Fun in Holland
We’re in the Netherlands this weekend visiting Tim’s family and our friends in Leiden. Check out what’s been keeping Tim and family busy:
Everyone is playing the bowling game that’s part of 42 All-Time Classics, the latest cool game for the Nintendo DS. You can play wirelessly with lots of people even with only one copy of the game. AND you can play online against other people who have chosen to play it online. AND bowling is only one of the 42 different games you can play as part of this one game, like checkers and chess and solitaire.
Using Oracle from .Net
I’ll bet you’ve always wanted to know: how can I access an Oracle database from .Net in the most easy way possible? With Microsoft .Net Framework, accessing Microsoft databases is easy since the Framework comes with the required drivers (naturally). But since Windows doesn’t come with the drivers for accessing Oracle, and Oracle itself is notoriously terrible in making install packages for their drivers that reliably work on Windows, it is a royal pain to get it to work - sometimes. But now I’ve found the way - read on for the answer. (more…)