Andrei DANEASA

After we tested our JDBC connection to Firebird and then migrated from Firebird to MySQL we have just one more step to do:

Migration from MySQL to Oracle using SQL Developer Migration Workbench

For migrating MySQL to Oracle we need to have:

• Oracle Database XE (small footprint, free version of Oracle DB)
• SQL Developer

Read the rest of this entry »

Now that we connected successfully to Firebird through JDBC, let’s see if MySQL Migration Tool can connect and migrate the data to MySQL, our intermediary stage for migrating to Oracle.

Migration from Firebird to MySQL

In addition to what we installed during Part 1, we need to install MySQL 5.0 Community Server, the free version, which comes by default (not the Essential Edition) with MySQL Migration Toolkit.
Read the rest of this entry »

In order to do an automatic migration from Firebird to Oracle the only fully automatic process for Tables and Data is make a 2-step migration:
– Firebird to MySQL with MySQL Migration tool
– MySQL to Oracle with SQL Developer Migration Workbench
..but first:

Firebird connection through JDBC on Windows

Read the rest of this entry »

Most software companies are not offering anymore the old versions on their websites in order to promote their last release and get rid of support issues with old versions. But what if I don’t like the last version or it has something that is not working for me?

Well… seems that somebody thought about this and managed to collect all old versions of 182 programs (so far) and made them public. All licensing terms remain the same.

The link is www.OldVersion.com.

Enjoy!

Absolutely true, but what about inviting somebody to visit your localhost? Hard to give him the IP address, especially when is changing frequently.

I often need to show to my friends/partners things that are located on my webserver, and from various reasons (e.g. Oracle hosting is damn expensive) I cannot upload them on a hosting server.

What are the possibilities?
Read the rest of this entry »

Pe 30 octombrie s-a aprobat o modificare la codul muncii care mai introduce 3 zile de sarbatoare legala, si anume prima si a doua zi de Rusalii si Adormirea Maicii Domnului.

Drept urmare avem asa:

• 1 si 2 ianuarie;
• prima si a doua zi de Pasti;
• 1 mai;
• prima si a doua zi de Rusalii;
• *9 august – Ziua IT-ului
• 15 august – Adormirea Maicii Domnului;
• 1 decembrie;
• prima si a doua zi de Craciun;

Total=13 zile

Mai avem pana la francezi, dar e totusi ceva.

Mai rau ca prima zi de Rusalii pica mereu duminica, la fel ca prima zi de Paste. Nu inteleg de de le dau pe astea.

Ar mai fi ziua IT-ului, introdusa la inceputul acestui an, dar atat de bine aleasa incat in primul an de existenta, 2008, a picat fix sambata.
In 2009 ziua IT-ului pica duminica. In conditiile astea propun ca IT-ul sa serbeze in fiecare weekend!!

Meseriasi parlamentarii nostri, nu? Probabil s-au gandit la ei cand au decretat si Adormirea Maicii Domnului zi de sarbatoare.

Nu pot sa zic multumesc, dar pot zice ca mi-e rusine cu ei.

Cititi si:
%RELATEDPOSTS%

As I had a request and I must agree it really makes sense, I developed a console version of the DBF2Oracle tool. Functionality is the same, just that you need to give it parameters from command line.

Usage is:

Read the rest of this entry »

Doresc sa daram o debara total nefolositoare pentru a-mi mari spatiul din bucatarie. Majoritatea vecinilor au demolat-o deja avand in vedere ca nu este perete de rezistenta, dar eu am incercat sa o fac oficial si sa obtin autorizatie de constructie/demolare. Am incercat!

Pasii ar fi:
Read the rest of this entry »

I just won a little battle with AF by getting the compensation for my delayed luggage and I am very proud of this.

First I tried to leave the proving documents at Montpellier airport. The lady from Luggage services kindly asked me to do this in Paris airport.

Second time, normally, I tried this at Charles de Gaulle airport. The lady there said that I need to do this in my country of residence, and gave me the contact details from Air France luggage services in Bucharest.

Third time I called Bucharest office where I was told to send them the documents by normal post, but they cannot guarantee anything, not even the fact they will receive them. I found this very strange and sent the documents by fast courier and got a registration number and their signature on receive.

After just 2 weeks I got an email telling that my receipts will be paid by AF, and in just 10 days I got the money in my account. Not much, I don’t really care about the money, the whole thing I did just as a principle and I suggest everybody do the same!

Read also
%RELATEDPOSTS%

I had a flight with AF in June that was not counted as Level Flight and I didn’t get any miles with it. The normal deduction that I made was that I had a poor booking class. From my checking I discovered I had N as booking class and I never had N before.

Next week I will have a return flight to Biarritz Parme, France, and all my 4 segments have booking class N. Having this flights not counted as Level Flights will be very bad for me since I have right now 27 segments flown with SkyTeam, just 3 segments away for Gold level.

I tried to get some clarification from AF support. This is bad, it’s a pure French organization, I mean:

• don’t have a normal phone number, there is just one with ~0.5 EUR/minute
• don’t have an email address, you need to fill some web form
• there is no possibility to reply their answers, for extra clarification you need to fill again the web form

Read the rest of this entry »