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Crypt::CBC vs individual cipher module differs?

I noticed that if I use a "CBC compatible" crypt module directly, I get a normal expected result. But if I use CBC with the same cipher type on the same key and plaintext I get a completely different result. I've been up and down the perldoc for Crypt::CBC and just can't figure out why the results differ so much. Because they differ so much you

Best way to distribute program with modules

Hi, I have written quite a complex (at least for me) program of >10k lines of code, packed in a main file and a dozen modules. While I am writing up the publication (yep, it's a scientific program), I am wondering, what would be the best way to package it. Specifically, I would like to make the installation for the user as

FAQ 4.49 How do I process/modify each element of an array?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq4.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

SQLNET.ORA

Oracle 10.2.0.3.0 Windows 2003 Server This is a simple question but I just want both a sanity check and something in print I can point to to my management. Is the SQLNET.ORA file a client or server side file? Thanks.

FAQ 4.55 How do I process an entire hash?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq4.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at [link] .

A couple of more DB2 manuals updated

There were more DB2 product documentation updated in February in addition to the ones I already listed in my February 2, 2008 More updated DB2 documentation post.

  • Administration Guide -- SC18-9840-02
  • Codes -- GC18-9843-02
  • Messages -- GC18-9849-02
  • Utility Guide and Reference -- SC18-9855-02 Just

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    reading from stdin via pipe, buffering?

    Hi, I have written a perl program that reads from stdin: while(<STDIN>) { chomp do_it($_); Data is fed to it via a pipe: cat myfile ./myprogram When running the program, the program doesn't always read the whole line. I'm guessing this has something to do with the stdin buffer. I would like to know how I can make that perl gets the whole line. As

    Parsing natural language timestamps

    I have a command line application where the use specifies a time span with two arguments --from and --to. At the moment I'm using strptime from Date::Parse, but it would be nice to support dates like '2 days ago', 'today', 'next friday'. If the user doesn't specifies a exact time but just a day I would like

    Is there any way to know oracle connection is invalid when some one is trying to shutdown oracle service

    Platform : VC++ 2005 Datababse : Oracle, SQLServer, MS Access OS : XP, Window 2003 Hi, I have developed an application which uses OleDb to open connection. Once connection is open program cache this connection for further use. Some time connection become invalid. To validate connection I am using DBPROP_CONNECTIONSTATUS property. During shutdown of oracle service

    dataguard configuration

    can we configure EMCA on logical standby database

    grep in file and date process

    Hi all, here is an extract of my file : 2008/03/03 12:56:07 put /name_of_client4/pub/file.xml 2008/03/03 12:56:07 put /name_of_client1/pub/videos/fi le.mov 2008/03/03 12:56:07 put /name_of_client1/pub/videos/fi le.wmv 2008/03/03 12:56:07 put /name_of_client5/pub/file.xml 2008/03/03 12:56:07 put /name_of_client1/pub/videos/fi le.flv

    Database cloning company provides software as Open Source

    Just wanted to let everyone on this blog know that Babboo has announced they are releasing their award winning technology as 'Open Source'. I personally have seen Babboo's product work. It is a pretty cool product. You owe it to yourself to look at it and at least bookmark their website. From Babboo: NEWS February 20, 2008 — Babboo Software, infrastructure management specialist, announced that

    Optimizing union based view

    Hi all, I'm having a performance problem with a view based on the union of two tables: create table t1(c1 varchar(10), recno number); alter table t1 add primary key (recno); insert into t1old values ('r1', 1); insert into t1old values ('r2', 2); create table t1old(c1 varchar(10), recno number); alter table t1old add primary key (recno);