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Well, it appears that this

aisu — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:33:32 +0000

After installing Drupal, I cannot login anymore after logging out for the first time. That is to say, after typing username and password and hitting enter, the screen refreshes and I seem not to have logged in. I do not get any error messages about using wrong names etc...

After searching the forums I have also concluded that my login problem is NOT related to:

the double login phenomenon
cookies
cache

However, the following hack allows me to login normally. The hack consists of commenting out three lines in user.module:

//$old_session_id = session_id();
//session_regenerate_id();
//db_query("UPDATE {sessions} SET sid = '%s' WHERE sid = '%s'", session_id(), $old_session_id);

This leads me to believe that the real cause of the problem lies with the PHP settings on the server of my webhost. My questions are:

What am I potentially compromising by commenting those lines out in user.module?
What other solutions are there?

Thanks,
Kdebaas

Drupal 4.7.4, PHP 5.1.6, IIS 5, mysql client api 5.0.22
Using browsers: Firefox 2 and IE 6
Installing Drupal 5 also didn't get me past the login screen...

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Cache,Compression & Cookies

admin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:31:38 +0000

I've recently spent some time with Drupal going through and disabling all modules that gave me issues with the page cache option enabled. I've seen a very noticeable speed increase since enabling the page cache option, but now another well traveled issue has surfaced, and one which I've never experienced before.

Now when I login I often find I cannot logout, and when I do logout I'll browse a few pages and I'll be shown as being logged in again. I can even login as one person, browse around and then logout, login as another person and browse around and will be show to be logged in as the previous user. All this has only started happening since I enabled page caching in Drupal, and if I disable it again I have no login/logout issues.

I've done searching of the Drupal site and this sort of issue (login / logout) seem to be mentioned a lot, but I've not found any posts directly linking it to enabling the page cache feature. Another thing I've noticed through very small amount of testing (still needs more) is that it seems if I disable HTTP gzip compression when I have Drupal page cache enabled for my site then I'm able to login and logout and browse around the site with no sessions funny business. It seems the one thing in common for me is that there is a conflict

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How to Troubleshoot Black Hole Router Issues

madan777in — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:40:11 +0000

On a TCP/IP-based wide area network (WAN), communication over some routes may fail if an intermediate network segment has a maximum packet size that is smaller than the maximum packet size of the communicating hosts–and if the router does not send an appropriate Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) response to this condition or if a firewall on the path drops such a response. Such a router is sometimes known as a “black hole” router.

You can locate a black hole router by using the Ping utility, which is a standard utility that is installed with the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP protocol. You can then use one of three methods of fixing or working around black hole routers.

When a network router receives a packet that is larger than the size of the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) of the next segment of a communications network, and that packet’s IP layer “don’t fragment” bit is flagged, the router is expected to send an ICMP “destination unreachable” message back to the sending host.

If the router does not send a message, the packet might be dropped, causing a variety of errors that vary with the program that is communicating over the unsuccessful link. (These errors do not occur if a program connects to a computer on a local subnet.) The behavior may seem intermittent, but closer examination shows that the behavior can be reproduced, for example, by having a client read a large file that is sent from a remote host.

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Essbase and Oracle Process Manager and Notification (OPMN) Server

madan777in — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:26:46 +0000

Oracle Process Manager and Notification server (OPMN) enables you to monitor and control the Essbase Agent process. You add Essbase Agent information to opmn.xml to enable OPMN to start, stop and restart the agent using the OPMN command line interface. OPMN can automatically restart the Essbase Agent when it becomes unresponsible, terminates unexpectedly, or becomes unreachable as determined by ping and notification operations.

If you configured more than one instance of Essbase Server on a single machine, each instance has its own OPMN, its own start scripts, and its own log files. You must update each instance’s copy of opmn.xml so that each OPMN has unique ports for communication.

See Appendix H, “OPMN Service Failover for Essbase Server” and Oracle Essbase Database Administrator’s Guide, “Managing Essbase Using OPMN“.

Downloading the Installation Files

Download the installation files from “Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System” page of the Oracle E-Delivery (http://edelivery.oracle.com) site into /download_location. Note that some files are posted by platform; make sure to download the files for the platform you will be using.

Review the Media Pack Readme on the Oracle E-Delivery web site to see which ZIP files to download depending on the products you own and the platform you are deploying those products on.

Unzip the EPM downloaded files into /download_location, if you are prompted with a message that any files may already exist be sure to click “Yes” to overwite the existing file(s). Be sure to unzip the files into the same exact directory /download_files. The assemblies are automatically unzipped into an /assemblies directory under /download_files. For information about specific assemblies related to the various product components see the section “Component Installation By Tier and Installation Assemblies” on page 29 of the “Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide RELEASE 11.1.2“. NOTE: Make sure to check that you are using the latest up to date Installation Guide, the one I am using for my installation during the month of December 2010 contains the notation “Updated: November 2010? and I believe is the 1st update since this release shipped.

NOTE: Even though you need the EPM-Foundation Services ZIP files on each machine in the environment, install Foundation Servers Web applications on only one machine. On the machine you which you plan to administer the WebLogic Server, you must install all Web applications for all applications you plan to deploy on any machine in the environment. For more information see “Installing EPM System Products in a Distributed Environment” on page 89.

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EPM Oracle Home

madan777in — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:16:41 +0000

The default EPM Oracle home location is MIDDLEWARE_HOME/EPMSystem11R1. In addition, common internal components used by the producs are installed in EPM Oracle home. Choose the location carefully to ensure that the location has enough disk space for all of the products you are installing on that machine. You CANNOT change the location at a later time.

The EPM Oracle home location is defined in the system environment called EPM_ORACLE_HOME. The EPM Oracle home directory structure must be the same on each machine. Additionally, during configuration some products deploy components to MIDDLEWARE_HOME/user_projects/epmsystem1. Deplopyed components include the following:

Go Inside Search to get the most out of Google

madan777in — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:50:48 +0000

6/16/2011 03:30:00 PM

On Tuesday, we held a media event in San Francisco to introduce new and faster ways to search using your voice, an image or Instant Pages. We also launched Inside Search, a new website that hosted a live stream of the event. Inside Search contains a wealth of information about search and we wanted to let you know more about it.

When providing detailed information about a new search feature, we often link to an official landing page from the blog post (such as this one for Google Instant or this one for Google Images with sorting). Since there wasn’t one central place you could find all that information, we created a one-stop shop for all search-related features, tips and tricks. Thus, following the release of the new Inside Search blog, we bring you a deeper look Inside Search.

Whether you’re a beginner to web search or a search master, you’ll find all the search shortcuts you need under the Features section of the site. For example, most people don’t realize that the Google search box is a calculator, a world clock and a unit converter. You can also discover tips like how to use translated sites to search for [crepe recipes] on French sites or how to use an asterisk in a phrase or question so Google can fill in the blanks.

new blog post

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:26:48 +0000

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admin — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:31:25 +0000

This is a sample of a blog post, please delete this after.

A precious metals chain

aisu — Tue, 31 May 2011 07:30:34 +0000

The global financial crisis in 2008, followed by the concerns about growth in developed countries, especially among European nations, led to investors going for risk aversion.

Amar Singh Deo, head, Commodities and Currencies Research, Aditya Birla Money, says: "Currencies, once considered a safe avenue, took a major hit.

Equity markets lost a lot of their value and investor confidence was shaken.

During this time gold seemed the safest bet from a long term perspective."

Simultaneously, the dollar took a major hit, which benefited gold owing to its inverse relationship with the greenback.

"Further, the price of gold has also been driven by huge liquidity infused into the system by many governments, including the US, UK and Japan to combat the downturn," says Naveen Mathur, associate director, Commodities & Currencies, Angel Broking.

Things not to do in an interview

admin — Tue, 31 May 2011 07:27:56 +0000

You know to turn off your ringer and dress to impress, but the following surprising slips may not be on your radar. Don't be cocky Confidence-i.e., appearing composed and sure of yourself as opposed to like a nervous wreck-is always an appealing quality. Arrogance, on the other hand, made 51 percent of employers want to kick an applicant out of their office on the spot. No matter how much of a superstar you were at your last job, don't make it sound as if you single-handedly pulled off every amazing accomplishment. Little things like bringing a latte with you, pushing aside a pile of papers on an interviewer's desk so you can plunk down your portfolio, or sneaking a glance at the clock can also make you seem self-important-as if your time and stuff are more valuable than theirs are. Another minor goof they see as arrogant: leaving your sunglasses on top of your head. Say the magic words Of course you don't want a potential boss to think you're gunning for the role of office kiss-ass, but playing it too cool can wreck your chances. 55 percent of bosses surveyed said a lack of enthusiasm is one of the biggest mistakes that a candidate make. Seriously. Get the right message across by using words like 'exciting' and 'interesting'. To show you mean it, read up on the company's history and the industry in general before the interview, and slip some of the things you learned into the conversation. Don't sound rehearsed Most of us have gotten this well-meaning advice from a career counsellor: when you're asked "What's your biggest weakness? throw out something that's actually good, like "I'm a workaholic or "I am a perfectionist and won't stop until something's done right . Yeah...whatever! 34 percent of interviewers said they definitely notice when you respond to their questions with tired cliches. Granted, you don't want to confess anything truly incriminating, but it's okay to reveal a real weakness, provided you follow it up with how you're working to correct it. Don't fail the question test There are only a few minutes left in the interview, and you get what seems like a throw-away: "Do you have any questions for me? Answering "I don't think so can mess up the awesome impression you just made, since 34 percent of bosses said they're turned off when candidates don't ask smart questions. Why? Doing so shows that you've been paying attention and indicates that you're evaluating them too-not just jumping at the first job opening you hear about. Prove you're a good listener by requesting that the interviewer elaborate on something she said earlier. And use this all-time great inquiry: "What type of people excel here? It never fails to impress!

It seems to workxf

Barry — Wed, 25 May 2011 09:28:15 +0000

Drupal's flexible theming system has made lots of amazing site designs possible, from the respectably contemporary White House web site to Pete Droge's Drupal-driven Flash masterpiece. What most Drupal sites don't show off, however, is what content editors work with every day: the notoriously unglamorous content creation, editing, and management screens. Tools for those users are often neglected, even though their success is critical for any content-driven site.

At this year's DrupalCon in Chicago (and last year's Web Content Conference), Karen McGrane and I co-presented on content strategy and the importance of the backend experience for successful sites. In both presentations, we focused on techniques for discovering what pain points are most acute for a site's editors, and common patterns for solving those problems. The response we've received at both conferences has been unanimous: "Once we know what kind of tools are needed, how can we build them in Drupal?"

The great news is that there are quite a few flexible tools to streamline your Drupal site's day-to-day content management workflow without writing any custom code. In this article we'll explore a couple of the easy wins, highlight modules that can be used to build out more complex tools, and give you some useful next steps for taming the backend beast.

NodeFormCols

Leejo — Mon, 23 May 2011 04:56:22 +0000

you are talking about when editing a node, this is related to permissions, so those fieldsets will only be displayed according to the user who is editing the node.

If you want to hide them, you could use hook_form_alter to alter the $form array. You have to be careful about this, so it wont be impossible for users to edit the those sections of the node.

It seems to work

Leejo — Mon, 23 May 2011 04:52:47 +0000

f you want to hide authoring information and the other fieldsets on new/edit node pages, add something like this to a module. It seems to work, but please reply if anyone's got a better solution.

You'll need to change 'news_article_node_form' to e.g. 'page_node_form' or whatever your node type is. Alternatively if you want it for all node types.

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I illustrate my books

Leejo — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:31:24 +0000

Given that I’ve written twice about Jillian Tamaki in the last thirty days, you can imagine how chuffed I was to meet her at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. The queue at her signing was short but snail-slow. When I finally approached her table, I realised she was inking a different sketch on the flyleaf for each person. So kind! So PR-savvy! But really, SO kind.

I’d brought along my copy of Margi Preus’s Heart of a Samurai , for which Tamaki had done the cover illustration, and she drew me a picture of the novel’s protagonist, a fourteen-year-old Japanese boy. Don’t miss the birds in the background.

Oracle Corporation

user1 — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:01:04 +0000

Beginning in 2003, Oracle began to maneuver for control of the PeopleSoft company. In June 2003, Oracle made a $7 billion bid in a hostile corporate takeover attempt. In February 2004, Oracle increased their bid to approximately $9.4 billion, a 33% increase; this offer was also rejected forthwith by PeopleSoft's Board of Directors. Later that month, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit to block Oracle, on the grounds that the acquisition would break anti-trust laws. In September 2004, the suit was rejected by a U.S. Federal Judge, who found that the Justice Department had not proven its anti-trust case. In October, the same decision was handed down by the European Commission. Though Oracle had reduced its offer to $7.7 billion in May, it again raised its bid in November to $9.4 billion, marking a 14% increase. In December 2004, Oracle announced that it had signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire PeopleSoft for approximately $10.3 billion. The following January, Oracle announced plans to cut approximately 9% of the 55,000 staff of the combined companies, maintaining at least 90% of PeopleSoft's product development and support staff.[4] Oracle moved to capitalize on the perceived strong brand loyalty within the JD Edwards user community by rebranding former JD Edwards products. Thus PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne became JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft World became JD Edwards World. Oracle has announced that a new product, Fusion, is to be released in the near future. Oracle says Fusion will take the best aspects of the PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Oracle Applications and merge them into a new product suite.

Flexibility and Complexity - Risk versus Reward Tradeoff

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:57:38 +0000

One major item that differentiates Oracle from PeopleSoft is the flexibility of Oracle's product to adapt to a client's business needs. For example, the flexibility displayed in the Advanced Benefits functionality for determining eligibility is vast. You can attach an eligibility profile to a program, plan type (like health plans), option, coverage and so on. PeopleSoft was good at providing flexibility, too, but not to this degree. Within Oracle, you can configure eligibility on almost every form, even at the deduction code level or at the element level itself! All of these places that can potentially limit eligibility are potentially dangerous, dependending on how you look at things! In my opinion, this flexibility comes at a cost. The cost as I see it is that there are so many configuration fields displayed at different levels that it is hard to ensure that you have the configuration set up properly. Another issue is the added complexity of the configuration. For example, the eligibility rules that I mentioned above cascade down the configuration chain, from program, plan type, and option; so you have to ensure that your higher level rules aren't too restrictive and that the lower level eligibility rules aren't opening an option that shouldn't be available to an employee.

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Impressions from the front line

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:56:42 +0000

Wow! What a difference a year makes.... I'm out here at the Oracle conference and I can't help but compare this event to PeopleSoft Connect. This event has the attendance of a small city. Everywhere you look you have long lines to get into sessions, go to the bathroom, get lunch, etc. much different than last year at Connect because Connect was a third of the size. Attendance at the sessions that I preregistered for is very difficult since Oracle has not only moved the session location, but also moving the day/time of the session, which frustrates me to no end. Why did I have to register in the first place if they are going to change it all up anyway? It must be a logistics nightmare for them. Other attendees that I've talked to are not impressed so far with the event. The feedback that I've received so far is that this conference does not have enough depth from an apps perspective to justify attendance. Many client and fellow consultants are questioning whether to attend next year or make other plans to attend the OUAG event instead. I think Oracle will have a lot of unhappy/frustrated clients and users on their hands after this conference. I anticipate many changes for next year. Today Larry Ellison is delivering a keynote, so it should be interesting to hear what he has to say about the future direction. As far as the Fusion product, I've listened to a lot of speakers talk about the direction/path to fusion, but not a lot of specifics have been communicated that paint a clear picture of what the future will look like and how clients are going to get there. I was hoping to provide some clarity to everyone, but so far I'm failing. I do know of some key enablers that will be inherent in the Fusion product. These include: Customer Hub - a common foundation for customer data that will consolidate fragmented customer data that currently rests in duplicate tables across the data models.

Implementing Oracle HRMS

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:55:49 +0000

They pushed for customers to upgrade on the call which I thought was interesting. Why should customers upgrade if Oracle has promised lifetime support? I'm not sure what will drive customers to go to Fusion, especially if Fusion will be on a new database(for SQL customers) and have a new tech stack. It seems as though the learning curve and "buginess" of the Fusion app will drive people to stay on their current app till forced to upgrade their infrastructure(if needed), database and skillsets to support the new product. Oracle expressed the view that customers might be surprised on just how much work they have done on the new application and that they are excited about how Fusion will help clients out. Overall, I wasn't impressed with the level of detail provided on the call, but was happy to hear they were making progress with the development. We've been hearing so much about the release that I hope when it does come out it will live up to all of the hype.

Fusion Project Strategy Notes

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:55:09 +0000

Earlier last month I listened in on an Oracle call addressing how the company was addressing their promised "Fusion" product. It was more-or-less a status update that did not really specify any juicy details of the product suite, but it did provide some perspective on how the company was architecting for the future. The key elements that I drew from the call were: - Restated life-time support for products, but still didn't state the fine print. We will see where/how this promise is kept in the future. - The Fusion product will use the Oracle e-Business database as the starting point for the Fusion database. Not much was said about support for other databases (i.e. SQL) - Squelched rumors that Oracle is merging code. Leadership stated that they are writing new code based on specs from both Oracle and PeopleSoft products. - Oracle is building the new application in the new Fusion Structure. By the conversation, it sounds like new development tools were created (a new PeopleTools like development platform) and they are now coding the app on this new platform. - Oracle has stated that it is their goal to provide 80% of their Customers who want to upgrade to the Fusion a product where they will have NO loss of functionality. They didn't elaborate on this, but I find this to be a rather ambitious goal. - Oracle will provide automated upgrade scripts to customers who want to go to the Fusion product. They also mentioned providing/sharing test scripts with customers, although they didn't provide any details on this as well. - They stated that the BAM technology from PeopleSoft will be deployed across the application. They stated examples of the call center and CRM solutions currently utilizing this technology. I'm am vaguely familiar with the BAM technology, so I'm not sure what this means.

Enterprise Application Implementation

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:54:16 +0000

User Acceptance Testing is an essential part of all Projects to implement new Enterprise Software Systems. Irrespective of the Enterprise Application used and the type of Industry where the selected Enterprise Application is implemented, UAT becomes a critical success factor. UAT normally gets lesser attention considering the efforts invested on the implementation phases prior to UAT leading to severe breakages on go live. Involvement of qualified and experienced external consultants during UAT to bring in expertise and objective vision can add value to the implementation. Pop-up blockers may interfere with the automatic display of the document.