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Hi,
In my application I am very much using the System.string class for every manipulation of characters (Reading a lot of data from a XML file, writing a lot of data in a XML file and creating log for each operation). If my application needs to run for 24 hours, I know how inefficient it can be using System.string.  How can I replace System.string with StringBuilder? Like in System.Xml.XmlElement object, its inner member InnerText is itself a System.string object. Similarly in System.Xml.XmlNode object, its inner member InnerText is also a System.string object. So when too many classes of .net framework are using System.string type for their members (instead of StringBuilder), how can I replace System.string with StringBuilder?
I am not getting any clue to come out of this problem. Even if I use StringBuilder, too many .net classes do not accept it. Using System.string or StringBuilder.ToString() can make my application really inefficient. Please help me to know how to go about it? Also let me know when System.string get collected by Garbage Collector?
Thanks in Advance
Aseem
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Hi,
StringBuilder is Benificial in case of string manipulations like concat string for no of times. Then use StringBuilder and add method to create result string. But when you got final string then You can use String object.Best Regards,
Chetan Patel
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StringBuilder is only going to be more efficient than a string if:
1) It never gets extended - each time it does, it gets re-allocated, just like a string.
2) If your code repeatedly changes the string content.
If you are allocating strings and keeping them allocated, then replacing them with StringBuilder (which you can't do for System.Xml objects) will not make any real improvement unless you overwrite the StringBuilder content.
How are you allocating / using the strings?
If you app is running for 24 hours, what happens?
Strings are collected by the GC when it feels like it (i.e. when it needs to make some space for a new allocation), but will only be collected when there are no further references to them.If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
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Earlier I was under a wrong concept that System.Strings are not collected by GC. Thanks for correcting me.
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| You are welcome! Everything is subject to the GC as soon as it's last reference is removed. If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
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Well, StringBuilder is used when you want to build up a big string by concatinating small bits together. It's used as strings are immutable, that is they can't be changed.
So, if you add two strings together, a third is created and the contents of both are copied over. Obviously this causes problems if you do it repeatedly, and StringBuilder exists to mitigate this performance problem.
In terms of GC, I believe that strings are collected in the normal manner like any other object, that is at some undeterminate point after all references to it no longer exist.Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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You can't change the return values of framework object methods (and indeed, you don't want to) . In your own object methods, you can use StringBuilder internally if necessary, but unless you have a very specific reason for doing so, there's really no reason to return a StringBuilder object.
A StringBuilder is a more efficient object when frequent changes to a given string are made, but it saves you nothing as a return value unless the method being returned to is also going to heavily modify the returned value.
If you're concerned with memory usage, buy a memory profiler, and run your app for a few days to see if this is indeed something that even needs to be considered. You may find that your efforts are best concentrated elsewhere in the code..45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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Hi all,
I am a beginner and have many doubts.some of them sorted out but in some i m stuck.here is the one:
i have a databse and a table in that. ex tbl1 with columns firstname and lastname.
i have 2 textboxes on my form and want to populate those text boxes from the table.
i tried one techniquie using datareader but it is showing the last data of the table. i want on formload the first row to be populated on the specific textboxes.
secound problem is that i want to transfer the data in this form to another page as it is and populate controls of another form by value of this form controls.
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1) Use Top 1 Query while you are loading data from DataBase.
Now you got the first row.
2) If you want to transfer the data from one form to another.
Then if you are using MDI form then
You can access All Control like
Form1 obj=new Form1()
Form2 obj2=new Form2()
obj2.TextBox1.Text=obj.TextBox1.Text
If you are opening form from another form then
obj.TextBox1.Text=this.TextBox1.Text
Still it is not resolved then post minimum code required to help you better.Best Regards,
Chetan Patel
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| I don't know why you suggest to use top 1 in the select sql statement...There are many ways to manage if your query return multiple rows. Thanks
Md. Marufuzzaman
I will not say I have failed 1000 times; I will say that I have discovered 1000 ways that can cause failure – Thomas Edison.
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Hi All,
Can anybody help me what does the below code do and whats the use of new here. Any link also will be fine.
public abstract class BaseCollection<T> : List<T> where T : BaseEntity, new()
{
public bool MapObjects(DataSet ds)
{
if (ds != null && ds.Tables.Count > 0)
{
return MapObjects(ds.Tables[0]);
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
public bool MapObjects(DataTable dt)
{
Clear();
for (int i = 0; i < dt.Rows.Count; i++)
{
T obj = new T();
obj.MapData(dt.Rows[i]);
this.Add(obj);
}
return true;
}
}Thanks & Regards,
Md. Abdul Aleem
NIIT technologies
modified on Friday, February 5, 2010 7:31 PM
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So like, what's the problem?Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...
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| I want to know can we declare inheritance in that way. Whats the use of new(). What does it represent. Is this coding is Inheritance chaining or multi level inheritance. Please help me in uderstading it. Thanks & Regards,
Md. Abdul Aleem
NIIT technologies
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BaseCollection inherits from List< T > where T is a class that inherits from BaseEntity and has a public default constructor.
use of the new() keyword in this context: MSDN[^]
more info: MSDN[^]
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Buy a book, look at some websites, this is all well covered. Do the research yourself and you will truely learn, not just parrot and cut & paste.
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
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Hello, I created a custom BindingNavigator Toolstrip with Buttons - Save, MoveFirst, MovePrevious, MoveNext, MoveLast, Edit mode, Add new, Delete and Cancel.
To avoid copying all events to each new Form I like to assemble the toolstrip including the buttons and events into a usercontrol.
I want to embed a BindingSource into this UserControl.
QUESTION: What is the best practise to house a BindingSource into a UserControl?
The end objective is just to drag and drop the usercontrol onto the form and it's just a matter of linking the input controls (textboxes, comboboxes) to this new BindingNavigator control.
Regards Arjen
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How can I make the BindingSource which is inside the UserControl, visible to other controls on the Form?
How do I make the Bindingsource.Datasource property public so it is visible in the Miscellaneous property section of the UserControl?
Regards Arjen
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i'm currently using:
try
{
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(path))
{
return reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
}
i cycle through each file, do what I need to do w/ the code, and then move onto the next on.
Any other ways to move a little faster?
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Hi,
1.
File.ReadAllText() does it all in one line.
2.
if the files are large, you may be stressing the memory, possibly without a real necessity. Do you really need all the data of a file in memory at once? or is a sequential read sufficient?
3.
for small files, and assuming the processing is individual without too much common data, use a few threads (no more than 2*Ennvironment.ProcessorCount).
Note: if your processing needs GUI access, you must avoid invalid cross-thread operations[^]
Warning: if you take them from ThreadPool it will take a few seconds before they are all active.
 Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
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here's what i have
private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
using (var db = new momdbDataContext(Properties.Settings.Default.Remote))
{
var aAuthor = (from a in db.Authors
where a.ID == (int)comboBox1.SelectedValue
select a).FirstOrDefault();
authorFirstTextBox.Text = aAuthor.AuthorFirst.ToString().Trim();
authorLastTextBox.Text = aAuthor.AuthorLast.ToString().Trim();
}
when i look in the debugger comboBox1.SelectedValue has {ID=2,Name="Jim Bob"}
I don't understand how to get the id value of 2 so I can look up that author.
Sorry for all the questions  Just not grasping a lot of this stuff yet.
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How are you binding the data to the combobox?
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
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private void LoadAuthorsCombo()
{
using (var db = new momdbDataContext())
{
comboBox1.DataSource = db.Authors.Select(c=>new{ID=c.ID,Name=String.Format("{0}, {1}",c.AuthorLast,c.AuthorFirst)});
comboBox1.DisplayMember = "Name";
comboBox1.ValueMember = "ID";
}
}
I simply dragged combo box from the datasource onto the forum. Then to populate it I called the loadAuthorCombo that i made.
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Hi,
SelectedValue will contain the Value, i.e. the value of the property you chose as ValueMember, hence the ID.
Works for all ListControls, i.e. ListBox and ComboBox.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [Why QA sucks] [My Articles]
I only read code that is properly formatted, adding PRE tags is the easiest way to obtain that. [The QA section does it automatically now, I hope we soon get it on regular forums as well]
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