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Managing the HDFS system
HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) is one of the component of the Hadoop framework......
SQLConnectWS (Function)
Connects the current application to a database that will be queried by SQL through a Webservice proxy (SOAP).
<Source>.Version (Function)
Used to find out: whether the content of a file was modified. whether the content of a file used by a query was modified....
Automated test created by the user
WINDEV allows the user to record a test scenario in order to send it to the quality service or to the developer......
<Upload>.DeleteAll (Function)
Clears the list of files to upload: no file will be uploaded on the server.
UploadDeleteAll (Function)
Clears the list of files to upload: no file will be uploaded on the server.
Native Informix Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to manipulate Informix data does not require importing the file structure into the analysis......
Native Sybase Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to handle Sybase data does not require importing the file structure into the analysis......
HSynchronizeReplica (Example)
Usage example of the HSynchronizeReplica function
MongoGridFSListFile (Function)
Retrieves the list of MongoDB files found in the MongoDB file system (gridFS).
<mongoGridFS variable>.ListFile (Function)
Retrieves the list of MongoDB files found in the MongoDB file system (gridFS).
fSaveText (Function)
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a text control or text variable (string variable, edit control in a window, Static control in a report, ...).
Automatic data masking
Data masking is a process that transforms the data in an item that will be displayed to the user......
FullTextIndex description (Type of variable)
A FullTextIndex description variable is used to describe one or more full-text indexes through programming.
<Source>.CheckUnaltered (Function)
Checks whether one or all records in an unalterable data file have not been modified (with an hexadecimal editor for example).
XML management: Use example
This application example manages an XML file named "Orders......
Native Oracle Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use an Oracle database with the Native Connector, the structure of ORACLE tables must be imported into the WINDEV or WEBDEV analysis......
Using the Control Centers in Client/Server mode
All the Control Centers provided with WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile use the same database......
<zipArchive variable>.CurrentFile (Function)
Returns the name of the archived file currently handled by the functions for adding and extracting files.
zipExtractDirectory (Function)
Automatically extracts and decompresses files from a directory in the file tree of an archive to a physical location.
<zipArchive variable>.ExtractDirectory (Function)
Automatically extracts and decompresses files from a directory in the file tree of an archive to a physical location.
zipCurrentFile (Function)
Returns the name of the archived file currently handled by the functions for adding and extracting files.
2. Transferring files via FTP
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for transferring files from one site to another....
WDSQL: Creating an SQL query
Once the connection to the database is established, WDSQL allows you to create different types of SQL queries......
How to create a query with external join?
In SQL language, an external join is used to exclude or include file records with or without correspondences in the linked files......