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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>SQL &#8211; Dynamic Date Range, Number Range in Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2/400</title>
		<link>http://mhimu.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/sql-dynamic-date-range-number-range-in-oracle-sql-server-and-db2400/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 05:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, we need to make coverage reports that span over a period of time and where all points in the period do not contain data.
Assume a shop has 50 outlets and we want to find the number of sales in each branch over the past ten days. Business is bad in some areas and so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mhimu.wordpress.com&blog=1482807&post=39&subd=mhimu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ODI &#8211; Incremental Update and Surrogate Key using Database Sequence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 10:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this because it had me lose my sanity for some time. If,

You’re using Oracle Data Integrator 
You’ve defined a dimension table with a surrogate key even if it is not a SCD type 2 (recommended by Kimball) 
The surrogate key is maintained through a database sequence (Oracle sequence in my case) 
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		<title>ODI &#8211; How to Reverse Flat Files</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 09:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most important thing to remember before using flat files as datastores in ODI is that the Designer looks for them in the client PC where it runs. I haven’t tried using a UNC (\\computer\share\…) but that should work.
ODI comes pre-configured with a folder for dealing with flat files – in the Topology Manger, you’ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mhimu.wordpress.com&blog=1482807&post=37&subd=mhimu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Active Directory Authentication using Java/JNDI</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve successfully performed AD authentication using JNDI from Java. It is almost a copy of the code found in Mauricio Rojas Blog. Thanks Mauricio!
The ADAuthenticator class tries to connect to the AD using the given credentials and retuns a Map containing some information of the user if authentication succeeds. It can be instantiated to authenticate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mhimu.wordpress.com&blog=1482807&post=30&subd=mhimu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been pulling my hair on this issue:
A complex sql with subqueries and a union written and executed OK in iSeriese Navigator for V5R4. Then I copied and pasted the same SQL in the query definition window of Oracle Reports Builder JDBC query dialog. The connection to iSeries is through the JDBC-ODBC bridge driver. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mhimu.wordpress.com&blog=1482807&post=23&subd=mhimu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Storing Membership Data in ASP.NET 2.0 Web Application&#8217;s SQL Server Database</title>
		<link>http://mhimu.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/storing-membership-data-in-aspnet-20-web-applications-sql-server-database/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a summary of the MSDN article How To: Use Forms Authentication with SQL Server in ASP.NET 2.0.
ASP.NET 2.0 allows storing web-site users and profiles in a database and maintain access control based on that information. The concept is referred to as &#8216;Forms Authentication&#8217;. The database can be SQL Server or Active Directory. Here, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mhimu.wordpress.com&blog=1482807&post=18&subd=mhimu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Java Date is so stupid</title>
		<link>http://mhimu.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/java-date-is-so-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everytime I try to work with java.util.Date, I get frustrated. Why is the API so cumbersome?
Have you ever tried to find the difference between to Date values? There is nothing except a millisecond value. I don&#8217;t want milliseconds! I want rounded days and the timestamp comes to taunt me!
Why can&#8217;t you simply add to or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mhimu.wordpress.com&blog=1482807&post=11&subd=mhimu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring MVC Tutorial, 2</title>
		<link>http://mhimu.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/spring-mvc-tutorial-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my second installment of the tutorial. For the first part, see Spring MVC Tutorial.
6 Adding Localization Support
These days, there is much touting about i18n (internalization) and l10n (localization). So, I guess I need to support them also. In fact, I&#8217;ve already done the ground work for localizing error messages (error.invalid.principal in LoanCalcValidator, &#60;form:errors&#62; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mhimu.wordpress.com&blog=1482807&post=10&subd=mhimu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Microsoft is so popular?</title>
		<link>http://mhimu.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/why-microsoft-is-so-popular/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last time I used VB5 was back in the year 2000. I worked with VC++ and C++Builder during 2001. From then on, I have been working with Java (Eclipse, IDEA) without the AWT/Swing part. Java GUI always scared me.
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