Problem with DVD drive, please help

Hi people, please read the whole story and give me some advice.
Last Friday, took the train from Stoke on trent to Birmingham to get to Apple at the bullring as the DVD drive is not recognising DVDs. Everytime I put a dvd in, the blank dvd message comes up! They told me they can replace the drive, but it will take a few days unless I pay for Apple pro care, as I needed it done quick, I paid, I roamed around the shops waiting for the phone call that it is ready. After an hour, got a call saying that the NEW DRIVE they have in stock is faulty, so I came back, they told me that they will call me when they get another one in stock. Went back home after having wasted a day in birmingham.
Monday, got a message on my voicemail, the drive is in stock, pop in and we'll replace it. As I was working all week, I thought I'd give them a ring to arrange for the repair on Saturday where they can fit me. I tried to call all week, THE BULLRING STORE DOES NOT ANSWER THEIR PHONES!
So, I popped in today, they said that they cannot do it today as they were busy. I asked to see the store manager and explained to her the situation and how annoying it is not to be able to get in touch with the store. She told me she'll get it done before closing time.Luckily by 2 pm it was ready, picked up , hopped back on the train to stoke. Got home tried a DVD, it works, then suddenly STOPS WORKING.
The Macbook now doesn't recognise the drive at all, and I've got a DVD stuck in it.
I have wasted another day in birmingham + train fares + Apple pro crae (79.99). I am very frustrated, I am now having second thoughts on the quality of apple products. If the matsui drives are crap, why don't they get another manufacturer to make it for them.
I would appreciate your help on what should my next move be, I cannot keep loosing my time like this, I paid good money for this kit and I need it to work.

http://www.which.co.uk/reportsand_campaigns/consumer_rights/reports/your_rights/buying_selling/Returning%20fau lty%20goods/Returning_faulty_goods_report_6576571.jsp
Have a read of this article. You definantely should be able to get a full refund (whether they will do that is a different matter).
If you don't ask (firmly) then you don't get. A 12 month warranty is there for a reason so use it. I can't believe they've actually charged you for work already within the 12 month period. I have also being trying ot look for an article about claiming unfair travel to and from a shop for repairs but I cannie find it.....
Would you consider asking for a replacment laptop. From what I have read on the forums, if you call apple they will be more likely to help out, maybe give them a try and avoid Birmingham all together.
ps, i'm from Stoke too -Small world eh?

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java.lang.ClassCastException: oracle.jbo.html.jsp.datatags.OnEventTag
PLEASE HELP.
Chris Lambrou

I have (hopefully) found a solution to my part of this problem. I was getting the ClassCastExceptions on any page with a <jbo:row> tag after doing a failed DML action. I have tested this with the delete event. (btw, I am using jdev9.0.3.3 w/ BC4J/JSP) Before what I was doing was this:
<% try { %>
<jbo:Row id="delrow" datasource="ds" rowkeyparam="jboRowKey" action="Delete" />
<% } catch (JboException jboEx) { %>
do something
<% } catch (Exception ex) { %>
uh-oh, this is bad
<% } %>
If I removed the try/catch block everything worked fine. Unfortunatlely, I need to try/catch block here. To work around the problem I changed the code to this:
<% Row rowDelete = ds.getRowFromKey(params.getParameter("jboRowKey")); %>
<% try { %>
<%
rowDelete.remove();
%>
<% } catch (JboException jboEx) { %>
do something
<% } catch (Exception ex) { %>
uh-oh, this is bad
<% } %>
The second bit of code does the same thing (but it doesn't use a bean like I think <jbo:Row> does) and it doesn't cause the ClassCastError on subsequent errors.
I really hope this helps someone else because it took me forever to get a workaround!
~Rob Lundeen

Problem with "Package Spec" please help.

Hello once again.
I'm developing a master-detail form, so I'm using a "Package Spec" variable to hold the primary key value from the master form. The primary key value for the master is generated by a sequence.
Here's the package spec:
PACKAGE primary_keygen IS
pkey varchar2(15);
END;Now the master table has the following "Before Insert" Trigger .
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER MASTER_NUM_GEN
BEFORE INSERT
ON MASTER
FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
primary_key_value varchar2(15);
BEGIN
select lpad(to_char(ref_gen.nextval), 4,'0')
into primary_key_value from dual;
primary_keygen.pkey:='ABC/'||primary_key_value;
:new.Ref_Number:=primary_keygen.pkey;
END;For the detail block. I have the following "Before Insert Trigger" to generate the primary key values.
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER DET1_NUM_GEN
BEFORE INSERT
ON DETAIL1
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
if :new.M_ref_number is NULL THEN
:new.M_ref_number:=primary_keygen.pkey;
ENd if;
END;Works quite fine if I have only one detail block. But if I have multiple detail blocks. Depending on the user's selection. i.e. After entering data into the master block, the user selects a detail block ('Letter type'- using stacked canvases for this purpose and radio buttons for selecting the view) and then Inserts data into it. here's what I do in the Detail block2.
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER OREF_NUM_GEN
BEFORE INSERT
ON DETAIL2
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
if :new.O_ref_number is NULL THEN
:new.O_ref_number:=pkey_gen.master_key;
ENd if;
END;Now the problem is that When I enter one record into detail1, works fine, but for the second time, when I try to insert another record. the master table gets a new reference number (primary key value) while the detail block gets the previous value that was used in the first record!, so that means 'pkey_gen.master_key' is holding the old value, while in my opinion it should hold the new value, I dont know whats wrong here. If I try to insert two consecutive records into the same detail table, I get an error saying "Unique Constraint voilated", becuase the variable is holding the old values.
And lastly after it inserts the record into the database, I get a dialog box saying, "successfuly inserted 2 records into the database" and when I click ok, the Form closes by itself, any ideas on how to stop this?
I'm really stuck here. Please help me out on this.
Thanks.
Note: I'm using Form6i with Database 10g.
Message was edited by:
fahimkhan82

Hi,
Maybe the best way to start is to try building a new form from scratch. For simplicity I will assume that you have one master and one detail table. Master table has a primary key and the detail table has a foreign key to the master. Based on this, with the forms you can create a database block based on your master table. Use the wizard. Again using the wizard, create a second block based on the detail table. You'll see a screen to prompt to create a relationship. Create one by selecting the master table and the right foreign key relation. Now take a close look to all triggers automatically created by the form. Also check the "Relations" object found in you master block object tree. Note that the foreight key column in the detail table has the "Copy Value From Item" property set to monitor the master block's primary key.
This is the basic. You don't need the database triggers, except (in case you want to insert through, say, SLQPlus) the one for the master table, which will look like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER MASTER_NUM_GEN
BEFORE INSERT
ON MASTER
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF :new.ref_number IS NULL THEN
select 'ABC/'||pad(to_char(ref_gen.nextval), 4,'0')
into :new.ref_number
from dual;
END IF;
END;
Now you have to take care about the inserts in your form. Create PRE-INSERT trigger on the master block.
IF :master.ref_number IS NULL THEN
SELECT 'ABC/'||pad(to_char(ref_gen.NEXTVAL), 4,'0')
INTO :master.ref_number
FROM dual;
END IF;
Run the form and explore different situations to see how the form is keeping the data integrity.
Compile with Shift+K (incremental). Sometimes forms blow just because not all of the trigers were compiled properly.
Hope this helps...

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