The only reason why I was having a lot of trouble installing was QA gave me an installation of an Oracle Client. So I found some helpful installation guides on the web.

like this one: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/10/oracle-11g-step-by-step-installation-guide-with-screenshots/

So install towards your likeness (I just need a basic DB and all, so I followed it step by step, used 32bit installer for now on Windows 7 64bit).

Anyway all works well until you get this error upon accessing Database Control – <db name>.

What the h*ll is this?!

Database Control all systems Down!

No wonder I couldn’t connect anywhere. Listeners Agents and Instance down. After trolling the internet. I got to a very good solution:

1. Checking/Starting up the Listener
   - go onto your command console  and type in ‘lsnrctl status‘
   - if will probably look like this :

   C:\Users\Dude>lsnrctl status
   
   LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on 12-JUL-2011 17:19:37
   
   Copyright (c) 1991, 2008, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
   
   Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
   TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
    TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
     TNS-00511: No listener
      32-bit Windows Error: 2: No such file or directory
   Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=10.5.1.59)(PORT=1521)))
   TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
    TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
     TNS-00511: No listener
      32-bit Windows Error: 61: Unknown error

   - Don’t panic! Just need to start it up using ‘lsnrctl start‘
   - Now it will show this :

   C:\Users\Dude>lsnrctl start
   LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on 12-JUL-2011 17:22:03
   
   Copyright (c) 1991, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
   
   Starting tnslsnr: please wait...
   
   TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production
   System parameter file is D:\app\Noemi\product\11.1.0\db_1\network\admin\listener.ora
   Log messages written to d:\app\noemi\diag\tnslsnr\Noemi-Win7\listener\alert\log.xml
   Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC1521ipc)))
   Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.5.1.59)(PORT=1521)))
   
   Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
   STATUS of the LISTENER
   ------------------------
   Alias LISTENER
   Version TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production
   Start Date 12-JUL-2011 17:22:06
   Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 7 sec
   Trace Level off
   Security ON: Local OS Authentication
   SNMP OFF
   Listener Parameter File D:\app\Noemi\product\11.1.0\db_1\network\admin\listener.ora
   Listener Log File d:\app\noemi\diag\tnslsnr\Noemi-Win7\listener\alert\log.xml
   Listening Endpoints Summary...
   (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC1521ipc)))
   (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.5.1.59)(PORT=1521)))
   The listener supports no services
   The command completed successfully

   - you would now see your listener up

   

   Listener is now UP

    

2. Starting up OracleService<DB Name>
   - Unfortunately, that’s not all. Now you need to check if your service is running.
   - Under Windows Service (services.msc) you will see OracleService<DB Name> is Automatic. You cannot Start/Stop it. You may check your service via the Command Prompt again  using
   ‘sqlplus <username>/<password>‘

   C:\Users\Dude>sqlplus scott/tiger
   
   SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Tue Jul 12 17:30:58 2011
   
   Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
   
   ERROR:
   ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error

   - if you see something like this, your service isn’t started up. Start the OracleService using
   ‘net start OracleService<DB Name>‘

   and voila! your OracleService will be started successfully.

   C:\Users\Noemi>net start OracleServiceORCL
   The OracleServiceORCL service is starting...........................
   The OracleServiceORCL service was started successfully.

Now you will be able to go into your Database Control successfully and see all services are up!

Login Desired Username/Pasword

Oracle Services are all UP~!

I have still yet to figure out to do this automatically and not in every start of my PC. So I’ll let you know if there’s any updates.

Enjoy Oracle!

* Many thanks to AskTom for the solution (http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::NO::P11_QUESTION_ID:431775600346873836)

My first problem is getting things to look right.

Ever wonder how fixed position containers stay at the center of a page?

hello, margin.

#container
{
 //the fixed size width of your page.
        width: 900px;
	height: auto;
	background-color: #fff;
	border:0;
	overflow:auto;
	padding-bottom: 100px;
	font-size: 10pt;
        //these center the divs nicely on the page.
	margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;
}

Make sure your main #container that houses your entire site has a left and right  margin of :auto .

So the next time you want a Div centered to the page. You know what to do.

Lo and Behold. The popup blocker detector that worked for me (in IE8, Firefox 4, and Google Chrome 11.0
Modified from the lovely people’s answer here I present to you….

g33kp0st’s Cross Browser Pop-up Blocker

//Formatted for layout sake
var myPopup = window.open("about:blank", "",
"directories=no,height=150,width=150,menubar=no,
resizable=no,scrollbars=no,status=no,titlebar=no,top=0,location=no");

if (!myPopup)
    alert("failed for most browsers");
else {
        setTimeout(function() {
            //Use to test for Google Chrome Pop-Up
            if (myPopup.screenX === 0) {
                alert("Google Chrome Pop-up blocker is detected.");
            } else {
               // close the test window if popups are allowed.
		alert('Pop-up blocker is detected.')
                myPopup.close();
            }
        }, 0);
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Slap that onto a .js file and place onto web page needed and voila! It works for me. I had to take out the onload() function since it hangs IE to no end.

But what the hell it works! Goddamnit.

Now I celebrate by biting onto that heavenly,oh-so-deliciously good coffee brownie. Yum. Hope this helps alot of people out there.

Since the workplace have enabled a proxy server. I have to reconfigure Lyeo (my new shiny MBP ^_^) to be using proxy settings for Adium.

You think simply checking the “Use Systemwide HTTP Proxy” should work the shit out of it. But no. Geezus Fracking big NO.

So After a few hours of relentlessly surfing and swearing this little url and comment solved the problem (for Google Talk only) But it’s better than nothing.

thank god for issue  http://trac.adium.im/ticket/1870 where someone boldy says the following:

If port 443 is available then you can connect to Google on this port with the following two check boxes checked:
- allow plain text authentication
- Force-old style SSL
- and setting the port to 443 ( https port ).

Thank YOU user ajmas, you saved my life. Now if I could find the Yahoo Messenger problem bit, I’ll be having more good feelings about this day.

First I’d like to thank stackoverflow.com for pointing me to the right direction when I’m getting this type of error from the gem install of mysql:

Normal gem install of mysql gives me all these No Definition error for <sql tag name>. After hours of installing 100+MB packages and source codes and I am just about to hurl myself to the nearest wall. Someone saved me.

This tutorial over here made everything work except for their gem install >>
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/8/30/upgrading-to-snow-leopard

So I made up my own steps for the MySQL part. Here’s the steps that worked for me:

Installing MySQL with Rails 2.3.11 and Ruby 1.8.7 for Snow Leopard

• Remove higher version of MySQL (> v5.1)
• Get MySQL v5.1 64bit for 10.6 Oses :mysql-5.1.56-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg
  • Install the following
    • mysql-5.1.56-osx10.6-x86_64.pkg
    • MySQLStartupItem.pkg
    • MySQL.prefPane
  • Unmount dmg after use
  • Start MySQL server from Preferences
• Install MySQL gem using the following command
  sudo env ARCHFLAGS=”-arch x86_64″ gem install –verbose mysql –version 2.7 — –with-mysql-include=/usr/local/mysql/include –with-mysql-lib=/usr/local/mysql/lib
  (NOTE: the version is important as font-size: normal2.8.1 gem most probably is for rails 3 usage. Not specifying the version will let gem install 2.8.1 and leads to all those nasty No Definition things.2.7 version worked for me.
• Set Environment for MySql
  export PATH=”/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH”
  (NOTE: count how much time it takes to type /usr/local/bin/sql, for me? 4 seconds. How much time it is to copy paste the export PATH into the terminal screen? Less than 1 second. How much time it takes to type mysql? Less than 1 second. Enjoy.

http://www.unix-manuals.com/refs/vi-ref/vi-ref.htm

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we’re running into 3 days into the new office and we’re still unhooked into the internet. basically we’re sitting ducks reading documents and doing everything offline, which is a real YEAH right since most of our work is done via the network.

screw PLDT talaga.

after 1 ice tea, 1 menthol light and 30 minutes later, it found 8568 conflicts. it was 1:30 pm i had no choice but to resolve the conflicts by overwriting them.

one. by. one.

it’s oh 4:46pm, and im halfway done.

ARGH!

i am loathing visual studio, but just for today.

most of the time. it’s kind to me.

i warp back to the present and here i am struggling and juggling 5 visual studio 2005 instances on two lcd monitors wondering what to do with the missing .dll problem.

a particular .DLL had two dependent .dlls that i was able to find and copied over to the bin folder. it was not enough when the software was still complaining of the .dll not being able to open.

i already tried asking my co-member for the .dlls and it doesn’t seem to work. now i cleaned the package and restarted to build once again and waiting for kingdom come to happen.

i like how everything works well but hate it with great passion when something fails. because its an epic fail of massive proportions…blah!

and now here i am compiling around XX thousand lines of code for like the nth time today.

*sigh* sometimes i wish i just became a barista.