Oracle : Rolling sequences forward

declare dummy number; begin     for sq in (     select sequence_owner||'.'||sequence_name nm     from dba_sequences     where sequence_owner        in ( 'CLIENTDBO','DEALERTOOLS_DBO','GAINDBO','IT_JOB_LOG','MXDBO','MYBROKERDBO',             'NEWTOPSDBO','ODFSDBO','ODL_DBADMIN_DBO','ODL_DBSERVICES_DBO','ODL_USERAPPS_DBO',             'PRODUCTDBO','RECONCILIATIONSDBO','SETTLEMENTSDBO','USER_ADMIN_SYS','WEB')             )         loop         dbms_output.put_line(sq.nm);         for i in 1..10000 loop            execute immediate 'select  '||sq.nm||'.nextval from dual' into dummy;         end loop;     end loop; end;

Powershell : Get inner errors for more info (sometimes)

Statement that fails #                        Trap { #  write-output "herea" #  $_.Exception #  $err = $_.Exception #  while ( $err.InnerException ) #    { #    $err = $err.InnerException #    write-output $err.Message #    }; #    continue #  }

Powershell : IUnable to install CTP3 - Access Denied Error

Reason was a anti-confickr strategy of adding a permission to stop values being changed in a registry key : HKLM, Software\Microsoft\Windows Nt\CurrentVersion\Svchost This has advanced acl perms set to Deny Everyone Set Value

Powershell - Performance Diagnostics reports error

When using powershell to query performance counters (via New-Object Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter) getting an errors (The network path was not found) Fix - Assuming wiondows firewall on the target machine is turned on enable File and Printer Sharing in the exceptions on the target

Vmware : Vsphere Console Desktop Shortcut

For Vmware infrastructure : "%PROGRAM_FILES%\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\4.0\vmware-vmrc.exe" -h 192.168.69.42 -u username -p PASSWORD -d "[datastore1] Ninefingers2/Ninefingers2.vmx" Add -X for full screen

Windows : What is the NTFS cluster size ?

* Run chkdsk on the drive - chkdsk C:  * Cluster size if third line from bottom eg. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit

Excel : Bullets in a cell

Position the insertion point at the beginning of your text entry. Type a symbol that you want to use as a bullet. To create the bullet character, press ALT+0149 (type 0149 on the numeric keypad).