Disqus - Latest Comments for eddieawad

Re: Posting to Twitter, Take 2

eddieawad — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:35:44 -0000

Like you, I mainly use Twitter. For OraNA.info, I created http://friendfeed.com/orana and added the orana feed. then from the FF Account Settings, I set up feed publishing to twitter account http://twitter.com/orana That's it. It's a set and forget.

Re: Posting to Twitter, Take 2

eddieawad — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:28:28 -0000

I used twitterfeed for a long while. Then recently I switched to using FriendFeed to automatically post OraNA.info to Twitter. I noticed that using FriendFeed is more reliable than using twitterfeed.

Re: Optimized for iPhone

eddieawad — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:24:17 -0000

I use MobilePress on awads.net and orana.info. It uses different CSS/Ajax based on the mobile device, which means it formats for iPhone and other devices like BB for example. http://mobilepress.co.za/

Re: Tagged again - Six random things about yourself

eddieawad — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:42:22 -0000

After Mr. Rogers withdrew from the Oracle Community, I'm not sure how much fun the tagging game would be :) However, I enjoyed reading your 6 random things. Merry Christmas!

Re: 5 Tools That Make You a More Productive Computer User

eddieawad — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:02:57 -0000

Hi William, I'm assuming you're referring to the usefulness of Enso or other launcher applications. I have Firefox open all the time so it does not make much difference there. From personal experience I can tell you that using the keyboard is faster than using the mouse (once you make it a habit). I have been using Enso for a while now and I like it. For example, on my Win XP machine, I find it very convenient to highlight (Ctrl+Shift+arrow) any word in *any application* and Caps Lock + def and poof... you're on answers.com reading the word's definition. Caps Lock + sp and poof... instant spell check. I do not think that this functionality is available natively in XP.

Re: Oracle Technology Network (OTN) is the Largest Developer Community

eddieawad — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:40:45 -0000

I suggest you go to http://etrm.oracle.com and look them up there. Note that you need a Metalink account to access this site. You can also check the Oracle Apps documentation at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/...

Re: 5 Recommendations About Cursor FOR Loops in Oracle PL/SQL

eddieawad — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:07:05 -0000

Yep, and that's good for existing code. There is still however the overhead of converting it to BULK COLLECT. So, the best way is to directly use BULK COLLECT whenever you can.

Re: 5 Recommendations About Cursor FOR Loops in Oracle PL/SQL

eddieawad — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:39:03 -0000

Thanks Mathew. Bryn's white paper is excellent. I linked to it last month from http://awads.net/wp/2008/10/09/4-useful-links-f...

Re: HTTP POST from inside Oracle

eddieawad — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:25:11 -0000

@Ed: I tested your query and got the error: Certificate validation failure.

Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

SQL> set define off
SQL> SELECT UTL_HTTP.REQUEST('https://realtime.gpcatalogue.com/servlet/GPCRealTi
me?Query=Logon&Alias;=GXSRETL&Userid;=GXSREAL&Password;=REALTIME') FROM DUAL;
SELECT UTL_HTTP.REQUEST('https://realtime.gpcatalogue.com/servlet/GPCRealTime?Qu
ery=Logon&Alias;=GXSRETL&Userid;=GXSREAL&Password;=REALTIME') FROM DUAL
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29273: HTTP request failed
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_HTTP", line 1577
ORA-29024: Certificate validation failure
ORA-06512: at line 1

Re: Cool SQL Analytic Function: RATIO_TO_REPORT

eddieawad — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:28:04 -0000

Thanks Sergio, I have updated my post with your new URL.

Re: When ANSI SQL Join Syntax Does Not Work in Oracle

eddieawad — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:54:25 -0000

Juanky, you meant writng SQL not PL/SQL, right? Performance should be the same unless proven otherwise. I personally prefer ANSI SQL because it's easier to read.

Re: How to track user sessions in ColdFusion

eddieawad — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:46:40 -0000

Thinking out loud, you can use the same logic in sessionReport.cfm. But instead of creating a report, you update your database. You move the code to Application.cfm or Application.cfc so that it runs before each page.

Re: Flash CFFORM Gotcha

eddieawad — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:44:36 -0000

Thanks for sharing your tip JG.

Re: Do SQL ISO standards matter?

eddieawad — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:05:28 -0000

Thank you all for commenting. You all have very good arguments.

Now, I'm off learning some German...

Re: Another Call for OpenSocial App Thoughts

eddieawad — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:19:07 -0000

In the coming few weeks, Ning will expand and upgrade OpenSocial support to let members of OracleCommunity.net, and other Ning networks, easily add applications to their profiles. I'd love to exchange OpenSocial apps between OracleCommunity.net and Mix/Connect.

Re: Top ten tips for better password management

eddieawad — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:52:08 -0000

Good points Marvin.

Re: 9 Reasons I Need to Blog More

eddieawad — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:19:29 -0000

Nice list! I especially liked number 2 and 3 :) Looking forward to reading more of your posts.

Re: Little known way to get the error message in PL/SQL

eddieawad — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:32:37 -0000

@Matt Good point. Thanks for the tip.

@Guillaume I'm afraid I cannot help you with C.

Re: HTTP POST from inside Oracle

eddieawad — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:54:40 -0000

taneal, it seems that you need to decrypt the data on the other end.

Re: Oracle News Firefox Extension

eddieawad — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:56:09 -0000

@Marco: I will update the extension to make it work with Firefox 3 soon.

Re: Scariest Ride Ever?

eddieawad — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:21:35 -0000

No way dude! You won't catch me on those rides either. But, it's always fun watching other people do it.

Re: Oracle to buy the Israeli company Demantra for $41 million cash

eddieawad — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:13:22 -0000

I suggest you ask your questions in the Oracle Forums.

Re: Pour Some Gas on the Fire (Eagle)

eddieawad — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:12:54 -0000

Hey, what about me? I'd appreciate a fireeagle and a Brightkite invite if can givz. Thx.

Re: Suggest a Session is a Hit

eddieawad — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:59:43 -0000

Another sorting order could be "last voted on". So, the last voted on idea will bubble to the surface. Just an idea.

Re: Back to basics: inner joins

eddieawad — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:15:52 -0000

FARIZA, The following joins will return the level in rows. Then you can write a stragg function to transform the level to a comma delimeted list of values.

By the way, level is reserved, can't use it in SQL unless you quote it.

<pre>
SELECT emp.name, emp.passport, edu."level"
FROM emp, edu
WHERE emp.passport = edu.passport;
</pre>

Or using ANSI SQL:

<pre>
SELECT emp.name, emp.passport, edu."level"
FROM emp inner join edu on emp.passport = edu.passport;
</pre>