Evaluating and debugging XSLT with visual studio is a very simple task and very useful in developing XSLT.
Evaluating xslt with VS.
Open the xslt file using visual studio and then select show xslt output option from XML menu.
It will show a browse option to select the input xml for the processing. Next will will show the output xml in another tab.
Debugging XSLT with VS
For debugging xslt, all you have to do is to set a break point on the xslt and select bebug xslt option from the XML Menu.
NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) was developed by Richard Bandler and linguist John Grinder, and they believed that NLP will be useful in "finding ways to help people have better, fuller and richer lives"
There are usual meanings to the eye moment. By observing the eye movement, it is possible to tell “which sensory systems” are accessed.
1. Up and to the left usually means that a person is remembering something visually
2. Up and to the right usually means that a person is imagining something visually
3. Left side usually means a remembered sound
4. Right side usually means an imagined sound
5. Down right (which is down right obvious!) usually means that a person is accessing a bodily feeling or emotion.
6. Down left usually means that a person is accessing internal dialogue
Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools _always_ speak the truth. The deduction is plain --adults and wise persons _never_ speak it. Parkman, the historian, says, "The principle of truth may itself be carried into an absurdity." In another place in the same chapters he says, "The saying is old that truth should not be spoken at all times; and those whom a sick conscience worries into habitual violation of the maxim are imbeciles and nuisances." It is strong language, but true. None of us could _live_ with an habitual truth-teller; but thank goodness none of us has to. An habitual truth-teller is simply an impossible creature; he does not exist;he never has existed. Of course there are people who _think_ they never lie, but it is not so--and this ignorance is one of the very things that shame our so-called civilization. Everybody lies--every day;every hour; awake; asleep; in his dreams; in his joy; in his mourning; if he keeps his tongue still, his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude, will convey deception--and purposely.
- Mark Twain
1. If the current root password needs to be changed
mysqladmin -u root -pcurrentpassword password newpassword
2. To Setup a root password, if a password was not setup
mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD
3. Changing the old password by using sql commands
In mysql, user data is kept in the user table of mysql database. Hence it is possible to directly update or change passwords for users.
Step1. Login to db.
mysql –u root –p
Step2. Use mysql db
mysql> use mysql;
Step3. Change password.
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("newpass") where User='root';
Step4. Reload privileges
mysql> flush privileges;
epitaph composed by a marble cutter
WSO2 Registry is a content repository which provides set of abstractions over a raw relational db. Registry provides a rich set of features for storing, managing and finding resources/content. However, sometimes, one have to go beyond existing default functionality to implement custom behavior to suite specific requirements. Handlers and Filters are such an extension point of registry which allows users to implement customizations by write small about of code.
A handler is written by extending the Handler class and overriding its necessary methods. Custom handler is registered with the registry by putting an entry in the registry.xml
<handler class="org.wso2.carbon.regisry.samples.handler.CustomHandler">
<filter class="org.wso2.carbon.registry.samples.handler.CustomMediaTypeMatcher">
<property name="mediaType">mytype</property>
</filter>
</handler>
In order to invoke our CustomHandler, we have defined a custom media type and a CustomMediaTypeMatcher class. CustomMediaTypeMatcher class should extend the MediaTypeMatcher class.
When a resource with media type mytype is added to the registry, associated registry filter classes will be called to perform an evaluation and based on its result, associated handlers will be invoked.
In our scenario, we want to invoke the methods addAssociation, and removeAssocation when a resource is associated with a resource which has the media type “mytype”. The code sample for the CustomMediaTypeMatcher class to handle it is shown below.
public class CustomMediaTypeMatcher extends MediaTypeMatcher{
public boolean handleAddAssociation(RequestContext requestContext)
throws RegistryException {
Resource resource = requestContext.getRepository().get(requestContext.getSourcePath());
if (resource != null) {
String mType = resource.getMediaType();
return mType != null && (invert != mType.equals(getMediaType()));
}
return false;
}
public boolean handleRemoveAssociation(RequestContext requestContext)
throws RegistryException {
Resource resource = requestContext.getRepository().get(requestContext.getSourcePath());
if (resource != null) {
String mType = resource.getMediaType();
return mType != null && (invert != mType.equals(getMediaType()));
} return false;
}
}
Types of Happiness: Emotion and Sentiment
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and impossible to find it elsewhere.
—Agnes Repplier
What do you take me for, an idiot?
—General Charles de Gaulle, when a journalist asked him if he was happy.
A distinction can be made between two major types of happiness. A long term sentiment of happiness (flourishing, well-being) and a short term emotion of happiness ( Joy, satisfaction).
As an emotion, happiness is a short-term state of pleasure or satisfaction occurring as a result of ( real or imaginary ) positive changes.
A steady diet of simple pleasures will keep you above your set point. Find the small things that you know give you a little high—a good meal, working in the garden, time with friends—and sprinkle your life with them. In the long run, that will leave you happier than some grand achievement that gives you a big lift for a while. - David Lykken
It was found that those people who are relatively the happiest now will be the happiest ten years from now, despite day to-day fluctuations.
Determinants of Happiness
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
—Kin Hubbard
We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.
—Walter Savage Landor
Happiness can be experienced as a result of being focus on an activity and not the result. Happiness is then to be found in activities we value in themselves.
"It's the hunt—not the money—that makes my blood race; after all, you can only sleep in one bed at a time, and drive one car at a time”
- Chris Verbiski
Happiness depends on the way we act than the specific result of our activities.
Happiness “arises more from the pursuit than from the attainment of any end
whatever”. It "depends more on the degree in which our minds are properly
employed, than it does on the circumstances in which we are destined to act, on the materials which are placed in our hands, or the tools with which we are furnished."
Linking happiness to an attainment of goal results in unhappiness than happiness and in the end when the goal is achieved, we may not actually enjoy it as much as expected. It may be due to the fact that original circumstances may have changed by the time achievement is obtained or the expectation and reality gap.
“There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it” - George Bernard Shaw
Post coitum omne animal triste est —"After sexual intercourse every animal is sad"
Maintaining Long-Term Happiness
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
—Margaret Lee Runbeck
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
—Ernest Dimnet
Dealing with the baseline (expectation) and reality (current situation) gap can be done by (a) eliminating the gap by changing the baseline or reality (b) coping with the gap by changing our attitude toward it.
Sadness
One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
—Elbert Hubbard
It is our job to make women unhappy with what they have.
—B. Earl Puckett, an advertiser
Sadness confirms our appraisal of things as valuable; hence it may happen that we take pride in our ability to feel sadness.
“When it gets dark enough you can see the stars”
Grief
Let us so live that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry.
—Mark Twain
Grief is the most profound type of sadness. It is concerned with death, the most substantial misfortune we encounter: it expresses the irrevocable loss of someone very close and of great value to us.
Moral Value
Happiness, it is said, is seldom found by those who seek it, and never by those
who seek it for themselves.
—F. Emerson Andrews
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
—Buddha
Sorrow makes men sincere.
—Henry Ward Beecher
If a way to the better there be, it lies in taking a full look at the worst.
—Thomas Hardy
Happiness is often achieved through positive illusions; in sadness, reality is better known. Sadness is unpleasant, but it is morally valuable for committing ourselves to the more profound moral obligations. Happiness is also morally valuable but for different reasons: its main value is in helping us to perform the "small" everyday moral deeds.
Source: The Subtlety of Emotions.
Most common belief is that “When I get ___, I will be happy, or When I achieve ___, I will be happy.”. But the reality is that, happiness gained in such manner tend do disappear very quickly.
Happiness Framework.
Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself).
Maslow’s Hierarchy.
Self actualization is the ultimate form of happiness according to Maslow’s hierarchy.
The pleasure type of happiness is about always chasing the next high.As soon as the source of stimuli goes away, people’s happiness levels drop immediately.
The passion type of happiness is also known as flow, where peak performance meets peak engagement, and time flies by.
The higher-purpose type of happiness is about being part of something bigger than yourself that has meaning to you. Research has shown that of the three types of happiness, this is the longest lasting. What I find interesting is that many people go through life chasing after the pleasure type of happiness, thinking that once they are able to sustain that, then they will worry about the passion and, if they get around to it, look for their higher purpose.
Start asking yourself the right questions.
When you walk with purpose, you collide with destiny.
—BERTICE BERRY
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delivering_Happiness
And read how to be happy.
LIKING:
People like those like them, who like them.
To influence people, win friends, through: Similarity:Create early bonds with new peers, bosses, and direct reports by informally discovering common interests—you’ll establish goodwill and trustworthiness.Praise:Charm and disarm.Make positive remarks about others—you’ll generate more willing compliance.
RECIPROCITY:
People repay in kind.
Give what you want to receive. Lend a staff member to a colleague who needs help; you’ll get his help later.
SOCIAL PROOF:
People follow the lead of similar others.
Use peer power to influence horizontally, not vertically; e.g., ask an esteemed “old timer” to support your new initiative if other veterans resist.
CONSISTENCY:
People fulfill written, public, and voluntary commitments.
Make others’ commitments active, public, and
voluntary. If you supervise an employee who should submit reports on time, get that understanding in writing (a memo); make the commitment public (note colleagues’ agreement with the memo); and link the commitment to the employee’s values (the
impact of timely reports on team spirit).
AUTHORITY:
People defer to experts who provide shortcuts to decisions requiring specialized information.
Don’t assume your expertise is self-evident. Instead, establish your expertise before doing business with new colleagues or partners; e.g., in conversations
before an important meeting, describe how you solved a problem similar to the one on the agenda.
SCARCITY:
People value what’s scarce.
Use exclusive information to persuade. Influence and rivet key players’ attention by saying, for example:“…Just got this information today.It won’t be distributed until next week.”
Source : Harnessing the Science of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
http://sourcesofinsight.com/2011/01/19/lessons-learned-from-bill-gates/
What i really liked is Bill Gate’s 11 Rules of life.
If you knew with certainty that you would be dead exactly one year from today, would you continue to do the same things each day that you are doing right now?
http://www.lifestyleignition.com/2010/05/you%E2%80%99re-a-good-little-slave/
Extract from Wikipedia.
10 characteristics that are central to the development of a servant leader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant_leadership#Concept_of_Servant_Leadership
On the SQL Server network configuration manager, select protocols for SQL…. On the TCP/IP option, click and enable it if it is disabled. Note that Listen ALL option is disabled.
On the IP Address tab,
select the ip where you want to listen to port 1433 and make sure its enabled, with the TCP port configured to 1433 as shown in the image. That’s it.
A database in MSSQL server is stored in two files, namely .ldf file and a .mdf file. In case of MSSQL Server 2008 , these files are by default located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA directory.
In order to move these files from one MSSQL server instance to another MSSQL instance, we need to copy these file from one location and paste at another location. For that, first we should detach the db. It can be done from the management studio using the following commands.
Assuming that the database name is mydb following sql query will detach the db from the server.
use master
go
alter database mydb set single_user with rollback immediate
alter database mydb set restricted_user with rollback immediate
go
exec sp_detach_db mydb
go
Now the data file and log file can be copied without issue to the destination. Now in order to re attach the database, use the following command.
EXEC sp_attach_db @dbname = N'mydb', @filename1 = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Data\mydb.mdf', @filename2 = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Data\mydb_log.ldf'
I happened to install MSSQL server express and thought of writing down some useful tips.
If you have Visual Studio 2008 installed on the system, you will need to install Visual Studio Service Pack1 before installing MSSQL Server Express. Once installed, next step is to login to the server using the SQL Server Management Studio.
Connecting to SQL Server using Management Studio.
Here are the steps to follow to connect to the server using management studio.
1. Enable TCP/IP, Named Pipes options for sql server using SQL Server configuration Manager.
2. Step 2
Using the management studio, connect to the server.
For the server type, select Database Engine. For server name, you will need to specify the Computer Name(Host computer Name)\(Server Name) Or .\(Server Name). Otherwise you will get a nasty error message. For the authentication option, select Windows Authentication. Now, all is set to connect to the server. If you forget to specify the Host name or use .\ in the Server name option, this is the error message you will get.
Configuring SQL Server for Username/Password authentication ( Mixed mode )
In order to access the SQL Server programmatically, it should be configured for Mixed mode authentication. When configured for Mixed mode, SQL server allows login in to the server using SQL Server authentication ( Using a username, password ).
First, we need to create a new user login, which will be granted with the SQL Server Authentication. For that, go to logins tab under security as shown below.
Right click on the logins and select new login. Select SQL Server authentication option and specify the Login name and password.
Under User Mapping option, you can select the databases, this login has access to. Under status option check whether login option is enabled.
Now you are ready to login to the SQL Server using SQL Server Authentication.
Configuring a listening port for SQL Server remote access.
In order to access SQL server programmatically, the server has to be listening on a port. Usually this port is 1433. however, when installing the SQL server, if you gave the server instance a name, it wont be listening on this port by default. Hence you need to configure it.
Go to SQL Server configuration manager and select SQL server network configurations. Select the named SQL server instance which need to be configured for remote access.
Under Protocols, select TCP/IP and select the IP Addresses Tab. Now you can configure a given IP address and port for server to listen. Here, I am configuring the 127.0.0.1 for listening. On the enabled option, select yes. On the TCP Port option, specify the port. In this case, 1433. On the TCP Dynamic Ports option, if the value is 0 remove it and click ok. SQL server service should be restarted before you can access it though 1433 port.
Now get a command line and check whether server is listening on port 1433 with command netstat –a. Alternatively you can use to telent as well.
The key to a demo is to tell a story.
You need to put yourself into the “role” of a person using the product who has a problem that he or she is trying to solve.
Peter Drucker, one of the greatest management thinkers from the last century, defined in his book “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” (1986) 7 classes of “OPPORTUNITIES”. He named these the "SOURCES OF INNOVATION", namely:
http://www.innovationmanagement.org/Wiki/index.php?title=7_Sources_of_Innovation_(Peter_Drucker)
