Monthly Archives: April 2007

Desc SQL Tables

By TechKnow | April 8, 2007

When working with Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL you might need to remind yourself the names of the columns for a table, I know I do. To describe the details of a table you can execute the following from a Oracle or MySQL client. And just like everything else that Microsoft does, SQL Server does [...]

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Class HighLite Calendar

By TechKnow | April 4, 2007

I think that date manipulation in Java should be easier than it is. For example, there are two date classes in the JDK Standard Edition, one for sql and the util version. Another issue that I have with dates in Java is that the util Date class has about half of it’s methods deprecated. The [...]

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Simply Helpful Rails Plugin

By TechKnow | April 3, 2007

Before I begin let me just state that the Simply Helpful plugin requires Rails 1.2.2. If you already are using Rails 1.2.2 you can continue by downloading the plugin by executing the following command from the root directory of your Rails application using the terminal or command prompt. script/plugin install simply_helpful This plugin adds a [...]

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SV RoR March Meetup

By TechKnow | April 1, 2007

The February meetup of the Silicon Valley Ruby on Rails (SV RoR) group had speakers present on their experience with bringing a Rails application from concept to production. For the March meetup, Brian Moore from feder8 presented on his experience with bringing his social site to production. Since most Railers are adherents of the Don’t [...]

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