Ok, here is something I wish I could travel back in time and shoot who ever decided it would be smart to make RDBMS locale dependent. As in crap like different decimal separators or worse yet date formats. If at all leave this work to the client, but better yet leave it to the frontend. Today I went through a bit of work until I finally figured out that in order to have SQL Server understand an ISO date (running against a DB configured as German), I needed to set the dateformat in the connection session with a query like "SET DATEFORMAT ymd". You might be wondering about the fact that "ymd" doesn't look very ISO date, but all it actually tells SQL Server is that the numbers between the separators are to denote year first, month second and day third. What really ticks me off though is that I once again forgot to look at the number one source for making RDBMS …
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Follow up from Part 1.
Attended "What Developers should care about MySQL ?" by Colin and
"Groovy and Grails" by Chuk-munn Lee.
I enjoyed both the talks for different reasons. Colin's talk
explained the pluggable storage engine architecture that is
unique to MySQL (pronounced my-ess-kew-ell, not my-sequel). It
was interesting to know that the different storage engines can be
picked a la carte based upon the requirements. The performance
comparison for INSERTs was 5x between MyISAM, InnoDB and Archive
storage engines. But then InnoDB provide transactions and other
goodies. Multiple performance tuning tips such …
Follow up from Part 1.
Attended "What Developers should care about MySQL ?" by Colin and
"Groovy and Grails" by Chuk-munn Lee.
I enjoyed both the talks for different reasons. Colin's talk
explained the pluggable storage engine architecture that is
unique to MySQL (pronounced my-ess-kew-ell, not my-sequel). It
was interesting to know that the different storage engines can be
picked a la carte based upon the requirements. The performance
comparison for INSERTs was 5x between MyISAM, InnoDB and Archive
storage engines. But then InnoDB provide transactions and other
goodies. Multiple performance tuning tips such …
In the last few months Sun has expanded significantly our online outreach efforts and we currently have (at least :-)) three Webinar series that cover the GlassFish products. Going through them:
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The MySQL webinars are polished presentations that are broadcasted in high-quality and targeted at specific busines needs. Future presentations include Binod on MySQL and SailFin and Arun on … |
The Sun Tech
Days Singapore started earlier this morning - over 1100
developers, an outstanding audience!!!
The kick off had a good local flare when the Gods of
Longevity, Fortune, and Prosperity (Fu Lu Shou) showed up to
start the event ;-) The build up to their appearance was really
exciting as evident from the video below:
This particular event will also be recorded in Singapore Book of Records for the largest numbers
of Sun developers playing a rattle together :) Here are some
pictures from the event:
A Toshiba laptop and an iPod was raffled to …
There are a couple of bookstores in my neighborhood. They could not be more different from one another.
The first is known to focus on best seller lists, to promote popular books, and use displays and traditional retail techniques to drive business. They seem to do well, year in, year out. The other bookstore is more of a community treasure, beloved by the neighborhood, with a focus on the (thoughtful) insights of their staff. Those insights are delivered via small note cards appended to shelving throughout the store, where books are displayed alphabetically, with library-like neutrality.
The first store is very market focused, changes with the season, and seems to be quite succesful. The latter store, beloved though it may be, struggles to stay in business.
Now you might consider that an awkward …
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This blog highlights couple of contributions by Campus Ambassadors (CA) from University of Essex
and Frankfurt towards GlassFish.
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Jenya Kovalchuk (Campus Ambassador in the University of
Essex, UK) gave a talk on GlassFish. The pre- and
post-conditions of talk are really compelling: |
Pre-condition: No one out of 25 present ever heard about
GlassFish
Post-condition: Everyone is looking forward to put their hands
on, how great it is! dear all, we are approaching labs where …
I have been tagged by numerous people (Marcus, Lars, Mark and probably a few others .. just too man people playing along!).
So semi random facts about me ..
- I actually picked my first name Lukas myself. At birth my name was Kahwe Haddad, but when I was adopted by the man I call my father in elementary school I changed my last name to his and also picked a new first name, moving Kahwe to be my middle name.
- As some may have guessed from my birth name, I am half persian on my fathers side. My mother is from East Germany and actually escaped with her family from East Germany. My adoptive father is american. So I am a German, with a …
I was running a hard drive diagnostic using SeaTools for DOS v1.09PH on two exactly the same Maxtor hard drives, see details of the drives below. When I attempted to run a quick scan and then a long scan it received a warning “Overtemp–253″. After doing some research I have come to the conclusion that with certainty that this doesn’t mean the hard drive is running at 253 degrees Fahrenheit. My two drives are well ventilated and do not even feel warm to the touch. In fact this message apparently means according to Seagate that the hard drive does not support SeaTools reading temperatures.
- Brand: Maxtor
- Model: 6Y060L0
- FW: YAR41BW0
This Tip Of The Day answers the following comment on my blog:
How to Configure a MySql database to be able to connect Netbeans6.5.?
I've tried using mysql Server 6 many times, but it fails.
Please, let me know how to fix that problem.
- Download MySQL 6.0 from here.
- Install and start MySQL 6.0 on Mac OSX using the clearly
written installation instructions.
- Basically the download is available in .tar or .dmg format. Using .dmg format is the easiest way, double-click and follow the instructions taking all defaults.
- MySQL is installed in …