
April 14 2016 21:56 GMT
#14356
I fucking hate javascript. Somebody please explain to me why it has a for .. in loop with the syntax exactly as if it will iterate over an Array, but if you actually use it to iterate over your array it fucks shit up (like not guaranteeing to iterate in order and other such stupid shit).
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17667 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-14 22:31:40
April 14 2016 22:31 GMT
#14357
On April 13 2016 16:20 supereddie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 12 2016 10:03 Manit0u wrote:

Speaking of DB queries and all... Do you think it would be possible to turn this into a query (PostgreSQL)?


$string = 'AB.6740.D.336.2011.AP';
$regex = '/\.(\D)\./';
$alphabet = range('a', 'z');

preg_match($regex, $string, $matches);

if (!empty($matches)) {
$letter = strtolower($matches[1]);
$num = array_search($letter, $alphabet) + 1;

$string = preg_replace($regex, sprintf('.%d.', $num), $string);
}

echo $string;


This would have to update all the rows of course. The things I have to deal with...

I know that you can do WHERE field *~ '\.(\D)\.', but I'm not sure you can do replaces with regex.

Well, if it is a one-time thing you can just write out the update and do 26 replaces...


The thing is, I need to update over 120k rows in the db, replacing all .[LETTER]. patterns with the corresponding number.
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Blisse
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada3710 Posts
April 14 2016 22:56 GMT
#14358
On April 15 2016 06:56 Acrofales wrote:
I fucking hate javascript. Somebody please explain to me why it has a for .. in loop with the syntax exactly as if it will iterate over an Array, but if you actually use it to iterate over your array it fucks shit up (like not guaranteeing to iterate in order and other such stupid shit).


It's not meant to iterate over the array. It's used to iterate over the properties of an object. It just happens that the element at each index of an array is stored as a property, and array[] index based access is the same as property access in Javascript.
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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18219 Posts
April 15 2016 01:09 GMT
#14359
On April 15 2016 07:56 Blisse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 15 2016 06:56 Acrofales wrote:
I fucking hate javascript. Somebody please explain to me why it has a for .. in loop with the syntax exactly as if it will iterate over an Array, but if you actually use it to iterate over your array it fucks shit up (like not guaranteeing to iterate in order and other such stupid shit).


It's not meant to iterate over the array. It's used to iterate over the properties of an object. It just happens that the element at each index of an array is stored as a property, and array[] index based access is the same as property access in Javascript.

I understand that. Took me quite a bit of debugging to realize what was wrong in that code, though... because most languages that have for .. in loops (e.g. Java, Python, C#) simply enumerate the values in your array. And this isn't the only quirk of JS coopting common syntax and doing something completely different (== vs === for instance). It's very frustrating (to people like me who have to dabble in JS every now and then), and hence my reinforced putrid hatred of JS every time I have to work with it.
Deleted User 101379
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
4849 Posts
April 15 2016 05:33 GMT
#14360
On April 15 2016 10:09 Acrofales wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 15 2016 07:56 Blisse wrote:
On April 15 2016 06:56 Acrofales wrote:
I fucking hate javascript. Somebody please explain to me why it has a for .. in loop with the syntax exactly as if it will iterate over an Array, but if you actually use it to iterate over your array it fucks shit up (like not guaranteeing to iterate in order and other such stupid shit).


It's not meant to iterate over the array. It's used to iterate over the properties of an object. It just happens that the element at each index of an array is stored as a property, and array[] index based access is the same as property access in Javascript.

I understand that. Took me quite a bit of debugging to realize what was wrong in that code, though... because most languages that have for .. in loops (e.g. Java, Python, C#) simply enumerate the values in your array. And this isn't the only quirk of JS coopting common syntax and doing something completely different (== vs === for instance). It's very frustrating (to people like me who have to dabble in JS every now and then), and hence my reinforced putrid hatred of JS every time I have to work with it.


https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/forEach

JavaScript has foreach, so why not use that?
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