Difference between ExecuteAsync and StartAsync methods in BackgroundService .net core

The default behavior of the BackgroundService is that StartAsync calls ExecuteAsync, see code. It’s a default, the StartAsync is virtual so you could override it. Please note that only StartAsync is public and ExecuteAsync protected (and abstract). So from the outside StartAsync is called If you create a subclass of BackgroundService, you must implement ExecuteAsync … Read more

Unable to create or change a table without a primary key – Laravel DigitalOcean Managed Database

From March 2022, you can now configure your MYSQL and other database by making a request to digital ocean APIs. Here’s the reference: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/mysql/#4-march-2022 STEPS TO FIX THE ISSUE: Step – 1: Create AUTH token to access digital ocean APIs. https://cloud.digitalocean.com/account/api/tokens STEP – 2: Get the database cluster id by hitting the GET request to … Read more

Problem Updating to .Net 6 – Encrypting String

The reason is this breaking change: DeflateStream, GZipStream, and CryptoStream diverged from typical Stream.Read and Stream.ReadAsync behavior in two ways: They didn’t complete the read operation until either the buffer passed to the read operation was completely filled or the end of the stream was reached. And the new behaviour is: Starting in .NET 6, … Read more

varchar Migration question for Ruby on Rails

The correct format would be t.string :note, :limit => 1000 make sure you are using a version of MySQL(or whichever database) which supports varchars longer than 256 characters. if you want to use a large text block it would be t.text :note See http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/ConnectionAdapters/TableDefinition.html for more information

Rails Migration to convert string to integer?

Don’t drop the column, use this change_column :table_name, :column_name, ‘integer USING CAST(column_name AS integer)’ The “hint” you got from PostgreSQL basically tells you that you need to confirm you want this to happen, and how data should be converted. To confirm the changes, use the block above in your migration

Upgrading SQL Server 6.5

Hey, I’m still stuck in that camp too. The third party application we have to support is FINALLY going to 2K5, so we’re almost out of the wood. But I feel your pain 8^D That said, from everything I heard from our DBA, the key is to convert the database to 8.0 format first, and … Read more