Monthly Archives: April 2016

Oracle and batch reporting

Posted on April 28, 2016 by DocDock

My first real exposure to a real database was Sybase.  It actually is a fairly nice “little” database that you can come to grips with.  I mean little when compared to behemoth that is Oracle.  I don’t want to go … Continue reading →

Posted in Command line, programming | 3 Comments

command line fun – more fun with sftp

Posted on April 28, 2016 by DocDock

A few days back we needed to copy some files around in the production environment and the task was given to me.  It was one of those rather simple tasks as in the email was some examples from a colleague … Continue reading →

Posted in Command line | Tagged , , | Comments Off on command line fun – more fun with sftp

Ex CEO has big plans for your tax money

Posted on April 19, 2016 by DocDock

It is a fairly perverse situation when a bunch of extremely wealthy business men ask the government to do things that they could do but are not willing to do so.  Well, in this case I am speaking about research … Continue reading →

Posted in Soapbox | Comments Off on Ex CEO has big plans for your tax money

Unsuccessful Post attempt(s) – BIOS

Posted on April 15, 2016 by DocDock

Don’t believe the hype.  Just as soon as you get an unofficial title of “expert” with your friends and family, they will throw you for a loop.  I was sitting at my desk when I received a phone call from … Continue reading →

Posted in Soapbox | Tagged | Comments Off on Unsuccessful Post attempt(s) – BIOS

command line fun – testing for existence

Posted on April 13, 2016 by DocDock

I remember quite some time ago when I was developing a an application when the personal computer was actually fairly slow.  Of course I happened to pick a technology that worked just fine on a newer computer but it actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Command line, programming | Tagged , | Comments Off on command line fun – testing for existence

command line fun – transferring data with sftp

Posted on April 11, 2016 by DocDock

I must admit that I misunderstood the task when I first saw it.  The vendor had changed how they provide the data.  We will no longer be able to retrieve the data using ftp – the data should be picked … Continue reading →

Posted in Command line, programming | Tagged , , | Comments Off on command line fun – transferring data with sftp

The last version of windows – ever!

Posted on April 8, 2016 by DocDock

A little over a year ago, I was reading about how windows 10 would be the last OS upgrade that I will ever need.  It is understandable that Microsoft wishes that people switch to their latest operating system and those darn … Continue reading →

Posted in Soapbox | Tagged | Comments Off on The last version of windows – ever!