Tamer Salama

Chainsaw

A neat tool for log [files] processing is Chainsaw.It enables processing log files from various sources and in various formats.I had to download log4j-1.3alpha for some of its jars (UGLI) in order to start Chainsaw. I’m still trying to configure it to read some log output (stdout) from my application during development.

Rosalia Tamer Helmy Salama

I’ve always wanted to post some personal stuff on this blog, so, as a very good start, and a wonderful addition to the blog, introducing Rosalia, my wonderful daughter. [image] Rosy was born on 31 December 2002 at 11:59 AM in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, at this hospital. On that great night, we went to see this movie, after a...

JRoller W.Bloggar Comments Problem

It seems that when posting with w.bloggar (version 3.x at least) all my comments settings were adjusted to “Allow comments for 7 day” on the postings. When checking with the JRoller editor, comments setting were defaulted to “allow comments for unlimited days” Had a quick look on w.bloggar’s forums, but was not mentioned. Any suggestions?

DB2/400 and Hibernate Order By

I Hate DB2/400 (iSeries) or at least V5R1 SEVERE: SQLException occurred<br>java.sql.SQLException: [SQL0208] ORDER BY column WRID or expression not in result table. Discovered that was because Hibernate “auto generated” alias for any column in its select clause is not used in the ORDER BY clause (real column name is used instead).A DB2/400 deficiency as many other databases understands the...

Geek Management by Geek Managers

Breaking the silence (long time no post). I came across an insightful post (/.) about geek management (by geek managers). It listed a lot of wonderful experiences and books. Hope I had more time for thorough read, enjoy!

Opensource CMS

I’ve been looking around for a a Java based opensourced CMS. The journey is quite fascinating. Many projects with many features, design and architecture.I’ve been to Magnolia, InfoGlue, Daisy, and more. Still not set on which one I’m going to use. Magnolia seems like a good choice, one advantage is their use of the upcoming API for java content...

ValueList and DbForms

In a quick search for display libraries I landed on the ValueList project. It really worth some exploration, especially with its spring configuration and direct resultset fetching for a better memory utilization (rather than in-memory lists in Displaytag)/ Through another search for ValueList discussions, I landed on a bigger find, DbForms. It looks like a solution that I have...

DisplayTag 1.0 released

Displaytag 1.0 was released today. Version changes are in the announcement. [Display Tag Download] A look at some javascript table grid (w/client side data sort) has made me pay a visit to the Displaytag website (out of appreciation to their work). Long live to server side data manipulation.

Southeast Asia Tsunami – How can you help

This post is a modest contribution to the relief efforts by providing a link to the The Southeast Asia Earthquake and Tsunami blog for “News and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts.” And a shortlist of links to Aid Groups provided by CNN. Today, the death toll is at 77000+ Our condolences for those who lost their...

Bibliotheca Alexandria – an experience

My wife and I have been to Bibliotheca Alexandria seeking a quiet place to work at and read. Well, it wasn’t as we’d hoped for. First, we had to leave out belongings at the safekeeping (even my wife’s handbag). They told me to leave my laptop outside, but after convincing them that it was essential to take it inside...