Some time ago, Oracle removed the download links to Oracle 10g Express Edition (XE). If you need to do a new install of the Oracle […]
Scripting, UNIX/Linux
Schedule cron Job on First Sunday of the Month
When you need to schedule a Unix or Linux job in crontab to run on the first Sunday of the month, or any other weekday […]
HTML, Javascript
Firefox OS – A simple No Nonsense Calculator
When I received my Geeksphone Keon last year (2013), I searched the Firefox Marketplace for a simple calculator, similar to the Calculator that comes with […]
Database, SQL, SQL Server
How to achieve the LIKE IN effect in SQL Server
SQL Server does not natively support a “LIKE IN” clause. For instance the following example is not valid: Luckily there is a way to achieve […]
Firmware, Hacks, Scripting, UNIX/Linux
Automate Ad Blocking hosts file update on Router with DD-WRT Micro Edition
Your DD-WRT enabled router can be configured to block ads as described in the Ad Blocking article. For non-Micro DD-WRT versions the ad blocking hosts […]
Virtualization
Merge vmdk files in VMWare Player
In order to merge split vmdk files into one, you need to use the vmware-vdiskmanager command. However, this is only available if you have VMware […]
SQL, SQL Server
Remove leading zeroes from varchar
The following example shows one way how you can remove leading zeroes from a varchar column in SQL Server: Returns:
.NET, C#, Windows
In Progress Dialog
The following C# code shows how to make a Progress Bar in a dialog window that can be shown for tasks that run for an […]
.NET, C#, Windows
Handling Big Red X DataGridView
The reason why sometimes a grid control shows a big red X and stops working properly is because an unhandled exception has occurred during the […]
AutoIt, Scripting, Windows
Getting Owner of a File in Windows
Through Windows’ WMI Service you can find out who the owner is of a file. This is somewhat similar to the user/group owner of a […]