Storing webservice properties using dynamic MBeans. Recently I needed to store some settings in a JSR-181 webservice. Since I did not have a user interface and I don’t want to use property files I thought to try and store them in a MBean using JMX. This gives the administrator the change to alter the properties through the [...]

Storing webservice properties using dynamic MBeans. Recently I needed to store some settings in a JSR-181 webservice. Since I did not have a user interface and I don’t want to use property files I thought to try and store them in a MBean using JMX. This gives the administrator the change to alter the properties through the [...]

According to Adobe employee and RIA Cowboy James Ward Oracle’s been demonstrating a lot of applications using Flex during OOW 2007. Ward has a couple of postings on his weblog describing applications (including some pictures) using flex: Metalink, Bi Publisher, Enterprise Manager, Siebel CRM, Sales Prospector and Sales library. The...

According to Adobe employee and RIA Cowboy James Ward Oracle’s been demonstrating a lot of applications using Flex during OOW 2007. Ward has a couple of postings on his weblog describing applications (including some pictures) using flex: Metalink, Bi Publisher, Enterprise Manager, Siebel CRM, Sales Prospector and Sales library. The...

This is a small example for a coworker, but maybe someone else can also benefit from it. This question was “can we store multiple xml document types in one column and easily query on xml contents”? First create a table with an XMLType column, and insert some data: SQL> create table mydocs ( id number [...]

This is a small example for a coworker, but maybe someone else can also benefit from it. This question was “can we store multiple xml document types in one column and easily query on xml contents”? First create a table with an XMLType column, and insert some data: SQL> create table mydocs ( id number [...]

Oracle’s xquery implementation contains a sqlplus like tool which you can use to run simple xquery statements. You can find the xquery implementation in %JDEV_HOME%/lib. To run it, use the following statement: E:\oracle\jdev1111r2\lib>java -classpath...

Oracle’s xquery implementation contains a sqlplus like tool which you can use to run simple xquery statements. You can find the xquery implementation in %JDEV_HOME%/lib. To run it, use the following statement: E:\oracle\jdev1111r2\lib>java -classpath...

Hidden in Steve Munch’s presentation about adf 11g features is the news that jdeveloper 11g technology preview 2 is available for download. Btw, there’s some good documentation about adf 11 available on otn: New Oracle ADF Developer Guide (pdf) & New Oracle ADF Faces Web UI Developer Guide (pdf)

Hidden in Steve Munch’s presentation about adf 11g features is the news that jdeveloper 11g technology preview 2 is available for download. Btw, there’s some good documentation about adf 11 available on otn: New Oracle ADF Developer Guide (pdf) & New Oracle ADF Faces Web UI Developer Guide (pdf)

The Agile Software Development blog has an interesting post about The value of pairing when both partners are experienced. The post cites some interesting study results: The University of Utah study in 2000 found as much as an 86% reduction in defects, with an increase of initial coding time of between 0% and 15%, as compared [...]

The Agile Software Development blog has an interesting post about The value of pairing when both partners are experienced. The post cites some interesting study results: The University of Utah study in 2000 found as much as an 86% reduction in defects, with an increase of initial coding time of between 0% and 15%, as compared [...]

Today oracle announced Oracle VM (Data sheet), a server virtualization product. According to what i’ve read it’s based on Xen. This shouldn’t be a big surprise as RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 includes Xen, and Oracle’s Linux is, let’s put this nicely, based on RedHat Enterprise Linux. The good news is that Oracle is...

Today oracle announced Oracle VM (Data sheet), a server virtualization product. According to what i’ve read it’s based on Xen. This shouldn’t be a big surprise as RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 includes Xen, and Oracle’s Linux is, let’s put this nicely, based on RedHat Enterprise Linux. The good news is that Oracle is...

Both Jira and FogBugz started out as bug databases, but have become full project management tools. The newest version of FogBugz has a feature called Evidence Based Scheduling, which calculates the probability of meeting deadlines, based on past programmer performances. And Jira can be used for Scrum planning using the greenhopper plugin...