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PPM - scripting

Hey guys, I would like to a create PPM that compile on Windows. I am planning to buy Perl Dev Kit Pro which can turn my Perl script into executable. Before that, I want to make sure if this could be achieve on Perl and is there any example out there. For example, it will look like this: game.ppm So I want "game" command to be executable on Windows prompt.

z/OS V1.10 availability announced

Buried in the middle of today's IBM announcements was the availability notice for z/OS V1.10. It will go generally available (GA) on September 26, 2008.

FAQ 4.54 Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?

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] .

Iomega Media Xporter 160GB - CNET.com.au

Iomega Media Xporter 160GB CNET.com.au, Australia - 18 hours ago What you actually get is a URL, from which you can download Prism Video Converter , which will handle a variety of conversion tasks.

ERROR OUI-10091:Updation from oracle10gR2(10.2.0.1)xe to oracle10gR2(10.2.0.3) in linux 4

Hello everone, I am using patch p53370104_10203_Linux.zip to update my oracle 10gR2(10.2.01) Express Edition into Oracle 10gR2(10.2.0.3). In installation i got the following error: OUI-10091:There are no patches that need to be applied from the patchset Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Patch Set 2 10.2.0.3.0 .

Yellowfin seeks resellers for BI product

By Jenny Eagle , August 6th 2008 02:45PM Business Intelligence developer, Yellowfin, has taken two mature technologies - BI and GIS - and combined them to create its flagship solution, Yellowfin Business Intelligence 4.0. According to CEO Glen Rabie (pictured), Yellowfin is also actively seeking resellers to promote the product into different market

FAQ 5.4 How can I use Perl's "-i" option from within a program?

This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq5.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] .

How to flush STDIN with getc()?

I'm using perl 5.8.8 on FreeBSD. I understand that getc() defaults to STDIN when an argument is not specified, and getc() does not work until ENTER is hit at the keyboard (i.e. STDIN). However, on the second call to get(), it appears I get the next character from the same line (which might be the newline from the ENTER, or might be 'e' if 'yes\n' was typed instead

How to check for filetype existence quickly

I have directory, say "c:\documents" on Windows or "/home/petr/ documents" on Linux. In this directory many files are stored with many filetypes (extensions), say *.doc, *.txt, *.zip. I need to find fastes way how to check if some filetype exist. Now I use routine where I use readdir() and return true if passed filetype is first time found but

Newbie: Simple conditional on regexp match

I need to perform a conditional on a regexp match. How can I do that (easily) in PERL. The following prints out all lines - also the ones, that doesnt match the regular expression. open FILEHANDLE, "soatest.soa"; while (<FILEHANDLE>){ if (/^\* XI/) { print "match in line: $.\n"; }

Discussions about New Media and I don't get twitter...

Last night I drove up to Sedona for a short-notice meeting of the New Media Interchange (http://newmediainterchange.com) hosted by Douglas Welch (http://welchwrite.com/). I received the notice from Jon Iger of The Arizona Songwriter's Association. 

Symyx Enhances Software With OpenEye Technology - CNNMoney.com

Symyx Enhances Software With OpenEye Technology CNNMoney.com - 10 hours ago ... structure formats, Symyx will incorporate file converters from OpenEye's OEChem programming library for chemistry and cheminformatics into Symyx Draw.

Does Oracle Require a License For a Development Database?

LewisC's An Expert's Guide To Oracle Technology I think I have once again run into one of the most misunderstood issues facing Oracle shops. We run RAC in an SE environment and were thinking about setting up a new development (with RAC) configuration. Do we need to purchase a license to develop and test

SVG and Mozilla (in EM)

Hi strangely enough my Mozzilla browser does not seem to be showing the SVGs in EM's performance monitor pages (although my IE 6 does). I've checked my version with pages which also have SVG and find that it displays them. Does anyone else have this difficulty (and perhaps a solution ;-) thanks See Ya

A cell phone lost and found, a Coyote, and a Horned Lizard...

Just up the street from our house is a trailhead that heads North towards Gavilan Peak - a pretty nifty jutting mountain/hill. Yesterday afternoon, while out hiking with her brother and friend (they saw a rattlesnake), Jess dropped her phone somewhere.  She didn't realize until almost 11pm last night. This morning she went out to find it - not hopeful because it rained last

FAQ 4.72 How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?

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] .

Need help with perlxs and C strings

I've spent several hours now reading documentation, a tutorial and a magazine article on perlxs and I can't get a minimal example to run. What I want to accomplish: * Write some data into a C char array in C code, e.g. like this: void set_data(char * s) { s[0] = 'a'; s[1] = 'b'; * Call that C function from a Perl module and use the String from within

The New Stuff Machine

New stuff arrives every day. This new stuff usually results from the determined efforts of a project team. In fact, a steady stream of new stuff comes from an army of project teams. But how often are we prepared for this new stuff? When we are not prepared, does that stop the new stuff from coming? Two letters: N O. It comes and comes and keeps on coming. You see, one way to look at the

Circular Invalid Package Issue

Running Oracle 10.2.0.3 on RHEL Here is my problem: I have a package in a user schema (USER1) that reads data through a user (not global) DBLINK. I have another user schema (USER2) with the same package that reads the same data over its own user DBLINK. When I compile USER1's package body it invalidates USER2's package