Month: October 2005

  • Help on Chinese entry system

    I am seeking advice/suggestions on Chinese entry system on English version of Windows XP. I want to do some Chinese post but have been having trouble setting up a good Chinese entry system. When I was in China last year, one of my college buddies suggested ZiGuang. Somehow I got it to work on my…

  • Boo!

    200510 097 Originally uploaded by haidong. Pumpkin carving by Benjamin

  • My Kinesis Ergo Elan Keyboard

    I have had my Kinesis keyboard for over a month now. It is a good time to sum up my experience with it so far. The model I have is called Ergo Elan with Swedish language layout. Overall, I like this keyboard because of its contoured design. The ergnomic design makes it easier on the…

  • Change SQLCMD default editor

    In SQLCMD, if you type ed, it will invoke a text editor and put the last command you run in the editor buffer. The default editor is Edit, a command line editor of DOS. This behavior is very similar to Oracle Sql Plus, by the way. The difference is that in Sql Plus, you can…

  • SQLCMD will be fun

    SQLCMD is a command line utility for Sql Server 2005. Like osql and isql, it can be used interactively. It can also be used as a scripting tool to automate a lot of routine tasks. It is the later part that I find exciting and fun. (By the way, isql is not available in Sql…