Feb 28, 2010

The Breakout game



Hi Everyone,

Uploading the breakout game I could finally complete it this weekend. Was working on this one for almost past two weeks in bits and pieces... I agree its still not complete, tough the basics are in place for you to play... I am working on putting the remaining open pieces together and will post the updated version of this game soon.. On how I got to doing this.... ! Well, the story dates back almost 6 months when I was searching for a good online tutorial for core java, just to increase my depth of understanding on the subject; and to brush up on my java programming skills and found the Standford University course... This game happens to be one of its assignments. More on the Standford University course later.. for now ta-ta.. bye-bye.. sayonara... and see you soon.

Feb 27, 2010

Search for file storage & sharing online.

Hi Again,

Just a while back, I wanted an internet free space where I could upload my program files and share them. While searching came accross these couple of good sites:

http://www.filehippo.com/
http://download.cnet.com/windows/

What sites do you use for uploading and sharing program files? Do leave a comment below; on the same.

Cheers,

Feb 22, 2010

Experience of: Simple things that make life better.

Kudos to Customer Service Center


Yesterday evening, I was paying my credit card loan against the email credit card bill I had just received. But, due to a technical problem with the net, I could not get through the transaction. I had tried for several times.

Today morning the first thing I did was went online and filled up the form to pay off the credit. While submitting the form, I happened to click the submit button twice, which meant that the transaction request was sent twice. But without getting panicked I continued to find out ways I could rectify what had just happened. In vain! Thirteen minutes elapsed and I received a call. A female polite voice from the other side asked “May I speak to Ms. Kamat?” I said,”Yes, that’s me.” She then told me about the duplicate transaction and that she just wanted to confirm. I briefed her to consider only the first transaction and ignore the second one. And the matter was resolved.

Feb 21, 2010

An example from java applet tutorial


If you were using a Java-enabled browser such as HotJava, you would see dancing text instead of this paragraph.

Oct 8, 2008

From SQL*Loader: The Definitive Guide

What is SQL*Loader?

  • SQL Loader is a tool used to upload data from flat files to oracle database.
  • Data can be uploaded from various flat files to different databases in the same session.
  • It is also used to upload LOBs like images, text and xml files into lob columns.
  • The control file is used to configure the SQL loader as per given parameters.
  • Performance also should be considered while using the tool.
  • Use of direct path load is preferred over conventional path load for better performance.
  • Oracle functions like TO_DATE and TO_NUMBER also can be used to format the data while insertion.

Oracle SQL*Loader: The Definitive Guide