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• Speaking at PASS 2012 Summit in Seattle #sqlpass

  - by Marco Russo (SQLBI)

  I will deliver two sessions at the next PASS Summit 2012: one is title Inside DAX Query Plans and the other is Near Real-Time Analytics with xVelocity (without DirectQuery).These will be two sessions that require a lot of preparation and even if I have already much to say, I still have a long work to do this summer in order to go deeper in several details that I want to investigate for completing these sessions.I already look forward to come back in Seattle!In the meantime, you have to study SSAS Tabular and if you want to get a real jumpstart why not attending one of the next SSAS Tabular Workshop Online? We are working on more dates for this fall, but there are a few dates already scheduled.And, last but not least, the early Rough Cuts edition of our upcoming SSAS Tabular book is finally available here (really near to the final print)!

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• The 2013 PASS Summit - Day 1

  - by AllenMWhite

  It's SQL Server Geek Week once again! Every year at the PASS Summit the SQL Server faithful descend on the city of choice for the annual Summit, and this year it's Charlotte, North Carolina. Once again I've been given the privilege of sitting at the bloggers table, so my laptop is on a table! So far this week it's been great seeing people I get to see just once a year. I attended Red Gate's SQL in the City event on Monday, and saw some great sessions from Grant Fritchey, Steve Jones and Nigel Sammy....(read more)

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• PASS Nomination Committee

  - by drsql

  Starting today you can vote for your choice for who should be on the Nomination Committee for SQL PASS (or perhaps some previous day if you aren't reading this on the 13, and if it is after noon on the 23, well, tough). There are 12 people who are up for vote with 3 slots available so this should be fun. There are a few people I know quite well on the list, and a few I don't really know at all. Looking at their qualifications I think one thing stands out. You probably can't make a bad choice. One...(read more)

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• C++ is there a difference between assignment inside a pass by value and pass by reference function?

  - by Rémy DAVID

  Is there a difference between foo and bar: class A { Object __o; void foo(Object& o) { __o = o; } void bar(Object o) { __o = o; } } As I understand it, foo performs no copy operation on object o when it is called, and one copy operation for assignment. Bar performs one copy operation on object o when it is called and another one for assignment. So I can more or less say that foo uses 2 times less memory than bar (if o is big enough). Is that correct ? Is it possible that the compiler optimises the bar function to perform only one copy operation on o ? i.e. makes __o pointing on the local copy of argument o instead of creating a new copy?

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• Meet SQLBI at PASS Summit 2012 #sqlpass

  - by Marco Russo (SQLBI)

  Next week I and Alberto Ferrari will be in Seattle at PASS Summit 2012. You can meet us at our sessions, at a book signing and hopefully watching some other session during the conference. Here are our appointments: Thursday, November 08, 2012, 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM – Alberto Ferrari – Room 606-607 Querying and Optimizing DAX (BIA-321-S) Do you want to learn how to write DAX queries and how to optimize them? Don’t miss this session! Thursday, November 08, 2012, 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM – Bookstore Book signing event at the Bookstore corner with Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo and Chris Webb Visit the bookstore and sign your copy of our Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model book. Thursday, November 08, 2012, 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM – Marco Russo – Room 611 Near Real-Time Analytics with xVelocity (without DirectQuery) (BIA-312) What’s the latency you can tolerate for your data? Discover what is the limit in Tabular without using DirectQuery and learn how to optimize your data model and your queries for a near real-time analytical system. Not a trivial task, but more affordable than you might think. Friday, November 09, 2012, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM Parent-Child Hierarchies in Tabular (BIA-301) Multidimensional has a more advanced support for hierarchies than Tabular, but in reality you can do almost the same things by using data modeling, DAX functions and BIDS Helper!  Friday, November 09, 2012, 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM – Marco Russo – Room 612 Inside DAX Query Plans (BIA-403) Discover the query plan for your DAX query and learn how to read it and how to optimize a DAX query by using these information. If you meet us at the conference, stop us and say hello: it’s always nice to know our readers!

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• PASS Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter Upcoming Sessions (November 2013)

  - by Sergio Govoni

  Let me point out the upcoming live events, dedicated to Business Intelligence with SQL Server, that PASS Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter has scheduled for November 2013. The "Accidental Business Intelligence Project Manager"Date: Thursday 7th November - 8:00 PM GMT / 3:00 PM EST / Noon PSTSpeaker: Jen StirrupURL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5018337449405969666 You've watched the Apprentice with Donald Trump and Lord Alan Sugar. You know that the Project Manager is usually the one gets firedYou've heard that Business Intelligence projects are prone to failureYou know that a quick Bing search for "why do Business Intelligence projects fail?" produces a search result of 25 million hits!Despite all this… you're now Business Intelligence Project Manager – now what do you do?In this session, Jen will provide a "sparks from the anvil" series of steps and working practices in Business Intelligence Project Management. What about waterfall vs agile? What is a Gantt chart anyway? Is Microsoft Project your friend or a problematic aspect of being a BI PM? Jen will give you some ideas and insights that will help you set your BI project right: assess priorities, avoid conflict, empower the BI team and generally deliver the Business Intelligence project successfully! Dimensional Modelling Design Patterns: Beyond BasicsDate: Tuesday 12th November - Noon AEDT / 1:00 AM GMT / Monday 11th November 5:00 PM PSTSpeaker: Jason Horner, Josh Fennessy and friendsURL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/852881628115426561 This session will provide a deeper dive into the art of dimensional modeling. We will look at the different types of fact tables and dimension tables, how and when to use them. We will also some approaches to creating rich hierarchies that make reporting a snap. This session promises to be very interactive and engaging, bring your toughest Dimensional Modeling quandaries. Data Vault Data Warehouse ArchitectureDate: Tuesday 19th November - 4:00 PM PST / 7 PM EST / Wednesday 20th November 11:00 PM AEDTSpeaker: Jeff Renz and Leslie WeedURL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1571569707028142849 Data vault is a compelling architecture for an enterprise data warehouse using SQL Server 2012. A well designed data vault data warehouse facilitates fast, efficient and maintainable data integration across business systems. In this session Leslie and I will review the basics about enterprise data warehouse design, introduce you to the data vault architecture and discuss how you can leverage new features of SQL Server 2012 help make your data warehouse solution provide maximum value to your users. 

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• PASS Summit Preconference and Sessions

  - by Davide Mauri

  I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be delivering a Pre-Conference at PASS Summit 2012. I’ll speak about Business Intelligence again (as I did in 2010) but this time I’ll focus only on Data Warehouse, since it’s big topic even alone. I’ll discuss not only what is a Data Warehouse, how it can be modeled and built, but also how it’s development can be approached using and Agile approach, bringing the experience I gathered in this field. Building the Agile Data Warehouse with SQL Server 2012 http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2012/Sessions/SessionDetails.aspx?sid=2821 I’m sure you’ll like it, especially if you’re starting to create a BI Solution and you’re wondering what is a Data Warehouse, if it is still useful nowadays that everyone talks about Self-Service BI and In-Memory databases, and what’s the correct path to follow in order to have a successful project up and running. Beside this Preconference, I’ll also deliver a regular session, this time related to database administration, monitoring and tuning: DMVs: Power in Your Hands http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2012/Sessions/SessionDetails.aspx?sid=3204 Here we’ll dive into the most useful DMVs, so that you’ll see how that can help in everyday management in order to discover, understand and optimze you SQL Server installation, from the server itself to the single query. See you there!!!!!

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• PASS Summit Preconference and Sessions

  - by Davide Mauri

  I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be delivering a Pre-Conference at PASS Summit 2012. I’ll speak about Business Intelligence again (as I did in 2010) but this time I’ll focus only on Data Warehouse, since it’s big topic even alone. I’ll discuss not only what is a Data Warehouse, how it can be modeled and built, but also how it’s development can be approached using and Agile approach, bringing the experience I gathered in this field. Building the Agile Data Warehouse with SQL Server 2012 http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2012/Sessions/SessionDetails.aspx?sid=2821 I’m sure you’ll like it, especially if you’re starting to create a BI Solution and you’re wondering what is a Data Warehouse, if it is still useful nowadays that everyone talks about Self-Service BI and In-Memory databases, and what’s the correct path to follow in order to have a successful project up and running. Beside this Preconference, I’ll also deliver a regular session, this time related to database administration, monitoring and tuning: DMVs: Power in Your Hands http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2012/Sessions/SessionDetails.aspx?sid=3204 Here we’ll dive into the most useful DMVs, so that you’ll see how that can help in everyday management in order to discover, understand and optimze you SQL Server installation, from the server itself to the single query. See you there!!!!!

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• SQLOS and Cloud Infrastructure sessions at PASS Summit 2012

  - by SQLOS Team

  The SQL Pass Summit 2012, the largest yet, is in full swing. Here's a summary of the sessions this week on cloud infrastructure and SQLOS topics. Some of these were today, and you can catch the recordings. One more session takes place on Friday covering SQL Server solution patterns in Windows Azure VMs... Also, catch Thursday's keynote with Quentin Clark which will feature a cool IaaS demo!   SQL Server in Windows Azure VM Sessions CLD-309-A SQLCAT: Best Practices and Lessons Learned on SQL Server in an Azure VM Steve Howard, Arvind Ranasaria - Wednesday 11/6 10:15 This session looked at some best practices to optimize Networking, Memory, Disk IO and high availability based on lessons learned during SQLCat work with customer deployments. Well worth catching the recording.   SQL Server in Azure VM patterns: Hybrid Disaster Recovery, data movement and BI Guy Bowerman, Peter Saddow, Michael Washam, Ross LoForte - Friday 11/9 9:45 Rm 613 [Note: In the guides this has an outdated title.] This session has a focus on SQL Server Azure VM solutions. Starting with the basics and then going deeper into: - New features in the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 8.0 to help plan and size SQL VM migrations.- A Look at a Windows Azure VM SQL Server app making use of load balancing and SQL Server high availability features.- A BI case study running SQL BI components in Azure VMs and making use of Windows 8 tiles.- A training class in a VM case study.   SQLOS Sessions DBA-500-HD Inside SQLOS 2012 (half-day session) Bob Ward - Wednesday 11/6 1:30pm Bob Ward from CSS applies his wealth of experience to look at the internals of SQLOS and what's changed in the various SQL 2012 components, including memory, resource governor, scheduler.   DBA-403-M: SQLCAT: Memory Manager Changes in SQL Server 2012 Gus Apostol, Jerome Halmans - 1:30pm Covers the redesigned SQLOS memory manager in SQL Server 2012 including the new page allocator for any size pages (and all that implies), DMVs, demo's. Not sure why this was placed at the same time as the SQLOS half-day session, but since it's recorded it's available for catch-up.   - Guy   Originally posted at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlosteam/

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• Looking Back at PASS Summit 2013 - Location

  - by RickHeiges

  Now that it has been a few weeks since the Summit, I wanted to look back at the location "experiment". Convention Center - It seemed to work well for the conference. There were quite a few areas in the area where you could sit down and get some work down or have a discussion. For the larger welcome reception the first night, I really liked the different areas. If you wanted to enjoy the Quiz Bowl, the ballroom area was set up nicely with big screens so that everyone could see and hear. The area right...(read more)

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• PASS Summit 2012 PreCon - DBA-298-P Automate and Manage SQL Server with PowerShell

  - by AllenMWhite

  On Tuesday I presented an all-day pre-conference session on using PowerShell to automate and manage SQL Server. It was a very full day and we had a lot of great questions. One discussion in Module 6 was around scripting all the objects in a database, and I'd mentioned the script I wrote for the book The Red Gate Guide to SQL Server Team-based Development . When putting together the demos for the attendees to download I realized I'd placed that script in the Module 6 folder, so you don't need to go...(read more)

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• Join Me May 19th for 24 Hours of PASS

  - by KKline

  Check out all the great SQL Server sessions you can attend for FREE in this on-line event....(read more)

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• PHP Variables passed by value or by reference?

  - by cmcculloh

  I had a Java developer new to PHP ask me this question the other day, so I thought I'd document the answer here. Question: are PHP variables passed by value or by reference?

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• Generating a drop down list of timezones with PHP

  - by Xeoncross

  Most sites need some way to show the dates on the site in the users preferred timezone. Below are two lists that I found and then one method using the built in PHP DateTime class in PHP 5. I need help knowing which of these would be the best to attempt to use when trying to get the UTC offset from the user on register. One: <option value="-12">[UTC - 12] Baker Island Time</option> <option value="-11">[UTC - 11] Niue Time, Samoa Standard Time</option> <option value="-10">[UTC - 10] Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, Cook Island Time</option> <option value="-9.5">[UTC - 9:30] Marquesas Islands Time</option> <option value="-9">[UTC - 9] Alaska Standard Time, Gambier Island Time</option> <option value="-8">[UTC - 8] Pacific Standard Time</option> <option value="-7">[UTC - 7] Mountain Standard Time</option> <option value="-6">[UTC - 6] Central Standard Time</option> <option value="-5">[UTC - 5] Eastern Standard Time</option> <option value="-4.5">[UTC - 4:30] Venezuelan Standard Time</option> <option value="-4">[UTC - 4] Atlantic Standard Time</option> <option value="-3.5">[UTC - 3:30] Newfoundland Standard Time</option> <option value="-3">[UTC - 3] Amazon Standard Time, Central Greenland Time</option> <option value="-2">[UTC - 2] Fernando de Noronha Time, South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands Time</option> <option value="-1">[UTC - 1] Azores Standard Time, Cape Verde Time, Eastern Greenland Time</option> <option value="0" selected="selected">[UTC] Western European Time, Greenwich Mean Time</option> <option value="1">[UTC + 1] Central European Time, West African Time</option> <option value="2">[UTC + 2] Eastern European Time, Central African Time</option> <option value="3">[UTC + 3] Moscow Standard Time, Eastern African Time</option> <option value="3.5">[UTC + 3:30] Iran Standard Time</option> <option value="4">[UTC + 4] Gulf Standard Time, Samara Standard Time</option> <option value="4.5">[UTC + 4:30] Afghanistan Time</option> <option value="5">[UTC + 5] Pakistan Standard Time, Yekaterinburg Standard Time</option> <option value="5.5">[UTC + 5:30] Indian Standard Time, Sri Lanka Time</option> <option value="5.75">[UTC + 5:45] Nepal Time</option> <option value="6">[UTC + 6] Bangladesh Time, Bhutan Time, Novosibirsk Standard Time</option> <option value="6.5">[UTC + 6:30] Cocos Islands Time, Myanmar Time</option> <option value="7">[UTC + 7] Indochina Time, Krasnoyarsk Standard Time</option> <option value="8">[UTC + 8] Chinese Standard Time, Australian Western Standard Time, Irkutsk Standard Time</option> <option value="8.75">[UTC + 8:45] Southeastern Western Australia Standard Time</option> <option value="9">[UTC + 9] Japan Standard Time, Korea Standard Time, Chita Standard Time</option> <option value="9.5">[UTC + 9:30] Australian Central Standard Time</option> <option value="10">[UTC + 10] Australian Eastern Standard Time, Vladivostok Standard Time</option> <option value="10.5">[UTC + 10:30] Lord Howe Standard Time</option> <option value="11">[UTC + 11] Solomon Island Time, Magadan Standard Time</option> <option value="11.5">[UTC + 11:30] Norfolk Island Time</option> <option value="12">[UTC + 12] New Zealand Time, Fiji Time, Kamchatka Standard Time</option> <option value="12.75">[UTC + 12:45] Chatham Islands Time</option> <option value="13">[UTC + 13] Tonga Time, Phoenix Islands Time</option> <option value="14">[UTC + 14] Line Island Time</option> Or using PHP friendly values: <option value="Pacific/Midway">(GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa</option> <option value="America/Adak">(GMT-10:00) Hawaii-Aleutian</option> <option value="Etc/GMT+10">(GMT-10:00) Hawaii</option> <option value="Pacific/Marquesas">(GMT-09:30) Marquesas Islands</option> <option value="Pacific/Gambier">(GMT-09:00) Gambier Islands</option> <option value="America/Anchorage">(GMT-09:00) Alaska</option> <option value="America/Ensenada">(GMT-08:00) Tijuana, Baja California</option> <option value="Etc/GMT+8">(GMT-08:00) Pitcairn Islands</option> <option value="America/Los_Angeles">(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)</option> <option value="America/Denver">(GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)</option> <option value="America/Chihuahua">(GMT-07:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan</option> <option value="America/Dawson_Creek">(GMT-07:00) Arizona</option> <option value="America/Belize">(GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan, Central America</option> <option value="America/Cancun">(GMT-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey</option> <option value="Chile/EasterIsland">(GMT-06:00) Easter Island</option> <option value="America/Chicago">(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)</option> <option value="America/New_York">(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)</option> <option value="America/Havana">(GMT-05:00) Cuba</option> <option value="America/Bogota">(GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito, Rio Branco</option> <option value="America/Caracas">(GMT-04:30) Caracas</option> <option value="America/Santiago">(GMT-04:00) Santiago</option> <option value="America/La_Paz">(GMT-04:00) La Paz</option> <option value="Atlantic/Stanley">(GMT-04:00) Faukland Islands</option> <option value="America/Campo_Grande">(GMT-04:00) Brazil</option> <option value="America/Goose_Bay">(GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Goose Bay)</option> <option value="America/Glace_Bay">(GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)</option> <option value="America/St_Johns">(GMT-03:30) Newfoundland</option> <option value="America/Araguaina">(GMT-03:00) UTC-3</option> <option value="America/Montevideo">(GMT-03:00) Montevideo</option> <option value="America/Miquelon">(GMT-03:00) Miquelon, St. Pierre</option> <option value="America/Godthab">(GMT-03:00) Greenland</option> <option value="America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires">(GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires</option> <option value="America/Sao_Paulo">(GMT-03:00) Brasilia</option> <option value="America/Noronha">(GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic</option> <option value="Atlantic/Cape_Verde">(GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Is.</option> <option value="Atlantic/Azores">(GMT-01:00) Azores</option> <option value="Europe/Belfast">(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Belfast</option> <option value="Europe/Dublin">(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin</option> <option value="Europe/Lisbon">(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Lisbon</option> <option value="Europe/London">(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : London</option> <option value="Africa/Abidjan">(GMT) Monrovia, Reykjavik</option> <option value="Europe/Amsterdam">(GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna</option> <option value="Europe/Belgrade">(GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague</option> <option value="Europe/Brussels">(GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris</option> <option value="Africa/Algiers">(GMT+01:00) West Central Africa</option> <option value="Africa/Windhoek">(GMT+01:00) Windhoek</option> <option value="Asia/Beirut">(GMT+02:00) Beirut</option> <option value="Africa/Cairo">(GMT+02:00) Cairo</option> <option value="Asia/Gaza">(GMT+02:00) Gaza</option> <option value="Africa/Blantyre">(GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria</option> <option value="Asia/Jerusalem">(GMT+02:00) Jerusalem</option> <option value="Europe/Minsk">(GMT+02:00) Minsk</option> <option value="Asia/Damascus">(GMT+02:00) Syria</option> <option value="Europe/Moscow">(GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd</option> <option value="Africa/Addis_Ababa">(GMT+03:00) Nairobi</option> <option value="Asia/Tehran">(GMT+03:30) Tehran</option> <option value="Asia/Dubai">(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat</option> <option value="Asia/Yerevan">(GMT+04:00) Yerevan</option> <option value="Asia/Kabul">(GMT+04:30) Kabul</option> <option value="Asia/Yekaterinburg">(GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg</option> <option value="Asia/Tashkent">(GMT+05:00) Tashkent</option> <option value="Asia/Kolkata">(GMT+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi</option> <option value="Asia/Katmandu">(GMT+05:45) Kathmandu</option> <option value="Asia/Dhaka">(GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka</option> <option value="Asia/Novosibirsk">(GMT+06:00) Novosibirsk</option> <option value="Asia/Rangoon">(GMT+06:30) Yangon (Rangoon)</option> <option value="Asia/Bangkok">(GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta</option> <option value="Asia/Krasnoyarsk">(GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk</option> <option value="Asia/Hong_Kong">(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi</option> <option value="Asia/Irkutsk">(GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar</option> <option value="Australia/Perth">(GMT+08:00) Perth</option> <option value="Australia/Eucla">(GMT+08:45) Eucla</option> <option value="Asia/Tokyo">(GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo</option> <option value="Asia/Seoul">(GMT+09:00) Seoul</option> <option value="Asia/Yakutsk">(GMT+09:00) Yakutsk</option> <option value="Australia/Adelaide">(GMT+09:30) Adelaide</option> <option value="Australia/Darwin">(GMT+09:30) Darwin</option> <option value="Australia/Brisbane">(GMT+10:00) Brisbane</option> <option value="Australia/Hobart">(GMT+10:00) Hobart</option> <option value="Asia/Vladivostok">(GMT+10:00) Vladivostok</option> <option value="Australia/Lord_Howe">(GMT+10:30) Lord Howe Island</option> <option value="Etc/GMT-11">(GMT+11:00) Solomon Is., New Caledonia</option> <option value="Asia/Magadan">(GMT+11:00) Magadan</option> <option value="Pacific/Norfolk">(GMT+11:30) Norfolk Island</option> <option value="Asia/Anadyr">(GMT+12:00) Anadyr, Kamchatka</option> <option value="Pacific/Auckland">(GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington</option> <option value="Etc/GMT-12">(GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.</option> <option value="Pacific/Chatham">(GMT+12:45) Chatham Islands</option> <option value="Pacific/Tongatapu">(GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa</option> <option value="Pacific/Kiritimati">(GMT+14:00) Kiritimati</option> Or just using PHP it's self $timezones = DateTimeZone::listAbbreviations(); $cities = array(); foreach( $timezones as $key => $zones ) { foreach( $zones as $id => $zone ) { /** * Only get timezones explicitely not part of "Others". * @see http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.others.php */ if ( preg_match( '/^(America|Antartica|Arctic|Asia|Atlantic|Europe|Indian|Pacific)\//', $zone['timezone_id'] ) && $zone['timezone_id']) { $cities[$zone['timezone_id']][] = $key; } } } // For each city, have a comma separated list of all possible timezones for that city. foreach( $cities as $key => $value ) $cities[$key] = join( ', ', $value); // Only keep one city (the first and also most important) for each set of possibilities. $cities = array_unique( $cities ); // Sort by area/city name. ksort( $cities ); It seems like the last one would be the safest as it would grow with the PHP release being used. You could also flip that array around when needed to tie timezones to city names.

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• See return value in C#

  - by Snake

  Hi, Consider the following piece of code: As you can see we are on line 28. Is there any way to see the return value of the function at this point, without letting the code return to the caller function? Foo.Bar() is a function call which generates a unique path (for example). So it's NOT constant. In VB.NET it's possible by entering the function's name in the Watch, which will then threat it as a variable. But in C# this is not possible, any other tips? PS: rewriting is not an option.

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• E 2.0 Value Metaphors

  - by Tom Tonkin

  I guess I have been doing this too long. I can easily see the value of Enterprise 2.0 technology for an organization, but find it a challenge at times to convey that same value to others. I also know that I'm not the only one that has that issue. Others, that have that same passion, also suffer from being, perhaps, too close to the market. I was having this same discussion with a few colleagues when one of them suggested that metaphors might be a good vehicle to communicate the value to those that are not as familiar.  One such metaphor was discussed.Apparently,back in the early 50's, there was a great Air Force aviator and military strategist by the name of John Boyd.  Without going into a ton of detail (you can search him on the internet), what made Colonel Boyd great was that he never lost a dog fight.  As a matter of fact, they called him 'Forty-Second Boyd' since he claimed to be able to beat anyone in any type of aircraft in less than forty seconds, even if his aircraft was inferior to his opponents.His approach as was unique.  He observed over time that there was a pattern on how aviators  engaged in a dogfight.  He called this method OODA.   It describes how a person or, in our case, an organization, would react to an event.  OODA is an acrostic for Observation, Orientation, Decision and Action.  Again, there is a lot more on the internet about this.A pilot would go through this loop several times during a dogfight and Boyd would try to predict this loop and interrupt it by changing the landscape of the actual dogfight.  This would give Boyd an advantage and be able to predict what his opponent would do and then counterattack.Boyd went on to say that many companies have a similar reaction loop and that by understanding that loop, organizations would be able to adjust better to market conditions, predict what the competition is doing and reposition themselves to gain competitive advantages. So, our metaphor would be that Enterprise 2.0 provides companies greater visibility of their business by connecting to employees, customers and partners in a collaborative fashion.  This, in turn, helps them navigate through the tough times and provide lines of sight to more innovative ideas.  Innovation is that last tool for companies to achieve competitive advantage (maybe a discusion for another post).Perhaps this is more wordy than some other metaphor, but it does allow for an interesting  dialogue to start and maybe even a framwork to fullfill the promise of E 2.0. So, I'm sure there are many more metaphors for the value that E 2.0 brings to organzaitons. Do you have one to share? Please comment below and thanks for stopping by.

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• Thoughts on the Nomination Committee Campaign 2014

  - by Testas

  Congratulations to Erin, Andy and Allen on making the Nomination Committee for 2014. As Mark Broadbent (@retracement) stated in his tweet, there’s a great set of individuals for the Nom Com, and I could not agree more. I know Erin and Allen, and I know how much value they will bring to the process. I don’t know Andy as well, but I am sure he will do a great job and I hope I can meet him at PASS soon. The final candidate appointed by the PASS board is Rick Bolesta, who brings a wealth of experience to the process. I also want to take the opportunity to thank all who have voted. Not just for me, but for all the candidates during the election. Your contribution is greatly appreciated. Would I apply for the Nom Com again?  Yes I would. My first election experience has been a learning experience in itself. So I accept the result and look forward to applying next year. Moving on from this, I do want to express my opinion about the lack of international representation in the election process. One of the tweets that I saw after the result was from Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) who commented on the lack of international members on the Nom Com. If truth be told, I was disappointed – when the candidate list was released -- that for the second time in recent elections there was a lack of international candidates on the candidate list. It feels that only Brits and Americans partake in such elections. This is a real shame, and I can’t help thinking why this is the case. Hugo Kornelis (@Hugo_Kornelis) wrote a blog here to express his thoughts. He did raise some valid points. I don’t know why there is an absence of international candidates. I know that the team at PASS are looking to improve the situation, so I do not want to give the impression that PASS are doing nothing. For reference please see Bill Graziano’ s article here to see how PASS are addressing the situation. There is a clear direction to change the rules within PASS to give greater inclusion of international members. In addition to this, I wanted to explore a couple of potential approaches to address the situation. I am not saying that they are the right answer, but when I see challenges, I like to bring potential solutions to the table. 1.       Use the PASS mission statement to define a tactical objective that engages community leaders into the election process. If you are not familiar with the PASS mission statement, let me provide it here as laid out on the PASS website. “Empower data professionals who leverage Microsoft technologies to connect, share, and learn through networking, knowledge sharing, and peer-based learning” PASS fulfil this mission statement regularly. Whether you attend SQL Saturday, SQLRally, SQLPASS and BA conference itself. The biggest value of PASS is the ability to bring our profession together. And the 24 hour hop allows you to learn from the comfort of your own office/home. This mission should be extended to define a tactical objectives that bring greater networking and knowledge sharing between PASS Chapter leaders/Regional Mentors and PASS HQ. It should help educate the leaders about the opportunities of elections and how leaders can become involved. I know PASS engage with Chapter leaders on a regular basis to discuss community matters for the benefit of PASS members. How could this be achieved? Perhaps PASS could perform a quarterly virtual meeting that specifically looks at helping leaders become more involved with the election process 2.       Evolve the Global Growth Strategy into a Global Engagement Strategy. One of the remits of the PASS board over the last couple of years is the Global Growth strategy. This has been very successful as we have seen the massive growth of events across the world. For that, I congratulate the board for this success. Perhaps the time is now right to look at solidifying this success, through a Global Engagement Strategy that starts with the collaboration of Chapter Leaders, Regional Mentors and Evangelists in their respective Countries or Regions. The engagement strategy should look at increasing collaboration between community leaders for the benefit of their respective communities. It should also provide a channel for encouraging leaders to put themselves forward for the elections. How could this be achieved? In the UK, there has been a big growth in PASS Chapters and SQL Server Events that was approaching saturation point. The introduction of the Community Engagement Day -- channelled through the SQLBits conference -- has enabled Chapter Leaders to collaborate, connect and share with PASS, Sponsors and Microsoft. It also provides the ability for Chapter Leaders to speak directly to the PASS representatives from PASSHQ. This brings with it the ability for PASS community evangelists to communicate PASS objectives. It has also been the event where we have found out; and/or encouraged, Chapter Leaders to put themselves forward for elections. People like encouragement and validation when going for something like an election, and being able to discuss this with peers at a dedicated event provides a useful platform. PASS has the people in place already to facilitate such an event. Regional Mentors could potentially help organise such events on an annual basis, with PASSHQ providing support in providing a room/Lync access for the event to take place. It would be really good if a PASSHQ representative could attend in person as well.   3.       Restrict candidates to serve only a limited number of terms. A frequent comment I saw on social networking was that the elections can be seen by some as a popularity conference. Perhaps by limiting the number of terms that an individual can serve on either the Nom Com or the BOD, other candidates may be encouraged to be more actively involved within the PASS election process. I don’t think that the current byelaws deal with this particular suggestion. I also saw a couple of tweets that stated that more active community members did not apply for the Nom Com. I struggled to understand how the individuals of the tweets measured “more active”. It just also further solidified the subjective nature of elections. In the absence of how candidates are put forward for the elections. Then a restriction of terms enables the opportunity to be extended to others. How could this be achieved? Set a resolution that is put to a community vote as to the viability of such a solution. For example, the questions for the vote could be: Should individuals in the Nom Com and BoD be limited to a certain number of terms?  Yes/No. What is the maximum number of terms a candidate could serve?   It would be simple to execute such a vote, and the community will have an opportunity to have a say in an important aspect of the PASS organisation. And is the change is successful, then add it as a byelaw.   So there are some of my thoughts. I am not saying they are right or wrong. But I do hope that there is a concerted effort to encourage more candidates from other reaches of the Globe to become involved with future elections.   It would be good to hear your thoughts   Thanks   Chris

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• A little on speaking and evaluations...

  - by AaronBertrand

  Buck Woody ( blog | twitter ) just published a great post on session evaluations , and a lot of his points hit home for me. The premise is that the evaluations are not really meant for the attendee or the event organizers, but so that the speaker can get better and make the next session better. In light of this, at least in my opinion, the existing evaluation forms (and the way attendees tend to fill them out) do not achieve this at all. It may be a little more work for events to generate a more...(read more)

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• .click() callback references local variable from the calling method instead of copying by value

  - by Eric Freese

  The following jQuery Javascript code is included on an otherwise empty page. $(function() { for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) { element = $('<div>' + i + '</div>'); element.click(function() { alert(i); }); $('body').append(element); } }); The desired behavior is that this code should generate 10 div elements numbered from 0 to 9. When you click on a div element, an alert popup will show the number of the div element you clicked on (i.e. if a user clicks on the div element labeled '4', the alert popup should show the number 4). The alert popup instead shows the number 10 regardless of which div element is clicked on. How can I modify this code to make it behave in the desired way?

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• Domain driven design value object, how to ensure a unique value

  - by Darren

  Hi, I am building a questionnaire creator. A questionnaire consists of sections, sections consist of pages and pages consist of questions. Questionnaire is the aggregate root. Sections, pages and questions can have what are called shortcodes which should be unique within a questionnaire (but not unique within the database hence they are not strictly an identity). I intended to make the shortcode a value object and wanted to include the business rule that it should be unique within the questionnaire but I am unsure how to ensure that. My understanding is that the value object should not access the repository or service layer so how does it find out if it is unique? Thanks for any help. Darren

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• Value Chain Execution E-Book

  - by John Murphy

  Taking a smart approach to logistics – from streamlining transport networks and global trade management, to optimizing everyday warehouse operations – can simultaneously reduce costs and maximize competitive advantage.Download your exclusive Oracle e-book, Oracle Value Chain Execution: Reinventing Logistics Excellence, to learn why our world-leading, unified solution is relied on by market-leading companies across the planet.Discover how it can help you: Drive business agility, scalability and innovation Reduce costs and increase efficiency Enhance visibility, productivity and inventory accuracy Simplify compliance and mitigate risk Measure and boost customer satisfaction See what reinventing logistics excellence could mean for your organization.

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• cascading dropdown value doesn't seem to get posted to my php page?

  - by udaya

  i am using cascading dropdownlist for showing states of a country... I get the country dropdown value but not the state dropdown value.... I am populating state values via ajax... echo $country = $this->input->post('country'); echo $state = $this->input->post('state'); When inspected through firebug it shows all the option values of my state dropdown then why doesn't it get posted? <select onchange="getCity(1,this.value)" name="state"> <option value="0">Select State</option> <option value="1">Andhra Pradesh</option> <option value="2">Arunachal Pradesh</option> <option value="3">Assam</option> <option value="4">Bihar</option> <option value="5">Chandigarh</option> <option value="6">Chhattisgarh</option> <option value="7">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</option> <option value="8">Daman and Diu</option> <option value="9">Delhi</option> <option value="10">Goa</option> <option value="11">Gujarat</option> <option value="12">Haryana</option> <option value="13">Himachal Pradesh</option> <option value="14">Jammu and Kashmir</option> <option value="15">Jharkhand</option> <option value="16">Karnataka</option> <option value="17">Kerala</option> <option value="18">Lakshadweep</option> <option value="19">Madhya Pradesh</option> <option value="20">Maharashtra</option> <option value="21">Manipur</option> <option value="22">Meghalaya</option> <option value="23">Mizoram</option> <option value="24">Nagaland</option> <option value="25">Orissa</option> <option value="26">Puducherry</option> <option value="27">Punjab</option> <option value="28">Rajasthan</option> <option value="29">Sikkim</option> <option value="30">Tamil Nadu</option> <option value="31">Tripura</option> <option value="32">Uttar Pradesh</option> <option value="33">Uttarakhand</option> <option value="34">West Bengal</option> </select>

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• How Do I Pass The Value (Not The Reference) of a JS Variable to a Function?

  - by ryan

  Here is a simplified version of something I'm trying to run: for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) { marker = results[i]; google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() { change_selection(i); }); } but I'm finding that every listener uses the value of results.length (the value when the for loop terminates). How can I add listeners such that each uses the value of i at the time I add it, rather than the reference to i?

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• Javascript: td value == td value

  - by Isis

  Hello <tr> <td class = "nowrap cr" id="cr1">123123</td> <td class = "nowrap ch" id="ch1">123123</td> </tr> <tr> <td class = "nowrap cr" id="cr2">123123</td> <td class = "nowrap ch" id="ch2">123123</td> </tr> <tr> <td class = "nowrap cr" id="cr3">123123</td> <td class = "nowrap ch" id="ch3">123123</td> </tr> How do I set the font-weight: bold in tr where chID == crID <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { for(var i =0;i < 20;i++) { if($('#cr'+i).val() == $('#ch'+i).val()) { $('#cr'+i).parent().css('font-weight', 'bold'); } } }); </script> Dont' working. Any ideas? Sorry for bad english

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• Securing Flexfield Value Sets in EBS 12.2

  - by Sara Woodhull

  Release 12.2 includes a new feature: flexfield value set security. This new feature gives you additional options for ensuring that different administrators have non-overlapping responsibilities, which in turn provides checks and balances for sensitive activities.  Separation of Duties (SoD) is one of the key concepts of internal controls and is a requirement for many regulations including: Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) European Union Data Protection Directive. Its primary intent is to put barriers in place to prevent fraud or theft by an individual acting alone. Implementing Separation of Duties requires minimizing the possibility that users could modify data across application functions where the users should not normally have access. For flexfields and report parameters in Oracle E-Business Suite, values in value sets can affect functionality such as the rollup of accounting data, job grades used at a company, and so on. Controlling access to the creation or modification of value set values can be an important piece of implementing Separation of Duties in an organization. New Flexfield Value Set Security feature Flexfield value set security allows system administrators to restrict users from viewing, adding or updating values in specific value sets. Value set security enables role-based separation of duties for key flexfields, descriptive flexfields, and report parameters. For example, you can set up value set security such that certain users can view or insert values for any value set used by the Accounting Flexfield but no other value sets, while other users can view and update values for value sets used for any flexfields in Oracle HRMS. You can also segregate access by Operating Unit as well as by role or responsibility.Value set security uses a combination of data security and role-based access control in Oracle User Management. Flexfield value set security provides a level of security that is different from the previously-existing and similarly-named features in Oracle E-Business Suite: Function security controls whether a user has access to a specific page or form, as well as what operations the user can do in that screen. Flexfield value security controls what values a user can enter into a flexfield segment or report parameter (by responsibility) during routine data entry in many transaction screens across Oracle E-Business Suite. Flexfield value set security (this feature, new in Release 12.2) controls who can view, insert, or update values for a particular value set (by flexfield, report, or value set) in the Segment Values form (FNDFFMSV). The effect of flexfield value set security is that a user of the Segment Values form will only be able to view those value sets for which the user has been granted access. Further, the user will be able to insert or update/disable values in that value set if the user has been granted privileges to do so.  Flexfield value set security affects independent, dependent, and certain table-validated value sets for flexfields and report parameters. Initial State of the Feature upon Upgrade Because this is a new security feature, it is turned on by default.  When you initially install or upgrade to Release 12.2.2, no users are allowed to view, insert or update any value set values (users may even think that their values are missing or invalid because they cannot see the values).  You must explicitly set up access for specific users by enabling appropriate grants and roles for those users.We recommend using flexfield value set security as part of a comprehensive Separation of Duties strategy. However, if you choose not to implement flexfield value set security upon upgrading to or installing Release 12.2, you can enable backwards compatibility--users can access any value sets if they have access to the Values form--after you upgrade. The feature does not affect day-to-day transactions that use flexfields.  However, you must either set up specific grants and roles or enable backwards compatibility before users can create new values or update or disable existing values. For more information, see: Release 12.2 Flexfield Value Set Security Documentation Update for Patch 17305947:R12.FND.C (Document 1589204.1) R12.2 TOI: Implement and Use Application Object Library (AOL) - Flexfields Security and Separation of Duties for Value Sets (recorded training)

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