Thursday

test smtp server with powershell

Send-MailMessage -SMTPServer smtp.domain.com -To [email protected] -From [email protected] -Subject "This is a test email" -Body "Hi, this is a test email sent via PowerShell to test the STMP relay server"

Wednesday

add new fields to csv file using powershell


$z = Import-Csv zerotrac.csv
$nums= Import-Csv allleetcode.csv
$md=@{}
#converting one csv into hashmap for quicker search
foreach($r in $nums){
    $md.add($r.frontendQuestionId,$r)
}

foreach($r in $z){
    $nr=$md[$r.id]
    if ($nr){
     $r | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "isPaidOnly" -Value $nr.isPaidOnly
     $r | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "difficulty" -Value $nr.difficulty
     $r | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "topicTags" -Value $nr.topicTags

}

}


$z | Export-Csv -Path "C:\temp\newzerotrac1.csv" -NoTypeInformation

Saturday

how to configure server while Running sql and BizTalk on same server

XML viewer to see Biztalk XML messages and convert them into excel or word documents:

When running SQL Server and BizTalk Server on the same machine, it’s crucial to configure both to ensure optimal performance and avoid resource contention. Here are some best practices and configuration steps to follow:

1. Hardware Considerations

Memory (RAM): Ensure you have adequate memory, ideally 16 GB or more. SQL Server and BizTalk are both memory-intensive applications, so having sufficient RAM is essential.
CPU: Multi-core processors are recommended, ideally at least 4 cores. Assign CPU affinity if necessary to allocate specific cores to each application.
Disk Storage: Use separate physical disks (or separate logical partitions if physical separation isn’t possible) for BizTalk’s database files, log files, and BizTalk’s tracking data. This separation minimizes I/O contention.

2. SQL Server Configuration

Limit SQL Server Memory Usage: To prevent SQL Server from consuming all available memory, set a maximum memory limit for SQL Server. Go to SQL Server Properties -> Memory and set a reasonable cap (e.g., if you have 16 GB, allocate 8-10 GB for SQL).
Configure TempDB: TempDB can be heavily utilized by BizTalk, so ensure it has multiple data files (one per CPU core, up to 8 files). Each should be set to the same initial size and auto-growth increment.
Optimize Disk I/O: Place data files and log files on separate drives, if possible, to reduce contention. If the machine uses SSDs, this will significantly improve performance.
Backup and Maintenance Plans: Regularly back up BizTalk databases, and configure SQL Server Agent jobs to manage and maintain indexes and statistics, especially for message box and tracking databases.
Disable Unnecessary SQL Server Features: Turn off features that BizTalk doesn’t need, such as SQL Agent jobs unrelated to BizTalk, unnecessary SQL Server features, or components.

3. BizTalk Server Configuration

Optimize Host Instances: Separate processing, tracking, and adapter communication into different hosts to avoid performance bottlenecks.
- In-process hosts: For orchestration processing and message processing.
- Receive hosts: For receiving adapter processing.
- Send hosts: For sending adapter processing.
Configure Throttling Settings: Adjust BizTalk throttling settings in the Administration Console to optimize memory and CPU usage, particularly if the server is under heavy load.
Disable Tracking (if not required): Disable tracking for specific hosts if it’s not needed to save disk space and reduce CPU usage.
Limit Maximum Message Size: Set maximum message sizes for BizTalk to avoid excessively large messages slowing down processing or overwhelming SQL.

4. Operating System and Network Configuration

Power Settings: Set the server’s power plan to High Performance to avoid CPU throttling.
Disk Write Caching: Enable write caching on the disk but be cautious; ensure the server has UPS protection as write caching can cause data loss if there’s a sudden power failure.
Network Optimization: Use dedicated network interfaces for SQL Server and BizTalk network traffic if possible. This helps avoid network contention on a single interface.
Firewall and Security Settings: Ensure proper firewall rules are in place to allow only necessary traffic to SQL and BizTalk services.

5. BizTalk Database Maintenance

BizTalk Database Jobs: Enable and regularly monitor BizTalk’s built-in SQL jobs, such as Backup BizTalk Server (BizTalkMgmtDb), DTA Purge and Archive (BizTalkDTADb), and MessageBox_Message_Cleanup_BizTalkMsgBoxDb. These jobs help maintain database health and performance.
MessageBox and Tracking Database Size: Keep the BizTalkMsgBoxDb and BizTalkDTADb databases at optimal sizes. Purge data regularly, especially if tracking is enabled, to prevent database growth from impacting performance.

6. Monitor Performance Regularly

Use Performance Monitor (PerfMon) to track critical counters, such as:
- BizTalk: Messaging Database Size, Host Throttling State
- SQL Server: Buffer Cache Hit Ratio, Page Life Expectancy, Batch Requests/Sec
- System: CPU Usage, Available Memory, Disk I/O
Implement alerts for critical counters so you can take action before performance issues arise.

7. Consider Virtualization and Licensing

If SQL Server and BizTalk are sharing a virtualized environment, consider separating them into different VMs to allow easier scaling and isolation. Also, review SQL and BizTalk licensing requirements to ensure compliance when running both on the same server.

By following these steps, you can run SQL Server and BizTalk Server on the same machine in a way that minimizes resource contention, ensuring smooth operations.

Tuesday

BinBuilder - equivalent of StringBuilder for binary objects

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;


public class BinBuilder
{

    public BinaryWriter writer;
    public MemoryStream requestMemoryStream = new MemoryStream();

    public BinBuilder(string a)
        : this(ASCIIEncoding.Default.GetBytes(a))
    {
    }

    public  BinBuilder(byte[] init):this()
    {
        writer.Write(init);
    }

    public void Append(ushort us)
    {
        this.Append(BitConverter.GetBytes(us));
    }

    public void AppendCRC(ushort us)
    {
        var a=BitConverter.GetBytes(us);
        writer.Write(a[1]);
        writer.Write(a[0]);
    }

    public void Append(char us)
    {
        this.Append(BitConverter.GetBytes((ushort)us));
    }


    public void Append(byte[] init)
    {
        writer.Write(init);
    }


    public BinBuilder()
    {
        writer = new BinaryWriter(requestMemoryStream);
    }

    public byte[] ToArray()
    {
        writer.Flush();
        return requestMemoryStream.ToArray();
    }

}

tsql SEQUENCE create usage and list of current values


CREATE SEQUENCE dbo.GenericSequenceNumber
AS INT
 START WITH 1
 INCREMENT BY 1
 MINVALUE 1
 MAXVALUE 999999
 CYCLE ;
GO

--usage
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR dbo.bbGenericSequenceNumber


--to list all of sequesnces inlcuding their values do:
SELECT
  name,
  cast(start_value AS NUMERIC)   AS start_value,
  cast(increment AS NUMERIC)     AS increment,
  cast(current_value AS NUMERIC) AS current_value
FROM sys.sequences;

Friday

Fix Error 0x800F0954 Installing .NET Framework 3.5 or Any Optional Feature

[Fix] Error 0x800F0954 Installing .NET Framework 3.5 or Any Optional Feature

If the error 0x800f0954 occurs installing optional Windows features, it may be because the system is unable to access the Windows Update server. This is especially true in case of domain-joined computers which is configured to downloads updates from a WSUS server. It could also be possible that your computer was once a part or a corporate or domain network and the group policy setting is still in place.

Method 1: Bypass WSUS to Install Features/Updates Directly from Windows Update

To fix the problem, temporarily bypass WSUS server using the following registry edit (requires administrator privileges).

Right-click Start, and click Run
Type regedit.exe and click OK

Go to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

On the right-pane, if the value named UseWUServer exists, set its data to 0
Exit the Registry Editor
Restart Windows.

Sunday

imagemagic add text to image

rem different types of text annotations on existing images
rem cyan yellow orange gold 
rem -gravity SouthWest
rem draw text and annotate
rem C:\me\tools\magic\convert.exe  -fill cyan -pointsize 120 -gravity center -draw "text 0,300 '%~1' "   %2  out%2
rem  C:\me\tools\magic\convert.exe %2  -undercolor white -pointsize 120 -gravity SouthWest -fill cyan  -annotate 0      %1 out%2

rem - klasnij horizontal append
rem C:\me\tools\magic\convert.exe %2  -background white -pointsize 120 label:%1  -gravity Center -append    out%2
rem C:\me\tools\magic\convert.exe %2 ( -size 600x -background red -fill black label:%1 -rotate 90 -trim +repage ) -gravity west -geometry +20+0 -composite out%2 
rem wow pashe vertical append 
rem C:\me\tools\magic\convert.exe %2 ( -size 1000x -background white -fill black label:%1 -rotate 90 -trim +repage ) -gravity east  +append out%2 

rem changing image size with horisontal append 
rem C:\me\tools\magic\convert.exe %2 ( -size 1500x -background white -fill black label:%1  -trim +repage ) -gravity east  +append out%2 

rem cool annotation with changing image size 
C:\me\tools\magic\convert.exe %2 ( -size 1500x -background white -fill black label:%1  -trim +repage ) -gravity center -append out%2

note that %~1 is command line argument without double quotes.

Wednesday

powershell compare two csv files and output differences

I had to compare data returned from two APIs - one JSON another XML so

1. I used this viewer to convert json to csv and this app to save xml to csv

2. I used this PowerShell to show difference between two csv files:

Start-Transcript -Path result-10.csv


$mas = Import-Csv 1.csv
$marko = Import-Csv 2.csv

$md=@{}
#converting one csv into hashmap for quicker search
foreach($r in $mas){
    foreach($a in $r.psobject.properties){
        $fn=$a.name
        $val=$a.value
        $md.Add($fn.ToLower(),$val)
    }
}

echo "fieldName,csv1,csv2"

    foreach($r in $marko){
        foreach($a in $r.psobject.properties){

            $k=$a.name.replace("_","").toLower()
            if ($md.ContainsKey($k)){
                if ($md[$k] -ne $a.value){
                  echo "$($a.name),$($a.value),$($md[$k])"
                }
            }
        }
    }
Stop-Transcript

tmux session management

In tmux, you can create a new session using the tmux command followed by the new-session command. Here's the basic syntax:

bash

tmux new-session -s session_name

Replace session_name with the desired name for your new session. If you don't specify a name, tmux will assign a default name.

Here are a few examples:

To create a new session named "mysession":
```
bash
```

tmux new-session -s mysession

To create a new session without specifying a name:

bash

```
tmux new-session
```

After running the new-session command, you will be switched to the new session. You can then use tmux commands to manage and navigate between sessions.

Here are some useful tmux session management commands:

Switching between sessions:
- Switch to the last session: tmux switch-client -n
- Switch to a specific session by name: tmux switch-client -t session_name
Listing sessions:
- List existing sessions: tmux list-sessions or tmux ls
Detaching from a session:
- Detach from the current session (leave it running in the background): tmux detach-client
Attaching to a session:
- Attach to the last session: tmux attach
- Attach to a specific session by name: tmux attach -t session_name
Killing a session:
- Kill a session: tmux kill-session -t session_name

Remember that you can customize the key bindings and create scripts to simplify these commands based on your preferences. To customize tmux behavior, you can add configurations to your ~/.tmux.conf file.

Tuesday

what is best javascript framework for showing large grids of data (research)

As of my last knowledge update in January 2022, some popular JavaScript frameworks and libraries for displaying large grids of data include:

Ag-Grid:
- Description: Ag-Grid is a feature-rich data grid that is highly customizable and optimized for large datasets. It supports a wide range of features such as sorting, filtering, grouping, and virtual scrolling.
- Website: Ag-Grid
React Data Grid:
- Description: React Data Grid is part of the AdapTable library and is built specifically for React applications. It offers features like sorting, filtering, and customizable cell rendering.
- Website: React Data Grid
Handsontable:
- Description: Handsontable is a data grid library that provides a spreadsheet-like interface. It supports features like sorting, filtering, and data validation.
- Website: Handsontable
SlickGrid:
- Description: SlickGrid is a fast, customizable, and lightweight grid control. It's designed for handling large amounts of data with features like sorting, filtering, and cell editing.
- GitHub: SlickGrid
Vue Table Component:
- Description: Vue Table Component is a simple and lightweight grid component for Vue.js. It allows you to display data with features like sorting and pagination.
- GitHub: Vue Table Component
DataTables:
- Description: DataTables is a jQuery-based plugin that provides a flexible and feature-rich solution for displaying data in tables. It supports server-side processing for handling large datasets.
- Website: DataTables
Angular Material Table:
- Description: Angular Material provides a table component that is well-integrated with Angular. It supports features like sorting, pagination, and filtering.
- Documentation: Angular Material Table

Keep in mind that the "best" framework or library depends on your specific requirements, such as the framework you are using (React, Angular, Vue, etc.) and the features you need. Additionally, the landscape may have evolved, and new libraries may have been introduced since my last update. Always check the latest documentation and community feedback to make an informed decision.

Saturday

midnight commander shortcuts cheatsheet

In the shortcuts below, "C" stands for CTRL and "A" stands for "ALT". This is a convention

used in the Midnight Commander documentation and was kept here.

You can also use "ESC" instead of "ALT", which is useful on Macbooks.

Main View
---------------------------------------------------------------
- File/directory operations
    F3                        View file
    Shift + F3                View raw file (disregard extension)
    F5                        Copy selected files
    F6                        Move selected files
    Shift + F6                Rename file under cursor
    Shift-F4                  Create a new file
    C-x d                     Compare directories
    C-x c                     Chmod dialog
    C-x o                     Chown dialog
    C-x C-s                   Edit symlink
    C-x s                     Create symlink dialog
    C-x l                     Create hard link dialog
    C-x v                     Run relative symbolic link tool on selected or tagged items
    C-x a                     List active VFS directories

- Selection
    Insert / C-t              Select/deselect file
    *                         Invert selection on files
    +                         Specify file selection options (including custom pattern)
    -                         Same as above, but for deselecting

- Navigation
    TAB /  / C-i              Jump from one panel to the other
    F9                        Select the top menu bar
    Esc Esc                   Quickly dismiss menus/pop-ups (skip the timeout for "Single press" from the configuration)
    A-c                       Quick cd dialog
    A-?                       Search dialog
    C-s                       Search for item
    A-s                       Incremental search (A-s again to jump to next occurence)
    A-y                       Move to the previous directory in the directory history
    A-u                       Move to the next directory in the directory history
    A-Shift-h                 Show path history
    C-\                       Directory Hotlist
    C-p / Up arrow            Move selection bar to the previous entry in the panel
    C-n / Down arrow          Move selection bar to the next entry in the panel
    A-g                       Move selection bar to the first visible item in the panel
    A-r                       Move selection bar to the middle item in the panel
    A-j                       Move selection bar to the last visible item in the panel
    A-v / Page up             Move selection bar one page up
    A-p / Page down           Move selection bar one page down
    A-< / Home                Move selection bar to the top (first entry)
    A-> / End                 Move selection bar to the bottom (last entry)

- Display
    C-r                       Refresh current panel
    C-u                       Swap panels
    A-,                       Toggle panel layout (horizontal/vertical)
    C-x i                     Toggle other panel to information mode
    C-x q                     Toggle other panel to quick view mode
    A-i                       Make the other panel show the same directory as the current
    A-o                       Display the contents of the highlighted dir in the other panel
    A-t                       Change panel view (full, brief, long)
    A-.                       Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature

- Command prompt
    C-o                       Drop to the console
    A-Enter                   Put the name of the highlighted file on command line
    C-x t                     Put the name of the selected items on command line
    C-Shift-Enter             Put the full path of the highlighted file on command line
    A-a / C-x p               Put the full path of the pane directory on the command line
    A-h                       Show command history
    A-n / A-p                 Navigate up/down through the command history
    C-x !                     External Panelize (fill current panel with the output of a command)
    C-x j                     Show background jobs
    F2-@                      Run a command on the currently highlighted item, e.g.:
        F2-@ unzip                Unzip selected file
        F2-@ zip -r foo.zip       Zip current directory as foo.zip
        F2-@ 7za x                Extract selected file with 7zip
        F2-@ 7za a foo.7z         7zip current directory as foo.7z

- Others
    Shift-F10                 Quiet exit, without confirmation


File View
---------------------------------------------------------------
    C-f                           View the next file
    C-b                           View the previous file

Tuesday

How to add subsections in 'for xml' sql statement

SELECT 
    O.OrderID AS '@OrderID',
    O.OrderDate AS '@OrderDate',
    (
        SELECT
            OD.ProductID AS '@ProductID',
            OD.Quantity AS '@Quantity'
        FROM OrderDetails OD
        WHERE OD.OrderID = O.OrderID
        FOR XML PATH('OrderDetail'), TYPE
    ) AS 'OrderDetails'
FROM Orders O
FOR XML PATH('Order'), ROOT('Orders')

result



<Orders>
  <Order OrderID="1" OrderDate="2023-01-01">
    <OrderDetails>
      <OrderDetail ProductID="101" Quantity="3" />
      <OrderDetail ProductID="102" Quantity="2" />
    </OrderDetails>
  </Order>
  <!-- More Order elements -->
</Orders>

there is a way to have OrderDetail as elements:

SELECT 
    O.OrderID AS '@OrderID',
    O.OrderDate AS '@OrderDate',
    (
        SELECT
            OD.ProductID AS 'ProductID',
            OD.Quantity AS 'Quantity'
        FROM OrderDetails OD
        WHERE OD.OrderID = O.OrderID
        FOR XML PATH('OrderDetail'), TYPE
    )
FROM Orders O
FOR XML PATH('Order'), ROOT('Orders')

<Orders>
  <Order OrderID="1" OrderDate="2023-01-01">
    <OrderDetail>
      <ProductID>101</ProductID>
      <Quantity>3</Quantity>
    </OrderDetail>
    <OrderDetail>
      <ProductID>102</ProductID>
      <Quantity>2</Quantity>
    </OrderDetail>
  </Order>
  <!-- More Order elements -->
</Orders>

Wednesday

sql server studio managemenet studio cutting very long data from the field, how to get complete data ?

Export Data to a File:If you need to work with a large amount of data, consider exporting the data to a file using the "Save Results As" option. This way, you can save the complete data to a file and view it externally.

create report with max length of elements in json array

this script will create table of max length of array fields in test.txt json file.

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js"> </script>

<script>
var d1;
var mt ={};
var md ={};
    $(function() {
   $.getJSON('/test.txt', function(data) {
        d1=data;
        for (let i = 0; i < d1.length; i++) {       
            let ob=d1[i];
            for (prop in ob) {
                if (!mt[prop]){
                    mt[prop]=0;
                    md[prop]="";
                }
                if (mt[prop] < ob[prop].length){
                    let s=ob[prop];
                    mt[prop]= s.length; 
                    md[prop]= s;
                }       
                //  console.log(prop + "has value: " + ob[prop]);
            }
        }
      
        for (prop in mt) {
          var tblRow = "<tr>" + "<td>" + prop + "</td>" +
           "<td>" + mt[prop] + "</td>" + "<td>" + md[prop] + "</td>" + "</tr>"
           $(tblRow).appendTo("#userdata tbody");
        }
   
   
   });

});
</script>
</head>

<body>

<div class="wrapper">
<div class="profile">
   <table id= "userdata" border="2">
  <thead>
            <th>field name </th>
            <th>max length</th>
            <th>example</th>
        </thead>
      <tbody>

       </tbody>
   </table>

</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

you can install LiveServer VsCode plugin in order to get this html working also I would change internal code a little to accommodate digital values and possible nulls and -1 to indicate field doesn't have value , here is my script

<script>
var d1;
var mt ={};
var md ={};
    $(function() {
   $.getJSON('/nutrition.txt', function(data) {
        d1=data.nutrition;
        console.log("loaded" +d1.length);
        for (let i = 0; i < d1.length; i++) {       
            let ob=d1[i];
            for (prop in ob) {
                
                if (!mt[prop]){
                    mt[prop]=-1;
                    md[prop]="";
                }
                if (!ob[prop]) continue;

                if (mt[prop] < (""+ob[prop]).length){
                    let s=""+ob[prop];
                    mt[prop]= s.length; 
                    md[prop]= s;
                }       
                //  console.log(prop + "has value: " + ob[prop]);
            }
        }
      
        for (prop in mt) {
          var tblRow = "<tr>" + "<td>" + prop + "</td>" +
           "<td>" + mt[prop] + "</td>" + "<td>" + md[prop] + "</td>" + "</tr>"
           $(tblRow).appendTo("#userdata tbody");
        }
   
   
   });

});
</script>

c# wcf logging

from here, it's not perfect, but at least i can see internal API calls:

<system.diagnostics>
  <sources>
    <source name="System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging">
      <listeners>
         <add name="messages"
              type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener"
              initializeData="c:\temp\messages.svclog" />
        </listeners>
    </source>
  </sources>
</system.diagnostics>

<system.serviceModel>
  <diagnostics>
    <messageLogging
         logEntireMessage="true"
         logMalformedMessages="true"
         logMessagesAtServiceLevel="true"
         logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true"
         maxMessagesToLog="3000"
         maxSizeOfMessageToLog="2000"/>
  </diagnostics>
</system.serviceModel>

Saturday

google spreadsheet macros to delete specific row

/** @OnlyCurrentDoc */

function del() {

  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
  var rows = sheet.getDataRange();
  var numRows = rows.getNumRows();
  var values = rows.getValues();

  var rowsDeleted = 0;
  for (var i = 0; i <= numRows - 1; i++) {
    var row = values[i];
    if (row[3] == '0ffb324737ee1cbf8c4ee2473665df9a' ) {
      // This searches all cells in columns A (change to row[1] for columns B and so on) and deletes row if cell is empty or has value 'delete'.
      sheet.deleteRow((parseInt(i)+1) - rowsDeleted);
      rowsDeleted++;
    }
  }

};

Wednesday

Enable IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility using PowerShell

Run powershell as admin and execute following comaands

PS C:\Windows\system32> import-module servermanager
PS C:\Windows\system32> install-windowsfeature web-metabase

Friday

mermaid diagram embedded into html page

more examples here

      
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <pre class="mermaid">
  graph LR
      A --- B
      B-->C[fa:fa-ban forbidden]
      B-->D(fa:fa-spinner);
    </pre>
<pre class="mermaid">
erDiagram
          CUSTOMER }|..|{ DELIVERY-ADDRESS : has
          CUSTOMER ||--o{ ORDER : places
          CUSTOMER ||--o{ INVOICE : "liable for"
          DELIVERY-ADDRESS ||--o{ ORDER : receives
          INVOICE ||--|{ ORDER : covers
          ORDER ||--|{ ORDER-ITEM : includes
          PRODUCT-CATEGORY ||--|{ PRODUCT : contains
          PRODUCT ||--o{ ORDER-ITEM : "ordered in"
</pre>

    <script type="module">
      import mermaid from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mermaid@9/dist/mermaid.esm.min.mjs';
      mermaid.initialize({ startOnLoad: true });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Monday

make winmerge.exe in git difftool

C:\myGitRepo>git config --replace --global diff.tool winmerge
C:\myGitRepo>git config --replace --global difftool.winmerge.cmd "winmerge.bat \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\""
C:\myGitRepo>git config --replace --global difftool.prompt false

Tuesday

Email html table from sql stored procedure:

        
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[EmailTable]
/**********************************************************************************************************
--  DESCRIPTION: Email table 
--
--                DATE          AUTHOR                  TFS#        RELEASE
--      CREATED:  06/30/2025    
--     MODIFIED:  12/01/2025   
**********************************************************************************************************/
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @xml NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @body NVARCHAR(MAX)

if EXISTS (SELECT *
                FROM BizTalkMgmtDbR2.dbo.adm_ReceiveLocation AS RL WITH(READPAST, ROWLOCK)
                INNER JOIN BizTalkMgmtDbR2.dbo.bts_receiveport AS RP WITH(READPAST, ROWLOCK)
                ON RL.ReceivePortId = RP.nID
                INNER JOIN BizTalkMgmtDbR2.dbo.bts_application AS APP WITH(READPAST, ROWLOCK)
                ON RP.nApplicationID = APP.nID
                where APP.nvcName in ('biztailapp1','biztailapp2','BizTalkApp3')
                AND  Name Not in ('ReceivePortToIgnore1')
                AND Disabled=-1
            )
BEGIN
     SET @xml = CAST((
    SELECT
         APP.nvcName AS 'td',''
        ,RP.nvcName AS 'td',''
        ,RL.InboundTransportURL AS 'td',''
        ,RL.Name AS 'td',''
    FROM BizTalkMgmtDbR2.dbo.adm_ReceiveLocation AS RL WITH(READPAST, ROWLOCK)
        INNER JOIN BizTalkMgmtDbR2.dbo.bts_receiveport AS RP WITH(READPAST, ROWLOCK)
            ON RL.ReceivePortId = RP.nID
        INNER JOIN BizTalkMgmtDbR2.dbo.bts_application AS APP WITH(READPAST, ROWLOCK)
            ON RP.nApplicationID = APP.nID
        where APP.nvcName in ('biztailapp1','biztailapp2','BizTalkApp3')
        AND  Name Not in ('ReceivePortToIgnore1')
            AND     Disabled=-1
     FOR XML PATH('tr'), ELEMENTS ) AS NVARCHAR(MAX)
      )


    /* Body as the HTML table */
            SET @body ='<html><body><H3>Biztalk Suspended Receive locations:</H3>
                        <table border = "2" align="center"  > 
                        <tr>
                        <th> Application Name </th> <th> Port Name </th> <th> Adapter URI </th><th> Location Name </th></tr>'

            SET @body = @body + @xml +'</table></body></html>'
    /*Execute the Stored Proc to send us the Mail using the Parameters */
                    EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @recipients='primary@email.com',
                    @copy_recipients ='secondary@email.com',
                    @subject =  'Biztalk recieve location suspended',
                    @body = @body,
                    @body_format = 'HTML' ;
    END
END

Monday

here is why to never give up

Tuesday

biztalk bypass certificate validation error

I've fixed BizTalk Certificate Error.

I found a way to bypass certificate validation error. You can add and configure "client credential" endpoint behavior at WCF-Custom port.

under client credential behavior-->ServiceCertificate-->Authentication

Set certificateValidationMode="None" AND revocationMode="NoCheck"

under client credential behavior-->ServiceCertificate-->SSLCertificateAuthentication

Set certificateValidationMode="None" AND revocationMode="NoCheck"

file rename : removing non-ascii characters from filename in linux

this application for removing special characters for windows

detox -r -v /path/to/your/files


-r Recurse into subdirectories
-v Be verbose about which files are being renamed 
-n Can be used for a dry run (only show what would be changed)

competitive programming: how to read problem statement

Basic rules

The result of reading the statement is usually pure math model. If story helps to build correct understanding, you can keep it, but still try to discard as many unnecessary details as possible.
Imagine you want to tell the problem to someone else. What parts you want to tell? (According to my PM, this rule won't help you).
Shorter = better.
Simpler = better.
Limitations are part of problem statement. Especially small limitations, because for small data you can try all the possibilities.
Samples are part of problem statement. After building math model, check that you model working correct on samples, at least on small samples where you can check everything fast.
Notes are part of problem statement.
Try to find familiar patterns, maybe objects you already know something about. If you are given some connected graph with exactly one simple path between each pair of vertices, it's called tree. 4 letters instead of 12 words, see?
Try even harder to spot something strange, something you not expecting. That probably will be the cornerstone of the problem.
If there is some part of the statement you don't like, try to change that to something you like. Start with understanding the object, then simplify it. There are some problems which can be completely solved by this technique.
If the model you get is very big, try to split it into some pieces. It would be great if pieces are independent, like 'solve problem1, then use its answer as input to problem2 and so on'.
On first stages it can be useful to write your new statement. On paper. By hand.
Problemsetters do not write random things in statements. But why would you believe me, since I'm a bad problemsetter? I don't know, maybe you shouldn't.

Some examples

Assumed workflow: read the statement, try to understand and simplify it using the rules above. You don't have to read "solution" parts, but I warn you that my concept of reading statements works. I mean, "statement" parts will often contain huge hints to solution.
In most cases I won't write step-by-step explanations how I get the final version. You can say that that's not how teaching works. I can say that you don't want to study. I'll win, because that's my blog.

Statement

Given undirected graph, find its spanning tree with minimal diameter.

Solution

Diameter has exactly one center. Let's fix the center, it's either vertex or middle of edge. For fixed center the tree with minimal diameter is a tree with minimal height if it's rooted at center. Run BFS to find it.

Statement

We have a minimal spanning tree on Euclidian plane, we should choose its DFS order to minimize sum of distances between neighboring points. Cool, sounds like we understand the statement, what's next? Not so fast.
Let's deal with small details first. What do we mean by 'choosing DFS order'? Isn't it fixed for tree? Well, no, because we can change the order of sons for every vertex. Distances in objective function measured on plane, not on tree.
We have a minimal spanning tree on Eucl... Wait. We don't have 'a tree', we have a minimal spanning tree. Minimal spanning tree of what? Well, of complete graph on these points. OK, cool, why do we need it? Isn't problem the same for all trees? Looks like it is true. And isn't it true that any tree can be spanning for some graph? For example, let's build a graph in which weight of an edge is a distance on tree between its endpoints. For sure our tree will be MST for this graph. What a stupid person wrote this statement!
Problemsetters. DO NOT. Write. Random things.
Strange things. ARE. Important.
Let's THINK. I know, I know, it is hard, and you already showed that problemsetter is stupid, it is time to write your almighty clarification to show who is boss. But for one second. Let's analyze all the things in this statement.
Yes, it is true that any tree can be MST for some graph. But can any graph be a graph with Euclidian metric? Not really. We should have triangle inequality... and we have it for our example. So problemsetter is still stupid? Not so fast. Euclidian plane is not just a metric, it is some fixed metric. And we have geometry. We can measure angles, for example.
Let's look at our MST. Take some vertex v and two its different neighbors u and w. What do we know? The distance between u and w should be the largest among these three vertices, otherwise it won't be MST. A greater angle of a triangle is opposite a greater side. Yeah, that useless theorem from school geometry. It says that angle between two edges from one vertex is at least π / 3. And strictly greater, if vertices are in integer points. From this we can conclude that degree of any vertex in our MST is not greater than 5.
That can't be true. For sure problemsetter would write this in statement if it was true. It is limitation on input, problemsetters are obliged to write these! Oh really.
Probably there is more that you can extract from MST in Euclidian metric, but the fact about degrees is sufficient to solve a problem.

Different math models will lead you to different solutions

Well, only if you have some patterns of how you should solve problems. And you should have them, patterns are good, they're the fastest way to solve problems.

Eliminating things you don't like can solve the problem

Given a tree, all vertices are initially white. Two players, Red and Blue, take turns coloring white vertices (surprise) red and blue. The game ends when there are no white vertices left. The score of the game is C_R - C_B, where C_R is a number of connected components on red vertices, and C_B is a number of connected components on blue vertices. Red wants to maximize the score, Blue wants to minimize it. Find the score if both play optimally. n ≤ 2·10⁵.

Solution

The statement is clear, but we don't like the formula. Especially we don't like C_i, because they change unpredictably. What can we say about connected components after deleting some vertices of a tree? Well, they are all trees themself. What we know about trees? Number of vertices is exactly 1 bigger than number of edges. OK, so number of components in a forest is exactly number of vertices minus number of edges. We can now rewrite the formula. C_R - C_B = (V_R - E_R) - (V_B - E_B) = E_B - E_R + (V_R - V_B). Value in brackets is constant, it is $\text{[math]}$ . So now we play not for components, but for edges. Better, but still not obvious.
We control vertices, can we somehow express E_i using only vertices? Do we have any equations expressing number of edges through vertices? Yes, we have. $\text{[math]}$ . But for calculating E_R we should sum only deg_R(v), the number of red neighbors. That's bad, but let's try anyways.
$\text{[math]}$ . Turns out this is true, because all RB-edges cancel out.
So, formula for score is $\text{[math]}$
Now it is easy to see that each player should take vertex with smallest degree available at the moment.

algorithm solving steps

REMEMBER READ THE PROBLEM STATEMENT AND DON'T SOLVE A DIFFERENT PROBLEM
REMEMBER LOOK FOR RANDOM UNINTUITIVE DETAILS IN THE PROBLEM
read the bounds for edge cases
function calls are not free
unordered naive is faster than lb vector standard

Steps:

Clarify Questions
High-level solution
write out steps of your solution / pseudocode
put some input and check if it works
put input in here

Framework for solving DP problems:

Define the objective function
Identify base cases
Write down recurrence relation ( or transiotion function) for the optimized objective function
What is the order of execution ? (top to buttom or buttom to top)
Where to look for the answer

competitive programming topics

Topic List

Category: Basics

Title	Resources
Basic Topics	1 2 3

Category: Math

#	Title	Resources	Problems	Template	Difficulty
1	Matrix Exponentiation	1	1	code	1
2	FFT	1	1	code	2
3	NTT	1	1	code code	2
4	Online NTT	1	1 2	code	3
5	FWHT	1	1	code	2
6	Lagrange Interpolation	1	1 2	code	2
7	Lagrange Interpolation with Polynomial Extraction		1	code	3
8	Polynomial Sum	1	1	code	3
9	Polynomial with Binomial Coefficients	1	1	code	3
10	Subset Sum Problem		1 2	code	3
11	Generating Functions	1 2			3
12	Polynomial Structure	1	1	code	3
13	Polynomial Factorization of (x^n - 1)	1	1	code	3
14	Berlekamp Messey	1	1	code	3
15	Reeds–Sloane Algorithm		1	code	3
16	Linear Recurrence using Cayley-Hamilton theorem	1		code	2
17	Linear Recurrence using Generating Functions	1	1	code	3
18	Linear Recurrence with Polynomial Coefficients	1		code	3
19	Linear Recurrence on Matrices	1	1		3
20	Generating Function of a Linear Recurrence		1	code	2
21	Gaussian Elimination	1	1	code	2
22	Gaussian Elimination under Modulo	1	1	code	2
23	Gaussian Elimination Modulo 2	1	1 2	code	2
24	Determinant under Prime Modulo	1	1	code	2
25	Determinant under Composite Modulo		1	code	2
26	Determinant of Product Matrix		1	code	3
27	Determinant of Sparse Matrix		1	code	3
28	Determinant of Permutant Matrix		1	code	3
29	Determinant of Cyclic Matrix		1	code	3
30	Cauchy–Binet formula	1	1		3
31	Thomas Algorithm		1	code	2
32	Inverse of a Matrix			code	3
33	Inverse of a Matrix modulo 2		1	code	3
34	Basis Vector	1	1	code	2
35	Basis Vector Reduced Row Echelon Form.	1	1	code	2
36	Basis Vector ft Weighted Linearly Independent Vectors.		1	code	2
37	Permanent of a Matrix	1		code	2
38	All Possible Perfect Matching XOR Values		1	code	2
39	Hafnian of a Matrix	1	1	code	3
40	Vandermonde Matrix	1	1	code	3
41	Freivalds Algorithm	1		code	3
42	Characteristic Polynomial Faster / Hesserberg Matrix	1	1	code	3
43	Faulhaber's Formula Fastest	1	1	code	3
44	Lagrange Multiplier	1	1 2	code	3
45	Titu's Lemma	1 2	1 2		2
46	Simplex Algorithm	1	1	code	3
47	Integration		1	code code	2
48	Line Integral	1 2			2
49	The Slime Trick	1	1 2		3
50	Gauss's Eureka Theorem	1	1		2
51	LTE Lemma	1	1		2
52	Expected Value	1			1
53	Expected Value Powers Technique	1			2
54	Finite Field Arithmetic Binary	1	1	code	2
55	Max Convolution between Convex Funtions			code	2

Category: Number Theory

#	Title	Resources	Problems	Template	Difficulty
56	Binary Exponentiation	1	1		1
57	Modular Inverse	1	1		1
58	Sieve	1	1	code	1
59	Sieve upto 1e9		1	code	3
60	Extended Euclid	1		code	1
61	Combinatorics Basics	1		code	1
62	Lucas Theorem	1		code	1
63	nCr Modulo Any Mod	1 2	1	code	2
64	Prefix Sum Queries of nCi		1 2	code	2
65	Sum of nCi over a Fixed Congruence Class		1	code	2
66	"Sum of nCr(a(i) k) for each k from 1 to n"		1 2	code	2
67	Sum of nCi for a Fixed Large n	1		code	3
68	Phi Function	1		code	1
69	Power Tower	1	1 2	code	2
70	Mobius Function	1	1	code	1
71	CRT	1	1 2 3 4	code	1
72	Linear Congruence Equation	1		code	1
73	Pollard Rho	1	1	code	2
74	Primitive Root	1	1	code	2
75	Multiplicative Order / Carmichael's Lambda Function	1	1	code	2
76	Discrete Log	1	1 2	code	2
77	Discrete Root	1	1	code	2
78	Discrete Root in O(p^(1/4)) using Tonelli-Shanks Algorithm	1	1	code	3
79	Number of Distinct Kth Powers Modulo n	1		code	3
80	Number of Solutions to x^2 = 1 mod m	1	1	code	2
81	Tonelli Shanks Algorithm	1	1 2	code	3
82	Pells Equation	1 2	1	code	3
83	Linear Diophantine Equation with Two Variables	1	1	code	1
84	Trivariable Linear Diophantine Equation with Nonnegative Solutions	1	1	code	3
85	Multivariable Linear Diophantine Equation with Nonnegative Solutions	1	1 2	code	3
86	Linear Diophantine With N Unknowns and Two Equations		1	code	3
87	Floor Sum of Arithmetic Progression	1	1 2	code	2
88	Generalized Floor Sum of Arithmetic Progression	1	1	code	3
89	Sum of Floors			code	1
90	Number of Nonnegative Integer Solutions to ax+by ≤ c			code	3
91	Number of ax % p in a Range			code	3
92	Smallest Nonnegative Integer x s.t. l ≤ ax % p ≤ r		1 2	code	3
93	Prime Counting Function	1	1 2	code	2
94	K Divisors		1 2	code	3
95	Smallest Number Having Exactly K Divisors		1	code	2
96	Sum of The Number of Divisors in cbrt(n)		1	code	3
97	Linear Sieve for Multiplicative Functions	1		code	1
98	Min_25 Sieve	1 2 3	1 2	code	3
99	Mobius Inversion	1	1 2		2
100	Dirichlet convolution	1 2	1 2 3	code	2
101	Number of Solutions to a Basic Linear Algebraic Equation	1	1	code	1
102	Number of Solutions to a Basic Linear Algebraic Equation with Variable Upper Bound Constraints	1	1 2 3	code	3
103	Partition Function	1	1	code	3
104	Stirling Number of the First Kind for Fixed n	1	1	code	2
105	Stirling Number of the First Kind for Fixed k	1		code	3
106	Stirling Number of the Second Kind for Fixed n	1	1	code	2
107	Stirling Number of the Second Kind for Fixed k	1	1	code	3
108	Bell Number	1		code	2
109	LCM of Fibonacci Numbers	1	1	code	2
110	Phi Field		1 2	code	2
111	Pisano Period	1	1 2	code	3
112	Rational Approximation / Stern-Brocot Tree	1 2 3	1	code	3
113	Factoradic Number System	1	1	code	2
114	Intersection of Arithmetic Progressions	1		code	1
115	Continued Fractions	1 2	1	code	2
116	Maximum Coprime Product		1	code	2

Category: Graph Theory

#	Title	Resources	Problems	Template	Difficulty
117	DFS and BFS	1 2	1		1
118	0/1 BFS	1	1		1
119	Dial's algorithm	1			2
120	Inverse Graph	1	1 2	code	1
121	LCA	1	1	code	1
122	LCA in O(1)	1	1	code	2
123	SCC	1	1	code	1
124	Incremental SCC	1 2			3
125	DFS Tree	1			1
126	Rerooting Technique	1			1
127	Articulation Bridges and Bridge Tree	1 2	1 2	code	1
128	Online Articulation Bridges	1		code	3
129	Strong Orientation	1	1		1
130	Articulation Points.	1	1	code	1
131	Block Cut Tree	1	1	code	2
132	Three Edge Connectivity	1	1 2	code	3
133	Four Edge Connectivity	1			3
134	Dynamic K-Connectivity	1			3
135	Prim's MST	1	1	code	1
136	Krushkal's MST	1	1	code	1
137	Steiner Tree Problem	1	1	code	2
138	Boruvka's Algorithm	1	1	code	2
139	Minimum Diameter Spanning Tree	1	1 2	code	3
140	Manhattan MST		1	code	3
141	Euclidean MST	1			3
142	Directed MST	1	1	code	3
143	Dynamic MST	1	1	code	3
144	Dijkstra's Algorithm	1	1	code	1
145	Dijkstra on Segment Tree		1	code	2
146	Bellman Ford	1	1	code	1
147	Floyd Warshall	1	1	code	1
148	Johnsons Alogrithm	1	1	code	2
149	SPFA	1	1	code	1
150	Cycle Detection	1	1	code	1
151	Minimum Weight Cycle For Each Vertex		1	code	2
152	Minimum Weight Cycle For Each Edge		1	code	2
153	Dominator tree	1	1	code	2
154	2 SAT	1	1 2	code	1
155	3 SAT			code	3
156	Maximum Clique	1 2	1	code	1
157	Number of Different Cliques			code	2
158	Maximum Independent Set		1	code	1
159	Eulerian Path on a Directed Graph	1	1	code	1
160	Eulerian Path on an Undirected Graph	1	1	code	1
161	Path Union		1 2	code	2
162	Path Intersection		1	code	2
163	Virtual Tree	1	1 2 3	code	2
164	Welsh-Powell Algorithm	1 2			2
165	Chromatic Number	1	1	code	1
166	Chromatic Polynoimial ft Number of DAGs		1	code	3
167	Dynamic DAG Reachability	1	1	code	3
168	Minimum Mean Weight Cycle		1	code	3
169	Number of 3 and 4 length Cycles		1	code	3
170	Counting Labeled Graphs	1		code	1
171	Chordal Graph	1	1	code	2
172	Cactus Graph	1 2	1		2
173	Edge Coloring of Simple Graph		1 2	code	3
174	Edge Coloring of Bipartite Graph			code code	3
175	Dynamic Diameter Online		1	code	3
176	Tree Orientation to Maximize Pairs of Reachable Nodes	1	1	code	3
177	Number of Arborescences with n Nodes			code	2
178	Kirchoffs Theorem ft Number of MSTs	1	1	code	2
179	Tuttes Theorem ft Arborescences in a Graph	1	1	code	2
180	BEST Theorem	1			2
181	System Of Difference Constraints	1	1	code	2
182	Prufer Code	1	1	code	1
183	Number of Ways to Make a Graph Connected	1			1
184	Tree Isomorphism	1	1 2 3	code	1
185	Number of Paths of Each Length in a Tree			code	2
186	Ear Decomposition	1	1		2
187	Eppsteins Algorithm	1	1	code	3
188	Hamiltonian Path Heuristic Algorithm	1			3
189	Erdos Gallai Theorem	1			2
190	Havel Hakimi Algorithm	1 2			2
191	Dinics Algorithm	1	1	code	1
192	Push Relabel Algorithm	1		code	2
193	Min Cost Max Flow	1	1 2	code	2
194	Min Cost Max Flow with Negative Cycles			code	3
195	Maximum Closure Problem	1	1 2	code	2
196	Min Cut in a Planar Graph	1	1	code	2
197	Max Cut in a Planar Graph		1		3
198	Unique Min Cut	1	1	code	2
199	L-R Flow	1	1 2	code code	2
200	Gomory-Hu Tree	1	1	code	3
201	Gomory Hu Tree of a Planar Graph		1	code	3
202	Stoer Wagner Algorithm	1	1	code	3
203	HopCroft Karp Algorithm	1		code	1
204	Kuhns Algorithm	1	1	code	1
205	Hungarian Algorithm	1	1	code	1
206	Blossom Algorithm	1	1	code	2
207	Blossom Algorithm Weighted		1	code	3
208	Chinese Postman Problem	1	1	code	1
209	ST-numbering	1		code	3
210	POSET ft Dilworths and Mirskys Theorem	1 2	1		2
211	Stable Marriage Problem	1	1	code	2
212	Halls Theorem	1	1		1
213	Maximum Density Subgraph	1	1	code	3
214	Randomized Matching			code code	2
215	Number of Perfect Matchings in a Graph	1	1	code	3
216	Planarity Check	1 2			3

Category: Data Structures

#	Title	Resources	Problems	Template	Difficulty
217	Segment Tree	1	1 2	code	1
218	Segment Tree with Lazy Propagation	1	1 2	code	1
219	Persistent Segment Tree	1	1	code	1
220	Persistent Segment Tree with Lazy Propagation	1	1	code	2
221	Dynamic Segment Tree	1			1
222	2D Dynamic Segment Tree		1	code	2
223	Iterative Segment Tree	1		code	1
224	Segment Tree ft Arithmetic Progressions		1	code	1
225	Segment Tree Merging	1	1	code	2
226	Segment Tree Beats	1	1	code	3
227	Merge Sort Tree	1	1		1
228	Wavelet Tree	1	1	code	1
229	Sparse Table	1	1	code	1
230	Disjoint Sparse Table	1	1	code	2
231	Sparse Table 2D	1	1	code	2
232	BIT	1	1	code	1
233	Lower bound on BIT	1	1		1
234	BIT with Range Update and Range Query	1		code	2
235	2D BIT with Range Update and Range Query			code	2
236	MOs Algorithm	1 2	1	code	1
237	MOs on Tree	1	1	code	2
238	MOs with Update	1 2	1	code	2
239	MOs Online		1	code	2
240	MOs with DSU		1 2	code	2
241	Sweepline MO	1			3
242	Trie	1	1	code	1
243	Persistent Trie	1	1	code	2
244	DSU	1	1	code	1
245	Reachability Tree/ DSU Tree	1	1 2	code	2
246	DSU with Rollbacks			code	1
247	Partially Persistent DSU	1	1	code	3
248	Persistent DSU		1	code	3
249	Augmented DSU	1		code	2
250	Queue Undo Trick	1	1 2	code	3
251	Dynamic Connectivity Problem	1	1	code	2
252	DSU on Tree	1	1	code	1
253	SQRT Decomposition	1	1		1
254	SQRT Decomposition Split and Build Technique		1	code	3
255	Centroid Decomposition	1	1		1
256	Persistent Centroid Decomposition		1	code	3
257	Binarizing a Tree		1	code	1
258	HLD ft Subtrees and Path Query	1 2	1	code	2
259	HLD ft Persistent Lazy Propagation		1	code	3
260	LCT	1	1	code	2
261	Treap	1	1	code	2
262	Implicit Treap	1	1	code	2
263	Persistent Treap		1 2	code	3
264	SQRT Tree	1	1	code	3
265	KD Tree	1	1	code	2
266	Cartesian Tree	1		code	2
267	Rope	1	1		1
268	Monotonous Queue	1	1	code	1
269	BST using STL	1		code	1
270	Persistent BST	1			3
271	Ordered Set	1 2	1	code	1
272	Static to Dynamic Trick	1 2		code	2
273	Interval Set			code	2
274	Divide and Conquer on Queries		1		2
275	Divide and Conquer for Insert and Query Problems	1	1	code	2
276	Venice Technique	1	1	code	1
277	Permutation Tree	1		code	3
278	Persistent Array		1	code	1
279	Persistent Queue		1	code	3
280	Persistent Meldable Heap	1	1	code	2
281	Top Tree	1	1	code	3
282	PQ Tree	1	1		3
283	Link Cut Cactus	1	1		3
284	HDLT	1			3

Category: Strings

#	Title	Resources	Problems	Template	Difficulty
285	KMP	1	1	code	1
286	Prefix Automaton	1		code	1
287	Z algorithm	1	1	code	1
288	Aho Corasick	1	1 2	code	1
289	Dynamic Aho Corasick	1		code	2
290	Aho Corasick ft All Pair Occurrence Relation		1	code	2
291	String Matching using Bitsets		1 2	code	1
292	String Matching with FFT	1	1 2	code	2
293	String Hashing	1	1 2	code	1
294	2D String Hashing	1	1	code	2
295	Suffix Array	1	1	code	2
296	Isomorphic Suffix Array		1	code	3
297	Suffix Automaton	1	1	code	2
298	Suffix Automaton ft Distinct Substring Queries in Range.		1 2		3
299	Suffix Tree	1			3
300	Palindromic Tree	1	1	code	2
301	Persistent Palindromic Tree		1	code	3
302	Manachers Algorithm	1	1	code	2
303	Minimum Palindrome Factorization	1	1	code	3
304	Number of Palindromes in Range	1	1 2	code	2
305	Lyndon Factorization	1	1		2
306	Main-Lorentz Algorithm	1			3
307	All Substring Longest Common Subsequence	1		code	3
308	Bit LCS		1	code	3
309	Cyclic LCS			code	3
310	De Bruijn Sequence			code	1
311	LCS on RLE compressed string	1			3

Category: DP

#	Title	Resources	Problems	Template	Difficulty
312	Digit DP	1	1	code	1
313	CHT	1 2	1	code	2
314	Dynamic CHT	1	1	code	2
315	Persistent CHT			code	3
316	Li Chao Tree	1 2	1 2	code	2
317	Persistent Li Chao Tree		1 2	code	2
318	Extended Li Chao tree	1			3
319	Divide and Conquer Optimization	1	1	code	1
320	Knuth Optimization	1 2	1	code	1
321	Substring DP	1	1	code	1
322	Bounded Knapsack	1	1	code	1
323	SOS DP	1	1	code	1
324	Subset Sum Convolution	1		code	2
325	Dynamic Submask Count		1	code	2
326	DP over Divisors			code	1
327	Subset Sum in SQRT		1	code	1
328	LIS Range Query	1	1		2
329	Aliens Trick	1	1		2
330	1D1D DP Optimization	1	1	code	3
331	Connected Component DP	1	1	code	3
332	Slope Trick	1	1		2
333	Subset Union of Bitsets		1	code	2
334	Number of Subsequences Having Product at least K		1	code	2
335	Hirschbergs Algorithm	1	1		3
336	Broken Profile DP/plug dp	1 2	1		2
337	XOR Equation	1	1 2 3		2
338	"x2 +1 trick"	1	1	code	1
339	Open and Close Interval Trick	1	1		1
340	Bitmask DP	1	1		1

Category: Geometry

#	Title	Resources	Problems	Template	Difficulty
341	Geometry 2D Everything	1 2 3 4	1	code	3
342	Basic Point Structure(2D)	1		code	1
343	Polar Sort(2D)	1		code	1
344	Basic Line Structure(2D)	1		code	1
345	Angle Bisector(2D)	1		code	1
346	Dist from Point to Line(2D)	1		code	1
347	Dist from Point to Ray(2D)	1		code	1
348	Dist from Point to Segment(2D)	1		code	1
349	Dist from Segment to Segment(2D)	1		code	1
350	Check if Point is on Segment(2D)	1		code	1
351	Line Line Intersection(2D)	1		code	1
352	Point Line Relation(2D)	1		code	1
353	Project from Point to Line(2D)	1		code	1
354	Project from Point to Segment(2D)	1		code	1
355	Ray Ray Distance(2D)	1		code	1
356	Ray Ray Intersection(2D)	1		code	1
357	Reflection from Point to Line(2D)	1		code	1
358	Segment Line Intersection(2D)	1		code	1
359	Segment Line Relation(2D)	1		code	1
360	Segment Segment Intersection(2D)	1		code	1
361	Basic Circle Structure(2D)	1		code	1
362	Circle Circle Area(2D)	1		code	1
363	Circle Circle Intersection(2D)	1		code	1
364	Circle Circle Relation(2D)	1		code	1
365	Circle Line Intersection(2D)	1		code	1
366	Circle Line Relation(2D)	1		code	1
367	Circle Point Relation(2D)	1		code	1
368	Tangent Lines from Point(2D)	1		code	2
369	Tangent Lines from Circle(2D)	1		code	2
370	Maximum Circle Cover(2D)	1		code	2
371	Maximum Inscribed Circle(2D)	1		code	2
372	Triangle Circle Intersection(2D)	1		code	2
373	Polygon Circle Intersection(2D)	1		code	2
374	Circle Union(2D)	1		code	3
375	Centroid of a Polygon(2D)	1		code	1
376	Convex Hull(2D)	1		code	1
377	Diameter of a Convex Polygon(2D)	1		code	2
378	Extreme Vertex(2D)	1		code	2
379	Geometric Median(2D)	1		code	2
380	Convexity Check(2D)	1		code	1
381	Check if Point is in Convex(2D)	1		code	2
382	Check if Point is in Polygon(2D)	1		code	2
383	Minimum Enclosing Circle(2D)	1		code	2
384	Minimum Enclosing Rectangle(2D)	1		code	2
385	Polygon Line Intersection(2D)	1		code	2
386	Width of a Polygon(2D)	1		code	2
387	Winding Number(2D)	1		code	2
388	Dist from Point to Polygon(2D)	1		code	2
389	Dist from Polygon to Line(2D)	1		code	2
390	Dist from Polygon to Polygon(2D)	1		code	2
391	Maximum Dist from Polygon to Polygon(2D)	1		code	3
392	Tangents from Point to Polygon(2D)	1		code	3
393	Polygon Union(2D)	1		code	3
394	Minkwoski Sum(2D)	1		code	2
395	Geometry 3D Everything	1		code	3
396	Basic Point Structure(3D)	1		code	1
397	Basic Line Structure(3D)	1		code	1
398	Plane Structure(3D)	1		code	1
399	3D Coordinates to 2D	1		code	1
400	Distance from Segment to Point(3D)	1	1	code	2
401	Distance from Triangle to Point(3D)	1	1	code	2
402	Distance from Triangle to Segment(3D)	1	1	code	2
403	Distance from Triangle to Triangle(3D)	1	1	code	2
404	Distance from Segment to Segment(3D)	1			2
405	Plane Plane Intersection	1		code	2
406	Basic Sphere Structure	1		code	1
407	Sphere Line Intersection	1		code	2
408	Segment Segment Intersection on Sphere	1		code	2
409	Oriented Angle on Sphere	1		code	2
410	Area on The Surface of The Sphere	1		code	2
411	Winding Number 3D	1		code	3
412	Convex Hull 3D	1	1	code	3
413	Picks Theorem	1 2	1		1
414	Closest Pair of Points	1	1	code	1
415	All Pair Segment Intersection.	1	1	code	3
416	Dynamic Convex Hull			code	3
417	Delaunay Triangulation	1	1	code	3
418	Voronoi Diagram	1	1	code	3
419	Half Plane Intersection	1	1	code	2
420	Dynamic Half Plane Intersection		1	code	3
421	Onion Decomposition	1	1	code	3
422	Point Location	1	1	code	3
423	Convex Hull Intersection using Minkowski				2
424	Generating Points without Collinear Triplets	1			2
425	Maximum Area of a Triangle from given Lengths		1	code	3
426	Vertical decomposition	1	1		3

Category: Game Theory

#	Title	Resources	Problems	Template	Difficulty
427	Grundy Number	1 2			1
428	Green Hackenbush on Trees and Graphs		1 2	code	2
429	Blue Red HackenBush	1	1	code	3
430	Games on Arbitrary Graphs	1			2
431	Matching Game On A Graph	1	1	code	2
432	Nimber	1			3

Category: Miscelleneous

#	Title	Resources	Problems	Template	Difficulty
433	Bigint			code	2
434	Two Pointers	1			1
435	Binary Search	1			1
436	Fraction Binary Search		1	code	3
437	Ternary Search	1		code	1
438	Parallel Binary Search	1	1		2
439	Josephus Problem	1		code	1
440	Permutation with no Arithmetic Progression	1	1		1
441	Balanced Brackets	1			1
442	Knight Moves in Infinity Grid			code	2
443	Bishop Placement	1			1
444	Gray Code	1	1	code	1
445	MEX of all Subarrays		1	code	3
446	Dates			code	1
447	Schreier–Sims Algorithm	1	1	code	3
448	Expression Parsing	1		code	1
449	Randomized Algorithms	1			2
450	K-th Root of a Permutation	1	1	code	3
451	Matroid Intersection	1 2 3 4 5	1	code	3
452	SMAWK Algorithm	1			3
453	Lindstrom–Gessel–Viennot lemma	1	1		3

Category: Important Links

Title	Resources
Useful blogs	1
USACO Guide	1
Helpful Extensions	1
Stress Testing	1
Problems That Will Make You Learn Something New	1

Category: Recently Added