Monthly Archives: August 2009
Setting Up Virtual Directory In Apache 2.2
In order to allow web access to a different directory outside the root directory, you need to give Apache access to the directory, and then use the Alias directive. The Alias directive will map any directory into the web root. … Continue reading
Loading a File Into a BLOB Object in Oracle
Loading a file into a BLOB object in Oracle is easy. All we need to do is use the DBMS_LOB package to load the file into a temporary LOB object. This is demonstrated in the following example. This example assumes … Continue reading
MP4 to DivX Conversion
I’ve just found out that MCEBuddy also works for converting MP4 to DivX. To convert MP4 to DivX, just follow the instructions below. Go to http://mcebuddy.com/, and follow the instruction to install MCEBuddy. Once installed, open MCEBuddy, tick “File Selection” … Continue reading
Oracle VARCHAR2(1) vs CHAR(1)?
Well, minimum size for both Oracle datatypes is 1 byte. So in terms of storage, they’ll both consume either null or 1 byte in storage space. So, when declaring a character datatype with a length of 1, it doesn’t really … Continue reading
SEO and Quality Backlinks
It is almost impossible to generate regular traffic to your website without backlinks pointing to your site. Quality web backlinks play a vital part when it comes to optimizing your website, which directly impacts its SERPs position and Page Rank. … Continue reading