Archive for July, 2009

Looking for friends…

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Most of the people my age are divided into 2 groups: 1. Just married or planning to 2. Already divorced Are there any "not cool"  families living happily with small kids? Are you there or should I speak to the Green guys about another type of endangered species about to disapear?

Cleaning the house

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Question: How to explain to a wife that it is not a good idea to make you do chores at home. Answer: Simple, just do it once...

SQL Server Index size

Friday, July 24th, 2009

The following script reports space allocated for every index in the Database. Script is taken from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/316831/table-and-index-size-in-sql-server: SELECT i.name AS IndexName, s.used_page_count * 8 AS IndexSizeKB FROM sys.dm_db_partition_stats AS s JOIN sys.indexes ...

Blackberry Gmail Configuraton

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Copying from http://www.bbhub.com/2006/12/19/how-to-filter-messages-sent-from-a-blackberry-gmail-account/ When you use the BlackBerry Gmail service to send messages from your BlackBerry device to another, they are stored in the Gmail Inbox as a conversation. They appear as new messages in the GMail Inbox. But as the BlackBerry Technical Knowledge Center explains in a just-posted (and frankly a ...

Google’s Web Experience Redefined

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Google started challenging our perception about web application capabilities starting with Google Mail (gmail) and Google Maps. Nowadays, Google tries to move further with 2 new challenges: Web 3D applications: http://code.google.com/apis/o3d/ YouTube 3D: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j-uRTsHC9k[/youtube]

Query database partition list

Monday, July 20th, 2009

SQL Server The following query allows to verify created partitions per partition function. If a single function is used per table this would show all partitions created for every table: select * from sys.partition_functions func join sys.partition_range_values range on func.function_id = range.function_id; Oracle The following query allows to query list of created partitions per ...

Uploading android application on a device

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Download android usb windows drivers from the following location: http://dl.google.com/android/android_usb_windows.zip As drivers are installed connect your phone. Application should be compiled in a form of APK file. APK file can be uploaded on to a device using adb utitlity provided with Android SDK in the tools folder: adb.exe install <APK file> If install failed because ...