Re: london.pm digest, Vol 1 #1485 - 18 msgs

2003-07-15 Thread Dave Cross
From: "Ivor Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 7/15/03 6:46:37 AM [ SAMS Sybase Unleashed book ] > Any chance of the ISBN? I would very much like to buy a > copy for myself for work, but I can't find it on Amazon or > samspublishing.com. Is the book still in print? The ISBN is 0672309092, bu

Database Connection Conversions

2003-07-15 Thread Dave Cross
A client of mine is thinking of buying a datafeed from a third party supplier. As part of the way that this feed works, there is an application that writes the data into a database. This app is written in VB and assumes that the database it is writing to is MS SQL Server. Now we don't like MS SQ

Re: ICE

2003-07-15 Thread Robin Berjon
Simon Wilcox wrote: No not the stuff you put in drinks (sadly) but the [1] Information and Content Exchange protocol :-/ Has anyone worked with this and have any tips/gotchas to share ? I haven't heard about ICE for ages, but that may mean nothing. There's a fair amount of information from Robin C

Re: Expletives (was Eurocracy sucks)

2003-07-15 Thread Paul Mison
On 15/07/2003 at 01:03 +0100, Ivor Williams wrote: Interestingly enough, this message, and at least four of the replies to it have tripped the corporate dodgy word detector on-site where I am working (lurking). Whilst I fully concur with Earle's sentiments about the attitude of the French authori

Re: Expletives (was Eurocracy sucks)

2003-07-15 Thread Roger Burton West
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:07:48AM +0100, Paul Mison wrote: >Perhaps that's a good idea. Either that, or collect it via a method >other than your employee's servers. Personally I gave up on work >subscriptions to lists after a rather unpleasant morning moving all >my mailing lists when a compan

Re: Expletives (was Eurocracy sucks)

2003-07-15 Thread Mark Overmeer
* Paul Mison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030715 11:10]: > On 15/07/2003 at 01:03 +0100, Ivor Williams wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep 'f*ck' london.pm.mbox | wc -l > 216 > echo "cannot unlock my door" | grep 'f*ck' london.pm.mbox | wc -l 1 You probably mean

Re: Expletives (was Eurocracy sucks)

2003-07-15 Thread Richard Clamp
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 11:18:27AM +0200, Mark Overmeer wrote: > You probably mean > > grep -c 'f.ck' london.pm.mbox You trim too much. >> Obviously they weren't starred in the grep query. That would be >> silly.) -- Richard Clamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Books

2003-07-15 Thread MARTELETTI-MAZU
Simon Wistow     If you still have: Think Pascal [0] User ManualThink Pascal Object Orientated Programming Manual send me a message. Thank you.

Re: london.pm digest, Vol 1 #1485 - 18 msgs

2003-07-15 Thread David Hodgkinson
On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 07:46 am, Ivor Williams wrote: - Original Message - Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 16:46:11 +0100 Subject: Re: OT: More sybase related - IDENTIFIER TOO LONG Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTE

License question

2003-07-15 Thread Nigel Wetters
I guess some of you have thought about licensing issues, so might be able to help me. I have some code that can't be included in the Debian project because it doesn't work without some bundled data. The bundled data is free (as in beer), but has a non-Debian-compliant license (it cannot be used

Re: XML::DOM trouble

2003-07-15 Thread Robin Berjon
Matt Lawrence wrote: XML::DOM is acting very strangely with regard to UTF-8. I wouldn't be surprised if XML::DOM and Perl 5.8 interacted badly. You would probably be better off using XML::LibXML instead. -- Robin Berjon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Research Engineer, Expwayhttp://expway.fr/ 7FC0 6

Re: [OT] Dynamic image viewers

2003-07-15 Thread Robin Berjon
Paul Makepeace wrote: On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 08:22:31PM +0200, Robin Berjon wrote: Bah. Bh. Flash evil. Flash bad. Must die. Baaah. Ah yes, without Flash a whole bunch of fun things wouldn't be possible, http://www.anycities.com/user/volkomen/iconwars.html Yes, that's fun indeed, but it could

Re: License question

2003-07-15 Thread Alex Hudson
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:59:52AM +0100, Nigel Wetters wrote: > I have some code that can't be included in the Debian project because > it doesn't work without some bundled data. The bundled data is free (as > in beer), but has a non-Debian-compliant license (it cannot be used to > spam people).

Re: License question

2003-07-15 Thread the hatter
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Nigel Wetters wrote: > I can avoid bundling the data by having a second program that does know > about the data write the program I wish to distribute. A bit tortuous, > but if it avoids the licensing clash, probably worth the effort. But > does it avoid the licensing clash?

Re: License question

2003-07-15 Thread Sam Vilain
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:59, Nigel Wetters wrote: > I have some code that can't be included in the Debian project because it > doesn't work without some bundled data. The bundled data is free (as in > beer), but has a non-Debian-compliant license (it cannot be used to spam > people). Oh, excellent,

Re: License question

2003-07-15 Thread Jason Clifford
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Nigel Wetters wrote: > I guess some of you have thought about licensing issues, so might be able to help me. > > I have some code that can't be included in the Debian project because > it doesn't work without some bundled data. The bundled data is free (as > in beer), but h

Re: Eurocracy sucks.

2003-07-15 Thread Earle Martin
Bonjour [EMAIL PROTECTED], You wrote: > But i think , BTW , that among the ideas you were given , the first one > (going to the embassy first thing in the morning and be prepared to spend > the whole day there) has really good chances to succeed . To check this out, I went to the embassy on my w

Re: XML::DOM trouble

2003-07-15 Thread Matthew Lawrence
Robin Berjon wrote: Matt Lawrence wrote: XML::DOM is acting very strangely with regard to UTF-8. I wouldn't be surprised if XML::DOM and Perl 5.8 interacted badly. You would probably be better off using XML::LibXML instead. It's a bit too late for that now, unfortunately. I'm pretty much stuck

AxKit pal wanted

2003-07-15 Thread Alex McLintock
Hi folks, I'm using Apache Cocoon for producing a java/ xml website. I was wondering about converting it to AxKit and was wondering if any cool London.pm person would be interested in helping me out. It is semi-professional. I got paid for this website in the past - but am updating it for free

Re: License question

2003-07-15 Thread Nigel Wetters
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Jason Clifford wrote: > I can only assume that the data includes personal identifying data > such as email addresses if it can be used in such a manner. No. The original data source contains these identifiers. I am bundling data that has been stripped of all identifers, but

Re: License question

2003-07-15 Thread Alex Hudson
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 01:18:50PM +0100, Nigel Wetters wrote: > I could dispense with the database if I created a second (non-distributed) > program that used the database to build the distributed program. Does the > distributed program still need to carry the liceses for the original data?? I do

[JOB] Perl, MySQL in Acton

2003-07-15 Thread Nicholas Clark
I don't think that anyone's punted this one to the list yet: http://jobs.perl.org/job/851 Summary: Software Developer (Back-end Systems) Perl, MySQL Linux Either £32-£38 Neg (on their website) or £28-£35 Neg (jobs.perl.org) Start up online mail order DVD business, North Acton There's also a

Re: Database Connection Conversions

2003-07-15 Thread Patrick Mulvany
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 01:57:55AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote: > A client of mine is thinking of buying a datafeed from a third > party supplier. > As part of the way that this feed works, there is an application > that writes the data into a database. This app is written in > VB and assumes that the

Re: Database Connection Conversions

2003-07-15 Thread Patrick Mulvany
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 01:57:55AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote: > > A client of mine is thinking of buying a datafeed from a third > party supplier. > > As part of the way that this feed works, there is an application > that writes the data into a database. This app is written in > VB and assumes tha

Re: License question

2003-07-15 Thread Shevek
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Alex Hudson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 01:18:50PM +0100, Nigel Wetters wrote: > > I could dispense with the database if I created a second (non-distributed) > > program that used the database to build the distributed program. Does the > > distributed program still need t

Re: Database Connection Conversions

2003-07-15 Thread Dave Cross
From: Patrick Mulvany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 7/15/03 2:36:02 PM > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 01:57:55AM -0700, Dave Cross > wrote: >> >> A client of mine is thinking of buying a datafeed from a >> third party supplier. >> >> As part of the way that this feed works, there is an >> application

Hanging out in london after YAPC::EU

2003-07-15 Thread Claes Jacobsson
Hi, after YAPC::EU next week I've planned to hang out in London for a while and drink beer with you guys. However, since my budget is kinda limited I would appreciate if someone would be kind to have a spare sofa I could crash on for a couple of nights. "Mi casa es su casa", See you in Paris

Re: Database Connection Conversions

2003-07-15 Thread darren chamberlain
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Dave Cross [2003-07-15 08:37]: > So what we're looking for is an application that can sit between the > VB app and the Oracle database, translating the ODBC/SQL Server calls > to Oracle API calls. It needs to look like an SQL Server to the VB app >

Re: Database Connection Conversions

2003-07-15 Thread darren chamberlain
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Darren Chamberlain [2003-07-15 11:34]: > * Dave Cross [2003-07-15 08:37]: > > So what we're looking for is an application that can sit between the > > VB app and the Oracle database, translating the ODBC/SQL Server calls > > to Oracle API calls. It

Re: Expletives (was Eurocracy sucks)

2003-07-15 Thread Earle Martin
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:07:48AM +0100, Paul Mison wrote: > Personally I gave up on work subscriptions to lists after a rather > unpleasant morning moving all my mailing lists when a company went > bust... In my case, it was back in 1999, when my boss at the time (a real queen bee type from the

Re: Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure

2003-07-15 Thread Steven Arnott
Website lists the event as being sold out for London, however he is doing a month long run in Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and UK tour afterwards... And I expect it on TV in Spring 2004... On Tuesday 15 Jul 2003 4:20 am, Paul Makepeace wrote: > As a pre-YAPC bit of fun, you're invited to join me and

Re: Treating strings like file handles?

2003-07-15 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 11:47:15AM +, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > [1] Yay! 5.8.1-RC1 is out! closely followed by RC2 - see: http://search.cpan.org/author/JHI/ RC3 won't be out until after YAPC::EU, as currently Jarkko is in Scotland, and then goes to Paris via London. Which reminds me - do

Re: Treating strings like file handles?

2003-07-15 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 03:44:13PM +0100, Ali Young wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Richard Clamp wrote: > > http://search.cpan.org/author/ERYQ/IO-stringy-2.108/lib/IO/Scalar.pm > > > > Perfect, thanks. Now how on earth did I miss seeing that on CPAN? Because you were blinded by the orange? http

Re: Treating strings like file handles?

2003-07-15 Thread Chris Andrews
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:57:20PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > > Because you were blinded by the orange? > > http://search.cpan.org/orange.html Behold, interweb sunglasses: ExtFilterDefine orangenomore mode=output intype=text/css \ cmd="/bin/sed s/ff7300/006699/g" Prox

Re: Database Connection Conversions

2003-07-15 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:40:15 -0400, darren chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > * Darren Chamberlain [2003-07-15 11:34]: >> * Dave Cross [2003-07-15 08:37]: >> > So what we're looking for is an application that can sit between the >> > VB a

Re: Treating strings like file handles?

2003-07-15 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:16:01 +0100, Chris Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:57:20PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: >> >> Because you were blinded by the orange? >> >> http://search.cpan.org/orange.html > > Behold, interweb sunglasses: > > ExtFilterDefine orangenomo

Has the google system been beaten?

2003-07-15 Thread Adam Spiers
I'm on the verge of buying a fancy new heart rate monitor watch which lets you download recorded exercise sessions to your computer. Amongst various googling search terms, I tried the search terms "linux" and "x6hr" together[0]: http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+x6hr&btnG=Google+Search Imagi

Re: Has the google system been beaten?

2003-07-15 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:10:22PM +0100, Adam Spiers wrote: > [0] Incidentally if anyone has thoughts on the Suunto X6HR or other > high end HRMs (Polar 820/720, HAC4 etc. etc.) I'd be interested to > hear them. Polar was first to market with HRMs years ago and at the time could enjoy gou

Messing with mail-owned files from Apache

2003-07-15 Thread Paul Makepeace
I'd like to do things like create, read, and delete files in /var/mail owned by mail:mail. It'll (ideally) be called from within a perl module running under mod_perl. Is there a best practice when performing operations as a system user from with perl in Apache? It seems suexec is quite restricted

Re: Messing with mail-owned files from Apache

2003-07-15 Thread the hatter
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Paul Makepeace wrote: > Is there a best practice when performing operations as a system user > from with perl in Apache? It seems suexec is quite restricted in what it > can do, specifically it won't setuid to system users nor operate outside > of a particular directory hierar

Re: Has the google system been beaten?

2003-07-15 Thread Alex Hudson
On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 22:10, Adam Spiers wrote: > These pages all supposedly contained both search words, but upon > visiting, contained neither. It seems that someone has registered an > enormous number of domains, and has somehow conned google into > thinking all these pages are relevant to many

[OT] HRMs (was Re: Has the google system been beaten?)

2003-07-15 Thread Adam Spiers
My prediction was correct that you might be the first respondent on a health & fitness thread ;-) Paul Makepeace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:10:22PM +0100, Adam Spiers wrote: > > [0] Incidentally if anyone has thoughts on the Suunto X6HR or other > > high end HRMs (

Re: Orange

2003-07-15 Thread will
On Sun, 2003-07-13 at 15:32, David Cantrell wrote: > On Sunday, July 13, 2003 2:56 pm +0100 Leo Lapworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, what with it being YAPC::EU in a couple of weeks, and Mr Greggy > > will be running the auction I personally feel that it should be > > reauctioned - I'm

Re: Messing with mail-owned files from Apache

2003-07-15 Thread Steve Keay
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:31:36PM +0100, Paul Makepeace wrote: > I'd like to do things like create, read, and delete files in /var/mail > owned by mail:mail. It'll (ideally) be called from within a perl module > running under mod_perl. Security is an emotional topic for some - I lay down and prep

Re: Orange

2003-07-15 Thread Earle Martin
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 11:22:54PM +0100, will wrote: > http://www.dazedsheep.co.uk/ Redirects to http://www.dazedsheep.co.uk/james/, which gives a Directory Listing Denied error. -- # Earle Martin http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?EarleMartin $a="f695a9a2176a7dd1618af6649896e

Re: [OT] HRMs (was Re: Has the google system been beaten?)

2003-07-15 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:52:51PM +0100, Adam Spiers wrote: > Paul Makepeace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > http://daveb.net/training/ > http://daveb.net/s710/ This is definitely some cool sh.t -- his spelunk of the mapsource file format is well worth a read. > http://www.heartratemonitor.co