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Programming Links

• Remote SWT - Very interesting. “RSWT allows any Java SWT application running on one host to display its GUI components on a remote host”.
• Paul Everitt on handful of XML and REST.
• IE Edit Addon - nice to see people extending something I've no interest in maintaining.
• Oracle Technet sneeks in an advertisement on their RSS.
• Oracle 9i makes it easier to query hierarchies - pretty good.
• Python support in Eclipse gets better
• IBM dW tutorial on writing Eclipse extensions
• If you use C#, get Borland's C# Builder. Free for personal use. And it is from Borland, IMO, who knows much better about making programming tools than anyone else.
• RubyForge is up.
• Blosxom 2.0 is out. I'm seriously considering moving to Blosxom or one of its clones in favour of MovableType.

Updates at 7:30 PM below.

• FCKEditor - pretty much the best free IE based editor I've seen. Loads of functionality, good code-base, free, LGPL. I'm thinking of tossing out my IE Editor and start using this one.
• Eclipse viPlugin. What more does one need? I tried using IntelliJ IDEA, but I simply don't get why is it all that great. I don't program in Java all day, so may be I'm missing something. Eclipse is great and now I can use my favourite editor's keystrokes.
• sqlDESKTOP. Interesting screenshots and idea. But, why?

1. Just an observation, but START WITH .. CONNECT BY has been in Oracle since about release 6.

   It was certainly in the first version I used (6.0.36 if memory serves) because I used it to build a BOM type application.

   Its a valuable addition to SQL and I would love to see it in one or more of the open source databases.

   Posted by: Andy Todd on July 24, 2003 05:02 AM

2. True... I've used it from 7.3 onwards. I too used it for a BOM.

   One thing I find missing in Oracle's implementation is the inability to make joins while using CONNECT BY. Since 8i, this is not an issue since you can put a query as part of FROM clause.

   Posted by: Babu on July 24, 2003 05:20 AM