Run Parallel Installations of Older Versions of Java
Sometimes when you update software to the latest revision it can sometimes break stuff or cause unexpected behaviour to surface. One such example is a particular Java applet I use from time to time and...
View ArticleOracle Kills OpenOffice.org – Long Live LibreOffice!
In an announcement today, Oracle announced that it would be discontinuing the well known OpenOffice suite which has been well known for being an open source alternative to Microsoft Office. This comes...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Software on the Cheap
Given how keen I am to try out the Windows 8 preview that I touched on in yesterday’s blog entry I had to find suitable and compatible virtual machine (or VM for short) as the platform for my testing....
View ArticleSetup VirtualBox for Windows 8
As promised, I’m going to take you through how to configure a VM in VirtualBox to get the developer preview of Windows 8 up and running. The first thing you need to do after opening Oracle VM...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 8 Developer Preview in VirtualBox
Yesterday, I took you through how to prepare VirtualBox for your installation of the Windows 8 Developer Preview so today will look at the actual installation process. To kick things off, you need to...
View ArticleWindows 8 Comsumer Preview
Well, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is upon us and every nerd and their Aibo (robot dog, get it) has been trying it out and sharing their thoughts with the world. Of course, I couldn’t pass up the...
View Article64-Bit Windows and ODBC Drivers
A slightly more technical article for today but something worth mentioning. At work, I am attempting to get a direct connection between MS SQL Server 2008 and an Oracle database. Some might say that...
View ArticleAn Alternative to Connecting MS SQL Server to Oracle
For a little while now I have been trying to get MS SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit to connect to an Oracle 10g database but have run into some issues doing so with some other more...
View ArticleAttunity, MS SQL and Oracle – Back to the Drawing Board
Earlier this week, I shared my intention to try and use Attunity to satisfy my requirement to get MS SQL Server to connect to Oracle to facilitate the transfer of data from various databases....
View ArticleImporting Data From Oracle to MS SQL Server Databases Via SSIS
If you’ve been following the blog then you might remember that I have had a couple of failed attempts (first article and second article) at getting connectivity going between an Oracle database as a...
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