June 24, 2005
J & R Technical Tips
As you may know, J&R Consulting, Inc. is a group of intelligent and hard-working technologists and pedagogues dedicated to reliably directing and completing Herculean tasks with aplomb. (Picture here the author smirking: a futile attempt at humor.) "How," you might wonder, "does a group of people spread all over the eastern U.S. accomplish such a thing?" I have wondered the same on more than one occasion. (I assure you...
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June 20, 2005
Why Structure?
Did you know that all J&R consultants write PL/SQL code identically? In fact, new employees are told to mimic the style of any other senior consultant. I remember once asking a java developer from another company to use a specific standard for object and variable nomenclature. You would have thought I asked him to slap his mother. But this article isn’t just about coding, it’s about implementing structure in general....
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June 09, 2005
Java Monitors in SQL*LIMS 4.1
Java is a language that has gained much popularity. This is partially due to its ability to run on most computing platforms. However, if you try to run a java program as a Windows monitor on the application tier of a SQL*LIMS version 4.1 installation, you will notice that it doesn't seem to work. In this article, I'll demonstrate how to run a java program as a Windows service using a helper program already delivered with the SQL*LIMS...
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