Speaking about Java (see previous post): Sun is releasing early builds of Java 6.0 to the public via Early Access. If you’re into Java, you can’t miss out on this one.
Dec 152004
Dec 152004
Really old versions of Oracle supported procedures in PL/SQL, later compiled Java was added. With release 2 of Oracle 10g the .NET CLR will be supported, meaning that you can store whatever compiled C#/VB.NET/J# or any other .NET-language into the database. Of course I don’t expect everything to work with this first release, but I like this move better than Oracle’s move to include Java. I’m just not into Java.
Read more about Release 2 here. The current planned date for Release 2 is around the middle of 2005.
Dec 142004
If you’re using Delphi 2005 (Diamondback, Delphi 9) to create an ASP.NET application and run it with IIS, you might want to debug it. But you can’t, since Delphi can’t connect (so it says) to the ASP.NET-workerprocess. This might be your lucky day: check out this post.
Dec 142004
Following Google’s desktop searchtool, Microsoft released a similar product: the MSN Toolbar Suite. It’s still in beta, and it still is free (you never know how long that will last with stuff from Microsoft), so get it while you can.
Dec 102004
No, I’m not talking about Mono, but native calls to the Microsoft .NET Framework. From Apache. I had that idea quite some time ago, but there was no mod_reroute_to_aspwpexe.dll or something like that to pull the trick. There is now! No more excuses to use IIS on your Windows-machine, Apache can do the .NET trick as well. Nicely handing over all .NET-calls (via mod_aspdotnet) to the .NET-workerprocess, keeping managed (.NET) and unmanaged (Apache) code separate.
Read all about this important module here.
I find it strange that this project did not get more attention. I want Apache, but not being able to “run” .NET stopped me from using it. I will now try to switch to Apache, since it gives me more freedom to use programs designed for LAMP. A lot of them just don’t work under IIS, since they rely on .htaccess or other internal Apache features.
If anybody knows of a good configuration tool for Apache, please let me know.
Dec 102004
Dec 092004
In the light of recent events (if you don’t know what I mean, ask) I am cleaning up. The house is one thing. The effect that it has on your overall state of mind is astonishing. Although I thought I didn’t mind working/living in a messy place, having it tidy (well, tidier, it’s not completely done yet) sure makes a lot of difference. My head feels lighter, you can focus more on things you want to do, instead of things you should be doing.
Today I cleaned my desk at work. Not only can I find my stuff now, but it looks like I’m an organized person 🙂
Dec 072004
It looks like the guys (and/or girls) have made an addition to the page on which you can read about their free Express version for Linux. As I told you about the limits of only one CPU, 5GB of disk space and 2GB of memory, they now add:
Please note that these limits apply to each instance of ASE Express Edition. You can have many instances of ASE Express Edition running on a machine (e.g., a multiprocessor machine), and hence in total, all of these instances could utilize more than one processor, more than 2 GB of RAM and manage more than 5 GB of disk space.
So, if you have a bigger machine, and don’t mind running multiple instances, this could be a very cheap solution.
Dec 062004
A long, long time ago (where have we heard that before) I used .Text as my blogengine, but the consistently randomly appearing failures made me switch to b2evolution, although there are several features in .Text I miss.
Borland uses a Interbase-port of .Text for the blogs of their employees, and one of them has used its database-design to test the usability of ECO-II. It so happens that with the aid of ECO-II they:
– discovered a bug in the reverse-engineering tool
– found that the .Text-database design is less than optimal
– found that the .Text-database is inconsistent
Of course, you can see (here) what they’ve changed to correct all this. Now if they could only add subcategories, I would be happy to give it a try again.
I wonder what Scott’s reaction will be….
Dec 032004
Just experienced the not-able-to-use-email problem again. Restarting the PC was the solution. But…after one send-receive action, the problem rises again. I think it has something to do with Norton Internet Security. That’s the only thing that changed recently.
Update: Guess I’m not the only one having problems with NIS2005 and mail: see this discussion.
Update (5/12/2004): The problem was NIS2005. Uninstalling it makes mail run smoothly again. But I don’t want to be surfing unprotected, so I’ll have to look into that a.s.a.p.