The Way Things Work

How to Print Debug in Postgre

2012-01-15T18:34:00.000-08:00

We got Log4J or System out in Java to print debug statements. However, when it comes to programming and using database languages such as PostgreSQL, it's very hard to debug without installing debug plugins on the Postgre server first.
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Threaded Comments In Blogger Blogspot

2012-01-12T17:18:00.000-08:00

So blogger rolled out a new feature called threaded comments. Sadly, as of the time of this writing it doesn't show on some customized templates such as in a few blogs that I have. So what do we do? Let's try to do some blogger tweaks and see if this works for you.
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Copy A File From Remote Server In Ubuntu Linux

2012-01-11T18:43:00.000-08:00

Do you need to copy a file from a remote server using only a terminal in Ubuntu Linux? Of course it's possible using the X Window or graphical shell but since you're in Linux, there's just a lot of times when you have to do it the simple way.
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How To Skip Test In Maven

2012-01-11T01:25:00.000-08:00

If you're using maven and you're in an agile environment, chances are you're running automated unit tests for every call to mvn clean install. However, there are times when you want to work around the rules and skip all those test running.
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IF ELSE Statement In Blogger Blogspot

2012-01-09T16:01:00.000-08:00

I'm sure that many of you are wondering how to do an IF ELSE Statement In Blogger Blogspot and that's totally understandable since I was in the same boat as you are. I come from a programming background so that helped me somehow... But doing this is not impossible and any non-coder can do it.
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Kill A Process In Ubuntu Linux

2012-01-09T15:45:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you want to forcefully kill a process in Ubuntu Linux for a variety of reasons. It could be that an application hanged up or crashed and a thread is still alive inside a process and it wouldn't let go.
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How To SORT By Date In SQL

2011-10-04T01:36:00.000-07:00

To SORT by Date in SQL you need to make sure that you have a Date field to search. You can then construct a query like the one below.
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org.hibernate.PropertyValueException: not-null property references a null or transient value

2011-10-01T00:28:00.000-07:00

org.hibernate.PropertyValueException: not-null property references a null or transient value is probably caused by a property not set to allow null values. Check your hibernate config files against your database.
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