Monthly Archives: February 2005

To get Derby connections to work on OS X from within your Java code, you need to use the following piece of code: Properties p = System.getProperties(); p.put(“derby.storage.fileSyncTransactionLog”, “true”); Do this right before you load your Derby driver: try { … Continue reading →

If you’re trying to create or modify a Derby database on OS X and you get the error message: ERROR XSTB2: Cannot log transaction changes, maybe trying to write to a read only database. Then check out the Derby FAQ … Continue reading →

Just got to the Hyatt Regency, site of EclipseCon 2005. It was a pretty decent flight, although there were at least two folks who got really air sick due to some turbulence. I enjoyed the usual DirectTV fare on JetBlue … Continue reading →

Just some notes from EclipseCon 2004, to get my head cleared for EclipseCon 2005: The keynote by Erich Gamma and John Weigand seemed to hit all the big themes of the conference. The only exception was EMF and GEF, which … Continue reading →

Here’s a brief history of EclipseCon, with unofficial titles (that I came up with) along the official title. EclipseCon 1 – Eclipse User’s Group Meeting at JavaOne 2002 Location: Thirsty Bear Brewing Company across the street of the Moscone Center, … Continue reading →

EclipseCon 2005 is sold out! (I can’t remember any software related conference I’ve been to that sold out, though many were quite full.) As a result, I’ll be scalping tickets at the door. :) Seriously, this is great. Also, if … Continue reading →

Everyone should get this instead of the original 3.1M5. This includes a bug fix to the Properties View for EMF-based editors. Download 3.1M5a from a mirror near you. Technorati tags: eclipse

The Platform UI team found a problem with EMF-based editors and the Properties View and they worked today to fix it. There should be a new build of Eclipse 3.1M5, titled Eclipse 3.1M5a that will be released soon. [Via EclipsePowered].

I was at EclipseCon 2003. What’s that you say? The first EclipseCon was EclipseCon 2004? I beg to differ. I would say the first EclipseCon was the “Eclipse event at JavaOne 2003“, back on June 11th, 2003. I didn’t have … Continue reading →