An inherent property of an entity that distinguishes that entity from all others. Frequently used to refer to user identity and authentication.
Identity typically refers to user identity in authentication scenarios.
Questions tagged [identity]
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Why is range(0) == range(2, 2, 2) True in Python 3?
Why do ranges which are initialized with different values compare equal to one another in Python 3?
When I execute the following commands in my interpreter:
>>> r1 = range(0)
>>> r2 = range(2, 2, 2)
>>> r1 == r2
True
The result is True. Why is…
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Programmatically get a Storyboard ID?
Trying to see if a UIViewController or UIView can identify its Storyboard ID. So was hoping for:
UIViewController *aViewController;
NSString *storyboardID = aViewController.storyboard.id; //not an actual property
or:
NSString *storyboardID =…
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Firebase: how to generate a unique numeric ID for key?
I need numeric IDs for human readability. How do I get it in Firebase?
I want numeric ID for keys, e.g. "000000001", "000000002","00000003","00000004".
The reason I need it is because these IDs will become the permanent object ID both online and…
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How do I reset an increment identity's starting value in SQL Server
I would like to have a nice template for doing this in development. How do I reset an increment identity's starting value in SQL Server?
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@@IDENTITY, SCOPE_IDENTITY(), OUTPUT and other methods of retrieving last identity
I have seen various methods used when retrieving the value of a primary key identity field after insert.
declare @t table (
id int identity primary key,
somecol datetime default getdate()
)
insert into @t
default values
select…
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How to test for (ActiveRecord) object equality
In Ruby 1.9.2 on Rails 3.0.3, I'm attempting to test for object equality between two Friend (class inherits from ActiveRecord::Base) objects.
The objects are equal, but the test fails:
Failure/Error: Friend.new(name: 'Bob').should…
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Python: Why does ("hello" is "hello") evaluate as True?
Why does "hello" is "hello" produce True in Python?
I read the following here:
If two string literals are equal, they have been put to same
memory location. A string is an immutable entity. No harm can
be done.
So there is one and only one…
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Using Asp.Net Identity DataBase first approach
I need to integrate Asp.Net latest MVC version with an existing database which has an additional column String Address to table dbo.AspNetUsers
I need to create an instance ApplicationUser which has property Address.
Any idea how to do it?
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AD vs ADFS vs LDAP: Explain it like I'm 5
I don't work with Microsoft but I'm struggling understanding conceptually how AD, ADFS and LDAP work together.
Let's say I have an application that needs an Identity Provider. How does AD and LDAP come into play?
My googling hasn't come up with a…
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Two variables in Python have same id, but not lists or tuples
Two variables in Python have the same id:
a = 10
b = 10
a is b
>>> True
If I take two lists:
a = [1, 2, 3]
b = [1, 2, 3]
a is b
>>> False
according to this link Senderle answered that immutable object references have the same id and mutable…
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Why does the "is" keyword have a different behavior when there is a dot in the string?
Consider this code:
>>> x = "google"
>>> x is "google"
True
>>> x = "google.com"
>>> x is "google.com"
False
>>>
Why is it like that?
To make sure the above is correct, I have just tested on Python 2.5.4, 2.6.5, 2.7b2, Python 3.1 on windows and…
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Where is the Microsoft.IdentityModel dll
I have installed the Windows Identity Foundation but can't find the Microsoft.IdentityModel dll. According to the Azure Hands-on-Labs it should just be in Add Reference in VS2010. However it's not there.
I also looked in c:\Program…
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SQL server identity column values start at 0 instead of 1
I've got a strange situation with some tables in my database starting its IDs from 0, even though TABLE CREATE has IDENTITY(1,1).
This is so for some tables, but not for others.
It has worked until today.
I've tried resetting identity column:
DBCC…
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SQL Server, How to set auto increment after creating a table without data loss?
I have a table table1 in SQL server 2008 and it has records in it.
I want the primary key table1_Sno column to be an auto-incrementing column. Can this be done without any data transfer or cloning of table?
I know that I can use ALTER TABLE to add…
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ADO.NET Entity Framework and identity columns
Is the Entity Framework aware of identity columns?
I am using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and have several tables where the primary key is an identity column. when I use these tables to create an entity model and use the model in conjunction…
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