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Jun 09
Guide to MySQL database Engine.
A MySQL database gives you a choice of database engines and an easy way to switch them. Default MySQL Engine would be enough for most of your application but in certain circumstances where the other available engines may be better suited to the task at hand. Choose your engine The number of database engines available …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/06/guide-to-mysql-database-engine/
May 18
CSS – Rounded Corner with shadow
Target Audience : Web Developers Hello, web developers! Here I would like to tell you how to make the round corner with shadow for banners or any other components of html. Look the code below: -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 14px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 14px; -web-border-radius-bottomright: 14px; -web-border-radius-bottomleft: 14px; -webkit-border-radius-bottomright: 14px; -webkit-border-radius-bottomleft: 14px; border-bottom-right-radius: 14px; border-bottom-left-radius: 14px; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 25px …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/05/css-rounded-corner-with-shadow/
May 18
Java Essential Tips: Display JFrame in Center of the Screen
Target Audience: Java Beginners, Java Swing Developers What should you know already? Basics of Java Swing The beginners of Java might query “How do I display JFrame in center of screen?” on Google quite frequently. JFrame is the top level container in Swing API to show your GUI application. Commonly, there are 2 methods available …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/05/java-essential-tip-display-jframe-in-center-of-the-screen/
May 16
Java Essestial Tips: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when Delete Elements From JList
Target Audience: Java Beginners, Java UI Developers, Swing Developers What should you know already? Java Swing API When you work around Java Swing UI components, especially JList, JTable or JComboBox, you should give your attention more than the attention you are giving for other components. Because these components are not just a single control, it …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/05/java-essestial-tips-arrayindexoutofboundsexception-when-delete-elements-from-jlist/
May 09
Excel to MySQL using Java
Target Audience: Java Developers, Database Developers What should you know already? Basics of Java, JDBC Excel to MySQL conversion can be done using LOAD DATA INFILE command as I discussed in Excel to MySQL blog. But that command is inadequate when you need to read the excel cell value and making some calculations or concatenations …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/05/excel-to-mysql-using-java/
May 05
Clearing Floats with Overflow using CSS
One of the common problems we face when coding with float based layouts is that the wrapper container doesn’t expand to the height of the child floating elements. The typical solution to fix this is by adding an element with clear float after the floating elements or adding a clearfix to the wrapper. But did …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/05/clearing-floats-with-overflow-using-css/
Apr 28
Ubuntu 11.04 – Available for download April 28, 2011 onwards.
Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu a fast-growing open-source operating system on April 28, 2011 for public download. Ubuntu 11.04 stands out from its competitors as a genuine free alternative to Windows, allowing users to personalise their PC with free and paid apps in a way that’s proven hugely popular in the smartphone and tablet …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/04/ubuntu-11-04-available-for-download-april-28-2011-onwards/
Apr 26
Difference between $this and self?
Inside a class definition, $this refers to the current object, while self refers to the current class. It is necessary to refer to a class element using self, and refer to an object element using $this. self::STAT // refer to a constant like this self::$stat // static variable $this->stat // refer to an object variable …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/04/difference-between-this-and-self/
Apr 26
What is the difference between padding and margins?
Margins and padding can be confusing to the web designer. After all, in some ways, they seem like the same thing white space around an image or object. Padding is the space inside the border between the border and the actual image or cell contents. In the image, the padding is the yellow area around …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/04/what-is-the-difference-between-padding-and-margins/
Apr 26
Double and Triple equals operator in PHP
Have you been given a piece of code to maintain that has single, double and triple equal operators in it? What’s the difference? Single Equals A single equal sign in PHP is an assignment operator. It assigns the value of the right side to the variable on the left side. For example: $name = “jon”; …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.openshell.in/2011/04/double-and-triple-equals-operator-in-php/