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"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and freedom"


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Thursday 27 March 2014

Fixing missing files in Oracle 12c installation



Oracle 12c has a pretty dumb way of packaging the installer into two zip files along with the instructions of extracting the two zip files into one directory. This is commonly misunderstood as putting winx64_12c_database_1of2 directory and  winx64_12c_database_2of2 directory in the one directory say oracle. This is also due to the default setting of the common extraction tools, such as Winzip etc.
However on using this instruction when the installation is started using the setup.exe the following error is returned:





Files, such as dr0ulib.sql.sbs are reported by the installer as not found. To solve these you need to do the following:

1) Abort the current installer

2) Open the winx64_12c_database_2of2 directory and navigate to ..\winx64_12c_database_2of2\database\stage\Components directory copy all the files

3) Paste all files to the following location ..\winx64_12c_database_1of2\database\stage\Components

Now run the setup.exe as admin and follow the instructions to complete the installation without error.
 

Tuesday 18 March 2014

Unblock your unsigned apps/applets and Switch Between Java Plug-ins

While working with web application which use applets or other technologies perceived not be as secured the contemporary technologies you might get error. For example if you try to run the web tours application provided by HP load runner on Windows 7 you might get an error message such as:




  • Security Exception: User declined to run unsigned sandbox app

  • Application Blocked. Click for details



To overcome this when you are sure that the source from which the application is being run is safe then you can make the security level as Medium.  To do this navigate to Start --> Java --> Configure Java and click on Security tab and Make the security level as medium.
 
To switch between old and new Java Plug-ins click on the Advanced tab and uncheck the Java-plug-in -->  Enable the next generation Java Plug-in (requires browser restart) check box.






Do this only if you are sure that the source from which the application is being run is safe.