New Update files in .war and .ear directly By Patricbensen

I have seen many applications (.war and .ear) that have their property files or resource bundles stored within the .war or .ear files. When ...

New WebSphere Portal Server migration Issues - Part I By Patricbensen

You've got WebSphere Portal Server 6.x comfortably hooked up to Oracle / Oracle RAC and then someone wants you to move to another Oracle...

New Little's Law - Verify Performance Test Results By Patricbensen

Here is something I often use (and need to lookup) when I'm analyzing performance test reports. Most of the time, these reports are noth...

New Change CVS default port on Solaris 10 By Patricbensen

Changing the default port (2401) of CVS on Solaris 10 is real easy. 1. Edit your /etc/services file Change the following line: cvspserver ...

New WebSphere Process Server / Portal Server with Oracle RAC By Patricbensen

If you're thinking that you'll get out-of-the-box Oracle RAC support for an IBM WebSphere Process Server or Portal Server installlat...

New Java - Create Zip file in memory By Patricbensen

I find myself writing and rewriting this piece of code whenever I want to zip a set of files (in memory) and return the zipped file back as ...

New iMac - Dual boot Mac OS X and Win XP with Shared Drive By Patricbensen

You've just got an iMAC; you want to dual boot it with XP; you want a shared partition where both, Mac and XP can read/write; you've...