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- Find sequence gaps using Oracle's analytic functions
- OK, but......what usefulness is this? IMO, if you have an application that relies on sequential unique ID's, you should be change your DB/app design.This is also completely useless for clustered DB's, as sequential ID's are a huge performance hit.What about legacy systems that need this?They don't just go away...
- Tags: SELECT, seqeunces, blarman, software, Carton, Oracle Corp., SELECT Measurement_ID
- Discussion threads 2006-07-05
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- MyCalendar (exe)
- With the help of the program you can quickly and easily generate the calendar with emphasized own holidays (e.g.: the birthday, anniversaries, important dates etc.). You will have a separate sheet of paper for each month of the year.After binding them you will receive the unique wall or desktop calendar....
- Tags: Calendar, Desktops, Construction, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-01-10
- Find sequence runs using Oracle's analytic functions
- Bob Watkins responds to TechRepublic member Sachin Jayashekhar's question about detecting sequence runs within a group of rows, and provides a sample script that selects the first and last value in each run. In a previous tip, I described how to find gaps in sequences using Oracle's powerful...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Bob Watkins, analytic function, Sachin Jayashekhar, Oracle Tips Newsletter, Row, Sequence, Corporate Communications, Storage, Databases, Marketing, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-11-20
- Cigarettes sold on internet are due taxes
- Taxing sales on the internet? Was never a big enough prize when you were talking between 4 and 6% sales tax. That has all changed when Michigan raised the tax on smokes to one of the highest in the nation, $2 per pack.People started buying over the internet...
- Tags: tax, jdclyde, sales, internet sales, off-topic, sales tax, jd-quick (formerly clyde), Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- Picodore 64: The Commodore 64 notebook
- Some insane genius has homebrewed a Commodore 64 mini-notebook -- and he plays Pitfall on it! Thanks to the inevitable advances in Moore's Law, you can now cheaply and easily cram what was once the world's most popular personal computer into a case the size of a...
- Tags: Notebook, Notebooks, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- Saving Money With Business Management Software
- Whether the folding carton business is a small outfit or a large multi-plant organization, knowing the costs is one of the top challenges many converters face. In fact, most converters cannot precisely identify which jobs are making them money and which ones are costing them money. At the heart of...
- Tags: Business Management, RADIUS, Money, Sales Strategy, Network Security, Sales, Networking
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Solution Provides Unprecedented Insight Into Supply
- KiMs is the leading snack producer in Scandinavia. There was much less control of products. There were even some products that just went missing. The hauler did not sign a receipt when picking up products at KiMs and KiMs did not keep track of inventory at their staging area. Consequently,...
- Tags: Radio, Microsoft Corp., KiMs, RFID Solution, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- Case studies
- Managing Customers' Inventory
- Folding carton converters are starting to add a range of services to their capabilities menu called "Vendor-Managed Inventory," or VMI. Driven in part by technology - but more so by shifts in customers' ordering patterns - these converters see VMI as a means to decommoditize their product and service offerings,...
- Tags: Converter, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Bobst Group Stacks Up Savings With VMware Virtual Infrastructure for Scalability and Server Containment
- Bobst Group is a leading supplier of equipment and services for the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible materials industries. The IT department supports about 1,800 people with software running on more than 200 servers. In 2003, the IT department sought to speed up its ability to respond to new...
- Tags: Scalability, VMware Inc., Bobst Group, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies
- Windows Vista Helps Law Firm Improve Desktop Management and User Satisfaction
- Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP is a leading national law firm serving domestic and international clients in corporate law, corporate restructuring, government relations, and other legal services. It has offices in Washington, D.C., New York, Milwaukee, Albany, and Chicago, and employs more than 175 attorneys and 50 paralegals and project...
- Tags: Desktop, Desktop Management, Law Firm, Microsoft Windows Vista, TCO, Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP, Microsoft Windows, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Litigation, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Friday Yuk ...I really need this one these are old but
- 1. How Do You Catch a Unique Rabbit? Unique Up On It. 2. How Do You Catch a Tame Rabbit? Tame Way, Unique Up On It. 3. How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest? They Take The Psycho Path 4. How Do You Get Holy Water? You Boil The...
- Tags: off-topic, Ralph, tp205
- Discussion threads 2004-10-15
- Geek Trivia: Reason for the season
- On Dec. 18, 1997, the Seinfeld episode "The Strike" aired for the first time, introducing the world to the now infamous faux holiday, Festivus. Billed as a counterpoint to the perceived increasing commercialism of Christmas even though said commercialism is vital to the economy, Festivus -- the so-called "holiday for...
- Tags: Holiday, Celebration, Seinfeld, Pole, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- File-sharing crackdown rages worldwide
- File-sharing crackdown rages worldwidearticle rootFile-sharing crackdown rages worldwideThe recording industry is quite serious about cracking down on what it perceives to be illegal file-sharing, in the United States and other countries as well. To prove the point, the industry has just initiated more than 2,100 new legal cases against individuals...
- Tags: crackdown, file-sharing, legal issues, networking, RIAA, Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2005-11-23
- Implementing a relational database using MySQL
- Whenproperly implemented, a relational database can greatly enhance theavailability of data and information for an enterprise's decision makers.However, deploying a relational database on almost any scale requires athorough understanding of the fundamental concepts and rules that govern theirbehavior.Although mySQL is one of the most popular relational database applications available, thatdoes...
- Tags: database, RDBMS, Mark Kaelin, primary key, MySQL, Arthur Fuller
- Technical articles 2005-04-05
- Day off Friday Yuk!
- Day off Friday Yuk![i]Going to the doc today. They haven't poked me with quite enough needles it seems! :(So I had to take a day off, as I drive an hour each way to work and back. No time to go to doc AND the two hours...
- Tags: Doctor, day off for me, friday yuk, jokes, yuk, jdclyde, off-topic, jd-quick (formerly clyde), bad new
- Discussion threads 2006-08-10
- How your organization can use bar code technology
- Bar code technology can perform many tasks in your organization, but many shops don't use it. Here are a few reasons they might want to reconsider.The “blip-blip” sound you hear when a milk carton passes over a scanner at your local supermarket means the supermarket’s data system is reading a...
- Tags: Scanners, Dana Norton, bar code, scanner
- Technical articles 2002-07-16
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