From tinanfields at torchlake.com Thu Jan 1 07:20:36 2009 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:20:36 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? In-Reply-To: <15276C5BA7AB47B19F95FCBEF98C5417@danwaters> References: <00a701c96aeb$34c1e170$9e45a450$@rr.com><661127.41147.qm@web65415.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <15276C5BA7AB47B19F95FCBEF98C5417@danwaters> Message-ID: <495CC324.60909@torchlake.com> Hi Dan, You can rotate WordArt in Word 2003 to any degree you want. The only thing I find that might interfere has to do with the text wrapping around it. When you put WordArt in line with text, the handles for turning it don't show up. Go into the Format WordArt dialog box and change the text wrapping to something else, like in front of text, for instance, then click the WordArt object, grab the green dot above it and drag until you rotate it 180 degrees. It works. Tina Dan Waters wrote: > Hi Rusty - I spoke too quickly. What I should have said is that the ability > to make upside-down text using WordArt is not in Word 2003. From the first > reference that Bobby Heid gave you used to be able to do this using WordArt > in Word 95 and previous, but not since then. > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? > > Dan, from Word 2003 help: > > > 1. On the Drawing toolbar, click Insert WordArt . > Note The Drawing toolbar appears in the lower left > corner of the program window. If you don't see the Drawing toolbar, on the > View menu, point to Toolbars, > and then click Drawing. > 2. Click the WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with > ready-made > effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.) effect you > want, and then click OK. > 3. In the Edit WordArt Text dialog box, type the text you want. > 4. Do any of the following: > * To change the font type, in the Font list, select a font. > * To change the font size, in the Size list, select a size. > * To make text bold, click the Bold button. > * To make text italic, click the Italic button > HTH > > Rusty > > > > > ________________________________ > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? > > Each of these solutions will work! > > This also explained WordArt - which unfortunately is not in Word 2003. > > Thanks! > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? > > Here's some ways I found (none of them really a good solution): > http://word.mvps.org/faqs/DrwGrphcs/UpsideDownText.htm > http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=251 > > Bobby > > > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? > > You'd think there would be a way to put upside down text in a cell in a > table, but I can't find it. > > Can this be done? > > Thanks! > Dan > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > From tinanfields at torchlake.com Thu Jan 1 07:27:40 2009 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:27:40 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? In-Reply-To: <495CC324.60909@torchlake.com> References: <00a701c96aeb$34c1e170$9e45a450$@rr.com><661127.41147.qm@web65415.mail.ac4.yahoo.com><15276C5BA7AB47B19F95FCBEF98C5417@danwaters> <495CC324.60909@torchlake.com> Message-ID: <495CC4CC.40507@torchlake.com> Hi again Dan, I've sent you an example of this, off-list. Tina Tina Norris Fields wrote: > Hi Dan, > You can rotate WordArt in Word 2003 to any degree you want. The only > thing I find that might interfere has to do with the text wrapping > around it. When you put WordArt in line with text, the handles for > turning it don't show up. Go into the Format WordArt dialog box and > change the text wrapping to something else, like in front of text, for > instance, then click the WordArt object, grab the green dot above it and > drag until you rotate it 180 degrees. It works. > Tina > > > Dan Waters wrote: > >> Hi Rusty - I spoke too quickly. What I should have said is that the ability >> to make upside-down text using WordArt is not in Word 2003. From the first >> reference that Bobby Heid gave you used to be able to do this using WordArt >> in Word 95 and previous, but not since then. >> >> Dan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? >> >> Dan, from Word 2003 help: >> >> >> 1. On the Drawing toolbar, click Insert WordArt . >> Note The Drawing toolbar appears in the lower left >> corner of the program window. If you don't see the Drawing toolbar, on the >> View menu, point to Toolbars, >> and then click Drawing. >> 2. Click the WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with >> ready-made >> effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.) effect you >> want, and then click OK. >> 3. In the Edit WordArt Text dialog box, type the text you want. >> 4. Do any of the following: >> * To change the font type, in the Font list, select a font. >> * To change the font size, in the Size list, select a size. >> * To make text bold, click the Bold button. >> * To make text italic, click the Italic button >> HTH >> >> Rusty >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? >> >> Each of these solutions will work! >> >> This also explained WordArt - which unfortunately is not in Word 2003. >> >> Thanks! >> Dan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? >> >> Here's some ways I found (none of them really a good solution): >> http://word.mvps.org/faqs/DrwGrphcs/UpsideDownText.htm >> http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=251 >> >> Bobby >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? >> >> You'd think there would be a way to put upside down text in a cell in a >> table, but I can't find it. >> >> Can this be done? >> >> Thanks! >> Dan >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Jan 1 08:24:20 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:24:20 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Vista question Message-ID: <030301c96c1c$a40bca50$2f8601c7@SusanOne> A friend recently purchased a new laptop and when asked if she could convert to Windows XP, the salesperson told her no -- didn't offer her the available license, just told her no. She asked if she could reformat and install it herself and he said no because Vista machines have an embedded code that inhibits Windows XP. Anyone heard of this embedded code? I think it's a total lie, but thought I'd ask -- nothing MS did would surprise me anymore. Susan H. From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Jan 1 09:10:41 2009 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 07:10:41 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Vista question In-Reply-To: <030301c96c1c$a40bca50$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <030301c96c1c$a40bca50$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <10C076D19E4C4F7AA4389D5EA87F556E@HAL9005> AFAIK that nonsense. Not that it couldn't happen. In the old days Compaq and Toshiba, too, I believe, used to do things to their hardware that made it incompatible with third party stuff. But P4 can't care if you're running VISTA XP or Linux, can it? Remember the infamous 'downgrade' to XP the major vendors were offering when Vista first came out? That said, I have a Vista machine and I don't have any major complaints with it so far. Bit of a resource hog but it runs pretty well. Now Office 2007 on the other hand - a pig with no lipstick. Just a pig. Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 6:24 AM To: DBA Tech List Subject: [dba-Tech] Vista question A friend recently purchased a new laptop and when asked if she could convert to Windows XP, the salesperson told her no -- didn't offer her the available license, just told her no. She asked if she could reformat and install it herself and he said no because Vista machines have an embedded code that inhibits Windows XP. Anyone heard of this embedded code? I think it's a total lie, but thought I'd ask -- nothing MS did would surprise me anymore. Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Gustav at cactus.dk Thu Jan 1 10:13:50 2009 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:13:50 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Vista question Message-ID: Hi Susan First, she should find another dealer. His attitude reminds me of salesmen at radio- and TV-shops selling audio equipment. As a former sound engineer I still know a lot about audio and speakers and it is a terrible experience to listen to all the crap and pure nonsense these smart guys present as facts. Sometimes they lie but most often they just don't know what they are talking about. Then, he may be right - even though Vista machines do not have any "embedded code" (whatever that should be) - as installing WinXP on a laptop without the original install cd-rom(s) typically represents a challenge not met by the average user, because it is quite a bit of work to identify and locate the drivers for all the special hardware often found in laptops. That said, she may very well be happy with Vista. I was a bit sceptic, but after Shamil told about his positive experience, I went with Vista for my new home machine and I love it. It is a perfect match for Visual Studio 2008 and Office 2007 and that is what I mostly use it for. /gustav >>> ssharkins at gmail.com 01-01-2009 15:24 >>> A friend recently purchased a new laptop and when asked if she could convert to Windows XP, the salesperson told her no -- didn't offer her the available license, just told her no. She asked if she could reformat and install it herself and he said no because Vista machines have an embedded code that inhibits Windows XP. Anyone heard of this embedded code? I think it's a total lie, but thought I'd ask -- nothing MS did would surprise me anymore. Susan H. From dwaters at usinternet.com Thu Jan 1 10:57:11 2009 From: dwaters at usinternet.com (Dan Waters) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:57:11 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? In-Reply-To: <495CC324.60909@torchlake.com> References: <00a701c96aeb$34c1e170$9e45a450$@rr.com><661127.41147.qm@web65415.mail.ac4.yahoo.com><15276C5BA7AB47B19F95FCBEF98C5417@danwaters> <495CC324.60909@torchlake.com> Message-ID: <1E601C91C30A4609A6FCA9421668BFB9@danwaters> It works! Thanks! Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:21 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? Hi Dan, You can rotate WordArt in Word 2003 to any degree you want. The only thing I find that might interfere has to do with the text wrapping around it. When you put WordArt in line with text, the handles for turning it don't show up. Go into the Format WordArt dialog box and change the text wrapping to something else, like in front of text, for instance, then click the WordArt object, grab the green dot above it and drag until you rotate it 180 degrees. It works. Tina Dan Waters wrote: > Hi Rusty - I spoke too quickly. What I should have said is that the ability > to make upside-down text using WordArt is not in Word 2003. From the first > reference that Bobby Heid gave you used to be able to do this using WordArt > in Word 95 and previous, but not since then. > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? > > Dan, from Word 2003 help: > > > 1. On the Drawing toolbar, click Insert WordArt . > Note The Drawing toolbar appears in the lower left > corner of the program window. If you don't see the Drawing toolbar, on the > View menu, point to Toolbars, > and then click Drawing. > 2. Click the WordArt (WordArt: Text objects you create with > ready-made > effects to which you can apply additional formatting options.) effect you > want, and then click OK. > 3. In the Edit WordArt Text dialog box, type the text you want. > 4. Do any of the following: > * To change the font type, in the Font list, select a font. > * To change the font size, in the Size list, select a size. > * To make text bold, click the Bold button. > * To make text italic, click the Italic button > HTH > > Rusty > > > > > ________________________________ > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? > > Each of these solutions will work! > > This also explained WordArt - which unfortunately is not in Word 2003. > > Thanks! > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? > > Here's some ways I found (none of them really a good solution): > http://word.mvps.org/faqs/DrwGrphcs/UpsideDownText.htm > http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=251 > > Bobby > > > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: [dba-Tech] In Word - Upside Down Text? > > You'd think there would be a way to put upside down text in a cell in a > table, but I can't find it. > > Can this be done? > > Thanks! > Dan > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Jan 1 10:55:53 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:55:53 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Vista question References: Message-ID: <033601c96c32$af226000$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Thanks Gustav - that's my take too -- either doesn't know any better or just doesn't want to fool with it. She hates Vista. Susan H. > > First, she should find another dealer. His attitude reminds me of salesmen > at radio- and TV-shops selling audio equipment. As a former sound engineer > I still know a lot about audio and speakers and it is a terrible > experience to listen to all the crap and pure nonsense these smart guys > present as facts. Sometimes they lie but most often they just don't know > what they are talking about. From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Jan 1 10:54:31 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:54:31 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Vista question References: <030301c96c1c$a40bca50$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <10C076D19E4C4F7AA4389D5EA87F556E@HAL9005> Message-ID: <033501c96c32$ae509110$2f8601c7@SusanOne> That's pretty much what I think too -- outright lie to keep from having to actually work. Susan H. > AFAIK that nonsense. Not that it couldn't happen. In the old days From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Jan 1 11:35:46 2009 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:35:46 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Vista question In-Reply-To: <033501c96c32$ae509110$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <030301c96c1c$a40bca50$2f8601c7@SusanOne><10C076D19E4C4F7AA4389D5EA87F556E@HAL9005> <033501c96c32$ae509110$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <0E9E76A8C4054B68BDFBD4B5771698C0@HAL9005> Seems like the easiest thing would be to buy a cheap copy of XP on EBay, wipe the disk and install it. Worst that happens if it can't be done is to use the restore disks that come with the computer and put it back to it's original condition. Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:55 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Vista question That's pretty much what I think too -- outright lie to keep from having to actually work. Susan H. > AFAIK that nonsense. Not that it couldn't happen. In the old days _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jon.tydda at lonza.com Tue Jan 6 09:37:45 2009 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:37:45 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Server anti-virus? Message-ID: I've just found a pretty good deal on Ebay, and parted with some cash... so I'm getting a nice shiny Dell dual core 2.4 Xeon machine with 1gb ram and 80gb hard drive for around $175. I've got server 2003 to put on it, and I am going to play with WSUS, possibly exhange (as it comes up in my MCSE course)... but what I really want to know is what anti-virus solutions are available to me? I'm using Vipre on my desktop, but ideally I'd like something different on this, just to pick up whatever Vipre may miss. Who (if anyone) does a free server AV solution, and will the free version of ZoneAlarm work on a server OS? I've also managed to pick up a nice 5 port 10/100/1000 netgear switch for $30 on Amazon, so that'll speed things up around the house nicely :-) Jon Jon Tydda MCP IT Support Analyst Lonza Biologics PLC 228 Bath Road Slough Berkshire SL1 4DX UK Registered Number: 2742471 Tel: +44 (0) 1753 777077 Fax: +44 (0) 1753 777001 mailto:jon.tydda at lonza.com http://www.lonza.com ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From garykjos at gmail.com Tue Jan 6 11:02:07 2009 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 11:02:07 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] Server anti-virus? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Pretty good deal? I think you did way better than that. GK On 1/6/09, Tydda Jon - Slough wrote: > I've just found a pretty good deal on Ebay, and parted with some cash... so I'm getting a nice shiny Dell dual core 2.4 Xeon machine with 1gb ram and 80gb hard drive for around $175. I've got server 2003 to put on it, and I am going to play with WSUS, possibly exhange (as it comes up in my MCSE course)... but what I really want to know is what anti-virus solutions are available to me? I'm using Vipre on my desktop, but ideally I'd like something different on this, just to pick up whatever Vipre may miss. > > Who (if anyone) does a free server AV solution, and will the free version of ZoneAlarm work on a server OS? > > I've also managed to pick up a nice 5 port 10/100/1000 netgear switch for $30 on Amazon, so that'll speed things up around the house nicely :-) > > > Jon > > > Jon Tydda MCP > IT Support Analyst > > Lonza Biologics PLC > 228 Bath Road > Slough > Berkshire > SL1 4DX > UK > > Registered Number: 2742471 > > Tel: +44 (0) 1753 777077 > Fax: +44 (0) 1753 777001 > mailto:jon.tydda at lonza.com > http://www.lonza.com > > > > ________________________________ > This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From jon.tydda at lonza.com Tue Jan 6 11:06:24 2009 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 18:06:24 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Server anti-virus? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Well apparently there were 7 of them if you're interested :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:02 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Server anti-virus? Pretty good deal? I think you did way better than that. GK On 1/6/09, Tydda Jon - Slough wrote: > I've just found a pretty good deal on Ebay, and parted with some cash... so I'm getting a nice shiny Dell dual core 2.4 Xeon machine with 1gb ram and 80gb hard drive for around $175. I've got server 2003 to put on it, and I am going to play with WSUS, possibly exhange (as it comes up in my MCSE course)... but what I really want to know is what anti-virus solutions are available to me? I'm using Vipre on my desktop, but ideally I'd like something different on this, just to pick up whatever Vipre may miss. > > Who (if anyone) does a free server AV solution, and will the free version of ZoneAlarm work on a server OS? > > I've also managed to pick up a nice 5 port 10/100/1000 netgear switch > for $30 on Amazon, so that'll speed things up around the house nicely > :-) > > > Jon > > > Jon Tydda MCP > IT Support Analyst > > Lonza Biologics PLC > 228 Bath Road > Slough > Berkshire > SL1 4DX > UK > > Registered Number: 2742471 > > Tel: +44 (0) 1753 777077 > Fax: +44 (0) 1753 777001 > mailto:jon.tydda at lonza.com > http://www.lonza.com > > > > ________________________________ > This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From dwaters at usinternet.com Mon Jan 12 16:47:35 2009 From: dwaters at usinternet.com (Dan Waters) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:47:35 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] Utility to position dialog box in monitor center Message-ID: I would like to find out if anyone knows of a utility software program which will give me some control over where a dialog box from any (or specific) application. I use dual monitors with a single desktop spanned across both. Some dialog boxes open in the exact center, which can be really annoying to try to quickly read. Thanks! Dan From fuller.artful at gmail.com Thu Jan 15 14:20:00 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:20:00 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. Message-ID: <29f585dd0901151220m2540b977r963c0fb195f5a85b@mail.gmail.com> Is anyone on this list as infatuated as I am about Ruby on Rails? I deem it totally awesome web-dev technology and wonder if any of you is into it. Arthur From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Jan 15 14:26:46 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:26:46 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. References: <29f585dd0901151220m2540b977r963c0fb195f5a85b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <05c901c9774f$a0f6f270$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Last time I checked, Mike Gunderloy (larkware.com) was keeping a blog on it. Yelp, still there. http://afreshcup.com/ Susan H. > Is anyone on this list as infatuated as I am about Ruby on Rails? I deem > it > totally awesome web-dev technology and wonder if any of you is into it. From Gustav at cactus.dk Thu Jan 15 16:51:12 2009 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:51:12 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. Message-ID: Hi all Oh my - these "Railers" are bashing the "bloated" IDEs like Eclipse and Visual Studio: http://akitaonrails.com/2009/1/13/the-best-environment-for-rails-on-windows I think I'll leave them with their text editors - guess they prefer 14" monitors as well. /gustav >>> ssharkins at gmail.com 15-01-2009 21:26 >>> Last time I checked, Mike Gunderloy (larkware.com) was keeping a blog on it. Yelp, still there. http://afreshcup.com/ Susan H. > Is anyone on this list as infatuated as I am about Ruby on Rails? I deem it > totally awesome web-dev technology and wonder if any of you is into it. From fuller.artful at gmail.com Thu Jan 15 18:31:38 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:31:38 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <29f585dd0901151631g2fbd95b8j4eb3be93050710b9@mail.gmail.com> Big mistake, IMO, Gustav. Most difficult thing to get over is that you cannot (without max difficulty) name your own directories. If you create a project called Gustav01 then all sorts of directories will be created beneath that for you. Learn to live with it! Every project you create will have an identical structure, and this is a good thing. Take it for a spin and prepare to be Wowed. You type in several commands and presto, a web site! IMO this is some aweseome technology and it works so well because it reads the metadata not merely the data dictionaries. It comprehends the relationships not just the tables. Invest an evening in exploring this baby and you will, I think, be floored at the productivity improvements. Even MS wised up to this and delivered IronPython. I would go so far as to say that strongly typed languages are now a historical artifact. And one might say the same about compiled languages, perhaps. I'm still open on the latter supposition. A. From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Jan 15 21:35:21 2009 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:35:21 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. In-Reply-To: <29f585dd0901151631g2fbd95b8j4eb3be93050710b9@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901151631g2fbd95b8j4eb3be93050710b9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Arthur and Gustav: Regarding: "Most difficult thing to get over is that you cannot (without max difficulty) name your own directories. If you create a project called Gustav01 then all sorts of directories will be created beneath that for you." This just describes creating a new .Net application where a host of directories and sub-directories are immediately created... so this is nothing out of the ordinary. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Jan 15 21:46:53 2009 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:46:53 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft Office through TermServer or Citrix server In-Reply-To: <29f585dd0901151631g2fbd95b8j4eb3be93050710b9@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901151631g2fbd95b8j4eb3be93050710b9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1CB7EEDC21F542F685EEF4D7ADA500D2@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi All: Sorry for the general broadcast but... Would anyone have recommendations managing MS Office through client services (TermServer, Citrix server or SharePoint etc)? How does the licensing work? Is there a better way to deploy Office? Costs, licensing or additional concerns? TIA Jim From Gustav at cactus.dk Fri Jan 16 00:47:38 2009 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:47:38 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. Message-ID: Hi Arthur I would like to explore that but - I may be missing something - where do all my windows with tools, components, database sources, properties, etc. etc. live in a text editor? Not to say IntelliSense, my visual database layout, and the query designer? /gustav >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 16-01-2009 01:31 >>> Big mistake, IMO, Gustav. Most difficult thing to get over is that you cannot (without max difficulty) name your own directories. If you create a project called Gustav01 then all sorts of directories will be created beneath that for you. Learn to live with it! Every project you create will have an identical structure, and this is a good thing. Take it for a spin and prepare to be Wowed. You type in several commands and presto, a web site! IMO this is some aweseome technology and it works so well because it reads the metadata not merely the data dictionaries. It comprehends the relationships not just the tables. Invest an evening in exploring this baby and you will, I think, be floored at the productivity improvements. Even MS wised up to this and delivered IronPython. I would go so far as to say that strongly typed languages are now a historical artifact. And one might say the same about compiled languages, perhaps. I'm still open on the latter supposition. A. From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 04:16:42 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:16:42 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <29f585dd0901160216k190a46d4x7371add63280617f@mail.gmail.com> At my last gig in Bermuda I had a pair of 22" monitors. Now that I'm back home again I have to suffer with only one. A. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi all > > Oh my - these "Railers" are bashing the "bloated" IDEs like Eclipse and > Visual Studio: > > > http://akitaonrails.com/2009/1/13/the-best-environment-for-rails-on-windows > > I think I'll leave them with their text editors - guess they prefer 14" > monitors as well. > > /gustav > From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 08:28:20 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:28:20 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. References: <29f585dd0901160216k190a46d4x7371add63280617f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <081601c977e7$8ba2c1e0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> You're back home in Canada? Is that a good thing? Susan H. > At my last gig in Bermuda I had a pair of 22" monitors. Now that I'm back > home again I have to suffer with only one. From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 09:50:35 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:50:35 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. In-Reply-To: <081601c977e7$8ba2c1e0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <29f585dd0901160216k190a46d4x7371add63280617f@mail.gmail.com> <081601c977e7$8ba2c1e0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901160750m2a0f7be1x543e3b1374e838f@mail.gmail.com> Good and bad. Good to be back in a big world city with a wonderful ethnic mix and thousands of great restaurants. Bad that is -30 Celsius today! In Bermuda I was working for a hedge fund. We lost several billion Euros. I had nothing to do with that part of the business, but heads had to roll and I was the most recent hire so I rolled first. But I would consider moving back there if the opportunity arose. A, On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Susan Harkins wrote: > You're back home in Canada? Is that a good thing? > > Susan H. > From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 09:57:31 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:57:31 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. References: <29f585dd0901160216k190a46d4x7371add63280617f@mail.gmail.com><081601c977e7$8ba2c1e0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <29f585dd0901160750m2a0f7be1x543e3b1374e838f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <094d01c977f3$2616da80$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Um.... not THE hedge fund????? Susan H. > Good and bad. Good to be back in a big world city with a wonderful ethnic > mix and thousands of great restaurants. Bad that is -30 Celsius today! In > Bermuda I was working for a hedge fund. We lost several billion Euros. I > had > nothing to do with that part of the business, but heads had to roll and I > was the most recent hire so I rolled first. But I would consider moving > back > there if the opportunity arose. From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 10:21:26 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:21:26 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. In-Reply-To: <094d01c977f3$2616da80$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <29f585dd0901160216k190a46d4x7371add63280617f@mail.gmail.com> <081601c977e7$8ba2c1e0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <29f585dd0901160750m2a0f7be1x543e3b1374e838f@mail.gmail.com> <094d01c977f3$2616da80$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901160821q5861acffx9dbb1a3276076732@mail.gmail.com> There are hundreds if not thousands of hedge funds. The one I worked for was based in London and specialized in Euro stocks and commodities. Currently Europe is in the same sort of turmoil that the US is experiencing. But across the pond they seem to prefer throwing themselves in front of a train rather than jumping out of buildings. I think it's quaint :) Actually it's a good thing that I was just the developer rather than one of the speculators. We would have got killed on the oil market. When a barrel went over $140 I was sure it was on the way to $200. How do you spell "smithereens"? I did learn quite a bit about longs and shorts and puts and gets and that some people have really a lot of money. The way it worked was this: a web site written in C# was the FE to a SQL 2005 database. About 1000 users, all traders located in various parts of the world, are called Participants. They post Ideas, which essentially are "go long (or short) on stock XYZ. These ideas are evaluated accrording to a rule base, and either acted upon or ignored. "Acted Upon" means one of two things: we either bet on the idea as presented, or in some cases do the opposite. This works by track the past performance of the given Participant. Each Participant is playing with a fictional million Euros. So the database itself is comprised of two worlds -- fiction and fact. An idea is executed in the fictional world, and may or may not be Acted Upon in the real world. Participants who do well (their ideas pan out and some or even all of them are executed in the real world) are rewarded for their ideas (in real Euros), and some rewards can be substantial by my standards (i.e. hundreds of thousands of Euros). When I got there, we received all our data about trades and prices via FTP from Bloomberg, but we were in transition to a live feed. I didn't see the end of the project, but much of it. We received an average of 15 million messages per day. Not all of these were deemed interesting so we discarded a bunch of them (stocks we don't trade, informational messages, etc.) We were primarily interested in about 1200 (eventually 2000) and the quantity and price of the buys and sells on a given day. A C# app read the feed and wrote the interesting bits to a series of text files. That's where I came in. I wrote a SSIS package to peruse the directory containing the text files, and then use Bulk Insert to slam them into a staging table, and finally do (mostly) updates to the actual data. The reasoning behind this approach is based on the sheer volume of incoming data. To update the actual data tables directly from the feed would bring the system to its knees. In my experiments I was totally floored by the speed of Bulk Insert. Anyway, I'm not there anymore so this is all academic. It was fun while it lasted. A. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Susan Harkins wrote: > Um.... not THE hedge fund????? > > Susan H. > From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Jan 16 11:58:56 2009 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:58:56 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. In-Reply-To: <29f585dd0901160821q5861acffx9dbb1a3276076732@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901160216k190a46d4x7371add63280617f@mail.gmail.com> <081601c977e7$8ba2c1e0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <29f585dd0901160750m2a0f7be1x543e3b1374e838f@mail.gmail.com> <094d01c977f3$2616da80$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <29f585dd0901160821q5861acffx9dbb1a3276076732@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8D6A243A7E8C4A9C8E0A121C13138AF6@creativesystemdesigns.com> It all sounds very exciting. You should post a blog on your experience. Even in these tough times a fellow with your experience should have little trouble getting another position... if you are interested. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 8:21 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. There are hundreds if not thousands of hedge funds. The one I worked for was based in London and specialized in Euro stocks and commodities. Currently Europe is in the same sort of turmoil that the US is experiencing. But across the pond they seem to prefer throwing themselves in front of a train rather than jumping out of buildings. I think it's quaint :) Actually it's a good thing that I was just the developer rather than one of the speculators. We would have got killed on the oil market. When a barrel went over $140 I was sure it was on the way to $200. How do you spell "smithereens"? I did learn quite a bit about longs and shorts and puts and gets and that some people have really a lot of money. The way it worked was this: a web site written in C# was the FE to a SQL 2005 database. About 1000 users, all traders located in various parts of the world, are called Participants. They post Ideas, which essentially are "go long (or short) on stock XYZ. These ideas are evaluated accrording to a rule base, and either acted upon or ignored. "Acted Upon" means one of two things: we either bet on the idea as presented, or in some cases do the opposite. This works by track the past performance of the given Participant. Each Participant is playing with a fictional million Euros. So the database itself is comprised of two worlds -- fiction and fact. An idea is executed in the fictional world, and may or may not be Acted Upon in the real world. Participants who do well (their ideas pan out and some or even all of them are executed in the real world) are rewarded for their ideas (in real Euros), and some rewards can be substantial by my standards (i.e. hundreds of thousands of Euros). When I got there, we received all our data about trades and prices via FTP from Bloomberg, but we were in transition to a live feed. I didn't see the end of the project, but much of it. We received an average of 15 million messages per day. Not all of these were deemed interesting so we discarded a bunch of them (stocks we don't trade, informational messages, etc.) We were primarily interested in about 1200 (eventually 2000) and the quantity and price of the buys and sells on a given day. A C# app read the feed and wrote the interesting bits to a series of text files. That's where I came in. I wrote a SSIS package to peruse the directory containing the text files, and then use Bulk Insert to slam them into a staging table, and finally do (mostly) updates to the actual data. The reasoning behind this approach is based on the sheer volume of incoming data. To update the actual data tables directly from the feed would bring the system to its knees. In my experiments I was totally floored by the speed of Bulk Insert. Anyway, I'm not there anymore so this is all academic. It was fun while it lasted. A. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Susan Harkins wrote: > Um.... not THE hedge fund????? > > Susan H. > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 13:33:54 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:33:54 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. In-Reply-To: <8D6A243A7E8C4A9C8E0A121C13138AF6@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <29f585dd0901160216k190a46d4x7371add63280617f@mail.gmail.com> <081601c977e7$8ba2c1e0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <29f585dd0901160750m2a0f7be1x543e3b1374e838f@mail.gmail.com> <094d01c977f3$2616da80$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <29f585dd0901160821q5861acffx9dbb1a3276076732@mail.gmail.com> <8D6A243A7E8C4A9C8E0A121C13138AF6@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901161133t64e202a1l7e4f7027e5ecf3a5@mail.gmail.com> Shall do, Jim. Thanks for the encouragement. A. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > It all sounds very exciting. You should post a blog on your experience. > Even > in these tough times a fellow with your experience should have little > trouble getting another position... if you are interested. > > Jim > From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 15:13:46 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:13:46 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? Message-ID: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> I'm writing a piece on utilities and other pieceware -- and I'd like to know what you keep on your flashdrives -- what you can't do without in your work. If I use yours, I'll include your name and if they let me a link to a web site or whatever, but I can't promise the later, but TR's usually pretty cool with that stuff, especially since I'll be making that the crux of the piece. It doesn't have to be MS specific -- anything as long as it will have universal appeal. I need the name, why you consider it invaluable, and anything else you'd like to include. Susan H. From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 16:44:57 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:44:57 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? In-Reply-To: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901161444w735f30a2v6a9d76b23f746f03@mail.gmail.com> 1. NoteTab 2. MZTools 3. xPlorer2 hth. A. From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Jan 16 16:53:07 2009 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:53:07 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? In-Reply-To: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <094E2A24D0334CCC8C97D00D8B35920C@creativesystemdesigns.com> I use DriveImageXML for complete client backups. The Magic Jelly-Bean to capture a client's MS keys incase of a system or hard drive failure. There is an app call the Programmer's Note book is one of the best, fastest and easiest all around coding environments. Then there is Explorer2FS for viewing both MS and Linux OS partitions. For client sites, FreeUndelete is a must. NLite for rolling out multiple site licensed Windows OSes from the core server. There is Hamachi and LogMeIn for secure client logins and VPN. Hope the above list has something new in it. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 1:14 PM To: DBA Tech List Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? I'm writing a piece on utilities and other pieceware -- and I'd like to know what you keep on your flashdrives -- what you can't do without in your work. If I use yours, I'll include your name and if they let me a link to a web site or whatever, but I can't promise the later, but TR's usually pretty cool with that stuff, especially since I'll be making that the crux of the piece. It doesn't have to be MS specific -- anything as long as it will have universal appeal. I need the name, why you consider it invaluable, and anything else you'd like to include. Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fahooper at trapo.com Fri Jan 16 17:03:19 2009 From: fahooper at trapo.com (Fred Hooper) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:03:19 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? In-Reply-To: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <33217B6A925A4FC98E20A7FD785BC76E@FRED6998B25045> EZ Macros, mostly set so it's just the keystrokes JungleDisk and IronKey so that my clients' information is safe with me Fred -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:14 PM To: DBA Tech List Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? I'm writing a piece on utilities and other pieceware -- and I'd like to know what you keep on your flashdrives -- what you can't do without in your work. If I use yours, I'll include your name and if they let me a link to a web site or whatever, but I can't promise the later, but TR's usually pretty cool with that stuff, especially since I'll be making that the crux of the piece. It doesn't have to be MS specific -- anything as long as it will have universal appeal. I need the name, why you consider it invaluable, and anything else you'd like to include. Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Jan 16 18:00:08 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:00:08 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? In-Reply-To: <33217B6A925A4FC98E20A7FD785BC76E@FRED6998B25045> References: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <33217B6A925A4FC98E20A7FD785BC76E@FRED6998B25045> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901161600ua3f98fbqff93824678d6c1ce@mail.gmail.com> Fred, I haven't heard of any of your recommendations yet but I will check them out this weekend. Thanks for the heads up! A. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Fred Hooper wrote: > EZ Macros, mostly set so it's just the keystrokes > JungleDisk and IronKey so that my clients' information is safe with me > > Fred > From dwaters at usinternet.com Fri Jan 16 18:22:31 2009 From: dwaters at usinternet.com (Dan Waters) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:22:31 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? In-Reply-To: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <216FCF83800846938959AEEE8A4F8361@danwaters> MZ Tools Rick Fisher's Find & Replace FMS Access Analyzer -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:14 PM To: DBA Tech List Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? I'm writing a piece on utilities and other pieceware -- and I'd like to know what you keep on your flashdrives -- what you can't do without in your work. If I use yours, I'll include your name and if they let me a link to a web site or whatever, but I can't promise the later, but TR's usually pretty cool with that stuff, especially since I'll be making that the crux of the piece. It doesn't have to be MS specific -- anything as long as it will have universal appeal. I need the name, why you consider it invaluable, and anything else you'd like to include. Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Jan 17 14:07:53 2009 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:07:53 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? In-Reply-To: <33217B6A925A4FC98E20A7FD785BC76E@FRED6998B25045> References: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <33217B6A925A4FC98E20A7FD785BC76E@FRED6998B25045> Message-ID: Those utilies sound interesting but I have never heard of them before. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Fred Hooper Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:03 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? EZ Macros, mostly set so it's just the keystrokes JungleDisk and IronKey so that my clients' information is safe with me Fred -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:14 PM To: DBA Tech List Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? I'm writing a piece on utilities and other pieceware -- and I'd like to know what you keep on your flashdrives -- what you can't do without in your work. If I use yours, I'll include your name and if they let me a link to a web site or whatever, but I can't promise the later, but TR's usually pretty cool with that stuff, especially since I'll be making that the crux of the piece. It doesn't have to be MS specific -- anything as long as it will have universal appeal. I need the name, why you consider it invaluable, and anything else you'd like to include. Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fahooper at trapo.com Sat Jan 17 16:00:19 2009 From: fahooper at trapo.com (Fred Hooper) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:00:19 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: EZ Macros (http://www.americansys.com/ezmacros.htm) records key strokes and (optionally) mouse moves and attaches them to a hot key (editable). It turns out that many of the things I have to do with Cognos and data sometimes mean repeating the same sequence of keystrokes for each element. This saves me time and avoids mistakes. I tried many of its competitors and like it best. JungleDisk (www.jungledisk.com) is storage in the Amazon's cloud. It's fully encrypted (done properly, too) both in transit and storage and the price is reasonable. IronKey (www.ironkey.com) is a hardware-encrypted USB key. (10 failed tries and it becomes a small, expensive doorstop. It's nice because limiting the tries means I don't have to have a complex password - it holds those for me). I have the 2GB version, which is overkill for me as one of the applications on it is JungleDisk and I could keep everything there. Generally it's half full with utilities, applications and records of my current clients. I guess I'd add KeePass (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=95013) which I'm using until IronKey releases their new software for password storage. The new software will hold the passwords in an area that can't be seen by monitoring programs. (RoboForm is a good alternative to KeePass.) The last three demonstrate some of the effects of my paranoia, but I *don't* want to explain to one of my clients how their information got out. Also, I find it fun to do things this way. Fred -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:08 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? Those utilies sound interesting but I have never heard of them before. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Fred Hooper Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:03 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? EZ Macros, mostly set so it's just the keystrokes JungleDisk and IronKey so that my clients' information is safe with me Fred -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:14 PM To: DBA Tech List Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? I'm writing a piece on utilities and other pieceware -- and I'd like to know what you keep on your flashdrives -- what you can't do without in your work. If I use yours, I'll include your name and if they let me a link to a web site or whatever, but I can't promise the later, but TR's usually pretty cool with that stuff, especially since I'll be making that the crux of the piece. It doesn't have to be MS specific -- anything as long as it will have universal appeal. I need the name, why you consider it invaluable, and anything else you'd like to include. Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Jan 17 16:32:17 2009 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:32:17 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8043B0971CD44C3F8CBA9308020CA423@creativesystemdesigns.com> Thanks for the descriptions. I will keep that list in mind. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Fred Hooper Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 2:00 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? EZ Macros (http://www.americansys.com/ezmacros.htm) records key strokes and (optionally) mouse moves and attaches them to a hot key (editable). It turns out that many of the things I have to do with Cognos and data sometimes mean repeating the same sequence of keystrokes for each element. This saves me time and avoids mistakes. I tried many of its competitors and like it best. JungleDisk (www.jungledisk.com) is storage in the Amazon's cloud. It's fully encrypted (done properly, too) both in transit and storage and the price is reasonable. IronKey (www.ironkey.com) is a hardware-encrypted USB key. (10 failed tries and it becomes a small, expensive doorstop. It's nice because limiting the tries means I don't have to have a complex password - it holds those for me). I have the 2GB version, which is overkill for me as one of the applications on it is JungleDisk and I could keep everything there. Generally it's half full with utilities, applications and records of my current clients. I guess I'd add KeePass (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=95013) which I'm using until IronKey releases their new software for password storage. The new software will hold the passwords in an area that can't be seen by monitoring programs. (RoboForm is a good alternative to KeePass.) The last three demonstrate some of the effects of my paranoia, but I *don't* want to explain to one of my clients how their information got out. Also, I find it fun to do things this way. Fred -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:08 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? Those utilies sound interesting but I have never heard of them before. Jim From fuller.artful at gmail.com Sun Jan 18 12:26:14 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:26:14 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Un-Install Message-ID: <29f585dd0901181026jadd4afel96177e2728a0f5cf@mail.gmail.com> I am using Vista. When I un-install a program, it manages to remain in the list of programs to un-install. Is there a way to clean up the list so it reflects only the programs which have been successfully installed? TIA, Arthur From bheid at sc.rr.com Sun Jan 18 12:41:01 2009 From: bheid at sc.rr.com (Bobby Heid) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:41:01 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Un-Install In-Reply-To: <29f585dd0901181026jadd4afel96177e2728a0f5cf@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901181026jadd4afel96177e2728a0f5cf@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <001b01c9799c$4fd55590$ef8000b0$@rr.com> Arthur, I have been running Vista Bus for a while and have never seen this behavior. Here are a few pages that show how to edit the registry to remove unwanted items: http://www.technixupdate.com/addremove-program-cleaner-remove-invalid-entrie s-from-add-remove-program-list/ http://mintywhite.com/tech/xp/remove-entries-from-the-addremove-programs-lis t/ http://windowsxp.mvps.org/AddRemove.htm (should work with Vista also) Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:26 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Un-Install I am using Vista. When I un-install a program, it manages to remain in the list of programs to un-install. Is there a way to clean up the list so it reflects only the programs which have been successfully installed? TIA, Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From bill_patten at embarqmail.com Sun Jan 18 12:51:10 2009 From: bill_patten at embarqmail.com (Bill Patten) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:51:10 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Un-Install In-Reply-To: <29f585dd0901181026jadd4afel96177e2728a0f5cf@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901181026jadd4afel96177e2728a0f5cf@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Arthur, One way is in the registry, the text below can be found at http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/86721-programs-features-remove-uninstall-entry.html Along with 2 other methods an screen shots. HTH Bill 1. Open the Start Menu. 2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter. 3. Click on the Continue button in the UAC prompt. 4. For the 32 Bit and 64 Bit Vista - A) In regedit, go to: (See top screenshot below step 11) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall 5. For Only the 64 Bit Vista - A) In regedit, go to: (See bottom screenshot below step 11) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall WARNING To be safe you should make a Back Up of this key, just in case you delete something you did not want to. In the left pane, right click on Uninstall and click Export. In the Export Registry File dialog box, click Desktop in the Save in box and type Uninstall Backup in the File name box, then click Save. To Undo Changes you made to this Uninstall key and restore it back to as it is now, right click on Uninstall Backup.reg and click Merge. Click Run, Continue (UAC), Yes, and then OK when prompted. 6. Click on Continue (UAC), Yes, and then OK when prompted. 7. In the left pane, each subkey, folder with {long number} or program name, under Uninstall represents a program that appears in the Programs and Features uninstall list. 8. Click on a subkey, folder with {long number} or program name, under Uninstall to determine which program that key represents. NOTE: In the right pane of the subkey: DisplayName = Shows the name listed in Programs and Features. UninstallString = Shows the full path of the program that is used to uninstall the program. 9. To Remove the Uninstall Entry - A) Right click on the subkey, folder with {long number} or program name in the left pane, for the program you want to remove from the uninstall list and click Delete. B) Click on YES to confirm the delete. 10. Open Programs and Features and confirm that the uninstall entry is gone, then you can delete the Uninstall Backup.reg (on desktop) file if you like. NOTE: See the Example at the top of this tutorial. 11. Close regedit. NOTE: The top screenshot is for the 32 bit Vista and 64 bit Vista, and the bottom screenshot is for only the 64 bit Vista. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:26 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Un-Install I am using Vista. When I un-install a program, it manages to remain in the list of programs to un-install. Is there a way to clean up the list so it reflects only the programs which have been successfully installed? TIA, Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Sun Jan 18 12:52:18 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:52:18 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Un-Install In-Reply-To: <001b01c9799c$4fd55590$ef8000b0$@rr.com> References: <29f585dd0901181026jadd4afel96177e2728a0f5cf@mail.gmail.com> <001b01c9799c$4fd55590$ef8000b0$@rr.com> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901181052k4b0eae8dld1c31d5d4b09287a@mail.gmail.com> Thanks, Bobby, I shall follow these URLs and see what I can see. A. On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: > Arthur, > > I have been running Vista Bus for a while and have never seen this > behavior. > > Here are a few pages that show how to edit the registry to remove unwanted > items: > > http://www.technixupdate.com/addremove-program-cleaner-remove-invalid-entrie > s-from-add-remove-program-list/ > > http://mintywhite.com/tech/xp/remove-entries-from-the-addremove-programs-lis > t/ > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/AddRemove.htm (should work with Vista also) > > Bobby > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:26 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] Un-Install > > I am using Vista. When I un-install a program, it manages to remain in the > list of programs to un-install. Is there a way to clean up the list so it > reflects only the programs which have been successfully installed? > > TIA, > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From jon at tydda.plus.com Sun Jan 18 13:01:31 2009 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:01:31 -0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Un-Install In-Reply-To: References: <29f585dd0901181026jadd4afel96177e2728a0f5cf@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <083B3B0C4B1E4214812676C0149C17B3@jt2c> Ccleaner will do that for you too, and is easier and safer(?) than editing the registry yourself. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Patten Sent: 18 January 2009 18:51 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Un-Install Hi Arthur, One way is in the registry, the text below can be found at http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/86721-programs-features-remove-uninstall-e ntry.html Along with 2 other methods an screen shots. HTH Bill 1. Open the Start Menu. 2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter. 3. Click on the Continue button in the UAC prompt. 4. For the 32 Bit and 64 Bit Vista - A) In regedit, go to: (See top screenshot below step 11) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall 5. For Only the 64 Bit Vista - A) In regedit, go to: (See bottom screenshot below step 11) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uni nstall WARNING To be safe you should make a Back Up of this key, just in case you delete something you did not want to. In the left pane, right click on Uninstall and click Export. In the Export Registry File dialog box, click Desktop in the Save in box and type Uninstall Backup in the File name box, then click Save. To Undo Changes you made to this Uninstall key and restore it back to as it is now, right click on Uninstall Backup.reg and click Merge. Click Run, Continue (UAC), Yes, and then OK when prompted. 6. Click on Continue (UAC), Yes, and then OK when prompted. 7. In the left pane, each subkey, folder with {long number} or program name, under Uninstall represents a program that appears in the Programs and Features uninstall list. 8. Click on a subkey, folder with {long number} or program name, under Uninstall to determine which program that key represents. NOTE: In the right pane of the subkey: DisplayName = Shows the name listed in Programs and Features. UninstallString = Shows the full path of the program that is used to uninstall the program. 9. To Remove the Uninstall Entry - A) Right click on the subkey, folder with {long number} or program name in the left pane, for the program you want to remove from the uninstall list and click Delete. B) Click on YES to confirm the delete. 10. Open Programs and Features and confirm that the uninstall entry is gone, then you can delete the Uninstall Backup.reg (on desktop) file if you like. NOTE: See the Example at the top of this tutorial. 11. Close regedit. NOTE: The top screenshot is for the 32 bit Vista and 64 bit Vista, and the bottom screenshot is for only the 64 bit Vista. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:26 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Un-Install I am using Vista. When I un-install a program, it manages to remain in the list of programs to un-install. Is there a way to clean up the list so it reflects only the programs which have been successfully installed? TIA, Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From erbachs at gmail.com Mon Jan 19 08:46:39 2009 From: erbachs at gmail.com (Steve Erbach) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:46:39 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. In-Reply-To: <29f585dd0901151220m2540b977r963c0fb195f5a85b@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901151220m2540b977r963c0fb195f5a85b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <39cb22f30901190646s37ab949dse8ee395936d2a9b6@mail.gmail.com> Arthur, I'm curious about RoR, not infatuated. I've read paeans (or is it peaens?) to it in a book I've got on Prototype and Script.aculo.us. I downloaded and installed the Ruby Installer for Windows (ver. 1.8.6) back in Sept. of '07...but I've done zilch with it. Too many other things to brush up on . So, any sample sites to which you want to direct us? Steve Erbach Neenah, WI On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > Is anyone on this list as infatuated as I am about Ruby on Rails? I deem it > totally awesome web-dev technology and wonder if any of you is into it. > > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list From erbachs at gmail.com Mon Jan 19 09:04:46 2009 From: erbachs at gmail.com (Steve Erbach) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:04:46 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? In-Reply-To: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <39cb22f30901190704x7c8e230bn50bae1a962e98ac3@mail.gmail.com> Susan, It's rather a long list: NoteTab Light (I use NoteTab Pro on my main PC) HardCopy (A German guy wrote this screen capture program) Paint.NET (A very nice .NET-based open-source paint program) ColorPic (superb free color picker for Windows from iconico.com) IrfanView, of course Windows Grep (I can't STAND Windows Search for locating text in files!) CPU-Z FireBug for Firefox (absolutely outstanding web debugging tool) Gibson Research ClicKey (I just like hearing my keystrokes!) Gibson Research SpinRite 6 AutoHotkeys SysInternals Process Explorer (it replaces Task Manager) SysInternals FileMon SysInternals RootKit Revealer (it found that awful AntiVirXP malware) Belarc Advisor WinPatrol Win2PDF XML Notepad 2007 MZ-Tools for Access DriverAgent On my USB key I keep: Disktective KeePass (all my passwords) ToDoList 5 (.NET-based to-do list) TreePad Business Edition Those'll do! Steve Erbach Neenah, WI On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Susan Harkins wrote: > I'm writing a piece on utilities and other pieceware -- and I'd like to know > what you keep on your flashdrives -- what you can't do without in your work. > If I use yours, I'll include your name and if they let me a link to a web > site or whatever, but I can't promise the later, but TR's usually pretty > cool with that stuff, especially since I'll be making that the crux of the > piece. It doesn't have to be MS specific -- anything as long as it will have > universal appeal. I need the name, why you consider it invaluable, and > anything else you'd like to include. > > Susan H. > > _______________________________________________ From fuller.artful at gmail.com Mon Jan 19 09:26:12 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:26:12 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Rails Etc. In-Reply-To: <39cb22f30901190646s37ab949dse8ee395936d2a9b6@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901151220m2540b977r963c0fb195f5a85b@mail.gmail.com> <39cb22f30901190646s37ab949dse8ee395936d2a9b6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901190726k28b039cbs2728c332ee803d63@mail.gmail.com> This is a good starting point: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby-on-rails-2.1/index.htm You can find lots more by Googling "Ruby on Rails Tutorial". You should delete your existing installation and upgrade, as well. There is an all-in-one installation that includes Apache, Ruby and Rails, all configured to load and go. There's also a good book by Aneesha Bakharia called "Ruby On Rails Power! The Comprehensive Guide". The thing about RoR that amazes me is how much you get done with how few commands. Years ago, I tried a similar approach with a product called Artful.Lib and its successors. Never did get it as slick as RoR, though. hth, Arthur On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Steve Erbach wrote: > Arthur, > > I'm curious about RoR, not infatuated. I've read paeans (or is it > peaens?) to it in a book I've got on Prototype and Script.aculo.us > . > > I downloaded and installed the Ruby Installer for Windows (ver. 1.8.6) > back in Sept. of '07...but I've done zilch with it. Too many other > things to brush up on . > > So, any sample sites to which you want to direct us? > > Steve Erbach > From jeff.developer at gmail.com Tue Jan 20 09:30:42 2009 From: jeff.developer at gmail.com (Jeff Barrows) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:30:42 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] (Cross Posted) Source Code Control Message-ID: <2dad32080901200730g3160ee77w786b41ef1714596d@mail.gmail.com> Just wondering what people here use for Source Code control. I am working for a new company and am concerned that the existing IT guy does not document very well and I do not want to wipe out any changes he has made, nor do I want him to wipe out any of mine. I used to use Source Safe (a long time ago as it didn't work with access very well) but felt I should see what others are using. Any suggestions? Horror stories? What to avoid? MTIA -- Jeff Barrows From fuller.artful at gmail.com Tue Jan 20 10:00:07 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:00:07 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] (Cross Posted) Source Code Control In-Reply-To: <2dad32080901200730g3160ee77w786b41ef1714596d@mail.gmail.com> References: <2dad32080901200730g3160ee77w786b41ef1714596d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901200800o7e038a68n6f9afcf31797114@mail.gmail.com> I have heard horror stories about VSS but never personally experienced them. Another popular choice is Subversion but since it doesn't integrate with Access it requires more work on your part. Arthur On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Jeff Barrows wrote: > Just wondering what people here use for Source Code control. I am working > for a new company and am concerned that the existing IT guy does not > document very well and I do not want to wipe out any changes he has made, > nor do I want him to wipe out any of mine. I used to use Source Safe (a > long time ago as it didn't work with access very well) but felt I should > see > what others are using. Any suggestions? Horror stories? What to avoid? > > MTIA > > -- > Jeff Barrows > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From bheid at sc.rr.com Tue Jan 20 16:24:44 2009 From: bheid at sc.rr.com (Bobby Heid) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:24:44 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] (Cross Posted) Source Code Control In-Reply-To: <2dad32080901200730g3160ee77w786b41ef1714596d@mail.gmail.com> References: <2dad32080901200730g3160ee77w786b41ef1714596d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <006901c97b4d$e591b6c0$b0b52440$@rr.com> We use VSTS (Visual Studio Team System) at work. We have an administrator for it, so I don't know of any issues with it. Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Barrows Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:31 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com; Tech List Subject: [dba-Tech] (Cross Posted) Source Code Control Just wondering what people here use for Source Code control. I am working for a new company and am concerned that the existing IT guy does not document very well and I do not want to wipe out any changes he has made, nor do I want him to wipe out any of mine. I used to use Source Safe (a long time ago as it didn't work with access very well) but felt I should see what others are using. Any suggestions? Horror stories? What to avoid? MTIA -- Jeff Barrows _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Wed Jan 21 09:24:29 2009 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:24:29 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install Message-ID: Every day I get a message about an update ready to install: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) so I go through the install process but it never installs even though it says done! Any ideas anybody? Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com From jon.tydda at lonza.com Wed Jan 21 09:28:57 2009 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:28:57 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Best bet is to go to www.microsoft.com/downloads and download the intstaller, then run that. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:24 PM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install Every day I get a message about an update ready to install: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) so I go through the install process but it never installs even though it says done! Any ideas anybody? Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From john at winhaven.net Wed Jan 21 10:09:49 2009 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:09:49 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00df01c97be2$afd6b900$0f842b00$@net> Hi Rocky, This is one of those updates with problems. For Windows it is usually a good idea to turn your security program's active protection off. Try this when you have 10 minutes: Immediately after rebooting, download MSXML 4.0 SP2 KB927978 from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=24B7D141-6CDF-4FC4- A91B-6F18FE6921D4 Save it to your desktop. Do not RUN it. Open Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs. (The Show updates box at the top next to Currently installed programs and updates must be checked to see the installed Windows Updates) Uninstall KB927978 from Add/Remove Programs. It will be listed as MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB927978) Reboot Now uninstall KB925672 from Add/Remove Programs. It will be listed under Windows XP - Software Updates at the bottom Reboot NOTE: If either KB927978 or KB925672 are not listed in Add/Remove Programs (and Show updates is checked), then please show hidden files, folders, and system files. Using either Windows Explorer or My Computer, navigate to the WINDOWS directory (folder). Check to see if either $NtUninstallKB927978$ and/or $NtUninstallKB925672$ are present. Open the folders and then open the spuninst folder and run spuninst.exe for each of the installed updates, rebooting between each uninstall. Now double click on the file msxml4-KB927978-enu.exe (which you saved to your desktop earlier )to install it. Reboot KB927978 generates randomly named folders (a combination of alphanumeric characters) on the root drive (usually C:\) during each attempt at installing it. The folders contain the installation log file. You may have a few by now :o) You may deleted them. HTH John B. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:24 AM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install Every day I get a message about an update ready to install: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) so I go through the install process but it never installs even though it says done! Any ideas anybody? Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Jan 21 10:23:25 2009 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:23:25 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 7 In-Reply-To: <00df01c97be2$afd6b900$0f842b00$@net> References: <00df01c97be2$afd6b900$0f842b00$@net> Message-ID: Hi All: Has anyone downloaded the new beta of Windows 7 to take a look at it? Tested it? What is the latest download build? JIm From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Wed Jan 21 10:43:23 2009 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:43:23 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install In-Reply-To: <00df01c97be2$afd6b900$0f842b00$@net> References: <00df01c97be2$afd6b900$0f842b00$@net> Message-ID: John: Went through all the instruction you gave but Windows Update still wants me to install (KB954430). I could just ignore it like I have been for the past few months. Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:10 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install Hi Rocky, This is one of those updates with problems. For Windows it is usually a good idea to turn your security program's active protection off. Try this when you have 10 minutes: Immediately after rebooting, download MSXML 4.0 SP2 KB927978 from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=24B7D141-6CDF-4FC4- A91B-6F18FE6921D4 Save it to your desktop. Do not RUN it. Open Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs. (The Show updates box at the top next to Currently installed programs and updates must be checked to see the installed Windows Updates) Uninstall KB927978 from Add/Remove Programs. It will be listed as MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB927978) Reboot Now uninstall KB925672 from Add/Remove Programs. It will be listed under Windows XP - Software Updates at the bottom Reboot NOTE: If either KB927978 or KB925672 are not listed in Add/Remove Programs (and Show updates is checked), then please show hidden files, folders, and system files. Using either Windows Explorer or My Computer, navigate to the WINDOWS directory (folder). Check to see if either $NtUninstallKB927978$ and/or $NtUninstallKB925672$ are present. Open the folders and then open the spuninst folder and run spuninst.exe for each of the installed updates, rebooting between each uninstall. Now double click on the file msxml4-KB927978-enu.exe (which you saved to your desktop earlier )to install it. Reboot KB927978 generates randomly named folders (a combination of alphanumeric characters) on the root drive (usually C:\) during each attempt at installing it. The folders contain the installation log file. You may have a few by now :o) You may deleted them. HTH John B. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:24 AM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install Every day I get a message about an update ready to install: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) so I go through the install process but it never installs even though it says done! Any ideas anybody? Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From dwaters at usinternet.com Wed Jan 21 11:45:22 2009 From: dwaters at usinternet.com (Dan Waters) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:45:22 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install In-Reply-To: References: <00df01c97be2$afd6b900$0f842b00$@net> Message-ID: Rocky - Somewhere I've seen an error log associated with Windows updates. Perhaps someone here knows how to get at it. Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:43 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install John: Went through all the instruction you gave but Windows Update still wants me to install (KB954430). I could just ignore it like I have been for the past few months. Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:10 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install Hi Rocky, This is one of those updates with problems. For Windows it is usually a good idea to turn your security program's active protection off. Try this when you have 10 minutes: Immediately after rebooting, download MSXML 4.0 SP2 KB927978 from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=24B7D141-6CDF-4FC4- A91B-6F18FE6921D4 Save it to your desktop. Do not RUN it. Open Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs. (The Show updates box at the top next to Currently installed programs and updates must be checked to see the installed Windows Updates) Uninstall KB927978 from Add/Remove Programs. It will be listed as MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB927978) Reboot Now uninstall KB925672 from Add/Remove Programs. It will be listed under Windows XP - Software Updates at the bottom Reboot NOTE: If either KB927978 or KB925672 are not listed in Add/Remove Programs (and Show updates is checked), then please show hidden files, folders, and system files. Using either Windows Explorer or My Computer, navigate to the WINDOWS directory (folder). Check to see if either $NtUninstallKB927978$ and/or $NtUninstallKB925672$ are present. Open the folders and then open the spuninst folder and run spuninst.exe for each of the installed updates, rebooting between each uninstall. Now double click on the file msxml4-KB927978-enu.exe (which you saved to your desktop earlier )to install it. Reboot KB927978 generates randomly named folders (a combination of alphanumeric characters) on the root drive (usually C:\) during each attempt at installing it. The folders contain the installation log file. You may have a few by now :o) You may deleted them. HTH John B. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 9:24 AM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Update Won't Install Every day I get a message about an update ready to install: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) so I go through the install process but it never installs even though it says done! Any ideas anybody? Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Jan 22 10:30:09 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:30:09 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word View not always savable Message-ID: <038601c97cae$b452d190$2f8601c7@SusanOne> I just wrote a blog about changing the view in a new word document -- changing it in Normal.dot. Interesting, what I've learned is that with an existing document, you can save Print or Normal view. However, if you save the document in Readout or Outline view, Word seems to ignore it. Any ideas why? Susan H. From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Jan 22 12:02:58 2009 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:02:58 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] CCleaner Message-ID: I just ran CCleaner in analyze mode and it came up with 856.8MB to be removed. (Approximate size). I'm a little leery of letting it do this. Much of it is cookies and lnks to recently used. Some temporary internet files. Stuff from Office setups. Local Settings Temp files. Some log files. Do it? Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Thu Jan 22 12:11:27 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:11:27 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] CCleaner In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <29f585dd0901221011v5fc065eck5f57756dc04e27ed@mail.gmail.com> Back up everything first, Rocky! On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software < rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: > I just ran CCleaner in analyze mode and it came up with 856.8MB to be > removed. (Approximate size). I'm a little leery of letting it do this. > Much of it is cookies and lnks to recently used. Some temporary internet > files. Stuff from Office setups. Local Settings Temp files. Some log files. > > Do it? > From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Jan 22 13:08:23 2009 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:08:23 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] BLAT In-Reply-To: <29f585dd0901221011v5fc065eck5f57756dc04e27ed@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901221011v5fc065eck5f57756dc04e27ed@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8D737D0CAB5640B991C17147CCA27CF1@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi All: I have set up a client, who has some legacy software (command based), with the email client BLAT exe file. When testing it appears to be working correctly but when running this on the client's site there appears to be some instability. Sometime the message goes through and sometime not. I have not been able to create an error checking routine that catches all the errors. I am also wondering if the BLAT dll might be a better way to go? Is the better option than BLAT? I am not sure whether the IPS host is translating some of the emails as spam? Any suggestions or alternatives would be greatly appreciated. Jim From ssharkins at gmail.com Mon Jan 26 15:00:25 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:00:25 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Hyperlink formats Message-ID: <060d01c97ff9$1de98fc0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> By default, hyperlinks are blue -- after you click one, it turns purple. Is there anyway to make them all blue again? Or better yet, anyway to make them stay blue and not show a clicked state? Susan H. From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Mon Jan 26 15:38:14 2009 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:38:14 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Hyperlink formats In-Reply-To: <060d01c97ff9$1de98fc0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <060d01c97ff9$1de98fc0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <497EB9E6.30280.13246599@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Displayed in what application? On 26 Jan 2009 at 16:00, Susan Harkins wrote: > By default, hyperlinks are blue -- after you click one, it turns purple. Is > there anyway to make them all blue again? Or better yet, anyway to make them > stay blue and not show a clicked state? > > Susan H. > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From ssharkins at gmail.com Mon Jan 26 15:47:48 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:47:48 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Hyperlink formats References: <060d01c97ff9$1de98fc0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <497EB9E6.30280.13246599@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <065e01c97fff$c12f4b60$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Well, I'm working in Word, but I think they work that way in all of them. Susan H. > Displayed in what application? > >> By default, hyperlinks are blue -- after you click one, it turns purple. >> Is >> there anyway to make them all blue again? Or better yet, anyway to make >> them >> stay blue and not show a clicked state? From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Mon Jan 26 16:16:56 2009 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:16:56 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Hyperlink formats In-Reply-To: <065e01c97fff$c12f4b60$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <060d01c97ff9$1de98fc0$2f8601c7@SusanOne>, <065e01c97fff$c12f4b60$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <497EC2F8.11240.1347D6E3@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Word uses Internet Explorer's settings. In IE7, it's under Tools-Internet Options-General-Appearance-Colours Deselect "Use Windows Colours" and specify your own colours for Visited and Unvisited. On 26 Jan 2009 at 16:47, Susan Harkins wrote: > Well, I'm working in Word, but I think they work that way in all of them. > > Susan H. > > > > Displayed in what application? > > > >> By default, hyperlinks are blue -- after you click one, it turns purple. > >> Is > >> there anyway to make them all blue again? Or better yet, anyway to make > >> them > >> stay blue and not show a clicked state? > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 07:35:02 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:35:02 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] E-mail and Macs Message-ID: <01b601c98216$64b429f0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Do Macs support Outlook? If so, does Outlook on a Mac have an archiving feature? Susan H. From jon.tydda at lonza.com Thu Jan 29 07:39:18 2009 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:39:18 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] E-mail and Macs In-Reply-To: <01b601c98216$64b429f0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: MS do a version of Office for Mac, don't they? If so, I'd imagine that it supports Outlook, it's just an email program. If that's the case, then I guess all the usual features would come with it, including the offline storage and archiving abilities. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:35 PM To: DBA Tech List Subject: [dba-Tech] E-mail and Macs Do Macs support Outlook? If so, does Outlook on a Mac have an archiving feature? Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 07:43:37 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:43:37 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] E-mail and Macs References: Message-ID: <01db01c98217$98059090$2f8601c7@SusanOne> A reader is asking -- apparently, he can't find the feature. Susan H. > MS do a version of Office for Mac, don't they? If so, I'd imagine that it > supports Outlook, it's just an email program. If that's the case, then I > guess all the usual features would come with it, including the offline > storage and archiving abilities. From jon.tydda at lonza.com Thu Jan 29 07:46:53 2009 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:46:53 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] E-mail and Macs In-Reply-To: <01db01c98217$98059090$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: Well in the PC version, the auto-archiving is found in Tools/Options/Other. Normal archiving (offline storage) is available through File/New/Outlook Data File (I'm using 2003 here, other version might vary in terminology). Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:44 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] E-mail and Macs A reader is asking -- apparently, he can't find the feature. Susan H. > MS do a version of Office for Mac, don't they? If so, I'd imagine that > it supports Outlook, it's just an email program. If that's the case, > then I guess all the usual features would come with it, including the > offline storage and archiving abilities. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From garykjos at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 08:04:56 2009 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:04:56 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] E-mail and Macs In-Reply-To: <01b601c98216$64b429f0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <01b601c98216$64b429f0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: Looks like it's been replaced by something called Entourage.... http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/05/why_did_microsoft_replace_outl.html GK On 1/29/09, Susan Harkins wrote: > Do Macs support Outlook? If so, does Outlook on a Mac have an archiving > feature? > > Susan H. > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 10:34:06 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:34:06 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] A couple of questions about gmail Message-ID: <29f585dd0901290834w67996680p677fc821cf0e649a@mail.gmail.com> I've looked through the docs, in an admittedly cursory way, but I haven't found what I want. Maybe someone can help. I've been using gmail for a couple of years or so, and a lot of my sends/receives concern project development -- and hence, the really old zip attachments are way irrelevant, so I would like to create some sort of filter that spans pages. I cannot figure out how to do this. I want to say something "show me the list of messages containing a zip file that are > six months old -- and then tag them all and nuke them all. Any gmail users here that know how to accomplish this? TIA, Arthur From carbonnb at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 10:43:50 2009 From: carbonnb at gmail.com (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:43:50 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] A couple of questions about gmail In-Reply-To: <29f585dd0901290834w67996680p677fc821cf0e649a@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901290834w67996680p677fc821cf0e649a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I've looked through the docs, in an admittedly cursory way, but I haven't > found what I want. Maybe someone can help. > > I've been using gmail for a couple of years or so, and a lot of my > sends/receives concern project development -- and hence, the really old zip > attachments are way irrelevant, so I would like to create some sort of > filter that spans pages. I cannot figure out how to do this. I want to say > something "show me the list of messages containing a zip file that are > six > months old -- and then tag them all and nuke them all. > > Any gmail users here that know how to accomplish this? Here is a page that describes the advanced search parameters. You will probably need something like: filename:zip before:2004/04/18 but using the right date. -- Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" From fuller.artful at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 10:59:36 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:59:36 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] A couple of questions about gmail In-Reply-To: References: <29f585dd0901290834w67996680p677fc821cf0e649a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901290859j2568206cva6536c881cad1ca8@mail.gmail.com> Thanks for the tip, Bryan. I'm praying that I can use "*.zip" as the filename, since every one is uniquely named. A. From carbonnb at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 11:22:20 2009 From: carbonnb at gmail.com (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:22:20 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] A couple of questions about gmail In-Reply-To: <29f585dd0901290859j2568206cva6536c881cad1ca8@mail.gmail.com> References: <29f585dd0901290834w67996680p677fc821cf0e649a@mail.gmail.com> <29f585dd0901290859j2568206cva6536c881cad1ca8@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: just use filename:zip and according to the advanced search page that will select all zips for you. No wildcards needed. On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > Thanks for the tip, Bryan. I'm praying that I can use "*.zip" as the > filename, since every one is uniquely named. > > A. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" From fuller.artful at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 11:25:57 2009 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:25:57 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] A couple of questions about gmail In-Reply-To: References: <29f585dd0901290834w67996680p677fc821cf0e649a@mail.gmail.com> <29f585dd0901290859j2568206cva6536c881cad1ca8@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <29f585dd0901290925y38f408f6y6e599322aa3e1b9a@mail.gmail.com> Kewl. I'll try it! On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Bryan Carbonnell wrote: > just use filename:zip and according to the advanced search page that > will select all zips for you. > > No wildcards needed. > From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 15:34:10 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:34:10 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word shortcut Message-ID: <046901c98259$550a04f0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> I think there's an easy keyboard shortcut for dumping the latest format properties, but I can't recall it. I just want to dump the most recently added format, not all the formatting. Anyone have that one memorized? Susan H. From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Thu Jan 29 15:49:50 2009 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:49:50 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word shortcut In-Reply-To: <046901c98259$550a04f0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> References: <046901c98259$550a04f0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Message-ID: <4982B11E.20112.275D870@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Possibly Ctrl-Z = Undo last action? or Ctrl + Space(Ctrl+Shift+Z) = return font to the default format for the style(Reset char)? - only really useful if you are using Styles! On 29 Jan 2009 at 16:34, Susan Harkins wrote: > I think there's an easy keyboard shortcut for dumping the latest format > properties, but I can't recall it. I just want to dump the most recently > added format, not all the formatting. Anyone have that one memorized? > > Susan H. > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Jan 29 16:00:45 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:00:45 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word shortcut References: <046901c98259$550a04f0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <4982B11E.20112.275D870@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <048b01c9825d$0d667e40$2f8601c7@SusanOne> > Ctrl + Space(Ctrl+Shift+Z) = return font to the ======That's it -- thank you! Susan H. From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Jan 30 13:16:40 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:16:40 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? References: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <39cb22f30901190704x7c8e230bn50bae1a962e98ac3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <013601c9830f$751d1c80$2f8601c7@SusanOne> Did I ask you for a bio blurb -- you don't have to send contact information unless you just want to -- good way to network if you're doing that -- but I do want a short description of what you're doing right now. You don't have to mention the company either. Susan H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Erbach" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? > Susan, > > It's rather a long list: > > NoteTab Light (I use NoteTab Pro on my main PC) > HardCopy (A German guy wrote this screen capture program) > Paint.NET (A very nice .NET-based open-source paint program) > ColorPic (superb free color picker for Windows from iconico.com) > IrfanView, of course > Windows Grep (I can't STAND Windows Search for locating text in files!) > CPU-Z > FireBug for Firefox (absolutely outstanding web debugging tool) > Gibson Research ClicKey (I just like hearing my keystrokes!) > Gibson Research SpinRite 6 > AutoHotkeys > SysInternals Process Explorer (it replaces Task Manager) > SysInternals FileMon > SysInternals RootKit Revealer (it found that awful AntiVirXP malware) > Belarc Advisor > WinPatrol > Win2PDF > XML Notepad 2007 > MZ-Tools for Access > DriverAgent > > On my USB key I keep: > > Disktective > KeePass (all my passwords) > ToDoList 5 (.NET-based to-do list) > TreePad Business Edition > > Those'll do! > > Steve Erbach > Neenah, WI > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Susan Harkins > wrote: >> I'm writing a piece on utilities and other pieceware -- and I'd like to >> know >> what you keep on your flashdrives -- what you can't do without in your >> work. >> If I use yours, I'll include your name and if they let me a link to a web >> site or whatever, but I can't promise the later, but TR's usually pretty >> cool with that stuff, especially since I'll be making that the crux of >> the >> piece. It doesn't have to be MS specific -- anything as long as it will >> have >> universal appeal. I need the name, why you consider it invaluable, and >> anything else you'd like to include. >> >> Susan H. >> >> _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Jan 30 13:17:54 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:17:54 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? References: <00cd01c9781f$5380a970$2f8601c7@SusanOne> <39cb22f30901190704x7c8e230bn50bae1a962e98ac3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <013701c9830f$763b36b0$2f8601c7@SusanOne> BTW, which a.. ToDoList I've found more than one -- want to make sure we mention the right one -- can you send me a link? Thanks! Susan H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Erbach" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What utilities can't you live without? > Susan, > > It's rather a long list: > > NoteTab Light (I use NoteTab Pro on my main PC) > HardCopy (A German guy wrote this screen capture program) > Paint.NET (A very nice .NET-based open-source paint program) > ColorPic (superb free color picker for Windows from iconico.com) > IrfanView, of course > Windows Grep (I can't STAND Windows Search for locating text in files!) > CPU-Z > FireBug for Firefox (absolutely outstanding web debugging tool) > Gibson Research ClicKey (I just like hearing my keystrokes!) > Gibson Research SpinRite 6 > AutoHotkeys > SysInternals Process Explorer (it replaces Task Manager) > SysInternals FileMon > SysInternals RootKit Revealer (it found that awful AntiVirXP malware) > Belarc Advisor > WinPatrol > Win2PDF > XML Notepad 2007 > MZ-Tools for Access > DriverAgent > > On my USB key I keep: > > Disktective > KeePass (all my passwords) > ToDoList 5 (.NET-based to-do list) > TreePad Business Edition > > Those'll do! > > Steve Erbach > Neenah, WI > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Susan Harkins > wrote: >> I'm writing a piece on utilities and other pieceware -- and I'd like to >> know >> what you keep on your flashdrives -- what you can't do without in your >> work. >> If I use yours, I'll include your name and if they let me a link to a web >> site or whatever, but I can't promise the later, but TR's usually pretty >> cool with that stuff, especially since I'll be making that the crux of >> the >> piece. It doesn't have to be MS specific -- anything as long as it will >> have >> universal appeal. I need the name, why you consider it invaluable, and >> anything else you'd like to include. >> >> Susan H. >> >> _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From ssharkins at gmail.com Sat Jan 31 11:36:45 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:36:45 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Office 2007 sp1 Message-ID: <058b01c983ca$81235a60$2f8601c7@SusanOne> I'm downloading this upgrade this afternoon. I'm writing about Word 2007 building blocks and I've found them a bit buggy. Has anyone else noticed this? Even though Help says that the Cover Page building block will inhibit page numbers and header/footers, it doesn't. So, I'm downloading sp1 to see if that helps -- but I didn't see it mentioned in the worksheet of issues. Susan H. From ssharkins at gmail.com Sat Jan 31 15:26:12 2009 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:26:12 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word 2007 building block problems Message-ID: <00bc01c983ea$8bf7ab60$2f8601c7@SusanOne> I'm finding the new building blocks extremely buggy -- or else it's me, which is certainly possible. 1.) If I delete footer text, it reappears later. I've not found a way to delete footer text permanently. Now, it was originally created in Word 2003, however... I've deleted and saved it in 2003. I've converted the doc to .docx format -- nothing seems to get rid of it for good. When I use 2007 to delete it, it looks gone, but it shows up later. 2.) I can't figure out how to get 2007 to inhibit the page number building block on a cover page building block. Help says it will inhibit it automatically, but it doesn't in mine. When I delete it on the cover page, 2007 deletes it entirely. It is them or me????????? Susan H.