Thank God thats over...

It was a blast, I learned quite a bit about Oracle PL/SQL and web programming, where Banner is going in regards to Java and Flex. Scripting goodies with Perl and shell scripting, and working with XML in PL/SQL. Pardon me while I saw some logs now on my own bed.

Day 3

.. for me and the conference has officially kicked off. The keynote speech was given by Maya Angelou and now I have visions of cloud computers with rainbows. I really enjoyed her speech. :)

SungGard Summit Precon Day 2

Today we covered some more complexed topics in Banner web development. Today was more interesting then yesterday for me. I actually learned how to setup a table form and process it with PL/SQL. Basically I can now present someone with a web form that lets them edit multiple records at once and save the multiple record changes all at the same time. I also learned more about the underlying tables Banner uses.

So yeah today was great and I feel like the Greatest American Hero after he found the book on how to use his super suit. :)

First Session

Went good, at the 10 minute break now. A lot of introductory stuff for how Banner web works. A lot of this stuff I wish I would have had when I started at Millersville, ah well. :)

Some info on:

* How the client talks to the web server and the web server talks to the database.

* Priviliges given to PL/SQL packages so they can be accessed from the web.

* General info on using modules to create web pages that take files.

On a lighter note most of the people in my class are from all over the world. Some as far as Egypt. Even though they have jet lag I'm just as awake as they are cause I was up at 4am to catch the train here. :P

SunGard Summit

So I work at a university and being in IT has it's good times. Well this March I get to go to Philadelphia for a weekend for the SunGard Summit. Six days of learning and geekdom (training) that my university pays for.

Some of my courses will include:

* Javascript and Banner web stuff.
* Free food.
* Pro*C programming.
* Oracle APEX stuff.
* Free food.
* Security and authentication stuff.
* And... free food.

So yeah I'm going to have fun. :P

Banner is an enterprise business software package used by my university. It's made by Sungard.

Conference Time!!!

So I just spent the past two days at a PABUG conference in the Harrisburg PA area. For those that don't know, PABUG is Pennsylvania Banner Users Group. It's a group of universities in Pennsylvania and around the state of PA that use the Sungard's Banner software.

The first day wasn't bad on Monday. I went thinking the morning would be more interesting then the afternoon and that turned out to be the exact opposite. Tuesday turned out to be a more techy type day. I spent a lot of time hearing talks on Oracle's Application Express.

The very last session of the conference was a bit odd. Apparently Sungarde is moving in a Java/Adobe Flex path for their Banner product. I wasn't aware of it for the most part till that session. Everyone was asking about APEX and talking about what it could do for them. Then the Sungarde people kinda just brushed it off. Atleast that is how it seemed to me.

Ah well... it was a good conference anyway.