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• JCP 2012 Award Nominations Announced

  - by heathervc

    The 10th Annual JCP Program Award Nominations have been posted on JCP.org.  The community gets together every year during JavaOne to congratulate the winners and nominees at the JCP Community Party held in San Francisco. This year there are three awards: JCP Member/Participant of the Year, Outstanding Spec Lead, and Most Significant JSR. Member of the Year: Stephen Colebourne Markus Eisele Google JUG Chennai Werner Keil London Java Community and SouJava Antoine Sabot-Durand Outstanding Spec Lead Michael Ernst, JSR 308, Annotations on Java Types Victor Grazi, Credit Suisse, JSR 354, Money and Currency API Nigel Deakin, Oracle, JSR 343, Java Message Service 2.0 Pete Muir, Red Hat, JSR 346, Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE 1.1 Most Significant JSR API for JSON Processing, JSR 353 Money and Currency API, JSR  354 Java State Management, JSR 350 Java Message Service 2, JSR 343 JCP.Next, JSR 348, JSR 355, and JSR 358 Congratulations to the nominees; you can read the nomination text and more information about the awards here.  And remember to join us on Tuesday, 2 October at the Infusion Lounge to celebrate with the winners and nominees!

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• Microsoft WPC 12&ndash;Predictions

  - by D'Arcy Lussier

  Let me start by saying I have absolutely no inside knowledge, neither through the MVP program or any other means, that is fuelling what I’m about to write. This is entirely conjecture fuelled by speculation and too much Soporro beer at a fantastic Japanese restaurant tonight. Still, I present to you… D’Arcy’s Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 Predictions!!! So what can we expect to be announced at this year’s WPC? Much more than last year I’m hoping! Last year was sort of encouraging the troops to carry on with the Windows 7 messaging even with Windows 8 looming in the distance. It also showed Microsoft’s slant towards Private Cloud in addition to Azure. This year, we’re going to see a shift to a battle cry – Windows 8 is Coming, Windows 8 is Coming! I expect we’re going to hear an RTM date for Windows 8 from Steve Ballmer tomorrow, in addition to dates surrounding Windows Server 2012. We’ll also hear some announcement around Windows Phone 8, but I’m not really sure what – that whole piece is still quite muddy; are we going to actually *see* Windows Phone 8 devices this week? That would be great, but I imagine those types of announcements might be left for Build. Speaking of Build, I’m expecting an announcement on a date for a Build conference this Fall, probably late October. If any announcements are going to be made around Office 15, the schedule isn’t hinting at it. In fact, other than Office 365 there’s not much mention of Office in the conference sessions – either a red herring, or telling that Microsoft has another announcement coming later. The tagline of the conference is “A New Era. Together.” It’s obvious Microsoft is wanting to leverage WPC to rally their partners to carry the Windows 8 banner into the field of battle this fall when it ships. D

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• JavaOne Countdown, Are you ready?

  - by Angela Caicedo

  This is a great time of the year!  Not only does the weather start cooling down a bit, but it's time to get ready for JavaOne 2012.  It feels so long since my last JavaOne (last year I missed it because I was on a mom duty), so this year I couldn't be happier to be this close to the action again.  Have you ever been at JavaOne?  There are a million great reasons to love JavaOne, and the most important for me is the atmosphere of the conference: The Java community is there, and Java is in the air! This year we have more than 450 sessions, and there are HOLs (Hands on labs) to get your hands dirty with code.  In addition, there will be very cool demos, an exhibition hall. and a DEMOground.  During the whole time, you will have the opportunity to interact with the speakers, discuss topics and concerns, and even have a drink! Oh yes, I almost forgot, there will be lots of fun even apart from the technology!  For example there will be a Geek Bike Ride, a Thirsty Bear party, and the Appreciation Party with Pearl Jam and Kings of Leon.  How can this get any better! So, are you ready yet?  Have you registered?  If not, just follow this "Register for JavaOne" link and we'll see you there! P.S.  Little known fact: If you are a student you can get your pass for free!!!

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• Majoring in computer science, but i'm not to sure I'm in the right field [closed]

  - by user74340

  Throught out my high school years and first year in college, I never thought of studying computer science. I studied biology and chemistry during my first year, and I didn't like the research, nor any type of medical professionals. So I took an introductory CS course, and loved the diverse roles this field can have. So I declare CS as my major. I finished first, and second year CS courses. Then now, I'm doing my co-op(intern) as a web developer. During my first and second year, I was always just an average student. My grades is around low B. But I put so much effort to understand my course' materials. I see many brilliants peers who not only excel at what they do, but have the passion. So I always doubt myself if I don't belong in this field. I'm not good at math, I usually get Cs on my math courses. My internship (a corporate developer job) is okay. But doesn't want to work like this after my graduation). Some aspects of CS that I like is HCI. In my experience in programming, and group projects, I enjoyed designing User interface, and thinking of user experience. I'm also thinking of taking some psychology courses.. I would appreciate any criticism, or advices.

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• It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over

  - by Oracle OpenWorld Blog Team

  Oracle OpenWorld 2012 is behind us. Well, for San Francisco, anyhow. The team is already working on the Latin America event which takes place in December in Sao Paulo, and an OpenWorld in Asia for 2013 as well. And of course they're already working on the next San Francisco OpenWorld for 2013. So what happens after the conference is over? People pack up demo and network gear and ship it out to wherever it's going next; take down and recycle signage; strike the keynote set, the exhibition and demo halls, the street tents, and anything else that was constructed just for the conference. There's a lot of post-conference analyis going on too. Oracle and partner marketing teams are looking at and following up on the leads they got from booth, demo, and lounge traffic. The events team is evaluating the session and conference surveys you filled out if you attended -- looking to identify the best speakers, what worked and didn't work, how you liked the venues, the food, the entertainment, the presentations. From all of that information will come recommendations for next year on what to keep doing, what to do better, and what not to do at all. The goal for each year's conference is to be better than last year's. If you attended and haven't filled out the surveys yet, you have until October 19 for them to be counted, and for you to be entered into a daily sweepstakes. Click here for more information. Posts to this blog will slow down for a while, but we'll post news about Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco and around the world when we have it. Any suggestions about future blog topics are welcome. Oh - I forgot to mention that you can sign up to be notified when registration for Oracle OpenWorld 2013 goes live. If you register at that time you'll get the best discount available on attending next year. So sign up, and stay tuned.

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• Everytime user types , in my text box i want it to become ',' or help me do it using a parameter

  - by MyHeadHurts

  I am using a vb.net textbox to become part of my IN sql statement in my program I tryed to use a parameter and it didn't work here is my code TextBox1.Text = "'Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada'" the default value of my textbox although the user can edit the textbox, but they would need to type the ',' which i would rather them just type , . and my other code is If RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "Sales" And CheckBox1.Checked = False Then 'saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.Sales AS CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =" & DropDownList1.SelectedValue & ") AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.Sales AS CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in ('Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada') order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "NetSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = False Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFNET,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFOther,0))) as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YENET,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEOther,0))) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, (ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.netSales,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.OtherSales,0))) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in ('Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada') order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Net Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "INSSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = False Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFINS,0)as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEINS,0) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.INSSales,0) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in ('Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada') order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Insurance Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "CXSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = False Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFCX,0)as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YECX,0) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.CXSales,0) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in ('Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada') order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Canceled Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "Sales" And CheckBox1.Checked = True Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.Sales AS CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "NetSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = True Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFNET,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFOther,0))) as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YENET,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEOther,0))) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, (ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.netSales,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.OtherSales,0))) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Net Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "INSSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = True Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFINS,0)as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEINS,0) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.INSSales,0) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Insurance Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "CXSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = True Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFCX,0)as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YECX,0) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.CXSales,0) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Canceled Sales" End If Basically what is happening is, if a certain radio button is selected and the user didn't click the checkbox the default regions are included and they are hardcoded because the query runs much faster. if the user did click the checkbox then the textbox where they type the specific regions shows up and it will run the query that includes the dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") If you can somehow do this using parameters and not with the textbox1.text in the query it will run much faster for me thanks for your help

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• Where would you document standardized complex data that is passed between many objects and methods?

  - by Eli

  Hi All, I often find myself with fairly complex data that represents something that my objects will be working on. For example, in a task-list app, several objects might work with an array of tasks, each of which has attributes, temporal expressions, sub tasks and sub sub tasks, etc. One object will collect data from web forms, standardize it into a format consumable by the class that will save them to the database, another object will pull them from the database, put them in the standard format and pass them to the display object, or the update object, etc. The data itself can become a fairly complex series of arrays and sub arrays, representing a 'task' or list of tasks. For example, the below might be one entry in a task list, in the format that is consumable by the various objects that will work on it. Normally, I just document this in a file somewhere with an example. However, I am thinking about the best way to add it to something like PHPDoc, or another standard doc system. Where would you document your consumable data formats that are for many or all of the objects / methods in your app? Array ( [Meta] => Array ( //etc. ) [Sched] => Array ( [SchedID] => 32 [OwnerID] => 2 [StatusID] => 1 [DateFirstTask] => 2011-02-28 [DateLastTask] => [MarginMonths] => 3 ) [TemporalExpressions] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [type] => dw [TemporalExpID] => 3 [ord] => 2 [day] => 6 [month] => 4 ) [1] => Array ( [type] => dm [TemporalExpID] => 32 [day] => 28 [month] => 2 ) ) [Task] => Array ( [SchedTaskID] => 32 [SchedID] => 32 [OwnerID] => 2 [UserID] => 5 [ClientID] => 9 [Title] => Close Prior Year [Body] => [DueTime] => ) [SubTasks] => Array ( [101] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 101 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Review Profit and Loss by Class [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [102] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 102 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Review Balance Sheet [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [103] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 103 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Review Current Year for Prior Year Expenses to Accrue [Body] => Look at Journal Entries that are templates as well. [DueDiff] => 0 ) [104] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 104 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Review Prior Year Membership from 11/1 - 12/31 to Accrue to Current Year [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [105] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 105 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Enter Vacation Accrual [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [106] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 106 [ParentST] => 105 [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Email Peter requesting Vacation Status of Employees at Year End [Body] => We need Employee Name, Rate and Days of Vacation left to use. We also need to know if the employee used any of the prior year's vacation. [DueDiff] => 43 ) [107] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 107 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Grants Receivable at Year End [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [108] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 108 [ParentST] => 107 [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Email Peter Requesting if there were and Grants Receivable at year end [Body] => [DueDiff] => 43 ) ) )

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• Access Qry Questions

  - by kralco626

  It was suggested that I repost this questions as I didn't do a very good job discribing my issue the first time. (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2921286/access-question) THE SITUATION: I have inspections from many months of many years. Sometimes there is more than one inspection in a month, sometimes there is no inspection. However, the report that is desired by the clients requires that I have EXACTLY ONE record per month for the time frame they request the report. They understand the data issues and have stated that if there is more than one inspection in a month to take the latest one. If the is not an inspection for that month, go back in time untill you find one and use that one. So a sample of the data is as follows: (I am including many records because I was told I did not include enough data on my last try) equip_id month year runtime date 1 5 2008 400 5/10/2008 12:34 PM 1 7 2008 500 7/12/2008 1:45 PM 1 8 2008 600 8/20/2008 1:12 PM 1 8 2008 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 1 2010 2000 1/12/2010 2:00 PM 1 3 2010 2200 3/24/2010 10:00 AM 2 7 2009 1000 7/20/2009 8:00 AM 2 10 2009 1400 10/14/2009 9:00 AM 2 1 2010 1600 1/15/2010 1:00 PM 2 1 2010 1610 1/30/2010 4:00 PM 2 3 2010 1800 3/15/2010 1:00PM After all the transformations to the data are done, it should look like this: equip_id month year runtime date 1 5 2008 400 5/10/2008 12:34 PM 1 6 2008 400 5/10/2008 12:34 PM 1 7 2008 500 7/12/2008 1:45 PM 1 8 2008 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 9 2008 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 10 2008 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 11 2008 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 12 2008 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 1 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 2 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 3 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 4 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 5 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 6 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 7 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 8 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 9 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 10 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 11 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 12 2009 605 8/30/2008 8:00 AM 1 1 2010 2000 1/12/2010 2:00 PM 1 2 2010 2000 1/12/2010 2:00 PM 1 3 2010 2200 3/24/2010 10:00 AM 2 7 2009 1000 7/20/2009 8:00 AM 2 8 2009 1000 7/20/2009 8:00 AM 2 9 2009 1000 7/20/2009 8:00 AM 2 10 2009 1400 10/14/2009 9:00 AM 2 11 2009 1400 10/14/2009 9:00 AM 2 12 2009 1400 10/14/2009 9:00 AM 2 1 2010 1610 1/30/2010 4:00 PM 2 2 2010 1610 1/30/2010 4:00 PM 2 3 2010 1800 3/15/2010 1:00PM I think that this is the most accurate dipiction of the problem that I can give. I will now say what I have tried. Although if someone else has a better approach, I am perfectly willing to throw away what I have done and do it differently... STEP 1: create a query that removes the duplicates from the data. Ie. only one record per equip_id for each month/year, keeping the latest one. (done successfully) STEP 2: create a table of the date ranges the client wants the report for. (This is done dynamically at runtime) This table two field, Month and Year. So if the client wants a report from FEb 2008 to March 2010 the table would look like: Month Year 2 2008 3 2008 . . . 12 2008 1 2009 . . . 12 2009 1 2010 2 2010 3 2010 I then left joined this table with my query from step 1. So now I have a record for every month and every year that they want the report for, with nulls(or blanks) or sometimes 0s (not sure why, access is weird, but sometiems they are nulls and sumtimes they are 0s...) for the runtimes that are not avaiable. I don't particurally like this solution, but ill do it if i have to. (this is also done successfully) STEP 3: Fill in the missing runtime values. This I HAVE NOT done successfully. Note that if the request range for the report is feb 2008 to march 2010 and the oldest record for a particular equip_id is say june 2008, it is O.K. for the runtimes to be null (or zeros) for feb - may 2008. I am working with the following query for this step: SELECT equip_id as e_id,year,month, (select top 1 runhours from qry_1_c_One_Record_per_Month a where a.equip_id = e_id order by year,month) FROM qry_1_c_One_Record_per_Month where runhours is null or runhours = 0; UNION SELECT equip_id, year, month, runhours FROM qry_1_c_One_Record_per_Month WHERE .runhours Is Not Null And runhours <> 0 However I clearly can't check the a.equip_id = e_id ... so i don't have anyway to make sure i'm looking at the correct equip_id SUMMARY: So like i said i'm willing to throw away any part, or all of what I tried. Just trying to give everyone a complete picture. I REALLY apreciate ANY help! Thanks so much in advance!

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• Hi i am creating a php calendar i have a Problem in that

  - by udaya

  Hi i am creating a calendar i which i filled the year and date like this <<<<< Year <<<<< month by clicking on the arrow marks the year and month can be increased and decreased now i have to fill the dates for the year and month selected I calculated the first day of month and last date of the month The dates must be start filling from the first day Say if the first day is thursday the date 1 must be on thursday and the next days must follow that till the last date These are my functions in my controller " function phpcal() { $month=04; $day=01; $year=2010; echo date("D", mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year)); //here i am calculating the first day of the month echo '<br>lastdate'.date("t", strtotime($year . "-" . $month . "-01"));'' here i am calculating the lasdt date of the month //echo '<br>'.$date_end = $this->lastOfMonth(); $this->load->view('phpcal'); } function firstOfMonth($m1,$y1) { return date("m/d/Y", strtotime($m1.'/01/'.$y1.' 00:00:00')); } function lastOfMonth() { return date("m/d/Y", strtotime('-1 second',strtotime('+1 month',strtotime(date('m').'/01/'.date('Y').' 00:00:00')))); } function phpcalview() { $year = $this->input->post('yearvv'); $data['year'] = $this->adminmodel->selectyear(); $data['date'] = $this->adminmodel->selectmonth(); //print_r($data['date'] ); $this->load->view('phpcal',$data); } This is my view page <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" align="center" class="table_Style_Border"> <? if(isset($date)) { foreach($date as $row) {?> <tr> <td><?= $row['dbDate1'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate2'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate3'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate4'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate5'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate6'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate7'];?></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><?= $row['dbDate8'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate9'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate10'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate11'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate12'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate13'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate14'];?></td> </tr> <tr> <td><?= $row['dbDate15'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate16'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate17'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate18'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate19'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate20'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate21'];?></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><?= $row['dbDate22'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate23'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate24'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate25'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate26'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate27'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate28'];?></td> </tr> <tr> <td><?= $row['dbDate29'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate30'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate31'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate1'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate1'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate1'];?></td> <td><?= $row['dbDate1'];?></td> </tr> </tr> <? }} ?> </table> How can i insert the dates starting from the day i have calculated in the function phpcal

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• How are hash functions like MD5 unique?

  - by Aly

  Im aware that MD5 has had some collisions but this is more of a high level question about hashing functions. If MD5 hashes any arbitrary string into a 32-digit hex value, then according to the Pigeonhole Principle surely this can not be unique as there are more unique arbitrary strings than there are unique 32-digit hex values

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• shift reduce&& reduce reduce errors in build parser for python garmmer

  - by user366580

  i wanna build buttom up parser by java cup i write code in java cup , it is for python language so i used grammer was written in this site : but not all grammer , i choice partial set ,just while , identifer also i smiplified them when i did compile for the java cup that i write by write this command in command prompt window : java java_cup.Main -parser CalcParser -symbols CalcSymbol < javacupfile.cup i get conflict errors ,they are of type reduce-shift conflict and reduce-reduce conflict you can see to print screen of the errors in these links image 1 click here to see imge1 the grammer was in EBNF form in as refernce site and i convert it to BNF form maybe i make mistake in converting so i get such errors the origanl grammmer was // grammer in EBNF form identifier ::= (letter|"_") (letter | digit | "_")* letter ::= lowercase | uppercase lowercase ::= "a"..."z" uppercase ::= "A"..."Z" digit ::= "0"..."9 compound_stmt ::= if_stmt | while_stmt for_stmt ::= "for" target_list "in" expression_list ":" suite ["else" ":" suite] while_stmt ::= "while" expression ":" suite ["else" ":" suite] suite ::= stmt_list NEWLINE stmt_list ::= simple_stmt (";" simple_stmt)* [";"] simple_stmt ::= expression_stmt expression_stmt ::= expression_list expression_list ::= expression ( "," expression )* [","] expression ::= conditional_expression conditional_expression ::= or_test ["if" or_test "else" expression] or_test ::= and_test | or_test "or" and_test and_test ::= not_test | and_test "and" not_test not_test ::= comparison | "not" not_test comparison ::= or_expr ( comp_operator or_expr )* comp_operator ::= "<" | ">" | "==" | ">=" | "<=" | "<>" | "!=" | "is" ["not"] | ["not"] "in" or_expr ::= xor_expr | or_expr "|" xor_expr xor_expr ::= and_expr | xor_expr "^" and_expr and_expr ::= "&" | and_expr the grammer after converting to BNF form identifier ::=letterletter| letterdigit| letter"_"| "_"letter | "_"digit | "_""_" letter ::= lowercase | uppercase lowercase ::= "a"..."z" uppercase ::= "A"..."Z" digit ::= "0"..."9 while_stmt ::= "while" expression ":" suite "else" ":" suite |"while" expression ":" suite suite ::= stmt_list NEWLINE stmt_list ::= simple_stmt ";" simple_stmt stmt_list|";" simple_stmt ::= expression_stmt expression_stmt ::= expression_list expression_list ::= expression "," expression expression_list| "," expression ::= conditional_expression conditional_expression ::= or_test "if" or_test "else" expression |or_test or_test ::= and_test | or_test "or" and_test and_test ::= not_test | and_test "and" not_test not_test ::= comparison | "not" not_test comparison ::= or_expr comp_operator or_expr comp_operator ::= "<" | ">" | "==" | ">=" | "<=" | "<>" | "!=" | "is" ["not"] | ["not"] "in" or_expr ::= xor_expr | or_expr "|" xor_expr xor_expr ::= and_expr | xor_expr "^" and_expr and_expr ::= "&" | and_expr and the java cup file that i compile and get those errors is import java.io.*; terminal COMA; terminal ELSE; terminal WHILE; terminal NEWLINE; terminal SEMCOLON; terminal CAMMA; terminal IF; terminal OR; terminal AND; terminal NOT; terminal LESS; terminal GREATER; terminal EQUAL; terminal GREATERorE; terminal LESSorE; terminal NEQUAL; terminal OROP; terminal XOROP; terminal ANDOP; terminal Integer DIGIT; terminal java.lang.String LOWERCASE; terminal java.lang.String UPPERCASE; non terminal java.lang.String IDENTIFIER; non terminal java.lang.String LETTER; non terminal COMPOUND_STMT; non terminal WHILE_STMT; non terminal EXPRESSION; non terminal SUITE ; non terminal STMT_LIST; non terminal SIMPLE_STMT; non terminal EXPRESSION_STMT; non terminal EXPRESSION_LIST; non terminal CONDITITONAL_EXPRESSION; non terminal OR_TEST; non terminal AND_TEST; non terminal NOT_TEST; non terminal COMPARISON; non terminal COMP_OPERATOR; non terminal OR_EXPR; non terminal XOR_EXPR; non terminal AND_EXPR; IDENTIFIER ::=LETTER{: System.out.printf("lowercase"); :}| {: System.out.printf("uppercase"); :} LETTER{: System.out.printf("lowercase"); :}| {: System.out.printf("uppercase"); :}| LETTER{: System.out.printf("lowercase"); :}| {: System.out.printf("uppercase"); :} DIGIT; LETTER ::= LOWERCASE | UPPERCASE; COMPOUND_STMT ::=WHILE_STMT; WHILE_STMT ::= WHILE{: System.out.printf( "while"); :} EXPRESSION COMA {: System.out.printf(":"); :} SUITE ELSE {: System.out.printf("else" ); :} COMA{: System.out.printf( ":" ); :} SUITE |WHILE{: System.out.printf( "while" ); :} EXPRESSION COMA{: System.out.printf( ":" ); :} SUITE; SUITE ::= STMT_LIST NEWLINE{: System.out.printf( "newline" ); :}; STMT_LIST ::= SIMPLE_STMT SEMCOLON{: System.out.printf( ";" ); :} SIMPLE_STMT STMT_LIST|SEMCOLON{: System.out.printf( ";" ); :}; SIMPLE_STMT ::=EXPRESSION_STMT; EXPRESSION_STMT ::=EXPRESSION_LIST; EXPRESSION_LIST ::= EXPRESSION CAMMA{: System.out.printf( "," ); :} EXPRESSION EXPRESSION_LIST| CAMMA{: System.out.printf( "," ); :}; EXPRESSION ::= CONDITITONAL_EXPRESSION; CONDITITONAL_EXPRESSION ::= OR_TEST IF{: System.out.printf( "if"); :} OR_TEST ELSE{: System.out.printf("else"); :} EXPRESSION |OR_TEST; OR_TEST ::= AND_TEST | OR_TEST OR{: System.out.printf( "or"); :} AND_TEST; AND_TEST ::= NOT_TEST | AND_TEST AND{: System.out.printf( "and"); :} NOT_TEST; NOT_TEST ::= COMPARISON | NOT{: System.out.printf("not"); :} NOT_TEST; COMPARISON ::= OR_EXPR COMP_OPERATOR OR_EXPR ; COMP_OPERATOR ::= LESS{: System.out.printf( "<"); :} | GREATER{: System.out.printf(">"); :} | EQUAL{: System.out.printf("=="); :} | GREATERorE{: System.out.printf(">="); :} | LESSorE{: System.out.printf("<="); :} | NEQUAL{: System.out.printf("!="); :}; OR_EXPR ::= XOR_EXPR | OR_EXPR OROP{: System.out.printf("|"); :} XOR_EXPR; XOR_EXPR ::= AND_EXPR | XOR_EXPR XOROP {: System.out.printf("^"); :}XOR_EXPR; AND_EXPR ::= ANDOP{: System.out.printf("&"); :} | AND_EXPR; can any one told me how can solve this errors to build parser correcrtly??

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• Flip clock showing time issue (animations invovled)

  - by Hwang

  I'm creating a flip clock (clock where you always see in airport), but I can't seems to get the time to show at the correct timing. After the flip, then will see the number changing. But I want it to change before it flips. Currently I'm not sure whether is the animation problem, or isit I have to do something else on the script. I've uploaded the FLA so that you could have a look on how I set up the flipping animation. http://www.mediafire.com/?nzmymjgtntz Below is the AS3 code: package { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.events.TimerEvent; import flash.utils.Timer; public class flipClock extends MovieClip { private var clock:clockMC=new clockMC(); //seconds private var secTop1=clock.second.top1.digit; private var secTop2=clock.second.top2.digit; private var secBot1=clock.second.bot1.digit; private var secBot2=clock.second.bot2.digit; private var seconds:Number; private var minutes:Number; private var hours:Number; private var days:Number; public function flipClock():void { decrease(); addChild(clock); } private function decrease():void { var countdownTimer:Timer=new Timer(1000); //Adding an event listener to the timer object countdownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,updateTime); //Initializing timer object countdownTimer.start(); } private function updateTime(event:TimerEvent):void { decreasTimerFunction(); updateSecond(); //updateMinute(); } private function updateSecond():void { clock.second.play(); secTop1.text=num2; secTop2.text=num1; if (num1<10) { num1="0"+num1; } if (num2<10) { num2="0"+num2; } if (num1==60) { num1=0; } if (num2==60) { num2=0; } secTop1.text=num1; secTop2.text=num2; //secBot1.text=num1; //secBot2.text=num2; } private function decreasTimerFunction():void { //Create a date object for Christmas Morning var endTime:Date=new Date(2010,4,26,0,0,0,0); //Current date object var now:Date=new Date(); // Set the difference between the two date and times in milliseconds var timeDiff:Number=endTime.getTime()-now.getTime(); seconds=Math.floor(timeDiff/1000); minutes=Math.floor(seconds/60); hours=Math.floor(minutes/60); days=Math.floor(hours/24); // Set the remainder of the division vars above hours%=24; minutes%=60; seconds%=60; } } }

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• CompareValidator issue on Firefox

  - by costin

  Hi, I need to validate a date in a web forms application. For this I use a CompareValidator with Operator="DataTypeCheck" Type="Date" The problem is that this Validator doesn't work properly on Firefox with 2 digit years. ( javascript error: m[2] is undefined) With a 4 digits year it's working properly. This problem is described also here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/355573/comparevalidator-client-side-bug-two-digit-year-in-mozilla-based-browsers-throws-js-exception Does anyone know a nice workaround for this? Thanks

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• python regex of a date in some text

  - by Horace Ho

  How can I find as many date patterns as possible from a text file by python? The date pattern is defined as: dd mmm yyyy ^ ^ | | +---+--- spaces where: dd is a two digit number mmm is three-character English month name (e.g. Jan, Mar, Dec) yyyy is four digit year there are two spaces as separators Thanks!

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• Calling a function within a class

  - by JM4

  I am having trouble calling a specific function within a class. The call is made: case "Mod10": if (!validateCreditCard($fields[$field_name])) $errors[] = $error_message; break; and the class code is: class CreditCardValidationSolution { var $CCVSNumber = ''; var $CCVSNumberLeft = ''; var $CCVSNumberRight = ''; var $CCVSType = ''; var $CCVSError = ''; function validateCreditCard($Number) { $this->CCVSNumber = ''; $this->CCVSNumberLeft = ''; $this->CCVSNumberRight = ''; $this->CCVSType = ''; $this->CCVSError = ''; // Catch malformed input. if (empty($Number) || !is_string($Number)) { $this->CCVSError = $CCVSErrNumberString; return FALSE; } // Ensure number doesn't overrun. $Number = substr($Number, 0, 20); // Remove non-numeric characters. $this->CCVSNumber = preg_replace('/[^0-9]/', '', $Number); // Set up variables. $this->CCVSNumberLeft = substr($this->CCVSNumber, 0, 4); $this->CCVSNumberRight = substr($this->CCVSNumber, -4); $NumberLength = strlen($this->CCVSNumber); $DoChecksum = 'Y'; // Mod10 checksum process... if ($DoChecksum == 'Y') { $Checksum = 0; // Add even digits in even length strings or odd digits in odd length strings. for ($Location = 1 - ($NumberLength % 2); $Location < $NumberLength; $Location += 2) { $Checksum += substr($this->CCVSNumber, $Location, 1); } // Analyze odd digits in even length strings or even digits in odd length strings. for ($Location = ($NumberLength % 2); $Location < $NumberLength; $Location += 2) { $Digit = substr($this->CCVSNumber, $Location, 1) * 2; if ($Digit < 10) { $Checksum += $Digit; } else { $Checksum += $Digit - 9; } } // Checksums not divisible by 10 are bad. if ($Checksum % 10 != 0) { $this->CCVSError = $CCVSErrChecksum; return FALSE; } } return TRUE; } } When I run the application - I get the following message: Fatal error: Call to undefined function validateCreditCard() in C:\xampp\htdocs\validation.php on line 339 any ideas?

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• Need help with re for matching and getting the value python

  - by laspal

  Hi, Need help regarding re. file = 'file No.WR79050107006 from files' So what I am trying to do is validate if file string contains WR + 11 digit. result = re.match('^(\S| )*(?P<sr>(\d){11})(\S| )*', file) Its validate only 11 digit but not WR before it. How can I do that? Using re after matching how can I get the match value ( WR79050107006) I can do string find index = file.find('file No.') and then get the value of next 13 char. thanks

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• How to generate a transaction number?

  - by 001

  I was thinking of formatting it like this TYYYYMMDDNNNNNNNNNNX (1 character + 19 digits) Where T is type YYYY is year MM is month DD is day N is sequencial number X is check digit The problem is, how do I generate the sequencial number? since my primary key is not an auto increment integer value, if it was i would use that, but its not. EDIT can I have the sequencial number resets itself after 1 day (24hours). P201012080000000001X <-- first transaction of 2010/12/08 P2010120810000000002X <--- second transaction of 2010/12/08 P201012090000000001X <--- First transaction of 2010/12/09 (X is the check digit)

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• Ruby on Rails: How do you add add zeros in front of a number if it's under 10?

  - by sjsc

  I'm looking to convert single digit numbers to two-digit numbers like so: 9 ==> 09 5 ==> 05 12 == 12 4 ==> 04 I figure I could put a bunch of if-else statements (if number is under 10, then do a gsub) but figure that's horrible coding. I know Rails has number_with_precision but I see that it only applies to decimal numbers. Any ideas on how to convert single-digits to two-digits?

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• Calculation of average and Timestamping

  - by user554230

  pls do sumone help me to solve this for me and the number should be variable and not constant. the output should be: Timestamping In 6 Digit 8 5 6 3 0 1 Average In 6 Digit 9 8 7 6 5 2 class Timestamp1 extends Average1 { public static void main (String args[]) { int i = 103658; int j = 10; int k = i % j; System.out.println(" Timestamping In 6 Digit " ); System.out.println(" " + k); int o = 10365; int p = 10; int q = o % p; System.out.println(" " + q); int l = 1036; int m = 10; int n = l % m; System.out.println(" " + n); int r = 103; int s = 10; int t = r % s; System.out.println(" " + t); int u = 10; int v = 10; int w = u % v; System.out.println(" " + w); int x = 1; int y = 10; int z = x % y; System.out.println(" " + z); class Average1 extends Timestamp1 { public void main() { int i = 256789; int j = 10; int k = i % j; System.out.println(" Average In 6 Digit "); System.out.println(" " + k); int o = 25678; int p = 10; int q = o % p; System.out.println(" " + q); int l = 2567; int m = 10; int n = l % m; System.out.println(" " + n); int r = 256; int s = 10; int t = r % s; System.out.println(" " + t); int u = 25; int v = 10; int w = u % v; System.out.println(" " + w); int x = 2; int y = 10; int z = x % y; System.out.println(" " + z); } } } }

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• simple dividing

  - by dontoo

  Lets say I am dividing 2592 / 324 = 8 Practically I must guess that 324 goes 8 times in 2592 without reminder. For example, first I try with 7 ( 7*324 = 2268, reminder 324, so 7 is wrong, so I try with 8 and 8 is correct) Is there anyway to do dividing without guessing( trying ), like multiplication ( all mechanically, digit by digit )?

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• How to check number?

  - by Knowing me knowing you

  Could anyone please tell me how to check what number I've got from a * b? Which is I would like to know every part of this number so for example if the result from this expression would be 25 I would like to know that first digit is two and second digit is five.

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• MySql Not Like Regexp?

  - by KnockKnockWhosThere

  I'm trying to find rows where the first character is not a digit. I have this: SELECT DISTINCT(action) FROM actions WHERE qkey = 140 AND action NOT REGEXP '^[:digit:]$'; But, I'm not sure how to make sure it checks just the first character...

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• how to find out the value of textbox from asp.net to script

  - by Ramakrishna

  from my textbox, i need to get the first digit entered into that, and check whther it is 7 or 8 or 9.. using getelementbyid, how can i get this.... how can check whether first digit is 7 or 8 or 9 in the textbox

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• The Partner Perspective from Oracle OpenWorld 2012 - IDC’s Darren Bibby report

  - by Richard Lefebvre

  Below is IDC’s Darren Bibby report on ‘The Partner Perspective from Oracle OpenWorld 2012’. If you missed the 2012 edition, I trust this will give you the willingness to attend next year one! October 26, 2012 I attended my fourth Oracle OpenWorld earlier in October. I always go in with the lens of, "What's in it for partners this year?" Although it's primarily thought of as a customer event - and yes, the bulk of the almost 50,000 attendees are customers - this year's conference was clearly the largest and most important partner event Oracle has ever run. Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Exchange There were more partner attendees than ever, with Oracle citing somewhere around 5000. But the format for partners this year was different. And it was better. Traditionally, Oracle hosts a one-day only Partner Forum on the Sunday before the customer-focused conference begins. This year, the partner content still began on the Sunday, but the worldwide alliances and channels group created an exclusive track throughout the week, just for partners. It featured content specifically targeted towards partners, and was anchored at a nearby hotel. This was a great move for Oracle. The Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) team has been in a tricky position for years in that they have enough partners that they need a landmark event in the year, but perhaps not enough to justify a separate, worldwide, large, partner-only event. Coinciding a four day event with Oracle OpenWorld, where anybody who's anybody in the Oracle world attends anyway, is a good solution. The channels leadership team can build from this success for an even better conference next year. It's expected that they will follow a similar strategy. Cloud Announcements for Partners As for the content, it was primarily about the Cloud. For customers, for VARs, for ISVs, for everyone. There were five key Cloud related announcements for partners at the event: Cloud Builder Specialization. This is one of the first broader Specializations that isn't focused on one unique product. It is a designation for partners that offer design and implementation services for private cloud solutions. As such, it will surely be something that nearly every partner will consider, and many will pursue. New Specializations for Cloud Services. Unlike the broad, almost "strategy-level" Specialization above, there are a group of new product-based "merit badges" for many of the new Cloud offerings. Think about a Specialization for the Cloud version of HCM, for instance. Each of these particular specializations will also have Rapid Start implementation methodologies that allow a partner to offer a fixed scope and fixed price bid to customers. Based on the learnings from Oracle Consulting, this means a partner might be able to deliver Cloud HCM in six weeks for a fixed price. In the end, this means more consistent experiences for Oracle customers. Cloud Resale Program. For those partners who achieve one of these Cloud Specializations, it will mean they can actually resell the subscription-based Cloud product. This is important because it has been somewhat of a rarity in the emerging Cloud channel for partners to be able to "take the paper", take the revenue, do the billing, be first line of support etc. This is an important step for Oracle and one the partners will be happy to see. Cloud Referral Program. For those partners who are not as engaged with these specific Cloud products that the Specializations revolve around, there is a new referral program that provides an incentive to recommend Oracle Cloud products. This one-two punch of referral and resale programs is similar in many ways to other vendors who allow more committed partners to resell, while more casual partners can collect fees. It's the model that seems to work. The key to allow a company to resell a subscription product - something that is inherently delivered directly between the vendor and customer - is trust. Achieving a specialization is a good bar to have to meet. Platform as a Service for ISVs. Leveraging some of the overall announcements made by CEO Larry Ellison around a cloud version of its famous database, Oracle also outlined a new ability for ISVs to build cloud services on its new PaaS offering. Details were less available for this announcement, though it's an expected and fitting play for ISVs comfortable with Oracle technology who can now more easily build out cloud applications. There wasn't much talk of an app store to go along with this, but surely it's in the works. Specializations And "The Gap" Coming back to Specializations, Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) has 4600 partners worldwide that hold 20,000 Specializations. These are impressive numbers just three years into the new OPN framework. The actual number of Specializations has also grown significantly, up to 111 today and soon around 125 or so with the new Cloud designations. Oracle may need to look at grouping some of these and creating higher level, broader designations that partners could achieve by earning several Specializations in that group. At 125 and growing, this is a lot. On the top of the pyramid, Hitachi Ltd. successfully became the eleventh partner to make it to the highly prestigious Diamond level. Partner programs partially exist in order to recognize capable partners. And it's more than abundantly clear that the Diamond level does this. But I think Oracle has a gap. Specializations show capability in a very specific product area, and all sizes of partners can achieve these. The next level at which to show a level of expertise is the Advanced Specialization. However, this is a massive step up from the regular Specialization. The advanced level requires 50 people to have certification in that particular product area. Most other industry programs have similar higher level statuses, but none are even close to that number. Whereas a customer who sees an Oracle partner with an advanced specialization can be very sure of capability, there is a gap in that there are hundreds or even thousands of 20-50 person solution providers who are top notch in their area of expertise. They will never get to Advanced due to numbers alone. These boutique partners don't really have a way of showing off their talents in the current program. Advanced may not need to be so high to really show that a company has deep expertise. Overall it was a very successful Oracle OpenWorld for Oracle partners of all sizes. There was progress made on making it a bigger and more relevant event. And also on catching up and maybe even leading in some cases with cloud opportunities for partners.

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• Summit Time!

  - by Ajarn Mark Caldwell

  Boy, how time flies!  I can hardly believe that the 2011 PASS Summit is just one week away.  Maybe it snuck up on me because it’s a few weeks earlier than last year.  Whatever the cause, I am really looking forward to next week.  The PASS Summit is the largest SQL Server conference in the world and a fantastic networking opportunity thrown in for no additional charge.  Here are a few thoughts to help you maximize the week. Networking As Karen Lopez (blog | @DataChick) mentioned in her presentation for the Professional Development Virtual Chapter just a couple of weeks ago, “Don’t wait until you need a new job to start networking.”  You should always be working on your professional network.  Some people, especially technical-minded people, get confused by the term networking.  The first image that used to pop into my head was the image of some guy standing, awkwardly, off to the side of a cocktail party, trying to shmooze those around him.  That’s not what I’m talking about.  If you’re good at that sort of thing, and you can strike up a conversation with some stranger and learn all about them in 5 minutes, and walk away with your next business deal all but approved by the lawyers, then congratulations.  But if you’re not, and most of us are not, I have two suggestions for you.  First, register for Don Gabor’s 2-hour session on Tuesday at the Summit called Networking to Build Business Contacts.  Don is a master at small talk, and at teaching others, and in just those two short hours will help you with important tips about breaking the ice, remembering names, and smooth transitions into and out of conversations.  Then go put that great training to work right away at the Tuesday night Welcome Reception and meet some new people; which is really my second suggestion…just meet a few new people.  You see, “networking” is about meeting new people and being friendly without trying to “work it” to get something out of the relationship at this point.  In fact, Don will tell you that a better way to build the connection with someone is to look for some way that you can help them, not how they can help you. There are a ton of opportunities as long as you follow this one key point: Don’t stay in your hotel!  At the least, get out and go to the free events such as the Tuesday night Welcome Reception, the Wednesday night Exhibitor Reception, and the Thursday night Community Appreciation Party.  All three of these are perfect opportunities to meet other professionals with a similar job or interest as you, and you never know how that may help you out in the future.  Maybe you just meet someone to say HI to at breakfast the next day instead of eating alone.  Or maybe you cross paths several times throughout the Summit and compare notes on different sessions you attended.  And you just might make new friends that you look forward to seeing year after year at the Summit.  Who knows, it might even turn out that you have some specific experience that will help out that other person a few months’ from now when they run into the same challenge that you just overcame, or vice-versa.  But the point is, if you don’t get out and meet people, you’ll never have the chance for anything else to happen in the future. One more tip for shy attendees of the Summit…if you can’t bring yourself to strike up conversation with strangers at these events, then at the least, after you sit through a good session that helps you out, go up to the speaker and introduce yourself and thank them for taking the time and effort to put together their presentation.  Ideally, when you do this, tell them WHY it was beneficial to you (e.g. “Now I have a new idea of how to tackle a problem back at the office.”)  I know you think the speakers are all full of confidence and are always receiving a ton of accolades and applause, but you’re wrong.  Most of them will be very happy to hear first-hand that all the work they put into getting ready for their presentation is paying off for somebody. Training With over 170 technical sessions at the Summit, training is what it’s all about, and the training is fantastic!  Of course there are the big-name trainers like Paul Randall, Kimberly Tripp, Kalen Delaney, Itzik Ben-Gan and several others, but I am always impressed by the quality of the training put on by so many other “regular” members of the SQL Server community.  It is amazing how you don’t have to be a published author or otherwise recognized as an “expert” in an area in order to make a big impact on others just by sharing your personal experience and lessons learned.  I would rather hear the story of, and lessons learned from, “some guy or gal” who has actually been through an issue and came out the other side, than I would a trained professor who is speaking just from theory or an intellectual understanding of a topic. In addition to the three full days of regular sessions, there are also two days of pre-conference intensive training available.  There is an extra cost to this, but it is a fantastic opportunity.  Think about it…you’re already coming to this area for training, so why not extend your stay a little bit and get some in-depth training on a particular topic or two?  I did this for the first time last year.  I attended one day of extra training and it was well worth the time and money.  One of the best reasons for it is that I am extremely busy at home with my regular job and family, that it was hard to carve out the time to learn about the topic on my own.  It worked out so well last year that I am doubling up and doing two days or “pre-cons” this year. And then there are the DVDs.  I think these are another great option.  I used the online schedule builder to get ready and have an idea of which sessions I want to attend and when they are (much better than trying to figure this out at the last minute every day).  But the problem that I have run into (seems this happens every year) is that nearly every session block has two different sessions that I would like to attend.  And some of them have three!  ACK!  That won’t work!  What is a guy supposed to do?  Well, one option is to purchase the DVDs which are recordings of the audio and projected images from each session so you can continue to attend sessions long after the Summit is officially over.  Yes, many (possibly all) of these also get posted online and attendees can access those for no extra charge, but those are not necessarily all available as quickly as the DVD recording are, and the DVDs are often more convenient than downloading, especially if you want to share the training with someone who was not able to attend in person. Remember, I don’t make any money or get any other benefit if you buy the DVDs or from anything else that I have recommended here.  These are just my own thoughts, trying to help out based on my experiences from the 8 or so Summits I have attended.  There is nothing like the Summit.  It is an awesome experience, fantastic training, and a whole lot of fun which is just compounded if you’ll take advantage of the first part of this article and make some new friends along the way.

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