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Andres Jaimes

Installing Oracle XE on Ubuntu

My first encounter with Oracle was back in 2001. It was installed on a Windows 2k test server. We worked in a one year long project and I had enough time to learn about it. I just remember having encountered feelings. SQL was very pleasant: the CASE …

Back from the hospital…

Hey there!, I’m back after a week in the hospital. Must say I really missed the Internet. My recommendation: don’t skip any meal! Always make time to eat and enjoy every food. According to some Japanese ideals, you should enjoy each bite and let your …

Setting up a WebDAV server

Do you want to install a WevDAV server? This article is for you.

What is WebDAV?

WebDAV is a protocol that lets you read and write files on the web almost as if you were accessing local files. You can create folders and files, as well as rename them, …

Quotes…

The following are some nice quotes I’ve got from fortune cookies or my mind:

  • You can have, do or be whatever you want
  • Good sense is the master of human life
  • All decisions you make today will be most fortunate
  • You will be fortunate in everything you …

PHP

Connecting to a Local Oracle Database

This is a small but useful example:

<?php
$c = oci_connect('hr', 'hr', '//localhost/XE');
$s = oci_parse($c, 'select city from locations');
oci_execute($s);
while ($res = …

Ubuntu 7.10 Released

Among others, this new release of Ubuntu features:

  • 3D Screen effects enabled by default: This is soooo cool! Plus, right click on your desktop, select Change Desktop Background, select Visual Effects and click on Extra, now go move a Window.
  • Themes, …

Got Web 2.0?

Ajax Hacks takes you step by step through an 80 tips journey going from the very basics – how to GET or POST – to advanced topics like performance tuning, caching and web services interaction.

Ajax Hacks

AJAX Hacks by Bruce Perry
ISBN: 0-596-10169-4