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Re: stack / heap assignment under the hood

harold aptroot29-Jul-14 4:52

29-Jul-14 4:52

taking_liberties wrote:
ok, MyClass is a ref type, I'd better put it on the heap
MyInt derives from System.ValueType and it's a local variable, I'd better put it on the stack.

Obviously it can't do that, since not all instances of value types always go on the heap (for example, MyClass.x).
The MSIL tells it what to do. Your example code was unfortunately a poor example, because ints are magic and therefore don't show how code with value types compiles in general.
So I changed the code a bit.

MSIL

.maxstack 2
.locals init (
    [0] class Test.Program/MyClass mc,
    [1] valuetype Test.Vec2 v
)

IL_0000: nop
IL_0001: newobj instance void Test.Program/MyClass::.ctor()
IL_0006: stloc.0
IL_0007: ldloca.s v
IL_0009: initobj Test.Vec2
IL_000f: ldloc.0
IL_0010: ldloc.1
IL_0011: stfld valuetype Test.Vec2 Test.Program/MyClass::x
IL_0016: ret

This should make some things clear. A reference to a MyClass and an instance of Vec2 both conceptually go on the stack (that is, they are locals). The instance of MyClass is "newobj"-ed, while the instance of Vec2 is "initobj"-ed. newobj allocates an object and pushed a reference to it on the evaluation stack - not "the stack", this is just the stack that MSIL conceptually uses because it's a stack language, that's really just to connect instructions implicitly to their operands. "initobj" takes an address and zeroes out the fields of the value type there in-place.
When the JIT compiler gets its hands on this, it could do anything that preserves the semantics, and what it actually does, depends. In debug mode (ie ran in a debugger and Suppress JIT Optimizations is ON (default)) it really likes The Stack (the real deal, nothing conceptual at this point) and all locals are always written back to the stack even when they are then immediately read back. In optimized mode, most temporaries only appear in registers, and locals are often completely enregistered as well (unless it doesn't fit or they have to be preserved across a call). It seems to have a tendency to put non-primitive value types on the stack though. (other JIT compilers may behave differently, YMMV)

Re: stack / heap assignment under the hood

taking_liberties29-Jul-14 6:42

taking_liberties

29-Jul-14 6:42

Thx. I'm assuming then that there is some kind of type-checking going on as newobj is called for MyClass ?

Re: stack / heap assignment under the hood

OriginalGriff29-Jul-14 5:07

OriginalGriff

29-Jul-14 5:07

It's pretty simple, sort of.
Reference types: the instance always goes on the heap. The reference itself may be stored on the stack, or on the heap as part of another reference type instance.
Value types: the instance goes on the stack, goes on the heap as part of a reference type instance, or may be "boxed" onto the heap in order to pass a reference to it to a method.

This may help: Using struct and class - what's that all about?[^]

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Re: stack / heap assignment under the hood

Rob Philpott29-Jul-14 6:19

Rob Philpott

29-Jul-14 6:19

It's something I don't like in .NET that much, the tendency to stick everything on the heap. Sure, heap allocations are super quick, but you just pay for it the other end in the GC.

There are times when stack allocations of 'reference types' would be damn handy. Makes me miss C++.

I've got this new C based language in my head, a cross between C++ and C#. It would have the rather beautiful imbedded metadata of an assembly so no header files and all that nonsense but would do away with woosey garbage collection. There would be a linking stage which could strip the metadata at will giving you a raw executable. The compiler would spit out native code for different processors along with some sort of CIL too, the linker 'targetting' the platform and what's exposed.

Best of all though, it would do away with usings at the top of you code. What the hell is the point of these? The fact you can right click to insert them tells you they're useless. Well, they would be there in fact but only to deal with the rare case of name clashes.

Regards,
Rob Philpott.

Re: stack / heap assignment under the hood

OriginalGriff29-Jul-14 6:25

OriginalGriff

29-Jul-14 6:25

Rob Philpott wrote:
There are times when stack allocations of 'reference types' would be damn handy.

Yes, but...that leads to it's own problems with dangling references:

MyClass MyMethod()
   {
   return new MyClassOnStack();
   }

Which caused so much fun and games in C and C++. You can't do that in C#, by design, because all references are heap based.

Not enough storage is available to complete this operation

Tal Humy29-Jul-14 3:20

Tal Humy

29-Jul-14 3:20

Hello ,
I have a web site that uses a FrameGrabber project which capture a frame out of video.
This FrameGrabber is using the DexterLib dll.
Until now , everything worked fine on our previous server that uses server 2003 OP,but lately we published this site on
a new server that Using server2012 op. Since then the DexterLib collapses on this row:
MediaDetClass mediaDet = new MediaDetClass();

with the following error:
Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID {65BD0711-24D2-4FF7-9324-ED2E5D3ABAFA}
from the IClassFactory failed due to
the following error: 8007000e Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000E (E_OUTOFMEMORY)).

More Over ,In all of our developers machine, the code works fine with no errors.
I tried to debug the project in the visual studio on the new servers machine and seperate this row to another file ,
And the same thing happend , the code collapsed with the same error.
When I created a new seperated console application on this machine, using the framegrabber, everything worked fine.
Even more odd is that when I added a new web site to the current solution with a test page that uses the frame grabber,
again,everything worked fine.

I tried to rebuild the solution , and remove the DexterLib dll and add it again. Everything I tried until now , had failed.
Any help will be appreciated,
Kind Regards,
Tal Humy

Re: Not enough storage is available to complete this operation

Eddy Vluggen29-Jul-14 6:24

Eddy Vluggen

29-Jul-14 6:24

this[^] one? I don't see any .NET assemblies in there?

Tal Humy wrote:
Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.

Well, is it out of memory? If you are low on harddisk-space then this error would occur, as Windows can't grow its swapfile.

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

Re: Not enough storage is available to complete this operation

Bernhard Hiller29-Jul-14 20:43

Bernhard Hiller

29-Jul-14 20:43

That error wasn't thrown by a managed component. There are some strange and confusing situations when you get an "Out of Memory" error message but such an error did not happen. Actually, it was a different problem in the non-managed component.
Hence look for things which the functioning programs have in common, things which the crashing programs have in common, and the differences between the groups. E.g. bit-ness, user context (service, interactive, admin, ...) etc.

OData 4 $InLineCount

JoelPark28-Jul-14 10:58

JoelPark

28-Jul-14 10:58

Hi, I have written an OData 4.0 WebAPI.
As anyone answering this question probably knows, $InLineCount=AllPages has now been replaced with $Count=True.

For backward compatibility purposes, I need to continue to support $inLineCount=AllPages as an option, I have tried for two days to override the validation of this, but I always get a message "The query parameter '$inlinecount' is not supported.".. I created a custom QueryOption validator, tried a CustomMessageHandler in the Configuration.MessageHandlers to no avail.

Would anyone know if/where the URL could possibly be overridden before getting to the OData code. The validation of the $inLineCount value, seems to occur to early for me to override. I would simply like to replace $inLineCount=AllPages with $count=true when the request arrives.

Re: OData 4 $InLineCount

OriginalGriff28-Jul-14 21:38

OriginalGriff

28-Jul-14 21:38

What the heck does this have to do with C#?

Re: OData 4 $InLineCount

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter28-Jul-14 22:20

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

28-Jul-14 22:20

It hard to see what you are talking about without see your code...

I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

Re: OData 4 $InLineCount

JoelPark29-Jul-14 3:37

JoelPark

29-Jul-14 3:37

Sorry guys, it's a C# webAPI question.

I didn't see anything detailing specifically OData, so I thought it would fit in C#.

I don't think it's really a code specific question however, more of a question of Method. Here's my code below though. When an OData GET is called, this method fires, but even though I set a custom validator, the oData code is kicking out my request before it gets there, because "$inlineCount" is an unsupported method. My goal is to thow $inlineCount out of the REQUEST URL myself before it ever gets here. But I don't know when/where the request is getting blocked.

SQL

[EnableQuery(AllowedQueryOptions = AllowedQueryOptions.All, PageSize = 5)]
public IHttpActionResult Get(ODataQueryOptions<Task> queryOptions)
{
    try
    {
        queryOptions.Validator = new CustomValidator();

        return Ok(_db.Tasks.AsQueryable());
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        _logger.LogError(e.ToString());
        return BadRequest(e.ToString());
    }
}

How to retain Dropdownlist value after selectedindexchanged and postback??

lan160727-Jul-14 14:07

lan1607

27-Jul-14 14:07

Hello!

I'm new here hope you guys can give me a suggestions/answers to my questions.

I have an aspx page which has two dropdownlist the first dropdownlist populates school level and the second dropdownlist populate available section depending on the selected school level. I had enabled already the EnableViewState to TRUE from the page and to my master page. Below is my code.

On my Page Load event I populate the school level, I have this condition
If(!IsPostback)
{
PopulateSchoolLevel();
}

on my first dropdownlist selectedindexchanged event I have this code

Datatable dt = New DataTable;
dt=_queries("StoredProcedure",ddlLevel.SelectedValue.Tostring());
if(dt.rows!=0)
{
ddlSection.Datasource=dt;
ddlSection.ValueTextField="Section";
ddlSection.DataValueField="id";
ddlSection.DataBind();
}

now every time i select a value in my second dropdownlist it always return to the first index or first value. how can i retain the selected value on my second dropdownlist? I'm having burned a lot of time for this screnario.. please help me.

Thanks

Re: How to retain Dropdownlist value after selectedindexchanged and postback??

Ron Nicholson28-Jul-14 4:48

Ron Nicholson

28-Jul-14 4:48

Sorry, not enough code to fully answer but try this. I am running from memory now so I might be off a bit. I had a similar problem but found that I was forcing the second dropdown back to the first object. IIRC I also a selectedindex change event on the second dropdown and that was where my problem was.

If this doesn't help drop in more of the code. Smile | :)

Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.

Re: How to retain Dropdownlist value after selectedindexchanged and postback??

Member 924543128-Jul-14 8:21

Member 9245431

28-Jul-14 8:21

every time you change the index you re-bind the data source.
a very simple solutions

session["current"] = ddlSection.selectedindex;

on page load

ddlSection.selectedIndex = convert.toint32(session["current"]);

Re: How to retain Dropdownlist value after selectedindexchanged and postback??

lan160729-Jul-14 14:01

lan1607

29-Jul-14 14:01

Thanks for your replies.. i tried your suggestion by storing the selectedindex of my second dropdownlist into session. i put a breakpoint on Loading event to see if the selectedindex value was stored but unfortunately it was not stored,it always stored the first value of my second dropdownlist.. here are some of my codes below

private void _getSection()
{
ddlSection.Datasource=_queries("StoredProc",ddlLevel.SelectedIndexChanged);
ddlSection.DataTextField ="SectionName";
ddlSection.DataValueField="id";
ddlSection.DataBind();
}

private void _loadLevels()
{
//_queries is a class handles all queries to my sql database.

ddlLevel.Datasource=_queries("select * from levels");
ddlLevel.DataTextField ="LevelName";
ddlLevel.DataValueField ="id";
ddlLevel.DataBind();
}

on my pageload event i call the _loadLevels() function. I have this condition

if(!IsPostback)
{
_loadLevels();
}
if(Session["_sectionid"]!=null)
{
string _result = Session["_sectionid"].Tostring();
}

//---------------
protected void ddlLevel_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Session["_sectionid"]=ddlSection.Selectedindex;
_getSection(); //-- this will populate the section in my ddlSection which values are
ex. DataTextField DataValueField
St.Dominic 1
St.Agustine 2
}

Autopostback of my DDL's is set to True and EnableViewState from my masterpage is also set into True.

Every time i select the second or third item in my ddlSection it always give me the first index I can't understand???...Im sure that there is no event calling my _getSection function only in the ddlLevel. by the way Im using Masterpage but there is no code i have in my masterpage. Please let me know what's happening on this scenario?

modified 30-Jul-14 1:38am.

Re: How to retain Dropdownlist value after selectedindexchanged and postback??

Member 924543130-Jul-14 0:38

Member 9245431

30-Jul-14 0:38

Step #1: On Page Load
populate drop down 1 with items / values
ex>
Text: ".NET 101"
Value: "1"

Step #2: On Drop 1 Selected Index Changed
store the selected items value

****the index corresponds only to the drop 1 list - don't store this*****

pass the selected value to the stored procedure
EXEC spGetData 1

Step#3: On Page Load --
if(Session["_sectionid"]!=null)
get session value
pass to stored procedure
bind data
clear session for next round

Re: How to retain Dropdownlist value after selectedindexchanged and postback??

lan160730-Jul-14 19:35

lan1607

30-Jul-14 19:35

thanks for the reply @Member9245431 but my objective is to get the seletedvalue of my second dropdwonlist(ddlSection) which i can't get the selected item. every time i put a breakpoint on my Loading event of my page the selectedindex in my ddlSection always reset that's why im still getting the first index which i selected is the second or third item. im sure that there's no one in my function that populates my ddlSection trigger at any event only in my first dropdwonlist(ddlLevel)which fires only on selectedindexchanged event. I burned a lot of time on this issue of mine.

tag clipboard text

Jassim Rahma27-Jul-14 11:59

Jassim Rahma

27-Jul-14 11:59

Hi,

Is it possible if windows tag the clipboard to check if it's related my application or to other application?

Thanks,

Jassim

Technology News @ www.JassimRahma.com

Re: tag clipboard text

Garth J Lancaster27-Jul-14 13:20

Garth J Lancaster

27-Jul-14 13:20

'usually' the format of data on the clipboard is not tagged to a specific application - but the type of the data - eg html, image .. you can luckily create your own data format (and maybe then you name it according to your application name)

two links you may find useful

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.dataformats(v=vs.110).aspx[^]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/637ys738(v=vs.110).aspx[^]

'g'

how do i get a table in gridview according to combobox fields?

Sajeev Unni27-Jul-14 7:29

Sajeev Unni

27-Jul-14 7:29

There is two tables.
1)Employee table(slno,empid,empname,projid)
2)Project table(slno,projid,projname)

In combobox projname should be shown, and when we select projname, according to that emp table should be shown.
Using stored procedure.
For me connection string also not working.

Re: how do i get a table in gridview according to combobox fields?

Pete O'Hanlon27-Jul-14 8:09

Pete O'Hanlon

27-Jul-14 8:09

What exactly is your question? What code have you written? What isn't working?

Re: how do i get a table in gridview according to combobox fields?

Swinkaran28-Jul-14 19:09

Swinkaran

28-Jul-14 19:09

Mate, I assume that you need show the related employees in the gridview as per the combobox selection.
It is just the matter of reading the selected value from the combobox,

selectedItem = comboBox1.SelectedItem; // something like this

Pass this selected value to filter the Employee table and read the results.
Finally, Rebind(); the gridview.

This is the basic logic. Try the above(There are plenty of resources online). If you get any real problem after your own attempt, post them in Questions area. Good luck.

MVC unit testing

Marsh8727-Jul-14 3:09

Marsh87

27-Jul-14 3:09

I started to learn how to write mvc tests  from the following site http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/older-versions/contact-manager/iteration-5-create-unit-tests-cs"

However when running the test I keep getting a object not set to instance exception

 [TestMethod]
        public void CreateRace()
        {




            //Arrange

            RACE race = new RACE();

            race.RACE_CODE = 1;
            race.Logourl = "dasdad";
            race.RegattaCity = "Durban";
            race.RegattaProvince = "Kzn";
            race.RegattaStreetAddress = "232Chats";
            race.MAXPARTICA = 12;
            race.SECRETARY_EMAIL = "ssasda";
            race.SECRETARY_MOBILE = 1422434;
            race.SECRETARY_NAME = "jsjsjs";

            race.ENTRYAMOUNT = Convert.ToDecimal(23.58);

            race.EVENT_NAME = "sadada";
            race.status = "Active";
            race.UserId = 1;

            race.LATEENTRYAMOUNT = Convert.ToDecimal(23.58);

            string eventstart = "2014/05/12 12:02", eventend = "2014/05/17 12:02", entrydeadline = "2014/05/11 12:02", withdrawdate = "2014/05/11 12:02", YachtClubname = "durban";

            //Act
            var result = _service.CreateRace(race, eventstart, eventend, entrydeadline, withdrawdate, YachtClubname, "Kzn");




            //Assert

            Assert.IsTrue(result);
}

//Create Service Method

public bool CreateRace(RACE race, string eventstart, string eventend, string entrydeadline, string withdrawaldate,string YachtClubname,string Province )
      {

          if (!ValidateRace( race,eventstart,  eventend,  entrydeadline, withdrawaldate,YachtClubname,Province))
              return false;

          // Database logic
          try
          {
              _repository.CreateRace(race, eventstart, eventend,  entrydeadline, withdrawaldate,YachtClubname,Province);

          }
          catch
          {
              return false;
          }
          return true;
      }

Re: MVC unit testing

Pete O'Hanlon27-Jul-14 3:41

Pete O'Hanlon

27-Jul-14 3:41

I see two possible locations in there. One is that you haven't initialized _service, the other being _repository.

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