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Visualizing data has always been valuable, but in the ever growing world of “big data”, it is necessary for visualizations to be both aesthetically pleasing and easy to understand. Today, it is common to see visualizations that -- though they “look good from a distance” -- are...

Description - I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. - Installed MySQL Workbench 5.2 Issue - Worked fine for a while, but as soon as I start the program now, I get a message box saying “MySQL Workbench has stopped working” Anlaysis I checked Event Viewer and see two...

In the wake of the LinkedIn password theft, I would like to offer up a simple process for creating strong and memorable passwords. These would be less susceptible to cracking if a maliciuous group got their hands on a hashed password list, as they would likely be at least in the...

I like to ask this series of questions in interviews when people say that they “know” Oracle SQL. Granted, none of this exemplifies the hardest parts of SQL, but it’s nice to see how hard someone is thinking when they answer. Question 1: Can you nest a select...

There are occasions when we desire to view the usage statistics of our webpage. Some of these metrics might include: active users currently viewing our web site/application user’s web browser user’s operating system pages visited per session average time spent on web...

If you come across an issue where your Check Point VPN SSL Network Extender (SNEX) fails to initiatize (as seen below), try downloading a new version of the Check Point client made to work with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 64-bit. The client you want to download is SNX R71 HFA 1...

Many of our customers get hung up on the terminology for Oracle’s Identity and Access Management offerings, and perhaps rightfully so. There are more names and acronyms given to these products as there are people implementing them. Following is a quick breakdown of the...

I have been asked this question so many times that I thought I might as well post a proper screenshot with all the steps (starting with the “Start” button) for how to get to your system environment variables in Windows. I used Windows 7, but intentionally followed...