Monthly Archives: June 2009

Total Eclipse of the Heart

June 4, 2009

99.99% times I do not like to re-post youtube video links but this time I just have to spread some genius rework of a music video. And what’s more — song title is “Total Eclipse of the Heart”. So let’s use the video to find some out-of-the-box inspiration for our Eclipse platform future! Thanks for [...]

Changing number scale for Oracle NUMBER columns

June 3, 2009

Whenever you try to change your NUMBER column to more specific scale like NUMBER(10,2) you end up with an error message: SQL Error: ORA-01440: column to be modified must be empty to decrease precision or scale There is a way out of this but it is a bit hacky. Let me know if there is [...]

Quick hint: Ignore bin, target, build etc dirs in Eclipse CVS and SVN Synchronize View

June 2, 2009

Directory ignore feature for svn and cvs in Eclipse Synchronize View is located in a straightforward place but still from time to time we tend to forget. I keep looking at SVN settings and synchronize View Menu but it is not there. Here it comes: Window->Preferences->Team->Ignored Resources Faster is to simply type “ignored” into preferences [...]