Chris Maunder wrote: SQL Server crashed and for some reason didn't bother restarting itself How unusual... Chris Maunder wrote: Any Oracle experts here? That depends on your standards. I've done more than 100 production Oralce8i and 9i (including Oracle 9i RAC) installations over the past years. However, I only work with Solaris or AIX :(( /A

Chris, you must be in hypnosis (initiated by French judges) as we all know you're a permanently adopted Swede, and we (Sweden) lost the quarter-final due to a compiler error :-) /A

Jacksonh wrote: What would you say are the benifits of using Oracle over SQL server? Not trying to start a fight I just want to know. Ok, my previous statement is based partly on functionality and (mostly) on scalability / availability / performance. At least in my working environment, SQL Server isn't an option when you need LARGE systems. SQL Server provides options for clustering and partitioning, but remove one node in the cluster and the database in gone/down. In Oracle9i you can run the Real Application Server (RAC), which is an evolution over Parallell Server, in (very simplified) which all nodes makes up one instance, and as long as one node remains functional the database is up. IMO Oracle also is better documented in low-level areas, which makes hard tuning possible (far beyond statement level). Oracle also have some pretty good intermedia (text,wave,video) LOB support which are used in many interesting applications. Alas, it all depends on your particular needs. If you don't need advanced LOB support, scalability option, high availability environments or a database that runs on many operating systems, pick something else. If your database is small, you may use pretty much anything as long as it supports your application needs. At least in Europe, SQL Server pricing is inexpensive in the standard edition, and fairly high in enterprise ed. (at least std ed. times 8 !!!), and considering you must use enterprise edition if you want to utilize more than 2 GB RAM, I would say Oracle is a bargain. Soo, while Oracle pricing won't scare too many, I can understand that people get pissed by not having security patches available in public! /A

Jacksonh wrote: Is Oracle really that good? Yes it is. And if you consider a larger installation (>2 GB RAM) SQL Server is actually more expensive! /A

HockeyDude wrote: Sure the win was against the most under developed team playing, but still it was a win. God damn we have bad luck. Half the players are injured, our greatest player is out with injury. Our own goalie knocks the puck in with the bunt end of his stick...Whats next? Of course it's just bad luck or a sloppy goalie... Hey, next time it might be the french referee!!! /Go Sweden Go

> Of course it totally made sense since none of the Canada > players could pass or shoot! A correct observation! Canada was in every respect the "snack" we expected ;P /AH

Ok, that's what I suspected anyway... I have to deal with different vectors for the ARC, but that should not present any problem. Just wan't to make sure I don't reinvent the wheel to many times :-) Thanks for the reply and sample /Andreas

Hi, Does anyone know if the Gdiplus::Graphics class sports a [Fill|Draw]RoundRect() function (or similar.) I know I can use a GraphicsPath object (with lines and arcs) to represent the same shape, but it seems strange that such a basic function could be omitted by the implementation? /Andreas

You may have some success with the overloaded methods: Gdiplus::Graphics::MeasureString(...) OR Gdiplus::Graphics::MeasureDriverString(...) /Andreas

Compaq IPAQ 36X0 with CF ethernet and/or WLAN card /Andreas

Hi, last week our office was equipped with a *new* pinball game called "Road Show." Since most of us was new to this particular game, a quick search of the Internet gave us some rules sheets and historical notes. One collegue came up with this piece of text, written by some "Michael Dunn" from UCLA:
http://www.lysator.liu.se/pinball/IPD/rules/roadshow.txt
Could this be the same man who enlights lurkers as myself with excellent articles on this very site??? Some excerpts from the text also reveals that Mike ain't that bad behind the plunger...

...
Bonus multipliers become even more important near the end of a big game.
You'll have lots of cities, lots of miles, and lots of Blasts. Building up
your multiplier each ball should be a high priority. Mike once collected a
799M Fun With Bonus with a 6x multiplier!
...

Some pictures of the pinball game can be found at:
http://www.pinball.nu/tillman/roadshow.shtml
Regards
Andreas Hallberg

Paul Watson wrote: ... > I wonder though how easy to use all those products are? > Do you need a 500 page manual? ... Just use the man(1) command! Regards, Andreas Hallberg