Oracle related rants (and lots of off-topic stuff)…
I mentioned previously, my forum became the center of all internet pornography in my absence. To curb the tide of spam posts, I have to approve all new members. I’ll see how this goes for a few days before deciding if it will stay that way.
Cheers
Tim…
I’m back from my week away at a Karate course. No major injuries to report, just a few bruises, a split inside my mouth and a dodgy heel. It’ll all be fine in a couple of days.
In my absence, my forum became the hub of all internet pornography. It took me quite a while to clean up the mess, but I think it’s done now. Sorry if anyone was offended by this crap.
I’ve got quite a bit of stuff to do before I start work on Monday, so I won’t be able to start catching up with the backlog of questions straight away, but I will get to them as soon as I can.
Cheers
Tim…
I got home last night to find a message on my phone trying to arrange an interview for Oracle Magazine about being “Oracle ACE of the Year”. Needless to say this was a bit of a shock, since it was the first thing I’d heard about it.
It seems Oracle Magazine had already contacted me about it, but either my spam filter had deleted the message, or I deleted it without reading it. 🙁
Anyway, I did the interview later that night and I’ve got to have a photo taken for the magazine. The profile and photo will be in the November/December issue of Oracle Magazine.
This year has been totally mad. First I get nominated as an ACE, then this. It’s all a bit scary and humbling.
This award went to Mark Rittman last year, so I expect him to pass on the sash and tiara in November. I’ll try not to do a Gwyneth Paltrow. 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
And sure enough, this Ankit guy is stealing from others also. Look at this site:
http://www.oracleadvice.com/
Now look at this bit of OracleSource.net:
http://www.oraclesource.net/advice/index.html
Also, here are some PDF documents from OracleCoach.com:
http://www.oraclecoach.com/oracle10g.htm
You will also find alot of them here:
http://www.oraclesource.net/oracle-10g.php
I’ve written to both the hosting company and the original authors of this material, so hopefully this will get removed soon.
Cheers
Tim…
Despite what the internet will tell you, the term “Mash-Up” is an expression that means, damaged, mangled, or an assortment of expletives used in context to mean knackered…
Last night at Karate I kicked a guys elbow and “my ankle is mash-up”. I usually bruise about a week after an incident, but this one came out the same evening. Last night I lay on my bed with an icepack on my ankle while the dull ache made me feel sick. Today it feels a bit dodgy when I walk and it wasn’t too good when I was swimming.
I’m on a Karate course all next week, so I hope it is a little better by Monday.
Cheers
Tim…
PS. If the wish-fairy is listening, please can you fix my ankle, the knuckles on my right hand, my left forearm, my left knee and give me £60 billion. Thankyou! 🙂
I had to configure PHP on IIS on a Windows 2003 server the other day (joy!) and it was a bit of a pain, so I wrote it up.
Configuration of PHP with IIS on Windows 2003
It’s not really relevant to anything in particular, but then I rarely get accused of being relevant 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
OK. The Hosting company for OracleOCP.net has suspended the service. I’m glad to see the guys there are on the case. Although the DNS servers and the “abuse” email addresses were different for both domains, I think the hosting company may actually be the same… Anyway, thanks very much for doing your job. You know who you are…
I’ve upgraded the blog to WordPress 2.0.4 this morning. Please give me a shout if you notice anything wrong. I think I’ve covered all the bases, but you never know 🙂
It seems Howard Rogers is having some trouble with his site, although as I write, there seems to be some signs of life again. I hope everything gets resolved soon.
Cheers
Tim…
It turns out this guy, Ankit Patel, has a mirror site OracleOCP.net. Does it look kinda familiar?
He’s written a couple of things on DBASupport.com, claiming to be an employee of Deutsche Bank. I’ve written to both the hosting company and the provider of domain about this issue. Hopefully it will get removed soon. In addition I dropped a line to Deutsche Bank telling them what’s going on. If he really does work for them, I thought they should know of his criminal dealings.
What really cracks me up is he appears to have done the same PhD as me according to this site (here). I wonder if he was in the same Lab as me 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
Update: The host for this second domain has just contacted me to say they are looking into it. I’m hoping for a speedy resolution.
I’ve been teaching some Yoga classes for a friend while he’s been away, and last night I taught the final two classes. Hopefully, life can switch back from insanely busy to just regular busy. That is, until the weekend, when I go on a one week Karate course. I’ve got to do what I’m told for a whole week. That’ll be a first 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
I’ve been having a play with the Rules Manager introduced in Oracle 10g Release 2. There is quite a bit of functionality in there, so my article is just a “tip of the iceberg” type of thing.
This would have come in extremely handy in two previous jobs, both of which required quite complex state-event engines. It certainly would have made the decision processes a little more flexible, provided the performance was acceptable.
Cheers
Tim…