Case review

I was given an early Christmas gift -- my very first iPod (G5, 30GB). Of course, after reading so much here about the necessity of having a case, I looked around online for something I thought I'd like and that would do the job, and I settled on the Sena iPod Video Dockable 30GB (it's also available in 60GB size) -- in magenta, since it's pretty. It's available in a variety of colors.
One reason I chose this was that I've had a Sena case for my Palm for a few years now, and it looks as good now as it did when it was new; the leather is good quality and ages beautifully. This new iPod case seems to be of the same quality and adds very little to the size of the iPod. It has a pocket in the flip cover, closes with convenient magnetic catches, and has screen protection built in. There's no protection for the click wheel, but I'm not sure that's absolutely essential.
As for usability, the case has a cut-out for the earphone jack, and there's another cutout in the bottom for plugging in the USB cable. The hold button is covered when the flap is closed, but it's easily accessible with the flap open -- this will prevent accidentally turning the button on or off. There is a removable belt clip, which will be handy if you don't want to put the iPod into a pocket.
As for cost, I was lucky in that I pre-ordered the case while it was still priced at $40; it's now $45 and apparently will be going up sometime in the future.
This is just MHO, and I have NAYY with Sena, other than as a satisfied customer. HTH someone.

Thanks for that!
I've only tried the Incase Nano Case. It's got an LCD protector and is quite cushioned. If you're a perfectionist I'd not recommend it though, it's got a (as said in the reviews) tight hold spot (hard to reach) and it's misaligned: the scroll wheel is slightly covered so it's hard to start over a song, turn up/down the volume, etc. So summary:
Pros
Nice look (kinda like a wallet)
Nice material
It's got a nifty spot for credit cards, IDs, money, etc.
It's got a nice LCD protector (plastic so that it won't scratch the iPod)
Cons
Doesn't align well with the scrollwheel
Some people said they can't access the hold button (I don't mind though because I just put it on sleep when I stop using it)
The iPod is kinda loose when in the case (it won't fall out, but almost)
Just another opinion.

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ZCover cases (review with pics)

I received my zCover nano cases today. Initial impression. Not perfect by any means. C+.
First the basics...
You get two cases with your order ($24.95). One with an open bottom and one with a lanyard and flip bottom with headphone access. You also get a hard plastic screen cover which slips in behind the silicone case making a nice snug fit.
http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=everything6tl.jpg
Screen coverage...
This is the best part. It's a hard plastic piece with little feet that raises it above the screen ever so slightly. I assume the feet are to prevent rubbing and thus scratching the screen as much. Very durable with a sharp and clear view of the screen. There is no distortion at all.
http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenbklan3xf.jpg
Material...
This is where the problems start. It's very very rubbery. I know... it's silicone... duh. In certain circumstances your nano might bounce if dropped (a little levity never hurts). I think the material is a little too thick. Although my two cases seem to be slightly different in thickness from one another. Perhaps a quality control issue? One operates much easier than the other (more on that subject later). I chose the black one. It seems to attract lint a bit. Not horribly but there are a few fuzzy white things living on the case that need to brushed off quite regularly. Perhaps other colors would be more friendly in the lint department.
Operation of nano with case...
Hold button. Okay, this is the biggest problem. The hold button on top is covered completely. It was impossible to move it on the one case so I had to cut a hole in the top to access it. On the other case it was possible to move but very difficult. I have long nails and struggled every time to move it. I can't imagine anyone without nails being able to move it without cutting a hole in the top.
Click wheel movement. Same problem. The silicone is not noticeably thinner over the wheel. You have to press much harder than normal to make it function. It does work though. Once again the one case was much easier to work than the other but still slightly harder than a naked nano.
http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=top5jh.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bottom7iw.jpg
Conclusions...
If you are looking for something that is available now and completely covers every inch of your nano this case does meet those qualifications. This will not be my everyday case. I'd use this case if doing something grubby outside. Hiking, gardening, car repair, etc. It's well protected. It would not slide off many surfaces and has grips on the sides. The lanyard is iffy. It looks like a long shoelace. I'm wondering how long it would take to break off of it's connection to the case. It only has a tiny string attaching it to a rubber loop which is part of the case itself. I would feel the need to reinforce it's connection before freely using it.
http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lanyard7ye.jpg

Thanks for the review. I was ready to order one until I saw this! I guess I'll just have to wait until the iSkin Duo comes out, or the Speck SkinTight.

InCase rubber case review

Just picked up a black InCase from the Apple store today (TN563LL/A).
I am very pleased with it. I thought that since it was rubber it would be kinda sticky feeling (perhaps I'm comparing it with the silicone ones) and grab lint like no tomorrow. It's not bad on the lint thing - and it's been laying on my fuzzy blanket. It seems to remove any lint with a wipe with a lint-free cloth.
I'm especially pleased with the fit. It has holes for the headphone jack, the USB connector (won't fit in a dock without being removed), the speaker and mic, camera, and the silence slider, but the volume and on/off/sleep buttons are covered. I prefer the fact it doesn't try to cover the glass at all. It doesn't interfere with use at all, or any of the sensors. I'm much less worried about the glass than the chrome and the backing at this point (from the stress tests we've seen), and this 1mm or so of lift should help if it lands face down so it doesn't hit grit on the ground (though I splatted mine on the garage floor the other day with no damage).
I'm testing the heat retention right now. I didn't have any problems with music, so I'm running a movie now.
It will definitely keep it from sliding, and other than being harder to slide in and out it still fits in the side cell phone bag on my purse. Hopefully if I accidentally drop it on the corner it will take some of the shock, too.
No belt clip, but that's not the way I function.
My two cents. I'm still waiting for what Vaja has to come out with that's not magnetic, and I'm interested in possibly trying Lajo's Exo L with swivel clip so it acts both as a horizontal and vertical stand, but for now this is just about perfect for me.
My two cents,
Aym

I've noticed the stretching as well. If you do buy this case (and frankly, it's a fine case) then leave the iPhone in. I removed mine frequently for cleaning and the rubber has stretched.
I was looking at the Speck ToughSkin, but it looks a little too...knobby. I just ordered the iSkin Revo for the iPhone, which looks to have everything I want in a case except for a belt clip. I currently use the Contour iSee for the iPhone and I'd like to see what the Showcase for the iPhone will be like. I like clip-able cases as my phone is on vibrate most of the time and I often miss alerts/calls when it's in my pocket, but I also worry about knocking it off my hip somehow, or walking around with it out for all to see, screaming "Hey I'm a $500 phone, why not steal me?"
Is it just me or the iPhone causing people to seemingly collect cases? I've gone through three including the Crystal Jacket Set I returned.

Bad Case Review

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=9DF 6080&nplm=TN609LL/A
The Belkin sport armband. I bought this from the apple online store. It got here. I put my iPhone in it and go for a 3 mile run. I'm able to operate the phone just fine through the plastic covering.
When my run is over, I reach over to unattach the case from my arm, and my phone is partially hanging out. Turns out the plastic front is GLUED onto the outside of the case. What a hunk of junk. One use and it almost cost me my phone.

Thanks for the warning

Can app developers really delete negative reviews in Blackberry AppWorld?

I was browsing AppWorld, and concerned when I looked at StickyBoard Notes HD, by Joey Beechey.
In his description, he writes, "ALL REVIEWS THAT ARE JUST SAYING ITS STUPID TO CHARGE FOR AN UPGRADE WILL BE DELETED."
This has troubling implications. If a developer can simply remove any negative reviews they choose to, how can I use the reviews as a basis for whether I'll try out or buy an app? Can he really remove reviews, or is he just hoping to stop people from posting about that?

Yes and no. The developer can "request" that a review is removed. This is something that should be checked by the App World team at RIM, but in reality they seem to grant any requests without hesitation.
There has been much discussion about this, because some developers abuse this. Many users who felt conned by the offline maps crooks posted a negative review, only to find it removed later.
In some cases reviews are automatically denied by App World. It seems to be fuzzy logic, but competitor names and profanity seem to flag reviews for automatic denial.
In the interest of full disclosure, of the 150 (almost all positive) reviews for our app, we have requested for 5 to be deleted: one was actually a very good rating but contained bad language. Another was a user who hadn't read the description. The other three were problems related to PlayBook OS, not our app.
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Reviews for apps.

Something that annoys me about iTunes is that to be able to leave a review for an app sold on iTunes you must purchase the app first. This means that if you use a trial version of an app and it turns out to be a piece of c**p, like Tune-Up for iTunes, you have to purchase a piece of c**p to leave a review that it is a piece of c**p. There isn't even a way to contact Apple/iTunes to address this issue so here I am in the community. My issues are 2:
1) Leaving a review for a trial version of an app so others won't waste their money and forcing the develpoers to pay attention to reviews and improve their apps.
2) Apple/iTunes doesn't have a means to communicate directly trrough a customer service site, only this forum. How could this be changed?

you can't review a light app unless you purchase a full version.
That is wrong. You can review a light/free version if you obtain that version; I've done it on several occasions. You do not need to own the full/paid version to review the light version. If you want to review the full version, you do have to buy that version. You can review the version you own, and only that version. Reviews are not linked, so the review of a light version will not appear in the full version, and vice-versa.
Why would anyone purchase a full version of a lousy app just to write a review that it's a lousy app?
Because unless you own that version, you have no standing on which to claim it's a lousy app. A "light" or "free" version may be very different, and in many cases reviews I've seen rate a light/free version as lousy solely because of features only available in the paid version.
Again, you have the feedback page via which you can comment to Apple. There's no further reason to continue this conversation.

Case with external battery

Is there a case with external battery coming for iphone 4?

Oh, OK, probably I was wrong. They "prioritised the charging – phone first, then external battery – so you would always have the internal battery in the best possible state."
http://davemeehan.com/technology/iphone-4-external-battery-case-review
Not so sure yet... Anyone has any comments?

Good cases / motherboards?

ok, so I've decided I'm in the mood to build a new desktop system (combined a whole mess of hardware yesterday, turned it on and it made a funny noise and smelled like burning rubber - not fun) and am going to start with a case and motherboard today.
I'm looking for some recommendations... review sites for this sort of stuff would be nice... tomshardware doesn't have case reviews...
I'll be shooting for just below bleeding edge... so feel free to shout out anything you want.

There are some good case reviews here: www.anandtech.com
I just bought my new system and went through a lot of sites looking information about good PSU, but the case, i just went to stores to see them, i finally got this one:
http://www.apextechusa.com/proddetail.a … pe=&id=115
Im really happy with it, its a pleasure not to get cut with sharp edges and its almost 100% tool-less (the only thing that needs a screwdriver are the PCI slots, but i dont change that frecuently anything there).
Also it comes with a 400W power supply, though i changed it for a TOPower 420W one.
I went with an Athlon64 754 socket, because of several pros.
What type of motherboard are you looking for? do you need lots of SATA, AnyRaid, Firewire, lots of USBs, or just a motherboard with integrated video, a couple of SATAs, Raid and a few USBs?
I bought a DFI LanParty UT nForce3 250Gb. Its quite a motherboard. And there are others like the MSI K8N Neo Plat. or in the cheap side, there is the DFI K8M800 with integrated video...

Can not change sound output. Help Please

Well, i've been digging all the forums lately in web. my problem is, i can't change my 'system' sound output to my sound card which is Native Instruments Audio8 Dj.
Let me explain my problem decently. I do the usual procedure, system preferences > sound > n then select the output. but nothing happens. it is always set on internal speakers or headphone or whatever plugged in to the *Built-in Output*. I try switching from audio-midi setup n that doesn't work as well. The system perfectly recognizes the sound card, i can get output from sound card with applications which have their own output settings. But i cant change the system output. I have the latest version of soundflower loaded(this might be causing the problem who knows), i used many soundcards before(or maybe even ex-drivers?) n they used to work until i updated to snow leopard. I also tried trashing the files in macintosh hd > library > preferences > audio >>
and those files *did not regenerate* after restart(like 10 times), so i had to copy them from my imac.(hehe). i tried resetting pram or nvram.(didn't do any good too)And also i tried trashing soundpref.plist which didn't do me any good neither. Now i need that sound card to give me my system output. I don't need drivers of any other ex-sound cards or whatever. My drivers are up to date. And im pretty sure this ain't an hardware fail.
So, any ideas? Thx.

I am having the exact same problem. I have spoken with Apple Care and they are having my case reviewed by "Engineers," apparently. Its very frustrating as I cannot listen to iTunes or any of my video games through my really nice monitor speakers. FYI, I had this problem without installing Sound Flower, since then I have installed it in the hopes that having something different to select it might work but no changes. If I hear any good news from Apple I will be back to let you know. This seems to be a very rare problem as I have only found one other post about this issue.

T510: display issues(Bright pixels that wouldn't go away) -support?

Shortly after purchasing a new T510, I started to have problems with the display (Bright pixels that wouldn’t go away). I figured it was a BIOS or driver issue. However as my company purchased about 80 of these machines and I turned out to be the only one with the issue, I called support.
I also purchased the onsite 24hour support for three years, so I called Lenovo and in a couple days (not 24hours) they came in a replaced the LCD panel, which they assured me was the issue. Not even an hour or two after the repair tech (David) left the problem started happening again.
I called back and Lenovo now indicated it has to be the motherboard. Ok, so a couple days later David came in and replace the motherboard. Now I purchased these units fully loaded, discrete graphics extra memory, high res, etc. The motherboard they replaced it with did not have the Nvidia card, instead just the onboard graphics, which A. is no what I purchased, and B. not equivalent or better.
So David ripped out the new inferior board and put the old broken one back in, so I could at least continue with my job, with the intermittent pixel issue. I should also mention the screen went blurry at the same time the pixel issue happened, so I would have to reboot to restore the monitor. David then ordered another Motherboard.
A week went by and no one called me back, so I called Lenovo again to find out what the heck was going on and why I didn’t have a new one ready in waiting within 24 hours. I was informed that is not how the warrantee works, only that they will respond in 24 hours and that the verbiage on their site around the warrantee was not perfectly clear. Wow. OK… I then asked when they expect to have this fixed and it turns out the part I need is on back order.
The part finally arrives. In another 4-5 days, however, I have a business trip coming up and I can’t risk yet another defective part. With my current flaky monitor I can at least get by. So I schedule a time with David the repair tech to swap it out when I return.
I get the new Motherboard installed and I get all these video errors and other things start going horribly wrong. David indicates it is a driver/bios issue and I need to upgrade/install drivers to remedy it. Okay, so I do that, spend hours trying to get it to work. Turns out this motherboard is even worse and it crashes every time I try and use an external monitor or if the Nvidia 3100 kicks in for hardware acceleration.
I continue to work under the belief that this is a driver issue and try to fix it, however one of the MANY crashes ends up corrupting my Window 7 install, now throwing blue screens all the time and destroying my development env in the process. So I rebuild the machine and it just keeps happening. This is now days of lost work that I can’t bill for.
I call Lenovo again to try and get this lemon replaced. I get a hold of Jerome who punts me to Lenton, who punts me to Nate Bennet. Nate seems like a reasonable guy and informs me that at their level of service they can only repair the units and are happy to continue working through this. By now this is gone on long enough and I want to have the laptop replaced, 1 out of 80, this one is a lemon. Nate appears to agree and kick off an escalation process to have this case reviewed and informs me that someone will call me back in 24-48 hours (business days that is). Okay this is still incredibly inconvenient, but at least I believed we are making forward progress.
36 Hours goes by and no one calls me back, so I call Lenovo yet again. I get a hold of Julius. Julius informs me he’ll have a supervisor call me back right away, as there was not one available.
48 hours later I call Lenovo again, as you can guess no one has called me back. I get a hold of Michael. I again explain the whole situation to Michael and ask to speak to a supervisor, again... Which again I’m informed is not possible as there is not one available. Michael indicates that he’ll have a supervisor call me back. This time I say I can wait on the line because that is what everyone else told me and nothing happened. Michael then informs me that he is Michael and would not let that happen and assured me that a supervisor would call me back right away. I relent; verify my contact info with Michael and it all seems to be accurate.
So again nearing the end of the day no one has called me back, I call Lenovo yet again. This time I get a hold of Phil. I once again explain the whole situation. Phil is very apologetic, but still is unable to produce a supervisor. Phil indicates he’ll put sticky notes on his supervisor’s machine to contact me back. I guess these guys are probably using a T510 as well and can’t read their email either.
I ask for the name of this supervisor because clearly Lenovo is filling me with horse s&^% at this point. There is a clear pause and all he says it "Carter.., that is his last name I don’t know his first name." Okay really, so you know this guy well enough to put sticky notes on his monitor, but you only know his last name. Now I know I’m being lied to, but what can I do.
So here I am with a busted laptop that crashes at least 3-4 times a day I can’t use the discrete graphics that I paid for and only supports the LCD panel built into it. In previous experience, with a different manufacturer, after the first few failed attempts they would have replaced the unit. I guess I should be angry with the guy that convinced us to give Lenovo machines a try for the next refresh (That was me by the way).
I really have no idea how to proceed with this one. This is first time in my career that I have ever been treated like this. I really have no idea what to say.
Moderator Note: Edited subject to match content.

technoone wrote:
" but it seems an awful lot like that subject line was changed to, well, make sure less people would click through and read your post.".
I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt on this one, there is a message at the top of the forum stating:
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if you read the Forum Guidelines it states quite clearly;
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Get the column values in a single row seperated by commas

Hi
i have two tables project_baseline and project_resource which have the foreign key project_id from the base table project_details. Now iam trying to retrieve data from these tables using the below query :
select distinct b.TASK_NAME,r.RESOURCE_NAME,() from project_baseline b inner join project_resource r on R.PROJECT_ID=B.PROJECT_ID group by b.TASK_NAME,r.RESOURCE_NAME
Below is the output snippet :
TASK_NAME RESOURCE_NAME
TEST DESIGN PARAGI M
TEST DESIGN RAJAN M S
TEST EXECUTION VIBHU ARMA
TEST EXECUTION PRATHAB GARG
TEST EXECUTION NAGABHUSHAN G K
TEST DATA PREPARATION RAJAN M S
TEST DATA PREPARATION SHIVA MARAN
TEST CASE REWORK VISWAN RAM
TEST CASE REVIEW NAGABHUSHAN G K
REGRESSION SANGEET
PROJECT SUPPORT VIBHU ARMA
PROJECT SUPPORT PRATHAB GARG
PROJECT SUPPORT PARAGI M
PROJECT SUPPORT NAGABHUSHAN G K
PROJECT SUPPORT SANGEET
PROJECT CLOSURE PRATHAB GARG
i need to get the resource_names in a single row seperated by comma for a single task like following:
TASK_NAME RESOURCE_NAME
PROJECT SUPPORT VIBHU ARMA,PRATHAB GARG,PARAGI M,NAGABHUSHAN G K,SANGEET
Could anyone please help me to get the query for the above formated output?
Thanks in advance
Meera
Edited by: 928378 on May 22, 2012 5:20 AM

Hi,
It can be done using xmlagg function.
For Example :
Table Data..
DEPTNO     ENAME
20     WARD Tree
23     Shank
30     BLAKE
10     MILLER
30     MARTIN
10     CLARK
20     SCOTT
30     TURNER
20     ADAMS
30     JAMES
20     FORD
30     BLAKE
Query:
SELECT deptno,
RTRIM (XMLAGG (XMLELEMENT (e, ename || ',')).EXTRACT ('//text()'),
) NAME
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno;
Output :
DEPTNO     NAME
10     MILLER,CLARK
20     WARD Tree,FORD,ADAMS,SCOTT
23     Shank
30     BLAKE,TURNER,BLAKE,JAMES,MARTIN
Thanks,
Shankar
Thanks,
Shankar.

Newbie trying to query an XML field in Clob

I've been unsuccessfully trying to query XML data in a CLOB field today without much success.
The clob field stores approvals (Edited, Reviewed, Published) for each version.
I'm trying to get the latest version (in this case 13) and what state (name) it is at (in this case 'Reviewed')
Below is an example of the table and field with a single XML column...
desc WIKI.OS_PROPERTYENTRY
Name                                              Null?       Type
ENTITY_NAME                                         NOT NULL VARCHAR2(125)
ENTITY_ID                                         NOT NULL NUMBER(19)
ENTITY_KEY                                         NOT NULL VARCHAR2(200)
KEY_TYPE                                               NUMBER(10)
BOOLEAN_VAL                                               NUMBER(1)
DOUBLE_VAL                                               FLOAT(126)
STRING_VAL                                               VARCHAR2(255)
TEXT_VAL                                               CLOB
LONG_VAL                                               NUMBER(19)
INT_VAL                                               NUMBER(10)
DATE_VAL                                               DATE
SQL> select xmltype(text_val) from wiki.os_propertyentry where entity_id = 7274716 and entity_key = 'com.comalatech.workflow.approvals';
XMLTYPE(TEXT_VAL)
<ApprovalChecks>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Edited</name>
    <version>7</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2008-10-31 13:47:25.638 NZDT</date>
     <comment>Initial import from Word document without change</comment>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>10</weight>
    <id>1</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Reviewed</name>
    <version>7</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2008-10-31 13:47:30.532 NZDT</date>
     <comment/>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>20</weight>
    <id>2</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Signoff</name>
    <version>7</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2008-10-31 13:47:32.532 NZDT</date>
     <comment/>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>30</weight>
    <id>3</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Edited</name>
    <version>8</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2008-11-02 10:54:07.903 NZDT</date>
     <comment>Updated references re Wiki, removed unwanted sections</comment>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>10</weight>
    <id>4</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Reviewed</name>
    <version>8</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2008-11-02 10:54:10.552 NZDT</date>
     <comment/>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>20</weight>
    <id>5</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Signoff</name>
    <version>8</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2008-11-02 10:54:13.161 NZDT</date>
     <comment/>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>30</weight>
    <id>6</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Edited</name>
    <version>9</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2009-11-13 08:53:00.649 NZDT</date>
     <comment>Testing approval information</comment>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>10</weight>
    <id>7</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Edited</name>
    <version>9</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>false</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2009-11-13 08:53:13.830 NZDT</date>
     <comment/>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>10</weight>
    <id>8</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Edited</name>
    <version>12</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2009-11-23 11:08:14.666 NZDT</date>
     <comment>Changes due to self auditing, using Study Audit Checklist and DM Study Checklist</comment>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>10</weight>
    <id>9</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Reviewed</name>
    <version>12</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2009-11-23 11:08:20.345 NZDT</date>
     <comment/>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>20</weight>
    <id>10</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Signoff</name>
    <version>12</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2009-11-23 11:08:23.997 NZDT</date>
     <comment/>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>30</weight>
    <id>11</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Edited</name>
    <version>13</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2011-10-31 10:42:37.703 NZDT</date>
     <comment>No change, just change of name of a linked page</comment>
      </Approver>
    </approvers>
    <weight>10</weight>
    <id>12</id>
    <stateId>0</stateId>
    <attachments/>
</ApprovalCheck>
<ApprovalCheck>
    <name>Reviewed</name>
    <version>13</version>
    <approvers>
      <Approver>
     <approved>true</approved>
     <user>bgra030</user>
     <date>2011-10-31 10:42:40.596 NZDT</date>
     <comm
1 row selected.My query is way off,... I can't even get it to run, let alone getting the record I want without some hard coding...
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.
select y.y_name, y.y_version, z.z_approved, z.z_user, z.z_date, z.z_comment
from WIKI.os_propertyentry t,
     XMLTABLE('$p/ApprovalChecks/ApprovalCheck'
              PASSING t.text_val as "p"
              COLUMNS y_name       VARCHAR2(30) PATH 'ApprovalCheck/name',
                      y_version    NUMBER       PATH 'ApprovalCheck/version',
                      Approver     XMLTYPE      PATH 'ApprovalCheck/approvers/Approver/*') y,
     XMLTABLE('$a/Approver'
              PASSING y.Approver as "a"
              COLUMNS z_approved VARCHAR2(8)   PATH 'Approver/approved',
                      z_user      VARCHAR2(30) PATH 'Approver/user',
                      z_date      DATE          PATH 'Approver/date',
                      z_comment   VARCHAR2(100) PATH 'Approver/comment') z
where entity_id = 7274716 and entity_key = 'com.comalatech.workflow.approvals'
and   t.name = 'Reviewed'
and   t.version = 13;
           PASSING t.text_val as "p"
ERROR at line 4:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected - got CLOB

Further to the above, the query returns a single record okay,...
SQL > l
1 with all_versions as (
2    select c.title, y.y_name, y.y_version, z.z_approved, z.z_user, z.z_date z_date, z.z_comment,
3           row_number() over( order by to_timestamp_tz(z_date, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF3 TZD') desc ) as rn
4    from wiki.os_propertyentry t, wiki.content c,
5         XMLTABLE('$p/ApprovalChecks/ApprovalCheck'
6               PASSING xmltype(t.text_val) as "p"
7               COLUMNS y_name       VARCHAR2(30) PATH 'name',
8                    y_version       NUMBER       PATH 'version',
9                    Approver       XMLTYPE      PATH 'approvers/Approver/*') y,
10         XMLTABLE('$a'
11               PASSING y.Approver as "a"
12               COLUMNS z_approved VARCHAR2(8)   PATH '/approved',
13                    z_user      VARCHAR2(30) PATH '/user',
14                    z_date      VARCHAR2(30) PATH '/date',
15                    z_comment      VARCHAR2(100) PATH '/comment') z
16    where c.contentid = t.entity_id
17    and   c.spaceid = (select spaceid from wiki.spaces where spacename = 'Quality')
18    and   entity_id = 7274716
19    and entity_key = 'com.comalatech.workflow.approvals'
20    )
21 select title, y_name, y_version
22 from all_versions
23* where rn = 1
SQL> /
TITLE                           Y_NAME                          Y_VERSION
Quality Audits (NIHI-5001)     Signoff                     17
1 row selected.... but I want to now query on all records, not just one.
When I comment out the clause (and entity_id = xxxxx) I now get an error. I should have got ~300 records,.... what do I need to do to make this work?
SQL > 18
18*   and   entity_id = 7274716
SQL> > c /and/-- and
18*   -- and     entity_id = 7274716
SQL > l
1 with all_versions as (
2    select t.entity_id, c.title, y.y_name, y.y_version, z.z_approved, z.z_user, z.z_date z_date, z.z_comment,
3           row_number() over( order by to_timestamp_tz(z_date, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF3 TZD') desc ) as rn
4    from wiki.os_propertyentry t, wiki.content c,
5         XMLTABLE('$p/ApprovalChecks/ApprovalCheck'
6               PASSING xmltype(t.text_val) as "p"
7               COLUMNS y_name       VARCHAR2(30) PATH 'name',
8                    y_version       NUMBER       PATH 'version',
9                    Approver       XMLTYPE      PATH 'approvers/Approver/*') y,
10         XMLTABLE('$a'
11               PASSING y.Approver as "a"
12               COLUMNS z_approved VARCHAR2(8)   PATH '/approved',
13                    z_user      VARCHAR2(30) PATH '/user',
14                    z_date      VARCHAR2(30) PATH '/date',
15                    z_comment      VARCHAR2(100) PATH '/comment') z
16    where c.contentid = t.entity_id
17    and   c.spaceid = (select spaceid from wiki.spaces where spacename = 'Quality')
18    -- and     entity_id = 7274716
19    and entity_key = 'com.comalatech.workflow.approvals'
20    )
21 select entity_id, title, y_name, y_version
22 from all_versions
23* where rn = 1
wikiprod: OPS$IT_DBA > /
          PASSING xmltype(t.text_val) as "p"
ERROR at line 6:
ORA-31011: XML parsing failed
ORA-19202: Error occurred in XML processing
LPX-00241: entity reference is not well formed
Error at line 8
ORA-06512: at "SYS.XMLTYPE", line 272
ORA-06512: at line 1

Pacleanup: A script to clean up package bloat

Hi all!
Here is my first real contribution to the Arch community! w00t!
Do you install packages just to try them out and never end up using them? Do you forget about them and do they just add to the bloat on your system? Do you want to review the packages installed on your system and remove the packages you don't need/want anymore? I do, so I wrote a small script to do just that.
There may already be a better way to do this that I don't know of. If there is, please do let me know.
Basically, the script goes through the packages marked as 'explicitly installed' and queries the user whether they want to keep or remove the packages. It does some basic dependency checking that will not remove a package if it is required by a package you want to keep. It stores a list of packages that you have previously selected to keep, so that you don't have to select them every time you run the script. An option to review the list of packages to remove is provided. It also, removes unused dependencies.
After the script has done its stuff, pacman will display packages to be removed and it will prompt you to accept the changes to be made. So it is pretty safe. You won't end up removing critical packages unless you explicitly allow pacman to do so.
Suggestions and corrections are most welcome!
Here it is!
#!/bin/bash
#--VARIABLES--
WDIR="$HOME/.pacleanup"
EXPLINST="$WDIR/explicitly-installed"
WRKLIST="$WDIR/working-list"
DEPLIST="$WDIR/dep-list"
KEEPS="$WDIR/keep-pkgs"
REMS="$WDIR/rm-pkgs"
SAFEREMS="$WDIR/rm-safe"
TMPREMS="$SAFEREMS.tmp"
TMPEXPL="$EXPLINST.tmp"
TMPDEPLIST="$DEPLIST.tmp"
#/VARIABLES
set -u
#--FUNCTIONS--
#SYSTEM CHECKS
checks () {
echo "==> Running checks..."
#Check user
guy=`whoami`
if [ "$guy" = "root" ]
then
echo
echo "==> Please run as normal user with sudo privileges"
exit 1
fi
#Check working directory
if [ -d $WDIR ]
then
echo
echo "==> $WDIR exists"
else
mkdir -p $WDIR
echo
echo "==> $WDIR created"
fi
#Check working files
fileCheck $EXPLINST
fileCheck $REMS
fileCheck $SAFEREMS
fileCheck $WRKLIST
fileCheck $DEPLIST
#Get list of explicitly installed packages
getExplInst
#Process existing list of packages to keep or ceate new file
if [ -f $KEEPS ]
then
keepCheck=`cat $KEEPS`
if [ -n "$keepCheck" ]
then
echo
echo "==> Old $KEEPS detected!"
echo "==> You can use this list to automatically keep these packages"
echo "==> Do you want to keep your old list? [y/n]"
read ans
case $ans in
y)
touch $KEEPS
cp $EXPLINST $TMPEXPL
for keeper in `cat $KEEPS`
do
cat $TMPEXPL | sed -e "/^$keeper$/d" > $WRKLIST
rm $TMPEXPL
cp $WRKLIST $TMPEXPL
done
rm $TMPEXPL
n)
rm $KEEPS
touch $KEEPS
cp $EXPLINST $WRKLIST
echo "==> You must choose y or n"
echo "==> Exiting."
exit 1
esac
else
fileCheck $KEEPS
cp $EXPLINST $WRKLIST
fi
else
fileCheck $KEEPS
cp $EXPLINST $WRKLIST
fi
echo
#WORKING FILE CREATOR
fileCheck () {
if [ -f $1 ]
then
rm $1
fi
touch $1
#EXPLICITY INSTALLED LIST GENERATOR
getExplInst () {
pacman -Qe | cut -d " " -f1 > $EXPLINST
#QUERY PACKAGE
queryKeep () {
for pkg in `cat $WRKLIST`
do
echo -e "==> Do you want to keep \033[1m$pkg\033[0m [y/n/i/q/d]"
read action
queryAction $action
echo
done
#PROCESS QUERY RESPONSE
queryAction () {
case $action in
y)
echo "==> Keeping $pkg"
echo $pkg >> $KEEPS
n)
echo "==> Removing $pkg"
echo $pkg >> $REMS
i)
echo "==> $1 Info"
pacman -Qi $pkg
echo -e "==> Do you want to keep \033[1m$pkg\033[0m [y/n/i/q/d]"
read action
queryAction $action
q)
echo "==> Exiting"
exit 0
d)
echo "==> Done with selection"
break
*|"")
echo "==> y=yes n=no i=info q=quit d=done with selection"
echo "==> Choose y/n/i/q/d"
read action
queryAction $action
esac
#CHECK FOR DEPENDENCIES
depCheck () {
echo
echo "==> Checking dependencies..."
cp $REMS $SAFEREMS
cp $EXPLINST $DEPLIST
for rmpkg in `cat $SAFEREMS`
do
cat $DEPLIST | sed -e "/^$rmpkg$/d" > $TMPDEPLIST
rm $DEPLIST
mv $TMPDEPLIST $DEPLIST
done
for pkg in `cat $DEPLIST`
do
deps=`cat /var/lib/pacman/local/$pkg-*/depends | sed '0,/%OPTDEPENDS%/!d' | grep -v "^%\|^$" | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/ /g'`
for dirtydep in $deps
do
cleandep=`echo $dirtydep | cut -d "<" -f1 | cut -d ">" -f1 | cut -d "=" -f1`
cat $SAFEREMS | sed -e "/^$cleandep$/d" > $TMPREMS
rm $SAFEREMS
mv $TMPREMS $SAFEREMS
done
done
echo "==> Dependency check completed."
#REVIEW PACKAGES TO REMOVE
review () {
queue=`cat $SAFEREMS`
if [ -z "$queue" ]
then
echo "==> No packages selected for removal"
echo "==> Exiting"
else
echo
echo "==> The following packages are selected for removal:"
echo "$queue"
echo "==> Do you wish to modify this selection? [y/n/q]"
read review
case $review in
y)
rm $WRKLIST
rm $REMS
mv $SAFEREMS $WRKLIST
queryKeep
depCheck
review
n)
echo "==> Proceeding to remove packages and orphans..."
sudo pacman -Rsn `cat $SAFEREMS`
q)
echo "==> Exiting."
echo "==> You must choose y/n/q"
review
esac
fi
#CLEAN UP WORKING FILES
cleanUp () {
rm $EXPLINST
rm $REMS
rm $SAFEREMS
rm $WRKLIST
rm $DEPLIST
#/FUNCTIONS
#--RUN--
set -e
checks
queryKeep
depCheck
review
cleanUp
#/RUN
Changelog:
25 March 2010
- Changed dependency checking to use /var/lib/pacman/local/*/depends instead of pacman
Last edited by drsjlazar (2010-03-25 20:43:03)

itsbrad212 wrote:well done sir. You should add an option to skip to the end though
Thank you.
If you mean to skip going through the selection of whether to keep or remove packages, there is an option. Inputting 'd' (for 'Done' ) will skip the rest of the selection process and go right to dependency checking.
Did you mean something else?

Using CF8 on Linux

Ok, I'm new to using CF on Linux, so here's my question.
On Windows you have to tell CF what sites you want the CF
server to serve up
pages for. Is there a similar way to do this in Linux?
I installed CF on Fedora, and can get to the CF admin page
via Firefox just
fine. When I try to view a webpage on
http://localhost/page.cfm it
displays
the page, but the CF tags aren't being translated, they show
up as text on
the page.....

Steve,
How are you getting to CFAdmin? Does your URL include port
8500 or similar? If so, the administrator is working thru
coldfusion's internal webserver (JWS). I suspect that is what is
going on.
If that is the case, review the installation guide for
configuring webservers. You will have several options to get CF
connected to apache or whatever webserver you are running. Also,
details like CF version, webserver type, etc. are useful when you
post.

Any help with to many activations?

Me too have the same problem, in the instalation and update process of my reader, aparently have used the 6 units allowed, and now I can not use my reader I get the following error:
E_ACT_TOO_MANY_ACTIVATIONS http://adeactivate.adobe.com/adept/Activate 3281:281:8281 urn:uuid:76a50ecb-410c-4517-8230-bd7da275ca54
I only have one reader and one portable computer on windows XP. So I do not understand how could I get used all the 6 devices allowed
any help! Please!
Javier

The page you sent looks like you are trying to create an AdobeID (which you should already have), instead of trying to submit a web case.
Step by step instructions:
1.) Go to: http://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions
2.) Click on "Submit a web case"
3.) Login (if needed)
4.) This will get you correctly to: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/support/index.cfm?event=porta
5.) In the Techinical support tab:
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     b.) Select "Additional Products" and select "Digital Editions"
     c.) Press Continue
6.) A new page called "Create a support case" will appear" - enter in the appropriate informat - be sure to include the exact and full error text in the description
7.) Press Review & Submit
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