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How to set or change the default Java (JDK) version on macOS?

How can you change the default version of Java on a mac?
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Git push rejected after feature branch rebase

OK, I thought this was a simple git scenario, what am I missing? I have a master branch and a feature branch. I do some work on master, some on feature, and then some more on master. I end up with something like this (lexicographic order implies the…
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How do I run two commands in one line in Windows CMD?

I want to run two commands in a Windows CMD console. In Linux I would do it like this touch thisfile ; ls -lstrh How is it done on Windows?
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Get the first element of an array

I have an array: array( 4 => 'apple', 7 => 'orange', 13 => 'plum' ) I would like to get the first element of this array. Expected result: string apple One requirement: it cannot be done with passing by reference, so array_shift is not a good…
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How do I access the $scope variable in browser's console using AngularJS?

I would like to access my $scope variable in Chrome's JavaScript console. How do I do that? I can neither see $scope nor the name of my module myapp in the console as variables.
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How to merge a specific commit in Git

I have forked a branch from a repository in GitHub and committed something specific to me. Now I found the original repository had a good feature which was at HEAD. I want to merge it only without previous commits. What should I do? I know how to…
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How do I limit the number of rows returned by an Oracle query after ordering?

Is there a way to make an Oracle query behave like it contains a MySQL limit clause? In MySQL, I can do this: select * from sometable order by name limit 20,10 to get the 21st to the 30th rows (skip the first 20, give the next 10). The rows are…
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Redefine tab as 4 spaces

My current setting assumes 8 spaces; how could I redefine it?
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How to trim whitespace from a Bash variable?

I have a shell script with this code: var=`hg st -R "$path"` if [ -n "$var" ]; then echo $var fi But the conditional code always executes, because hg st always prints at least one newline character. Is there a simple way to strip whitespace…
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How do I pass environment variables to Docker containers?

How can one access an external database from a container? Is the best way to hard code in the connection string? # Dockerfile ENV DATABASE_URL amazon:rds/connection?string
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How to overlay one div over another div

I need assistance with overlaying one individual div over another individual div. My code looks like this:
Unfortunately I cannot nest the…
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How to parse JSON in Java

I have the following JSON text. How can I parse it to get the values of pageName, pagePic, post_id, etc.? { "pageInfo": { "pageName": "abc", "pagePic": "http://example.com/content.jpg" }, "posts": [ { "post_id":…
Muhammad Maqsoodur Rehman
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Which version of PostgreSQL am I running?

I'm in a corporate environment (running Debian Linux) and didn't install it myself. I access the databases using Navicat or phpPgAdmin (if that helps). I also don't have shell access to the server running the database.
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Enumerations on PHP

I know that PHP doesn't yet have native Enumerations. But I have become accustomed to them from the Java world. I would love to use enums as a way to give predefined values which IDEs' auto-completion features could understand. Constants do the…
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Retrieving the last record in each group - MySQL

There is a table messages that contains data as shown below: Id Name Other_Columns ------------------------- 1 A A_data_1 2 A A_data_2 3 A A_data_3 4 B B_data_1 5 B B_data_2 6 C C_data_1 If…
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