Laur IVAN

Jun.18
0

Build Update Statements with Oracle SQL Developer and Python

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By default, SQL Developer can only export INSERT statements. This is quite unfortunate when one needs to build UPDATE statements because their syntax is different. I’ve tried to use regexp to convert the statements but I didn’t find it not straight forward at all. So, I cam up with the following strategy: Export the data as JSON Use a python script (below) to write the statements The python script We first need to specify things like the DB Schema, table and the primary key:

Subsequently, I’ve defined a wrapper…read more

Mar.16
0

Run Restricted Groovy API in Jenkins

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The more recent versions of Jenkins have improved on security. Unfortunately, a side-effect is that scripts which were running before would fail now. An example is:

… which would list the projects defined in Jenkins. Fortunately, you can have access to theis API via the In-process Script Approval plugin (which is installed by default). If the script (pipeline) is versioned or executed in the sandbox, then you’ll need to approve method by method. If the script is not versioned, then you have the option to execute it outside the…read more

Mar.16
1

Fix Missing In-process Script Approval in Jenkins

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Normally, when you have a script or a method to be approved, you should see the In-process Script Approval entry in your Jenkins’ configuration: Unfortunately, the In-process Script Approval entry in Jenkins’ configuration is not always shown, even though we have items to be approved. I found that installing the Permissive Script Security and briefly enabling it would solve the problem. On linux (Ubuntu), you need to edit /etc/default/jenkins and add

Then, you need to restart Jenkins for the security plugin to be disabled. I executed one of the…read more

Mar.13
0

Bulk Change the Date on Photos

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I’ve got a new camera and I forgot to update the date. Consequently, the first photos are taken on 01/01/2017 instead of 04/03/2018. Given that more than 100 photos were taken, it would be a pain to change them one by one. So, here are the steps I did update the date: Download exiv2. Just search for exiv2-0.26-msvc.tar.gz (0.26 was the most recent at the moment of writing). Open it and extract the relevant folder (\dist\2015\x64\dll\Release in my case) in a convenient place (e.g. C:\EXIV\) Open a command prompt to…read more

Mar.13
0

Fix Jenkins Ignored Plugin “Check Now”

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TL;DR: Check if a browser extension is blocking your request when you click Check Now While playing more with jenkins, I’ve encountered an error while requesting Check Now for plugin updates: it seemed that my request got ignored. I’ve tried different URLs (with and without HTTPS, stable or not) with the same result: my request seemed to be ignored. I’ve assumed first there’s a proxy error or some limitation on the server side. The logs however didn’t reveal anything. Then, I’ve checked the browser side and I’ve found that my…read more

Mar.11
0

Fade colors in Corona using Transitions

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Corona provides transitions. According to this post, a transitionTo(…) would suffice:

The user can also cancel the transition if needed (which is waht I would need to do later in the code). In case you’re into custom stuff and the easing functions are not enough, you can create your own. A sample can be found here. The signature of the easing function is (at the moment of writing) function customEasing(t, tMax, start, delta) where: t is the time elapsed since the start tMax is the duration of the transition…read more

Mar.11
1

Fade Colors on a Polygon using the Game Loop

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One of the features I need to implement is to smoothly change the fill/stroke color of a polygon, like this: A manual approach In order to better understand the mechanics, I built my own fading PoC. First, one would need to build the polygon:

In this particular case, I have a text field and a rounded rectangle beneath it. the hud group contains both in the right order. Once the components have been created, we build the function to be called each frame:

The idea is to only…read more

Feb.27
0

Antialias a Polygon with Corona SDK

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The other day I figured I needed to draw a polygon in Corona SDK. With display.newPolygon(...), the job is extremely easy and a result like (apologies for the JPEG artefacts): It is obvious that in non retina cases, one can see the aliasing of the polygon’s edges. Hence I’ve thought and searched of various ways to provide the polygons with antialiasing. The sum of solutions I found is: Find a flag to enable antialiasing for a polygon Use effects to perform e.g. a blur or a glow and adapt it…read more

Feb.16
0

Update Jenkins on Ubuntu

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I’ve got an installation of Jenkins on a Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS which I needed to update. In order to do so I did the following: Download the new version (2.107 at the moment of writing this post). In /home/user/backup/ execute:

Backup the old version (Jenkins war is installed in /usr/share/jenkins):

Overwrite the old jenkins.war:

Restart jenkins

Now, you’re all set and you can start updating the plugins. HTH, A little experiment: If you find this post and ad below useful, please check the ad out :-)

Jan.18
0

Ignore ESLint Directives in Code

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The other day I’ve had to refactor a piece of angular code. Unfortunately, the original code was written a long time ago and has some issues like having $scope in controllers and a rather large number of unused variables. changing the $scope to this is a very time-consuming task as it implies prefixing functions and variables in the HTML code as well as selective replacements in JS ($scope.$watch for example must remain intact). In order to minimise the effort, I’ve decided to only move the code blocks around using John…read more

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