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Oracle - What Version?

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:23:00 -0400

Command to give details on the current running version of Oracle.

select * from v$version;

Oracle - Sequences Stuff

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:19:00 -0400

Drop a sequence:

DROP SEQUENCE SEQUENCE_NAME;

List all sequences:

For current user

SELECT * FROM USER_SEQUENCES;

For all users

SELECT * FROM ALL_SEQUENCES;

Oracle - using a date in the where clause

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:58:28 -0500

select * from foo where bar_date=to_date(‘22-FEB-2012’,’dd-MON-yyyy’)

Search SQL Server 2005 Stored Procedure Text

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:04:00 -0400

How to search the content of stored procedures in a SQL Server 2005 database:

SELECT Name, OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID) FROM sys.procedures WHERE OBJECT_DEFINITION(OBJECT_ID) LIKE '%SEARCH_TERMS%'

Using keepalives in PuTTY ssh sessions

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:10:00 -0400

When using PuTTY, an ssh session to a remote server can be disconnected due to inactivity. If you need to make sure the connection is maintained you can send keepalives - small regular blips of data - to the remote server. Keepalives are enough to convince the server that the connection is still active.

To turn keepalives on go to the top level of the section Connection on the PuTTY Configuration screen. The setting for keepalives is at the top. It is labeled “Sending of null packets to keep session active”. The setting itself is labeled “Seconds between keepalives (0 to turn off)” and the default value is 0 for off. Change this to a non-zero value (10 is good) to turn keepalives on.