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New OPN Certified Implementation Exam - Oracle Enterprise Manager 12C Essentials

- by Javier Puerta

This exam (1Z1-457) is now available in Beta testing. This certification differentiates candidates in the marketplace by providing a competitive edge through proven expertise and is intended for professionals who possess a strong technical background and exposure to Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c implementation. Take advantage and request a free beta exam voucher to [email protected]. Invite your partners to learn more about this exam here.

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Security-related database settings are not restored when a DB is restored

- by Greg Low

A question came up today about whether it was a bug that the TRUSTWORTHY database setting isn't restored to its previous value when a database is restored. TRUSTWORTHY is a very powerful setting for a database. By design, it's not restored when a database is. We actually documented this behavior when writing the Upgrade Technical Reference for 2008: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=66d3e6f5-6902-4fdd-af75-9975aea5bea7&displayLang=en The other settings that are...(read more)

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Nautilus and file command in 11.04 don't show metadata for WebM files

- by Pili

The file-name extension .webm is used for media files using the WebM multimedia format, which consists of the WebM container (a subset of the Matroska container) and audio and video streams with independet enconding and quality settings. Description of the issue: For files in the WebM format, the program file says that files are raw data, instead of determining and displaying the real file-format, which is WebM. Besides, Nautilus doesn't display the technical metadata of files in this format. Why is the file program not displaying the file format for WebM files?

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Oracle Certification Exam Strategies

- by Paul Sorensen

We ran across an article from the Transcender team that provides some great tips and strategies for taking Oracle Certification exams from the Trancender team. Transcender - along with Self Test Software, are official providers of Oracle Certification practice tests, and have many options available to help you prepare for your actual exam. Their recent article "Oracle Exam Strategies" has a number of good tips for which anyone preparing to take an exam should find useful. Thanks,QUICK LINKS:Oracle Certification Web SiteOracle Certification: Steps To Become CertifiedOracle Certification: Preparation Strategies

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Getting Started with Columnstored Index in SQL Server 2014 – Part 2

Column Store Index, which improves performance of data warehouse queries several folds, was first introduced in SQL Server 2012. Though it had several limitations, now SQL Server 2014 enhances the columnstore index and overcomes several of the earlier limitations. In this article, Arshad Ali discusses how you can get started using the enhanced columnstore index feature in SQL Server 2014 and do some performance tests.

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Free Virtual Developer Day: Oracle Fusion Development on July, 10th

- by Lionel Dubreuil

Simpler Java Development with Oracle ADF and Fusion Middleware. Join a free online developer day where you can learn about the various components that make up the Oracle Fusion Middleware development platform including Oracle WebCenter, Business Intelligence, BPM and more! Online seminars, hands-on lab and live chats with our technical staff is available directly from your computer. Register now and join us on July 10th: https://oracle.6connex.com/portal/fusiondev/login?langR=en_US

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Free Virtual Developer Day: Oracle Fusion Development on July, 10th

- by Lionel Dubreuil

Simpler Java Development with Oracle ADF and Fusion Middleware. Join a free online developer day where you can learn about the various components that make up the Oracle Fusion Middleware development platform including Oracle WebCenter, Business Intelligence, BPM and more! Online seminars, hands-on lab and live chats with our technical staff is available directly from your computer. Register now and join us on July 10th: https://oracle.6connex.com/portal/fusiondev/login?langR=en_US

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Do we need a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)?

- by MrEdmundo

We're going to meet a potential new client today and between ourselves started discussing the need for a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and whether we need one at this juncture. In this case we don't think we'll be talking about technical specifics as it's an initial meeting about who we are. Is there any precedent on when is the right time for small ISVs to insist on NDAs and when perhaps the insistence might appear over the top and precious. All ideas welcomed, though in our case we're interested in UK law.

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Google Chrome Extensions: Launch Event (part 3)

Google Chrome Extensions: Launch Event (part 3) Video Footage from the Google Chrome Extensions launch event on 12/09/09. Erik Kay and Aaron Boodman, technical leads for the Google Chrome Extensions team demonstrate how to build, debug and share a Google Chrome extension. From: GoogleDevelopers Views: 2975 13 ratings Time: 08:28 More in Science & Technology

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Am I deluding myself? Business analyst transition to programmer

- by Ryan

Current job: Working as the lead business analyst for a Big 4 firm, leading a team of developers and testers working on a large scale re-platforming project (4 onshore dev, 4 offshore devs, several onshore/offshore testers). Also work in a similar capacity on other smaller scale projects. Extent of my role: Gathering/writing out requirements, creating functional specifications, designing the UI (basically mapping out all front-end aspects of the system), working closely with devs to communicate/clarify requirements and come up with solutions when we hit roadblocks, writing test cases (and doing much of the testing), working with senior management and key stakeholders, managing beta testers, creating user guides and leading training sessions, providing key technical support. I also write quite a few macros in Excel using VBA (several of my macros are now used across the entire firm, so there are maybe around 1000 people using them) and use SQL on a daily basis, both on the SQL compact files the program relies on, our SQL Server data and any Access databases I create. The developers feel that I am quite good in this role because I understand a lot about programming, inherent system limitations, structure of the databases, etc so it's easier for me to communicate ideas and come up with suggestions when we face problems. What really interests me is developing software. I do a fair amount of programming in VBA and have been wanting to learn C# for awhile (the dev team uses C# - I review code occasionally for my own sake but have not had any practical experience using it). I'm interested in not just the business process but also the technical side of things, so the traditional BA role doesn't really whet my appetite for the kind of stuff I want to do. Right now I have a few small projects that managers have given me and I'm finding new ways to do them (like building custom Access applications), so there's a bit here and there to keep me interested. My question is this: what I would like to do is create custom Excel or Access applications for small businesses as a freelance business (working as a one-man shop; maybe having an occasional contractor depending on a project's complexity). This would obviously start out as a part-time venture while I have a day job, but eventually become a full-time job. Am I deluding myself to thinking I can go from BA/part-time VBA programmer to making a full-time go of a freelance business (where I would be starting out just writing custom Excel/Access apps in VBA)? Or is this type of thing not usually attempted until someone gains years of full-time programming experience? And is there even a market for these types of applications amongst small businesses (and maybe medium-sized) businesses?

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Why Hekaton In-Memory OLTP Truly is Revolutionary

- by merrillaldrich

I just returned from the PASS Summit in Charlotte, NC – which was excellent, among the best I have attended – and I have had Dr. David DeWitt’s talk rolling around in my head since he gave it on Thursday. (Dr. DeWitt starts at 27:00 at that link.) I probably cannot do it justice, but I wanted to recap why Hekaton really is revolutionary, and not just a marketing buzzword. I am normally skeptical of product announcements, and I find too often that real technical innovation can be overwhelmed by the...(read more)

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Pass-It-On Awards Program

<b>Anita Borg Institute:</b> "The Anita Borg Systers Pass-It-On (PIO) Awards honor Anita Borg’s desire to create a network of technical women helping one another."

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Default values - are they good or evil?

- by Andrew

The question about default values in general - default return function values, default parameter values, default logic for when something is missing, default logic for handling exceptions, default logic for handling the edge conditions etc. For a long time I considered default values to be a "pure evil" thing, something that "cloaks the catastrophe" and results in a very hard do find bugs. But recently I started to think about default values as some sort of a technical debt ... which is not a straight bad thing but something that could provide some "short term financing" get us to survive the project (how many of us could afford to buy a house without taking out the mortgage?). When I say a "short term" - I don't mean - "do something quickly first and do refactor it out later before it hits the production". No - I am talking about relying on a hardcoded default values in a production software. Granted - it could cause some issues, but what if it only going to cause a single trouble in a whole year. Again - I am talking about the "average" mainstream software here (not a software for a nuclear power station) - the average web site or a UI application for the accounting software, meaning that people lives are not at stake, nor millions of dollars. Again, from my experience, business users would rather live with the software which "works somehow", rather then wait for a perfect one. And the use of default values helps a lot if you develop a software in a RAD style. But again - the longest debug sessions I have spent were because of the bugs introduced by a default value which either stopped being "a default" along the way or because a small subsystem has recently been upgraded and as a result of this upgrade it does not handle the default correctly (e.g. empty list vs null, or null string vs empty string). So my question is - are the default values good or evil. And if they are a technical debt - how do measure up how much you can borrow so you can afford the repayments? Would really appreciate any input. Cheers. EDIT: If I am using the default values as a way to cut the corners during the development - and if the corners cutting results in a bugs and issues - what is the methodology to recover from these issues?

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What is the Endeca MDEX Engine?

- by Grant Schofield

Today I would like to draw your attention to a really helpful article by Rittmanmead taking a deeper look under the covers at the Endeca MDEX engine; how it works, what's so different about it, and why that matters to customers. This will in particular be useful for the technical audience. The other articles in the Endeca Week series are equally useful for a wider audience. http://www.rittmanmead.com/2012/02/oracle-endeca-week-what-is-the-endeca-mdex-engine/

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New Advisor Webcast Announced for E-Business Suite Procurement

- by David Hope-Ross

ADVISOR WEBCAST: Sourcing in Purchasing PRODUCT FAMILY: EBZs- Procurement May 29, 2012 at 2:00 pm London / 06:00 am Pacific / 7:00 am Mountain / 9:00 am Eastern / 3:00 pm Egypt For more information and registration please click here. This one-hour session is recommended for technical and functional users who need to know about Sourcing in Prchasing. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: Sourcing items in Oracle Purchasing (Sourcing Rules, ASL attributes,Global and Local ASL) Sourcing cycle in Core purchasing,Setup PO create documents workflow in Sourcing Additional features of Automatic Sourcing Tables involved in Sourcing and Troubleshooting

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Can I instruct the browser not to look for a favicon?

- by Peter Boughton

I have a website that doesn't have/need a favicon. Is there a way to instruct the browser not to waste a request looking for /favicon.ico ? I don't mean filtering logs, but something client-side, like this: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="about:blank" /> That appears to work, but I'm not in a position to do comprehensive tests, (and search engines are being unhelpful). Can anyone confirm if this is a valid method, or provide a suitable alternative?

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How to suggest using an ORM instead of stored procedures?

- by Wayne M

I work at a company that only uses stored procedures for all data access, which makes it very annoying to keep our local databases in sync as every commit we have to run new procs. I have used some basic ORMs in the past and I find the experience much better and cleaner. I'd like to suggest to the development manager and rest of the team that we look into using an ORM Of some kind for future development (the rest of the team are only familiar with stored procedures and have never used anything else). The current architecture is .NET 3.5 written like .NET 1.1, with "god classes" that use a strange implementation of ActiveRecord and return untyped DataSets which are looped over in code-behind files - the classes work something like this: class Foo { public bool LoadFoo() { bool blnResult = false; if (this.FooID == 0) { throw new Exception("FooID must be set before calling this method."); } DataSet ds = // ... call to Sproc if (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0) { foo.FooName = ds.Tables[0].Rows[0]["FooName"].ToString(); // other properties set blnResult = true; } return blnResult; } } // Consumer Foo foo = new Foo(); foo.FooID = 1234; foo.LoadFoo(); // do stuff with foo... There is pretty much no application of any design patterns. There are no tests whatsoever (nobody else knows how to write unit tests, and testing is done through manually loading up the website and poking around). Looking through our database we have: 199 tables, 13 views, a whopping 926 stored procedures and 93 functions. About 30 or so tables are used for batch jobs or external things, the remainder are used in our core application. Is it even worth pursuing a different approach in this scenario? I'm talking about moving forward only since we aren't allowed to refactor the existing code since "it works" so we cannot change the existing classes to use an ORM, but I don't know how often we add brand new modules instead of adding to/fixing current modules so I'm not sure if an ORM is the right approach (too much invested in stored procedures and DataSets). If it is the right choice, how should I present the case for using one? Off the top of my head the only benefits I can think of is having cleaner code (although it might not be, since the current architecture isn't built with ORMs in mind so we would basically be jury-rigging ORMs on to future modules but the old ones would still be using the DataSets) and less hassle to have to remember what procedure scripts have been run and which need to be run, etc. but that's it, and I don't know how compelling an argument that would be. Maintainability is another concern but one that nobody except me seems to be concerned about.

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Sweden Azure Group with Michele Laroux Bustamente & Maartin Balliauw Thursday 22nd May

- by Alan Smith

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/asmith/archive/2014/05/19/156418.aspxSweden Azure Group (SWAG) has the privilege of welcoming Michele Laroux Bustamente and Maartin Balliauw to present sessions at our meeting this Thursday. Michele and Maartin are two of the world’s leading experts in Cloud Computing and Azure, and will be taking time out from their busy schedules to share their ideas with us, and answer any questions. Knowit Stockholm are kindly hosting the event at their offices, and providing food and refreshments. It should be a great evening. You can register for the event here. Azure Q & A - Michele Leroux Bustamante In this interactive Q & A session Michele Leroux Bustamante will be on hand to share her wealth of experience on Azure related issues. If you are new to Azure and wanting some tips to get started, or an experienced developer needing to negotiate the legal and political protocols related to Cloud Computing Michele will have been there, done that, and be willing to share her experiences. This session will be entirely driven by that attendees, so please come prepared with questions. Reducing latency on the web with the Windows Azure CDN – Maarten Balliauw Serving up content on the Internet is something our web sites do daily. But are we doing this in the fastest way possible? How are users in faraway countries experiencing our apps? Why do we have three webservers serving the same content over and over again? In this session, we’ll explore the Windows Azure Content Delivery Network or CDN, a service which makes it easy to serve up blobs, videos and other content from servers close to our users. We’ll explore simple file serving as well as some more advanced, dynamic edge caching scenarios. Michele Leroux Bustamante Michele Leroux Bustamante is CIO at Solliance (solliance.net), cofounder of Snapboard (snapboard.com), and is recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. Michele is a thought leader with over 20 years specializing in building scalable and secure end-to-end system design, identity and access management, and cloud computing technologies – for companies of all sizes. In recent years Michele has also helped launch several startup business ventures and has been a mentor to startups in several accelerator programs – providing both technical and business guidance. Michele shares her experiences through presentations and keynotes all over the world, and has been publishing regularly in technology journals. Maarten Balliauw Maarten Balliauw is a Technical Evangelist at JetBrains. His interests are all web: ASP.NET MVC, PHP and Windows Azure. He’s a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Azure and an ASPInsider. He has published many articles in both PHP and .NET literature such as MSDN magazine and PHP architect. Maarten is a frequent speaker at various national and international events such as MIX (Las Vegas), TechDays, DPC, …

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Day 4 of Oracle OpenWorld 2012 October 3rd

- by Maria Colgan

Thanks to all those who stopped by the demogrounds to chat with the Optimizer developers and to check out what is new in the Oracle Optimizer over the last two days. Remember, today is the last day of the demogrounds, so if you haven't had a chance to stop by and collect you bumper sticker yet, do so today. The Optimizer developers will be there from 9:45 am until 4pm. Don't forget our second technical session (Session CON8457) is tomorrow at 12:45pm. +Maria Colgan

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VoIP Broadband Phone Service - The Phone Service of the Future

Okay, I';m going to attempt to keep this as non-technical as possible at first for those of you that are unfamiliar with VoIP Broadband Phone Service. Later, I will try to furnish a little bit more on... [Author: Clint C. Weir - Computers and Internet - April 15, 2010]

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Linux Under The Spotlight As We Prepare For A Chaos Bound National Elections

<b>Tech Source:</b> "With less than a few days to go before the Philippines will hold its first ever fully automated national elections, it seems like we're in for a really bumpy ride. Serious, embarrassing, and idiotic technical glitches were discovered while testing the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines that will be used to count votes for the polls."

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Title of person reporting to CEO responsible for strategy and projects [closed]

- by user64134

Case in point: What is the title of the person reporting directly to the CEO and/or CTO, responsible for the overall technical strategy and the overall responsibility for all projects and programs among multiple teams (being led by team leads) in a tech company I'm thinking that it is a mix of a staff and line position - making chief architect being too advisory and not matching the project/program part and VP of engineering a bit too high level?

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Unit-testing code that relies on untestable 3rd party code

- by DudeOnRock

Sometimes, especially when working with third party code, I write unit-test specific code in my production code. This happens when third party code uses singletons, relies on constants, accesses the file-system/a resource I don't want to access in a test situation, or overuses inheritance. The form my unit-test specific code takes is usually the following: if (accessing or importing a certain resource fails) I assume this is a test case and load a mock object Is this poor form, and if it is, what is normally done when writing tests for code that uses untestable third party code?

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The Solution

- by Patrick Liekhus

So I recently attended a class about time management as well as read the book “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. Both have been instrumental in helping me get my priorities aligned as well as keep me focused. The reason I bring this up is that it gave me a great idea for a small application with which to create a great technical stack solution that would be easy to demo and explain. Therefore, the project from this point forward with be the Liekhus.TimeTracker application which will bring some the time management skills that I have acquired into a technical implementation. The idea is rather simple, but leverages some of the basic principles of Covey along with some of the worksheets that I garnered from class. The basics are as such: 1) a plan is a must have and 2) write it down! A plan not written down is just an idea. How many times have you had an idea that didn’t materialize? Exactly. Hence why I am writing it all down now! The worksheet consists of a few simple columns that I will outline below as well as some modifications that I made according to the Covey habits. The worksheet looks like the following: Status Issue Area CQ Notes P F L 1234 P F L 1234 P F L 1234 P F L 1234 P F L 1234 P F L 1234 P F L 1234 P F L 1234 P F L 1234 The idea is really simple and straightforward; you write down all your tasks and keep track of them along the way. The status stands for (P)ending, (F)inished or (L)ater. You write a quick title for the issue and select the CQ (Covey Quadrant) with which the issue occurs. The notes section is for things that happen while you are working through the issue. And last, but not least, is the Area column that I added as a way to identify the Role or Area of your life that this task falls within based upon Covey’s teachings. The second part of this application is a simple phone log that allows you to track your phone conversations throughout the day. All of this is currently done on a sheet of paper, but being involved in technology, I want it to have bells and whistles. Therefore, this is my simple idea for a project that will allow me to test my theories about coding and implementations. Stay tuned as the next session will be flushing out the concept and coming up with user stories to begin the SCRUM process. Thanks

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Faster &amp; Stronger MySQL

Usually an article like this one will start out with the technical word "scaling". Unfortunately, like health care reform, everyone can't always agree on what they mean by it, or even what the goal is. Learn how to make your database faster, stronger, bigger and better in this article that uses words we can all agree on.

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