Need to upload a file to multiple Windows boxes?
If you don’t want to mess around with windows scripting and you just want to get the job done, well, the easiest method is sometimes the not so obvious… use smbclient! It’s part of Samba (no, not the...
View ArticleHow to start DBArtisan when you have Sybase Openclient 15 installed
It may not be commonly known, but Embarcadero’s DBArtisan (a database management tool) will NOT work with Openclient 15. Did you know that there is a way for you to enjoy Openclient v15 and DBArtisan?...
View ArticleVirtualization and Databases
In Chris Brown‘s Virtualization and ASE blog post, he brings up the question of whether Sybase’s ASE can be used in a virtual environment (VMWare, Xen, etc) but doesn’t answer it. I’ve been using...
View ArticleNew developers for Sybase’s Powerbuilder 11?
There still seems to be a steep learning curve when it comes to Sybase’s PowerBuilder. In this specific case, PB11 is no easier. What *I* personally would like to see is: step by step online tutorials...
View ArticleReceiving a ‘runtime error’ with the drivers for Dell’s All In One 962 Photo...
My mom’s new Dell Vostro 1500 laptop worked quite well until we hooked it up to her Dell All In One 962 Photo printer. When we installed the printer driver software, we received a MFC C++ 6.0 “runtime...
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Flourish 2008 Conference Roundup
This year’s Flourish Conference was held at the University of Illinois in downtown Chicago (UIC). The Flourish web site describes Flourish as: The goal of the Flourish Conference is to promote the use...
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Adding a Virtual Disk Device to a VMware virtual machine (Windows 2003 Server...
I thought it would be possible to add a virtual device file to a running virtual machine and have it show up in the virtual machine without restarting the virtual machine. I was wrong. The current...
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Sybase Workspace 2.1: Do NOT update Data Tools Platform (DTP) from Eclipse’s...
Sybase Workspace Sybase is an Eclipse distribution that uses highly customized Data Tools Platform (DTP) plugins. Updating the Sybase version of DTP with the standard DTP release from Eclipse will...
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Started reading “Foundations of Qt Development”
When I purchased Foundations of Qt Development (Expert’s Voice in Open Source) by Johan Thelin a few months back, I hoped to get to it right away but work and life diverted my attention. Today at lunch...
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Get it here! Perl DBD::Sybase 1.09 for Active State Perl 5.10 on Windows...
Assuming that you installed Sybase OpenClient 15.5 from the 15.5 PC Client: Install ActiveState Perl from http://www.activestate.com (free) and install DBI if it isn’t already installed. It should be...
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Get it here! Perl DBD::Sybase 1.09.01 for Active State Perl 5.10 and 5.8 on...
Assuming that you installed Sybase OpenClient 15.5 from the 15.5 PC Client: Install ActiveState Perl from http://www.activestate.com (free) and install DBI if it isn’t already installed. It should be...
View ArticleHow to disable the “uninstall password” to uninstall Symantec Antivirus
I was trying to install Oracle 11g client on to a WinXP box but Symantec Antivirus wouldn’t let me because it thought it was infected with over 800 viruses. Same file was marked clean on another box....
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Proxmox VE 1.8 and KVM: Adding sound to your virtual machines!
This assumes that your host machine has a sound card! Add the args line in your /etc/qemu-server/<vm id>.conf file should give you sound: args: -soundhw On my Proxmox VE 1.8, I have several...
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Optimizing the Firefox (SQLite databases)
Most people that want to speed up Firefox know about the various settings in about:config but many forget that Firefox uses SQLite databases that can become cluttered. In your home directory ($HOME on...
View ArticleTomorrow: Howto Windows 7 32bit AND 64bit Sound with KVM / libvirt and the...
Finally got sound working in a Windows 7 64bit KVM virtual machine with Spice. There are a few conditions for it to work: ICH6 audio Spice guest drivers installed NOT VNC QXL video QXL driver (64bit)...
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HowTo: Windows 7 32bit AND 64bit Sound with KVM / libvirt and the Spice client
UPDATE: Fixed and signed qxl video drivers Hi all, Yesterday I promised to post how I was able to get sound working with KVM / libvirt and the Spice client with Windows 7 32bit and 64bit. Here you go...
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Get it here! Perl DBD::Sybase 1.14.01 for Active State Perl 5.16 Windows...
Assuming that you installed Sybase SDK OpenClient 15.7. Sybase Openclient is included in the Sybase Developer’s Kit, and ASE PC Client. If you don’t have a license, you can download the ASE 15.7...
View ArticleHOWTO: Linux Samba protocol negotiation failed:...
The issue is the LanmanServer service runs out of memory. We need to boost that up: On your Windows machine, fire up regedit (Start -> regedit) modify the following registry keys:...
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HOWTO: Building Perl Module DBD::Sybase 1.15 for ActiveState Perl (Windows...
We no longer are tied to using Microsoft’s Visual C++ compiler for building Michael Peppler’s Perl Module DBD::Sybase 1.15 for ActiveState Perl (Windows 32bit)! We need to make a few changes to SAP...
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Connect to Microsoft SQL Server (including Azure instances) from Linux...
Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server from Linux can be done through two different methods: ODBC and JDBC. Unfortunately, FreeTDS doesn’t connect to the newest versions of SQL Server unless you want to...
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