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Vector DB implementation using FAISS

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Searching for relevant information in vast repositories of unstructured text can be a challenge. This article explains a Python-based approach to implementing an efficient document search system using FAISS (Facebook AI Similarity Search) for Vector DB and sentence embeddings, which can be useful in applications like chatbots, document retrieval, and natural language understanding. In this […]

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2025-01-17

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Screen Scraping with Python and BeautifulSoup Code Examples

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BeautifulSoup (sometimes referred to as Beautiful Soup library) is one of several widely used screen scraping packages for a web page. It is highly regarded for its ease of use and power.
Screen scraping enables developers to create solutions that permit comparative analyses from all over the internet, such as web applications that look for the best price on an item from many different online stores.

2023-08-25

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Modifying MySQL data from within Python

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In the previous article in this series, I introduced you to how to access MySQL data from within a Python script. The article described how to use the MySQL Connector to establish a connection with a database and then retrieve data through that connection. In this article, I continue the discussion by demonstrating how to insert, update, and delete data in a MySQL database, again working with Python and the MySQL Connector.

2023-08-04

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Modifying MySQL data from within Python

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In the previous article in this series, I introduced you to how to access MySQL data from within a Python script. The article described how to use the MySQL Connector to establish a connection with a database and then retrieve data through that connection. In this article, I continue the discussion by demonstrating how to insert, update, and delete data in a MySQL database, again working with Python and the MySQL Connector.

2023-08-02

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For the Question of the day, I am going to go deep, but try to be more clear, as I feel like I didn't give enough info last time, leading folks to guess the wrong answer... :) For today's question:  You’re troubleshooting a performance issue on a critical stored procedure. You notice that a previously efficient query now performs a full table scan instead of an index seek. Upon investigating, you find that an NVARCHAR parameter is being compared to a VARCHAR column in the WHERE clause. What is the most likely cause of the query plan regression?

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