I had an IMG image of our server which I wanted to mount on our virtual machine. Since I was using VMWare Player which supports VMDK so I was finding a way to mount IMG on a virtual machine or convert it to VMDK. I found the StarWind V2V Converter wh ...
Converting Oracle DATE types and PHP/Unix Timestamps
If you need to convert between Oracle date and PHP/Unix timestamp then you might need to implement two functions in Oracle. The following two Oracle functions implement this for DATE types. To convert a UNIX timestamp into an Oracle DATE type: CREA ...
Working with Dates and Times in Oracle and PHP
Both PHP and Oracle provide functionality manipulating dates and times. Which to use and when? If you're new to PHP or Oracle, working out how to handle dates efficiently can be tricky. You may have strategies, which you've applied successfully on o ...
Going Google-Free: The Best Alternatives to Google Services on the Web
Face it: Google runs your life. The search giant turned web ecosystem owns your email, calendar, and even your voicemails. Your most important data lives on Google's servers. What you may not realize is that, despite the quality of Google's produc ...
CodeIgniter Support in NetBeans
Lately I’ve been doing some development using CodeIgniter (a very popular PHP framework), and I was wondering, how to get CodeIgniter support in NetBeans. So anyway, I’ve found a NetBeans plugin under the Project Kenai This plugin will allow you to ...
Change password in Oracle SQL Developer
To change password in Oracle SQL Developer you can just right click on connection and click the Reset Password option. Alternatively, you can run the following query to update your password: alter user <username> identified by <newpassword& ...
Using Response.Redirect in try…catch block
Use overload Response.Redirect(String url, bool endResponse) if using in try catch block.
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It's really easy to call REST based web services from C#.Net. Let's see how to do it. We'll be calling Yahoo Web Services as an example here. Make REST Calls With C# The .NET Framework provides classes for performing HTTP requests. This HOWTO descr ...
MySQL Query Cache
MySQL query cache is good to cache select queries and their results and improve some performance of your database applications. So, enable query cache in just one step.