Thanks Eric! I'll try that out and let you know although it will be a while before I do since I'm getting ready to go on a much needed...

I couldn't agree with you more! That sucker is HUGE and rather unwieldy...

Unfortunately, in a world where common sense is becoming more uncommon, formalized procedures are...

OCTom (3/24/2011)

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One place I worked at got hacked because an employee trusted a friend of a friend's nephew to borrow her personal laptop on which she stored, unprotected, all of...

Financial institutions do this all the time with security questions. The user selects from a list of possible questions at account creation time and provides the correct answer for...

Or politics! 😛

djackson 22568 (2/7/2011)

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I remember about a year after Java was released, seeing ads in the Chicago newspapers looking for five years experience in Java. Really? The only ones who...

Although I've never out and out lied to get a job, I admit that I did mislead folks when interviewing for my position when I knew that I could do...

Diego,

Thanks for the info. That does help.

Gift,

Your help has truly been a gift! I was successful in getting the Oracle client installed and managed to make a successful...

Gift Peddie (12/27/2010)

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That is not correct I run one of the busiest Oracle connection thread on the MSDN forums, the reason for the x86 provider is Visual Studio being only...

I did try the query on my Windows 7 workstation running the Developer's Edition and got the following results:

namedescriptionfile_versionproduct_version

C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\oledb32.dllNULL6.1:7600.163856.1:7600.16385

C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\OLEDB32R.DLLOLE DB Core Services Resources6.1:7600.163856.1:7600.16385

C:\Program Files\Common...

Gift Peddie (12/27/2010)

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Then it must be edition related or an upgrade because there is MSDAORA in the list of providers in my developer editions for both 2005 and 2008. ...

Gift Peddie (12/26/2010)

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If all you need is the Linked server then use the Linked server component in SQL Server 2008 under server objects in SMS and use the predefined Oracle...

I also agree that there are valid uses for shrink but it should be used judiciously and with extreme caution. In most production environments I see little need for...

Jennifer Levy (12/3/2010)

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My next door neighbor in cube-land has no clue what a library voice is, carries on conversations over the cube walls no matter how many times she's been...