Accessing MySQL Database(s) with JDBC

A new technical article entitled "Using MySQL With Java Technology", has been posted on java.sun.com at:        http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/mysql_java/index.htmlThis article explains the essential steps involved in manipulating the data in a MySQL database from a Java application. MySQL Connector/J JDBC driver was used in the example code to show the database connectivity, data manipulation...

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Sun Blueprint : MySQL in Solaris Containers

While the costs of managing a data center are becoming a major concern with the increased number of under-utilized servers, customers are actively looking for solutions to consolidate their workloads to: improve server utilization improve data center space utilization reduce power and cooling requirements lower capital and operating expenditures reduce carbon footprint, ..To cater those customers, Sun offers several virtualization technologies such...

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PeopleSoft HRMS 8.9 Self-Service Benchmark on M3000 & T5120 Servers

Sun published the PeopleSoft HRMS 8.9 Self-Service benchmark results today. The benchmark was conducted on 3 x Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 and 1 x Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 servers. Click on the following link for the full report with the benchmark results.PeopleSoft HRMS 8.9 SELF-SERVICE Using ORACLE on Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 and Enterprise T5120 ServersAdmittedly it is Sun's first PeopleSoft benchmark after a hiatus of over five years. However...

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Mounting Windows' NTFS on [Open]Solaris x86/x64

The steps outlined in this blog post are derived from the Miscellaneous filesystem support for OpenSolaris on x86 web page. I just added few examples to illustrate the steps to mount a partition with NTFS filesystem that exists on the external hard drive (in this case, it is a Seagate FreeAgent external hard drive).Step-by-Step instructions to mount NTFS filesystem on [Open]Solaris Install the packages : FSWpart and FSWfsmisc. Download http://www.belenix.org/binfiles/FSWpart.tar.gz...

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Workaround to "eject of cdrom /dev/dsk/cxtxdxsx failed" Error on SXCE b106

SymptomOn Solaris Express Community Edition build 106, eject(1) fails intermittently (esp. when inserted the blank media) with the error: eject of cdrom /dev/dsk/cxtxdxsx failed.# cat /etc/release Solaris Express Community Edition snv_106 X86 Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Assembled 13 January 2009# ejecteject...

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