Is Workspace Manager the right solution for history data only

I've been experimenting some with WM to just enable history on all tables in a application we have with about 100 tables.
Everything works fine, except for the fact that we have lots of fk_constraints that require enabling of versioning in order.
We know that changes to the Db layout will occur as the app develops with business requirement's.
My questions is : Is WM the right solution here, as I don't see anyway to "transport" historical data in the event of a migration of old DB layout to a new layout?
(db refactoring).
/christian

Hi Christian,
When you execute enableversioning on the tables, you can specify the complete set of tables that you want to version, instead of having to maintain the correct table order.
There shouldn't be a need to transport the data between tables. We support DDL changes on versioned tables by using the beginDDL/commitDDL procedures. If you do require the transport of data between databases, then note that we only support a full database import/export. The user guide covers both of these topics in greater detail.
Regards,
Ben

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begin
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ELSE
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NAME
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PAUL HERNANDEZMy entire need was only to be able to do a search that bypasses diacritical characters. To implement Oracle Text for that reason, I am wondering if that was the right choice! More so when I am now finding that the functionality of LIKE is not available in Oracle Text - the Oracle text search are based on tokens or words and they are different from output of the LIKE operator. So may be should I have just used a simple function like below and used that for my purpose instead of using Oracle Text:
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SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE TABLE TEXT_TEST
2    (NAME VARCHAR2(255 BYTE))
3 /
Table created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> Insert all
2 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('muller')
3 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('müller')
4 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('MULLER')
5 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('MÜLLER')
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8 select * from dual
9 /
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2    (p_value   IN VARCHAR2,
3      p_doUpper IN VARCHAR2 := 'Y')
4    RETURN VARCHAR2 DETERMINISTIC
5 IS
6    OUTPUT_STR VARCHAR2(4000);
7 begin
8    IF (p_doUpper = 'Y') THEN
9       OUTPUT_STR := UPPER(p_value);
10    ELSE
11       OUTPUT_STR := p_value;
12    END IF;
13    RETURN
14       TRANSLATE
15         (OUTPUT_STR,
16          'ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ',
17          'AAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyy');
18 end;
19 /
Function created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> show errors
No errors.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE INDEX text_test_remove_dia_name
2 ON text_test (remove_dia (name))
3 /
Index created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> set autotrace on explain
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> select * from text_test
2 where remove_dia (name) like remove_dia ('mü%')
3 /
NAME
muller
müller
MULLER
MÜLLER
4 rows selected.
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3139591283
| Id | Operation                   | Name                      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |                           |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEXT_TEST                 |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | TEXT_TEST_REMOVE_DIA_NAME |     1 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
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       filter("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('mü%'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> select * from text_test
2 where remove_dia (name) like remove_dia ('P%')
3 /
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
1 row selected.
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3139591283
| Id | Operation                   | Name                      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |                           |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEXT_TEST                 |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | TEXT_TEST_REMOVE_DIA_NAME |     1 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - access("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('P%'))
       filter("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('P%'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2>

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There is only one model of iPod touch currently offered. The only difference is storage capacity, and if you plan to be taking videos of students, having more capacity would be beneficial; get as much as you can. I'd ask at least for 32GB versions in the grant.
Regards.

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Hello - I'm currently currently teacher technology at the high school level. We have just received the CC upgrade. I had the thought of being able to have apps for the school created by the students. I was wondering if it possible to have apps for both Android and Apple of the InDesign projects the students have created, such as the weekly school newsletter and maps of the school for freshman and etc. I figured this would be the easiest way to get content like this to the students and staff (or maybe it's not, open for all ideas!)
I'm trying to wrap my head around the whole DPS/app store thing and am getting very overwhelmed!
So my questions are;
1 - Is it possible to have the interactive PDFs be created into "apps" for both stores?
2 - Is this included with the CC subscription my school has purchased?
If anyone can lead me in the right direction that would be extremely helpful. Thank you!

DPS probably isn't the right solution for you. CC only includes support for building an app for iPad, not Android. Furthermore, Apple is stringent about the kinds of apps it allows in its store, and you will have and I suspect you'll have a hard time getting Apple to approve a basic school newsletter app approved.
Honestly I think your type of content is better suited to a blog or a website built using Muse.
Neil

I wonder to know what is the enterprise solution for windows and application event log management and analyzer

Hi
I wonder to know what is the enterprise solution for windows and application event log management and analyzer.
I have recently research and find two application that seems to be profession ,1-manageengine eventlog analyzer, 2- Solarwinds LEM(Solarwind Log & Event Manager).
I Want to know the point of view of Microsoft expert and give me their experience and solutions.
thanks in advance.

Consider MS System Center 2012.
Rgds

Is AIR the right platform for photo management app?

I need to build a web-enabled photo management app with the following features:
server sign-in and authentication
photos fetched from server via REST API/XML
tag, rate (i.e. 1-5 stars), and edit properties for photos, with data updated on or sync-ed with server
all the RIA UI goodies, like multi-select, drag/drop, AJAX-style auto-complete, overlay icons on thumbs,
all the photo management goodies, like fast scrolling, histograms, resizeable thumbnail
able to handle 1000s of photos in 1 album (server is on a local LAN)
One key issue is how the platform loads an album with 1000s of photos in the background, and scrolls through pages of thumbnails. I tried before to build this in Java and all the threading issues were too much for me.
I have good experience with CakePHP & MySQL and some experience with Java, but I am resigned to learning a new platform/libs. I just need to know where to invest my learning time.
Can some experienced users pipe in on whether AIR the right platform for me to build on? Should I use Javascript etc, or learn Flex?
Is there anything out there I could just build on? I'm also considering building on Yahoo YUI or Google GWT as an alternative.
thx.
m.

Let me clarify the issue of 1000s of photo. I the app would need to load thumbnails for 1000s of photos, but only open the full size photo when the thumbnail is clicked. probably 120px max dimension, pre-rendered on the server. I have tried to open 1000 thumbs in a plain html page, and the photos come quickly - as if from the local file system - but it does seem to slow the UI until everything is loaded.
Is there a way for AIR to load the thumbnails is the current "view port" immediately, and the rest in the background? YUI has an imageLoader class that does something like this. Could I use this within AIR?
The other requirement is to manage a DB of tags ratings, and other attributes for the photos, but I can't imagine that is a big challenge. right?

SUBINACL - the right tool for the job?

Here is the scenario:
DomainA and DomainB
Full Trust both ways
Windows File Share in DomainA. Created a windows server in DomainB. Used Quest Migration Manager to migrate users and groups from DomainA to DomianB, keeping SID history. Xcopied files from DomainA server to DomainB server, keeping the permissions from DomainA.
Now, the Trust will be broken and we need to change the permissions from [email protected] to [email protected] Thousands of shares and permissions, so can't do manually. So far I have tried SUBINACL in the following context:
Subinacl /noverbose /output=e:\ntfs_perms.txt /subdirectories e:\Share
and then
Subinacl /playfile e:\ntfs_perms.txt
This changed some of the permissions to DomainB, but removed a lot of permissions.
Is this the right tool to use for this? Is this the right syntax for this scenario?
Thanks!
Mike

Hi,
Sorry for the delay reply.
It seems like you have enabled the SID history.
Based on my experience, after we completing the migration, sIDHistory should be removed from migrated principals to minimize management complexity. Microsoft has provided a sample script and
Powershell command to remove SIDHistory.
So, please first confirm if the migration process completed or not, then plan to remove the SIDhistory.
How To Remove SID History With PowerShell
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ashleymcglone/archive/2011/11/23/how-to-remove-sid-history-with-powershell.aspx
Before we do this, please backup the system state to making any important change to avoid any risk. After clearing the SID history, please try to run the subinacl command to check if it
works.
Regards.
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Why Can't VZ do the Right Thing For Once and Permit Network Extender Owners to Close their Networks?

Given the fact that the Network Extender can be set for managed access or open access, clearly it can technologically be configured so that a closed network could be set up so that ONLY those users that are included in the "priority list" could access the Network Extender.
If I had to guess, Verizon, prefers to benefit from your internet connection and your investment in a network extender by bolstering their network in poor reception areas for all of their customers in the vicinity on us Network Extender owners' backs rather than to do the right thing and permit a customer who has paid for the device as well as their internet access to close the network.
I find this sleazy and hope VZW will rethink its approach to this. We who subscribe to VZW for our cellular service pay the highest rates, on average, in the country for cell service. We have also paid hundreds of dollars for the Network Extender, and pay for the internet that is used to facilitate the phone calls made through the network extender.
Once it a while it would be nice if VZW did the right thing for its customers and not blatantly, at least, put their corporate greed about the needs of their customers.

I called Verizon tech support, and was informed that there is an option to close the Network Extender. This would allow only numbers on the white list to connect to the extender. Is the information I received incorrect? I spoke to them just the other day. Have you tried to configure the extender recently?
My post asking for clarification is here: https://community.verizonwireless.com/message/1002928#1002928
Thanks for any information you can provide.

I type in the right password for my ipad but it says its wrong what do i do?

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