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753 votes

How do I see what character set a MySQL database / table / column is?

sql mysql unicode character-encoding collation asked Jun 26, 2009 at 15:22
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710 votes

Python and pip, list all versions of a package that's available?

python pip asked Feb 3, 2011 at 15:24
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328 votes

Copying a large directory tree locally? cp or rsync?

linux unix rsync file-transfer largefiles asked Jul 20, 2009 at 14:36
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270 votes

Create a public SSH key from the private key?

ssh encryption public-key private-key asked Aug 10, 2009 at 14:36
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225 votes

Is there any way to do HTTP PUT in python

python http put asked Sep 21, 2008 at 20:11
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199 votes

(grep) Regex to match non-ASCII characters?

regex unicode grep ascii non-ascii-characters asked Jan 23, 2010 at 17:34
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195 votes

Parse a .py file, read the AST, modify it, then write back the modified source code

python compiler-construction abstract-syntax-tree asked Apr 20, 2009 at 14:51
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194 votes

Doctrine - How to print out the real sql, not just the prepared statement?

php mysql orm doctrine doctrine-query asked Jan 19, 2010 at 17:15
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185 votes

How to check that a string is an int, but not a double, etc.?

php string casting types int asked Jan 6, 2010 at 10:21
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184 votes

Django Admin - Disable the 'Add' action for a specific model

python django django-admin asked Nov 10, 2010 at 11:18
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