Off topic - fetching stock quotes

From where can I fetch stock quotes? I know it is not even related to java programming (except it is supposed to be implemented in java), but I don't even know where to begin... Please help??
Regards,
Nille

Pete the Hat has a point. If you use a free source for a commercial project you can get in some hot water. After all, nobody wants to support the load of someone else's website since the extra hardware, bandwidth, etc. will cost big bucks... Not to mention copy right infringements with the data.
With that said, if you are wanting to develop something for your own personal use, you may want to check out http://www.finance.yahoo.com. On most of their web pages for quotes they have an option to download the information as a CSV file. Look for the link that says "Download Spreadsheet" which is usually right before the text "Quotes delayed 15 minutes".

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Hi gang
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Hello,
In the last few days, the Delayed Stock Quote web service published by xmethods has been in a flux. The web service has been taken on and off the website. Today, thanks to Timothy, i noticed that they have changed the URL of the web service to http://64.124.140.30:9090/soap.
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Cheers!
Raja

Hi,
THe Error is different now after the settings. Sorry for my earlier post. I am getting the following error message. DO I need to have some SOAP server running in JDeveloper ? If so pl. tell me how to start and configure the SOAP Server in JDeveloper. One more thing, I have the Embedded OC4J Http Server running in port 8988(default in JDeveloper), but inside the URI is configured in ProcessActivityAttribute property as http://localhost:9090. I am not able to understand. Please explain.
Handle.Fault[oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.ExecutionException] at D:/jdev9052/jdev/mywork/WrkFlow/Project/src./ow4j/demo/stockquote.StockQuote[1094452720928]
Caused By: executeRPC[D:/jdev9052/jdev/mywork/WrkFlow/Project/src./ow4j/demo/stockquote.StockQuote[1094452720928].processActivity1[1094452720930]] at $Header: AbstractExecutor.java 30.0 2003/03/25 22:43:21 anpwang noship $
Caused By: 04/09/06 12:08:45 [SOAPException: faultCode=SOAP-ENV:Protocol; msg=Unsupported response content type "text/html", must be: "text/xml". Response was:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<TITLE>ERROR: The requested URL could not be retrieved</TITLE>
<STYLE type="text/css"></STYLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<H1>ERROR</H1>
<H2>The requested URL could not be retrieved</H2>
<HR noshade size="1px">

While trying to retrieve the URL:
<A HREF="http://localhost.wipro.com:9090/soap">http://localhost.wipro.com:9090/soap</A>

The following error was encountered:
<UL>
<LI>

Connection Failed

</UL>

The system returned:
<PRE> (146) Connection refused</PRE>

The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.
Your cache administrator is <A HREF="mailto:webmaster">webmaster</A>.
<! squid/2.5.STABLE1-20030124 >
<hr>
Generated at 06/Sep/2004:12:08:44 +0530 by rakshaka.wipro.com
04/09/06 12:08:45 at org.apache.soap.rpc.Call.getEnvelopeString(Call.java:209)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at org.apache.soap.rpc.Call.invoke(Call.java:268)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.executor.OracleSoapExecutor.executRPC(OracleSoapExecutor.java:179)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.executor.OracleSoapExecutor.execute(OracleSoapExecutor.java:115)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.impl.JavaEngine.executeActivityInternal(JavaEngine.java:1088)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.impl.JavaEngine.executeActivity(JavaEngine.java:709)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.impl.JavaEngine.processStack(JavaEngine.java:841)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.impl.JavaEngine.doStartProcess(JavaEngine.java:979)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.impl.JavaEngine.startFlow(JavaEngine.java:171)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.WorkItemProcess.startFlow(WorkItemProcess.java:132)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.runner.RequestHelper.processRequest(RequestHelper.java:105)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at WFProcessDetails.jspService(WFProcessDetails.jsp:232)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.orionserver.http.OrionHttpJspPage.service(OrionHttpJspPage.java:57)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspPageTable.service(JspPageTable.java:349)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspServlet.internalService(JspServlet.java:509)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:413)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.server.http.ResourceFilterChain.doFilter(ResourceFilterChain.java:65)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.JAZNFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.invoke(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:604)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.forwardInternal(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:317)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.server.http.HttpRequestHandler.processRequest(HttpRequestHandler.java:790)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.server.http.HttpRequestHandler.run(HttpRequestHandler.java:270)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.server.http.HttpRequestHandler.run(HttpRequestHandler.java:112)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.util.ReleasableResourcePooledExecutor$MyWorker.run(ReleasableResourcePooledExecutor.java:192)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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<STYLE type="text/css"></STYLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<H1>ERROR</H1>
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<HR noshade size="1px">

While trying to retrieve the URL:
<A HREF="http://localhost.wipro.com:9090/soap">http://localhost.wipro.com:9090/soap</A>

The following error was encountered:
<UL>
<LI>

Connection Failed

</UL>

The system returned:
<PRE> (146) Connection refused</PRE>

The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.
Your cache administrator is <A HREF="mailto:webmaster">webmaster</A>.
<! squid/2.5.STABLE1-20030124 >
<hr>
Generated at 06/Sep/2004:12:08:44 +0530 by rakshaka.wipro.com
04/09/06 12:08:45 at org.apache.soap.rpc.Call.getEnvelopeString(Call.java:209)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at org.apache.soap.rpc.Call.invoke(Call.java:268)
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04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.executor.OracleSoapExecutor.execute(OracleSoapExecutor.java:115)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.impl.JavaEngine.executeActivityInternal(JavaEngine.java:1088)
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04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.impl.JavaEngine.processStack(JavaEngine.java:841)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.impl.JavaEngine.doStartProcess(JavaEngine.java:979)
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04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.engine.WorkItemProcess.startFlow(WorkItemProcess.java:132)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.runner.RequestHelper.processRequest(RequestHelper.java:105)
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04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspPageTable.service(JspPageTable.java:349)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspServlet.internalService(JspServlet.java:509)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:413)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.server.http.ResourceFilterChain.doFilter(ResourceFilterChain.java:65)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at oracle.security.jazn.oc4j.JAZNFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source)
04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.invoke(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:604)
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04/09/06 12:08:45 at com.evermind.server.http.HttpRequestHandler.run(HttpRequestHandler.java:270)
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04/09/06 12:08:45 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

WebAssist Cart help? I know it's off topic but... Could really use some help...

I've got a shopping cart that is working and I'm trying to update the
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I can update a record after a sale in the cart, but right now it is
updating by completely replacing the value of the items in inventory with
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The problem is that I don't know how to coordinate the item(s) in the stored
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Here's what I have so far:

Ahhhhhhhh Jeff... If I can get this going... I spent days looking for this solution. Thank you very much. Just bought Dreamweaver CS3 and am battling through the bells and whistles. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "jefferis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:50 AM Subject: Re: WebAssist Cart help? I know it's off topic but... Could really use some help... >A new message was posted by jefferis in > > ADDT - PHP Application Development -- > WebAssist Cart help? I know it's off topic but... Could really use some > help... > > On 6/16/07 3:06 PM, in article [email protected], > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi jefferis.... >> >> How did you solve the problem? >> I am having the same problem trying to incorporate an inventory code into >> a >> shopping cart that will deduct the number of items purchased from my >> total >> inventory to let me and my customers know how many items I have remaining >> in >> stock. >> >> Ex: >> inventory: 500 plants >> purchased: 20 plants >> remaining inventory: 480 plants > > Yes I did. > > I've been struggling with this piece of pie for about 5 days and > thought it might benefit others, so here's a way to update your quantities > in INVENTORY after a checkout success. I read another thread but found it > way too complex and depended on holding inventory in the session: > http://www.webassist.com/professional/support/kbcompletethread.asp?DiscID=33 > 046 > But you may lose the info when you go offsite to Paypal, e.g., to complete > the transaction. > > Here's my approach using the "checkout_success.php" page. Using this page > works because user arrives here ONLY after a successful purchase. > First of all, I used the BSM php sample store as a starting point. I > added > an ItemQuantity field to the items DB to track the stock or items in > inventory in the store. > > In order for this automatic deduction of sold items to work, it must be > placed within the do while { area of the display page for the cart's > items. } The code is commented below: > > <?php > //WA eCart Show If Start > if (!$eCart->IsEmpty()) { // IF CART NOT EMPTY... > ?> > <h2>Order Receipt </h2> // STANDARD STUFF TILL NEXT COMMENT > > <h3 class="eCart_OrderHeaderInfo">Order number: <?php echo > session_id(); > ?></h3> > > This is your order receipt. Please > make > a copy for your records. An email will also be sent to you. > <table class="eC_ShoppingCart" border="0" cellspacing="0" > cellpadding="0"> > <tr> > > <th>Name</th> > > > <th>Price</th> > > > <th class="eC_FormItem" >Quantity</th> > > > <th>Total</th> > </tr> > <?php > while (!$eCart->EOF()) { // DO WHILE FOR EACH ITEM IN CART > ?> > <tr> > > <td><img src="/images/thumbs/<?php echo > $eCart->DisplayInfo("Thumbnail"); ?>" alt="" width="100" height="100" > class="eC_ProductThumb" /> > <?php echo > $eCart->DisplayInfo("Name"); ?> > <?php echo > $eCart->DisplayInfo("Description"); ?> <p > class="eC_ItemDescription"><?php echo $eCart->DisplayInfo("ID"); > $idCall = $eCart->DisplayInfo("ID");?>> // CREATE A VARIABLE FOR > //THE ITEM's ID NUMBER in the DB > //USE DISPLAY ID TO GET ID # and make it = $idCall > </td > <td class="eC_PriceItem" ><?php echo > WA_eCart_DisplayMoney($eCart, $eCart->DisplayInfo("Price")); ?></td> > > > <td class="eC_FormItem" ><?php echo > $eCart->DisplayInfo("Quantity"); > $solditems = $eCart->DisplayInfo("Quantity");?> //DO THE SAME FOR > QUANTITY > //SOLD, MAKE QUANTITY SOLD = $solditems > </td> > > // NOW UPDATE THE DATABASE. SUBTRACT $solditems from ItemQuantity ( YOUR > //INVENTORY OR STOCK) > //FOR EACH ITEM IN CART. SELECT the item's ID by $idCall: > <?php > mysql_select_db($database_connBSM, $connBSM); > $query_itemQ = "Update items SET items.ItemQuantity = > items.ItemQuantity - > $solditems WHERE items.ItemID = $idCall"; > $itemQ = mysql_query($query_itemQ, $connBSM) or die(mysql_error()); > > ?> > <td class="eC_PriceItem" ><?php echo > WA_eCart_DisplayMoney($eCart, $eCart->DisplayInfo("TotalPrice")); ?> </td> > </tr> > <?php > $eCart->MoveNext(); //// REPEATS BEHAVIOR FOR EACH ITEM IN CART > } > $eCart->MoveFirst(); > ?> > BTW, once the items in inventory = 0, the items do not appear in the > catalog. That is set in the catalog page's recordset. > Jeff > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jefferis Peterson, Pres. > Web Design and Marketing > http://www.PetersonSales.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > View/reply at <<a href="/cgi-bin/webx?13@@.3bc3e9d6/5">jefferis, "WebAssist Cart help? I know it's off topic but... Could really use some help..." #6, 19 Jun 2007 6:50 am</a>> > You must visit the conference to reply. Email replies are not allowed and > will be returned. > Use the unsubscribe form at > <a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?280@@.3bc3e9d6!folder=.3bc3909c> > to cancel your email subscription.

Problem with 'MSN MoneyCentral Investor Stock Quotes' in Excel

I have been downloading quotes into Excel using the "MSN MoneyCentral Investor Stock Quotes" connection. On December 23, 2014, this connection stopped working
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Partial solution here:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/the_microsoft_excel_support_team_blog/archive/2014/12/11/forms-controls-stop-working-after-december-2014-updates-.aspx
As reported earlier, the %Change column is now 100 times larger than it should be.
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"MSN MoneyCentral Investor Stock Quotes" now grab the wrong quote or the Terms of Use or copyright notice below all of the quotes.
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Use "amzn,wmt,cost", instead of "amzn, wmt, cost".

Firefox 4 won't allow My MSN to open Win Live Calendar, Hotmail or provide stock quotes on the default page.

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Since I could not find a solution, I uninstalled Firefox 4 and installed Internet Explorer 8. Now My MSN works fine.
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Forum Atom feed and the Off-Topic forum

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ngoonee wrote:
Inxsible wrote:I don't mind opening the off-topic section as read only to not logged-in users/non-members
As I recall off-topic, dustbin, and TGN are log-in so that moderation there can be slightly more lenient, since its guaranteed its only our community in the place (no lurkers)? Not part of the 'main' forums in that sense, then.
EDIT: lurkers and/or bots, which is the main point.
This is correct. We don't want someone to type "Arch Linux" in a search engine and to get, as the first link, an off-topic forum thread about some random absurdities or some TGN rant. The same goes with someone visiting the forum to see what kind of community Arch Linux has before installing it. It's a question of giving a good first impression while still being able to have a good time.

Need SharePoint Hosted App for Stock quotes.

Hi All,
I need a code for SharePoint hosted app wherein I want to show stock quotes of company. This App part should be configurable.
Specifically Looking for code which developed in NAPA tool. But any help would be greatly appricieated.
Thanks,
Dhananjay.

Hi Dhananjay,
Please check if below article helps you :
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Hello everyone! This question is slightly off topic, but I'm desperate for an answer. I've been doing wedding videos for some time now and it's time to upgrade my setup. I'm currently in the market for a good, reliable wireless lavaliere mic, and a good quality on camera light. I use a panasonic DVX100b for all of my footage. For the light I'd like to spend about $400.00 ish or less, but I will spend more if the price jump dramatically increases the performance. I also have about $600 to spend on a wireless lav. system, again I will pay more if the jump in price brings a considerable jump in quality. Can anyone make any recommendations?
Thanks

Gotta go with the Sennheiser Evolution series as well. Although I can't say that the actual mics they ships with are the best, they're not bad and I've had very few issues with the range and reception.
And if you're shooting solo, aside from the mics, make sure you pick up a 2 or 3 foot XLR cable so that you have enough hose to allow you to hook the receiver on to your belt. Beats clipping it to the handle strap.
You can also get a little adapter for the DVX that will allow you to mount the mics on the camera hot shoe on the top of the handle. I'm sure you can get these for just about and wireless you buy.
rh

Suggestion: General Discussions\Off Topic Section

hi,
it would be great to have an off topic forum/section here for us to interact and have general discussions. almost every forum i'm a member of has an Off Topic section. we can get to know each other much better and share useful information and opinions about various topics, technology and others also. we can do the same through PM's, but getting everyone involved will feel much better.
Make it easier for other people to find solutions, by marking my answer with \'Accept as Solution\' if it solves your problem.
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I am an ex-HP Employee.

if they start posting technical questions or spam here, then they should be banned!
EDIT: in other news, my reputation level increased!
Message Edited by DexterM on 01-07-2009 11:44 PM
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Newbie wireless question (slightly off-topic)

I didn't want to post this here as it's not entirely an Airport-specific question. I posted this to the iBook forums, but nobody there has answered so my apologies if this is not welcome here. (Any moderators can remove it if that's the case.)
I've been using computers extensively for over a decade, but I'm a total newbie to wifi. I just set up a wireless network in my house and would appreciate some advice/feedback.
My main concerns are whether or not my network is reasonably secure. I know there is no such thing as perfect security, but I don't know if what I've done is good enough or not.
I don't have an Airport base station, but I do have a D-Link Airplus G and an Airport card in my iBook. I have WEP set up on the router and I have enabled MAC filtering, listing only my desktop and my iBook, excluding all others from the network.
I'm fairly certain that nobody in my neighborhood is going to get into my machines this way or be able to sniff my network data stream, but am I right in assuming that nobody can "piggyback" on my Internet connection too? Presumably, if everyone but my own machines are MAC-filtered and kept out, then the Internet connection is also protected. Is that how it works?

WEP and MAC filtering are better than nothing, but you can do better. These are my suggestions:
1. Use WPA with a pre-shared key (PSK) and TKIP encryption on your Netgear router, along with an alphanumeric passphrase of at least eight characters not found in any dictionary. The equivalent setting on your Mac is "WPA Personal". Unlike WEP security (which an expert can crack in under half an hour), WPA security is currently unhackable by any practical means as long as you use a non-dictionary passphrase. One last point - WPA security requires all your wireless Macs to be running MacOS 10.3 or newer.
2. MAC filtering is (these days) essentially useless as a wireless security method. Using "packet sniffing" of traffic on your wireless network to find out what MAC addresses are used by computers on your network, and a PC that allows its MAC address to be cloned so that it is identical to the MAC address of one your own wireless computers (which is possible with most PC wireless network adapters) even an amateur hacker can defeat MAC address filtering in minutes.
By the way - I don't think your posted message here is off topic. In my opinion, the Airport discussion forums are the best place to post any questions related to usage of wireless networks. Questions of this nature are virtually never specific to any Mac model.

Slightly off topic - ATI test demos

Hi,
Slightly off topic question but...
Many years ago a friend of mine (albeit a PC user) showed me a graphics card render demo which was a take on the Lobby Scene from The Matrix, designed to show of his (then) high powered graphics card (this was about 8 years ago)
I was wondering if anyone knew of any websites that had these ATI graphics card rendering demos that would show off the power of the ATI X1900 card - I don't mean the .mov and .avi pre-rendered demo videos that are on ATi's site - I've already checked and the only ones they have are the ones for the older x800, what I'm after are things that are more like applications you run that render the video live. (ATI/AMD do have some but they are very old - when SmartShader 2.0 was released)
Anyone know? or alternatively, any other rendering apps that can show of my 512mb's of graphics card-age?
This is purely for entertainment...
Many thanks!
Regards,
Ben
I hope this makes sense!

Usually push connectors for bare wires are designed for less or up to 200 circles ....
Depending on the number of test performed, mounting time, ... I would ask the push button manufacturers for test fixture connectors . Take the linecard of some distributors (digikey, RS ... ) to find them.
Might not be the cheapest solution on the first run, but for daily use good connectors are always worth the money.
Greetings from Germany
Henrik
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Ticker Symbol for S&P 500 for Stock Quote Widget?

Anyone know what the ticker symbol is for the S&P 500 so I can see that in the stock quote widget which comes with OS X 10.4? I have searched Quote.com endlessly but cannot find it.
When I search quote.com it says the symbol is $SPB, but when I try to enter that in the widget it tells me "no matching symbols".
Help appreciated.
thanks
Paul D.

I use INX for the S&P 500. That only gives the graphs but not the percentage though, so it's not the best solution.

OFF Topic: JAVA Credit Card Processing

Hi All,
          This might be a bit off topic ...but I was wondering if any of you have used
          any payment processing service to process credit card using Java Servletes
          ...I'd like to know which one (CyberCash, CreditCard.com etc) has APIs that
          can be integrated with a Java Servlet ...
          Any comment is appreciated.
          Thanks
          farhang


Bryan Kearney wrote:
          >
          > We have looked at PaylinX and CyberCash. PaylinX has a Java Class which you can
          > use to connect to the NT only server. CyberCash, while internet based, can only
          > suppl static C libraries. Not very Java Freindly.
          >
          > >
          > > This might be a bit off topic ...but I was wondering if any of you have used
          > > any payment processing service to process credit card using Java Servletes
          > > ...I'd like to know which one (CyberCash, CreditCard.com etc) has APIs that
          > > can be integrated with a Java Servlet ...
          > > Any comment is appreciated.
          CCVS from Red Hat (http://www.redhat.com/products/ccvs/) has a Java api.
          We use CCVS but not the Java api so I can't comment on it.
          George
          [email protected] ITServices, UBC
          Programmer/Analyst
          phone: 604.822.4375 fax: 604.822.5116

Slightly off topic: Read-only tables pre 11g

Hi gang
I'm just writing up a database quiz for a local user group and I was hoping I could get a bit of inspiration from the database experts.
One of the questions will be "prior to 11g with the introduction of read-only tables, how could you make a table read-only?". The answers I've come up with:
1) Security priviliges (schema + grant SELECT)
2) Triggers
3) Create a check constraint with disable validate
4) Read-only tablespace
5) Read-only database (standby)
6) (Slightly crazy) Create view, and instead-of triggers that do nothing (similar to 2)
7) Write the query results on a piece of paper and then turn the database off
Anybody have any other answers, real or slightly off topic like mine please? ;)
Cheers,
CM.

Check constraint and trigger solutions may have problems with sqlldr direct path operations, so using it together with alter table disable lock may be mandatory depending on the needs. Especially if DDLs are also wanted to be avoided.
This topic was once mentioned on Tom Kyte's blog or asktom but I couldn't find the source to link here.
SQL> conn hr/hr
Connected to Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0
Connected as hr
-- cleaning objects
SQL> drop table tong purge ;
Table dropped
SQL> drop view vw_tong ;
View dropped
-- creating the demo table
SQL> create table tong ( col1 number ) ;
Table created
SQL> alter table tong add constraint cc_tong check ( 1=0 ) disable validate;
Table altered
SQL> alter table tong disable table lock;
Table altered
-- some DDL tests
SQL> drop table tong ;
drop table tong
ORA-00069: cannot acquire lock -- table locks disabled for TONG
SQL> truncate table tong ;
truncate table tong
ORA-25128: No insert/update/delete on table with constraint (HR.CC_TONG) disabled and validated
SQL> alter table tong parallel ;
alter table tong parallel
ORA-00069: cannot acquire lock -- table locks disabled for TONG
SQL> lock table tong in exclusive mode ;
lock table tong in exclusive mode
ORA-00069: cannot acquire lock -- table locks disabled for TONG
-- some DML tests
SQL> select * from tong ;
COL1
SQL> update tong set col1 = col1 + 1 ;
update tong set col1 = col1 + 1
ORA-25128: No insert/update/delete on table with constraint (HR.CC_TONG) disabled and validated
-- creating dependent objects test
SQL> create index nui_tong on tong(col1) nologging ;
Index created
SQL> create view vw_tong as select * from tong ;
View created
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Off topic - fetching stock quotes

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