HYDT | List of Vendor JDBC Drivers for quick reference

If you need to access a database with Java, you need a driver. This is a list of the drivers available, and their respective JDBC connect strings (syntax only).
To Err is Human; Please feel free to email me or leave a message if you find anything not correct !

IBM DB2
jdbc:db2://:/
COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver

JDBC-ODBC Bridge
jdbc:odbc:
sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver

Microsoft SQL Server
jdbc:weblogic:mssqlserver4:@:
weblogic.jdbc.mssqlserver4.Driver

Oracle Thin
jdbc:oracle:thin:@::
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver

PointBase Embedded Server
jdbc:pointbase://embedded[:]/
com.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver

Cloudscape
jdbc:cloudscape:
COM.cloudscape.core.JDBCDriver

Cloudscape RMI
jdbc:rmi://:/jdbc:cloudscape:
RmiJdbc.RJDriver

Firebird (JCA/JDBC Driver)
jdbc:firebirdsql:[//[:]/]
org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver

IDS Server
jdbc:ids://:/conn?dsn=''
ids.sql.IDSDriver

Informix Dynamic Server
jdbc:informix-sqli://:/:INFORMIXSERVER=
com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver

InstantDB (v3.13 and earlier)
jdbc:idb:
jdbc.idbDriver

InstantDB (v3.14 and later)
jdbc:idb:
org.enhydra.instantdb.jdbc.idbDriver

Interbase (InterClient Driver)
jdbc:interbase:///
interbase.interclient.Driver

Hypersonic SQL (v1.2 and earlier)
jdbc:HypersonicSQL:
hSql.hDriver

Hypersonic SQL (v1.3 and later)
jdbc:HypersonicSQL:
org.hsql.jdbcDriver

Microsoft SQL Server (JTurbo Driver)
jdbc:JTurbo://:/
com.ashna.jturbo.driver.Driver

Microsoft SQL Server (Sprinta Driver)
jdbc:inetdae::?database=
com.inet.tds.TdsDriver

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Microsoft Driver)
jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://:[;DatabaseName=]
com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver

MySQL (MM.MySQL Driver)
jdbc:mysql://:/
org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver

Oracle OCI 8i
jdbc:oracle:oci8:@
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver

Oracle OCI 9i
jdbc:oracle:oci:@
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver

PostgreSQL (v6.5 and earlier)
jdbc:postgresql://:/
postgresql.Driver

PostgreSQL (v7.0 and later)
jdbc:postgresql://:/
org.postgresql.Driver

Sybase (jConnect 4.2 and earlier)
jdbc:sybase:Tds::
com.sybase.jdbc.SybDriver

Sybase (jConnect 5.2)
jdbc:sybase:Tds::
com.sybase.jdbc2.jdbc.SybDriver

Google’s (soon to be launched) ANDROID based Phones unleashes Fast 3G enabled Power of the Internet to your Mobile.

Behold !
The power of Web 2.0 has been put into the mobile by Google via the soon to be launched ANDROID based Phones, which is based on a revolutionary Open Source, and hence Open Ended Android Platform and developers can make use of Fast 3G Network to build apps which use Google Maps, Google Search and other APIs to build unique applications.
See Sergey Brin AND Steve Horowitz’s You Tube video here >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJHYqE0RDg (which already has had a whopping 2,500,005 views. ) to have a look at what’s in store for the future of Mobile Phones, which are increasingly blurring the line between the powers of web on the PC vs. the ultra-portable power of the Web in your phone.
Maps, 3D Views, Weather, Service Queries (for Airports, Railways, etc.) Intelligent Searches, Fast Contacts Lookup, Quick IMs, and several other apps
Moreover, Android is Linux based and emphasis is on enabling all touch based apps to seamlessly integrate and provide a rich media and information experience to the end users.

Startup Cleaner Programs

Spring Up your PC Start! With Startup Inspector!
Freeware Windows App – Startup Inspector at http://www.windowsstartup.com/ quickly analyzes your machine’s startup programs list and presents you with an option to disable or remove unnecessary startup programs to reduce your machine’s startup time and any unnecessary memory hogging too! Check it out!

Tech Bow : "MULTI" Touch is the new Lingua for PC !

Look Ma. Just Hands ! No Mouse ! "Multi" Touch is the new phenomenon and the medium to "interact" with your PC for a richer internet and media experience. As is shown in the Sneak Peek MSN SoapBox video for WINDOWS 7.0, which is multi touch enabled.
Watch the Video here >> http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2008/05/28/windows-7-demo-at-d6-really-that-s-it-/

Web 2.0 Definition Start

Web 2.0 is not a new version of World Wide Web, but its a different way to utilize Internet into web platform like weblogs, social book marking, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds (and other forms of many-to-many publishing), social networking web, Web APIs, Web standards and online service provider. It is like open sourcing and genuine interactivity in which user can upload anything, download anything and can use the content according to its own wish. There is no restriction of more or less measure of content, uploading and downloading. All these are absolutely free.

According to OReilly, the inventor of Web 2.0, Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform. So Web 2.0 is a new way of business via Internet. It’s really a new business tactic that is being used on the mass level across the world. The success of YouTube, Orkut, MySpace, Flickr, Google, facebook, Wikipedia and many more websites are the biggest examples of Web 2.0.

Web 2.0 tools include Weblogging, Wikis, Social networking, Podcasts, Feeds, Social bookmarking, and Cascading Style Sheet.
Technical Overview
Web 2.0 has a complex and growing technology that includes server-software, content-syndication, messaging- protocols, standards-based browsers with plug-ins and extensions, and various client-applications. All these differ in functions and approaches but provide all the requirements beyond the expectation such as information- storage, creation, and dissemination capabilities.
A Web 2.0 website may usually feature a number of following techniques:
Rich Internet Application (RIA) techniques, optionally Ajax based
Cascading Style Sheet, CSS
Semantically valid XHTML markup and the use of Micro formats
Organization and collection of data in RSS Feeds/ Atom
Tags usage. Links to bookmarking or tagging sites.
Use of Wiki software either completely or partially
Blog publishing / Editing / Tagging
Mashups (A mix up of content and Audio using various script technologies)
REST or XML Webservice APIs.
Rendering of Downloadable content/ Viewable content in various formats (like scribd allows download of documents as PDF, TXT, DOC, XLS, PPT formats)
Optional – Podcasts
I will be covering these new and exciting technologies that enable streaming media and huge interactivity of the end user with the web pages in my future posts.
Tune in regularly

Google Desktop SideBars and Calendar Sync.

Google Inc. has come a long way in spicing and info-highwaying your Same Old Desktop (SOD !). With the Introduction of Google Desktop Sidebars wherein you can add upto (102 last count) Google created and third party created widgets. (I'd prefer google created, though. Too bad, they are lesser in number than 3rd Party widgets). You must have a decent Net speed for these widgets to work like a dream (as you add more and more - ok. get greedy. tiz normal !).
Google has also introduced Google Calendar Sync utility with MS-Outlook, but its a pity, it works only with Outlook versions 2003 and above. Else it would have been a great treat to setup all your "oh-damn-I-forgot" Birthdays and reminders in Outlook and export them in a swish to Google Calendar, which provides you two ways to remember: E-Mail Notifications before the event or better still, SMS to your google registered mobile number, if you are not in front of your machine. Link here --> http://desktop.google.com/

Check your ISP Speed ! from Speedtest !

Free ISP Speed Test website Speedtest (http://www.speedtest.net/) checks your upload and download speeds against various Geo Located ISPs based on proximity to the ISP. And it displays a nice report of upload and download speeds with URL Links to the reports so that you can share with others. I had my ISP speed checked and here are the results. http://www.speedtest.net/result/913584771.png

Organizing your TO-DO Tasks with Remember the Milk (RTM) ™ Website

Forget Often? The call that you were supposed to make this morning, the bill that you were to submit yesterday, your buddy or relative’s birthday which has gone past 2 days back ?
IT pros are busier with deadlines and often push their time in the offices. In doing this, they forget some “social” tasks, which others expect they would remember and do! I have been in all this too often!

http://www.rememberthemilk.com is a website which helps you build and organize a TO-DO task list. Its PRO version has Sync features with Google Calendar.

They have fused Mail and Tasks too. Just in case you can’t help “blackberrying” email or hitting F9 in Outlook, you can email your TO-DO task. Just signup with the RTM site and they will give a unique email id to you to which you can mail your task and it will get created in your RTM Inbox (See attached screenshot). And on the day of the task, you get reminded by SMS/ EMail.

Now, Lets not forget anymore.

Use Norton Ghost for Ghost Recall !

Once you have installed Windows (or Linux) and have got tons of Windows Updates and Security Fixes (or Linux Patches are there ? frequently ?), and installed n number of programs, it becomes crippling and a pain in the ass if one felt swoop of Virus or disk crash or malfunction wipes away all the stored data and settings. So, if you want to be SAFE and SECURE with your precious data, use Norton Ghost for a point in time recovery of your complete OS. It has options to backup your data by burning CDs (which you may require by tons if your OS and installed progs are several GB in size) or external Storage Hard Disk. Norton Ghost has an intitutive interface and you can do a "Managed Backup" (updates your systems recovery point (All OS and Data and settings etc) with a complete backup and then incremental backups at regular intervals) or a "One time backup", which will do a backup and after restoration you will xyz programs short, which you installed after the backup was done. See the attached screenshot.

Hardware Style n Substance and My LoCS

Hardware should not be behind where style and substance comes. Computer World have an article about "Concept" Notebooks, style statements which project the notebook and the user as one . Article here : http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9070158 . Also my Five Good sites. Sites where there is neat information on utils, tips, tricks and resources for us to "feed" our tech hunger on:
[ LoCS ]
AJAXIAN [ http://www.ajaxian.com/ ] All on AJAX for the techies.
SCRIBD [ http://www.scribd.com/ ] Online Word, PDF, PPT etc rendering site. Online Office documents opening.
JOTT [ http://jott.com/ ] Jot your "Mind Notes" online by "calling" to this site. Sounds exciting ?
TECH REVIEW [ http://www.techreview.com/ ] The Authority on Technology review !
UBER NOTES [ http://www.ubernote.com/ ] Not for the Mundane ! Online Notes Taking Software !
[ /LoCS ]

Browser Wars and the way ahead.

I have been working with various Browsers and do feel that a browser will be the OS. A browser software today has become extremely powerful with various Plug-Ins letting access to content and Software too ! You name it - You have multimedia plug-ins, development plug-ins, "viewer" plug-ins, remote access control plug-ins, FTP, Powerful search plugins, etc.With the next generation of internet websites rendering software that allows user to "Edit-In-Site" and "Render-In-Site" and"View/ Download" from site, the browser will be the only thing one will need to WORK and PLAY !

I have experienced the speed of various browsers. Of late, in terms of sheer speed, the newest of the lot, Apple's Safari Browser is Blazing Fast. Mozilla Firefox comes in second. IE (even 7.0) comes after these two. Safari looks appealing with its BareBones, Sleek looks (see pics) but still is in its nascent stages in terms of plug-ins. Firefox eats and breathes JavaScript and has a wide array of plug-ins. IE7 and above (are you still on 6.x ???) have the widest variety of plug-ins for Document Viewing, Multimedia etc.

D(H)ELL - The DELL Hell. Boot.ini disappears automatically.

It is rightly said - When you least expect, the worse happens. I was happily working on my DELL Inspiron 6400/E1505 (having DELL Media Direct). Morning - I copied Picture images from my DigiCam and then shutdown the laptop. I don't remember doing anything wrong as I waited for the computer to shut off completely, But Voila ! on Next Boot I am greeted with the message.
The following file is missing
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: Windows\System32\Hal.dll .
This is not the original error, but appears as Windows Boot Loader does not find boot.ini in C:\
I checked and yes It was NOT There ! How on earth could it get deleted one (fine *&%#) day ??
I got bamboozled. I had shutdown absolutely normally. What could have gone wrong ?
Answer: DELL had the HELL called Media Direct (I do not use it regularly) whose some button I had pushed while OS was shutting down. It simply WIPED OUT C:\boot.ini (How could DELL be so careless ! They do have good Hardware level Advanced Diagnostics Utils etc .., but software NOPE)
Repair:
I ran Windows System Recovery Console. Got to command prompt after Administrator Password. It loads a Read Only file system. (Heck) ! So how do you create a boot.ini in C:\ ?
Microsoft (as always - Had a KB Article saying boot.ini corrupt but not as to How ?) Link here --> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184
1) Login to recovery console using XP setup CD (after boot from CD)
2) run command bootcfg /rebuild
it will try to detect existing windows installations and write a boot.ini file. After that Win XP was up and running again !
BTW: My DELL was custom built, and OS pre-partitioned by DELL. Inspite of that it got me back Win XP running normally. (Yes, at one point, I was thinking of calling DELL Technician due to non-standard Partition that DELL had installed and XP Setup CD detected and warned me about !)

Way 2 Healthy Life !

Perma Link Here ---> http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/20-foods-to-snack-on-for-enhanced-productivity.html
Avocados. These keep you from bloating up after a big lunch and are tasty either on their own, with sugar or salt on top, or with your salad. Too much of these are a debatable topic. Just enough (1 - 2 per day are great)
Almonds. Great for brainpower. Absolute for Memory enhancement as they repair damaged cells. Great for Strong Hair. Read more here.
Raisins. Want more energy? Grab a pack of raisins. They are high in energy and antioxidants, and low in fat and calories.
Figs. They help maintain high energy levels while keeping your appetite far away. Whether you find fresh figs or a pack of dried fruit, enjoy its natural sweetness.
Olives. These are anti-inflammatory and they reduce symptoms to arthritis, asthma and menopause.
Walnuts. These are full of omega 3 fatty acids to help you think more clearly and keep you focused. Excellent source of protein, but be sure to chew well.
Carrots. I love carrots and have at least six carrots in a big glass of juice every morning. They are also good for other times too. Snacking on one cup of chopped carrots will give you six times your recommended daily value of Vitamin A. They improve eyesight, especially in the dark.
Strawberries. As with carrots and flaxseeds, strawberries surprisingly aid in better eye sight. Eating strawberries has also been linked to preventing cancer.
Flaxseeds. If you’ve been working hard all day, have some flaxseeds. They are great for your eyes to stop them feeling a little dried out, and allowing you to feel fresh even after a hard day.
Water. Nothing beats water, the healthiest drink on the planet. It speeds up your metabolism, makes you feel fuller instead of eating junk and keeps you hydrated.
Sunflower seeds. A popular way to beat fatigue. Chew properly as it can take some time.
Papaya. The colorful fruit helps protect you against the potential damages of secondhand smoke, rheumatoid arthritis, and even the common cold.
Pear. Usually only available during the pear season and when they come out, I always get them. They taste good, they’re cool in the mouth and they are hypo-allergenic.
Green tea. Shun your regular tea which has a bit of caffeine content, but it’s also very healthy for your body. They are full of antioxidants and strengthens your immune system.
Ginger. Use in Green Tea. Great for beating nausea and stomach gas. Have it as ginger tea, ginger in your stomach or as low fat ginger cookies. Also helps ease stomach tummy muscles.
Peppermint. If you have a stomach bug or just need to perk up a bit, have a peppermint drink. It’s a great muscle relaxant and helps you clean up your nasal passages and breathe easily.
Watermelon. There is nothing like cool, red sweet watermelon that gives you great energy and nutrients without any calories. It’s a great energy booster.
Low fat yoghurt. Also known as Pro-Biotic Yoghurt. Aids in metabolism. Yoghurt is refreshing and cool when you put it in your mouth so it’s a great, tasteful wake up call for your mind.
Dark chocolate. Women would love it's mention. Having one small bar a day will satisfy your cravings for sweets and give you a load of antioxidants.
Raspberries. These beautiful fruits are a great source of antioxidants which are great to neutralize your free radicals which can affect your cells.
Have these T20 (True20) good food and you will have a healthy body and glowing skin.

[ LoCS ] List of Cool Sites

• http://www.makeuseof.com - Digital tips for increased personal and official productivity.
• http://lifehacker.com - Your not so mundane way of getting things done.
• http://www.netvibes.com - One page to get them all. One page to bind them !
• http://www.yankodesign.com/ - Inspired Ideas of unique and cool workspace, home, gadgets, and design.
• http://alexshalman.com/ - Personal Practical development !

[ /LoCS ]

Before I start with whats Web 2.0 and its impact as in the sites that it has spawned (and spawning ...), I would like to say that I will be regularly blogging about life anecdotes, new age music (yey! I love music), cool softwares, cool tips n DOs, and all things digital, and yes, blogs will be interspersed with my lists of cool sites (LoCS), How-Tos (H-2), Productivity Hacks (pHk) and more. Keep Visiting ...

First Post. Lets not talk about Web 2.0, and NeXT Gen >> websites. I would like you to take you way back in time. There is a very good website that archives (well) almost the whole internet : http://www.archive.org/web/web.php . This website will give you archived pages of how a particular website looked way back in a point in time. So if you want to see how the master search sites - yahoo, google, etc. looked when they started as net babies, this is the site which will show you ! Enjoy the DejaVu !

Web 2.0, Web The NeXT Episode !

Hi All Netizens,
Welcome, In this blog spot, I will be blogging about how internet, programming, and

The new ! internet 2.0, the new wave internet, is really exciting. The use of technologies like AJAX, FLEX, etc have made the net ever more interactive and responsive. Join me in discovering a whole new generation of internet websites, which make you productive, and amaze you with the sheer integration of physical realms with the virtual realms of technology. Also, I will blog on the latest on techologies and programming, the real thing, which propels this whole new generation of websites and explores the hitherho untapped potential of the human brain in programming these beautiful sites worthy of mention and their features exploration.