Say no to Windows IE 8 Oracle Apps developers/consultants

Update: Oracle EBS 11i and R12 are now certified with IE8 and Firefox 3.5. Moreover EBS is certified to work on Windows 7 OS. Ask your DBA to follow the this blog entry for more.

Beware Oracle Apps Consultant/Developers, Windows Internet Explorer 8 is not yet compatible with Oracle E-Business Suite. If you are an Vista user, there are high chances that IE 8 will get installed automatically, so as the saying goes, "Prevention is better than cure".

So you asking can we prevent IE8 from getting installed? Yes, it is absolutely possible. Just visit this site and install the IE8 installation blocker. This would prevent your machine (automatic updates) from automatically installing Windows Internet Explorer 8.

Enjoy!

Snappy Words

All search lovers as well as dictionary lovers, you got an awesome site where in you will be able to watch meanings for words in a graphical way. This is a fun way to learn things.

You can visit the website or directly search from your firefox search bar:

To add this search engine to your search bar list in firefox, do this: click on the drop down arrow near the search engine name> manage search engines> get more search engines (link), which will take you to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13971. 

PS: Else you can directly add this add-on from the above link :)

I tried searching the meaning for snappy in this, and look at the cool results :)

You can drag this thing, scroll over it, zoom in, zoom out and is really a cool way to explore the meaning of words. Enjoy browsing :)

Where is the limit?

I have seen many people wanting to reach some milestone every now and then in any form of work, especially in Software industry. The milestone may be in the form of "Money" or "Position" in the organization. Mostly "Position" and "Money" have a positive correlation. I sometimes wonder what is the limit for these guys and put myself in the list. But I am a different person altogether. My interests have subsided, my limits are narrow and I know what I want and am happy with what I got.

These people receive nearly 1 lakh per month salary and yet they strain and stress themselves to earn more forgetting about Family and Health and most importantly they grow to become the worst character in life-workaholic and arrogant. Why is that because our elders and puranas used to teach us that Money should never go above our shoulders, cause it will swallow us! There is a limit for everything and anything. And I have seen people who have gone berserk like that.

I am really thankful that I don't have high ambitions in terms of "Money" and "Position" cause I know that whatever I get I deserve it, If I don't I won't be hanging on that for a long time. I have seen many people demanding for their needs, but I am not like that in my workplace. I believe that Credit is valid when u Deserve it not when you Demand it.

Many a times I keep wondering and discuss this topic with my wife, "What's the limit for all this?", "Why are people so greedy?", "Why am I not like others?", "Why is that I don't find interest in excess money?". Nobody knows the answer, even me, but all I can say is that I know my limit and happy with what I got - A good Wife, Good life, A Bike and House-hold items for daily work. I don't own a house, I don't own a A/C also. But I don't care, I know that If I deserve that I will get it some day, at least my children will owe me one. It is high time people stop for a second and rework on their interests and real needs/wants.

Play outside?

This picture is dedicated to all people who are like me ;) and who got advised by their mom to go out and play instead of sitting in front of play station / Computer :P

Finding out field size in front end

When some one asks you whether you can find out the field size in Apps front end, tell them yes and also show them that it's done this way:

1. Navigate to the form on which you want to find the field size.
2. Navigate to the field for which the size needs to be determined.
3. Click on Help > Diagnostics> Properties> Item (It might ask for database password, so you should have it handy).

4. Select Max Length in the Property Drop down box.
5. You will get the value in the Value field. This is your field size for the field selected in step2.