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I create a text file on the server remote.txt ok with the following code (the last part of it) $first_name = $FORM{command1}; $last_name = $FORM{command2}; open (example, ">remote.txt") die ("Could not open file. $!"); print example "$first_name\n$last_name\n"; close (example); print "Content-type:text/html\r\n\r\ n";

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LewisC's An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology Do you know which open source feature is the most important? Do you know which open source database rocks and which one sucks? Is MySQL better than Postgres? Is Ingres worth considering? How does Firebird compare? Have you used, or have you considered using, an open source database?

Now that we have discussed the cost of running various traces in DB2, determined that in many case the cost isn't all that great, and in some cases it's just something you have to absorb. Of course, knowing the cost up front may make it better when planning when to run a trace. It has also been noted that running some DB2 traces can (and usually will) be critical to the success of your database,

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I played Cave Creek Coffee Company's (C4) Open Mic last night.  This is, by far, the best venue I've played as a songwriter. FYI: It is Friday, so I am not obligated to write a career message - but there is one if you read carefully... They have a separate room with a

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I went to "IOD Comes to You" in Melbourne yesterday - part of the travelling roadshow of IBM Information on Demand highlights across the world.

The following codes are not accepted by Perl and even string concatenation doesn't work. Any suggestions? $infile = $ARGV[0]; foreach $k (0..10) { $outfile = $infile . $k; open (OFP$k, ">$outfile"); $i = $size/10000; print OFP$i "something"; #0-10k, 10-20k, .... 90-100k...

Hello, I am using Wordnet::QueryData which allow access to a very huge dictionary data. The initialization of object my $wn = WordNet::QueryData->new; took 2 wallclock secs ( 2.36 usr + 0.07 sys = 2.43 CPU) Then the subsequent request for the data is exetremely fast For the lines below took 0 wallclock secs ( 0.00 usr + 0.00 sys = 0.00 CPU)

I've been engaged in a discussion with a PPM consultant about how to measure change in the IT portfolio. The question goes something like this: "How do we assess the amount of change that certain initiatives will create?" A follow up question could be "What is the quantitative assessment of change?" and then "What are the qualitative measures of change?" In the discussion, we explored one approach

Hi folks With 9i on Solaris we seem to be able to post large values (>32k) via mod_plsql where in 10g it appears there is a restriction. The doc for 10g (9.0.4 of AS) [link] "mod_plsql limits the size of a single parameter that can be passed to

Think you're more likely to become the next lesson learned before you get anything useful from your org's lesson learned library? Read on!

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There's a bunch of conversations going on right now over on a listserver set up for the IDUG NA attendees. One of them has to do with with the infamous give-aways in he Expo area. For almost 20 years, you would be taking your life in your hands if you were standing near the entrance way of the Expo the first day it was opened. Why? Because first in usually meant you had the best shot at some of

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Hi as I understand things when a change occurs something writes the change from the database buffer cache to the redo log buffer. Then upon commit (I suppose its) LGWR copies these changes from the redo log buffer into the redo log files. But does it also write the rollback segment relevant to the