Year end special request: Say NO to plastics that don't go away.

You might not have heard of plastic waste that has been accumulating between California and Texas which has attained the veritable size of the state of Texas.


Please, refrain from using plastics that are hard to remove or destroy. Perhaps the human destiny is really controlled by the 2nd Law of thermodynamics.

Say NO to plastics. Tax the plastic manufacturers and the users.

Try out EnterpriseDB and get a taste of Open Source DB

You want to experience the use of an enterprise class of a relational database, try out EnterpriseDB which packages the latest version of PostgreSQL, a popular open source database which has been improved to address all deficiencies compared to the other popular database MySQL. Now what you have is a high reliability scalable database with superior performance that has encouraged many users to move out of Microsoft SQL Server according to some polls conducted. Download EnterpseDB and enjoy.

You have a user friendly management studio that you can use to get all that you need to work with Postgres.

Power fluctuation and computer display resolution

The power was interrupted more than once this morning (Dec 22,2008) in this area [Central NJ] and curiously when the voltage level dipped the display resolution of the computer suddenly got reduced on my Toshiba Satellite lap top from 1440 x 900 to 1024 x 768.

Toolbar properties of Report Viewer Controls

There are two Report Viewer Controls that are part of the Visual Studio (versions 2005 and 2008). They do not require SQL Server nor a license to redistribute. They are used to embed reports into windows desktop and intranet web applications.


They are both similar execept one is meant for Windows Applications and the other for web applications.

They both come equipped with a configurable toolbar, configurable both in design as well as at run time. The default settings of these controls are as shown here.

For Web applications

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For Windows Applications
 

Oracle SQL Developer Tool 1.5 with SQL Server 2005

Oracle SQL Developer Tool

Oracle SQL Developer Tool is a stand alone program that connects to Oracle as well as third-party databases which can be used to perform a variety of tasks from running simple queries to migration of databases from third party vendor products to Oracle. Please review the following articles on the earlier versions 1.1 and 1.2: MS Access Queries with Oracle SQL Developer 1.2 Tool and Migrating MS Access 2003 Data using the Oracle SQL Developer 1.2.

Oracle SQL Developer Tool 1.5

While the default installation is ready to connect to Oracle and Access databases the other third-party products such as SQL Server 2005, MySQL and Sybase require additional JDBC drivers. This article describes how you may connect to SQL Server 2005 and SQLExpress servers using the JDBC drivers.

Go ahead and read it...

http://www.packtpub.com/article/oracle-sql-developer-tool-1.5-sql-server-2005