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. :)

End of the Day

Went pretty good, picked up a few tid bits of knowledge. Looking forward to tomorrow when we dive in to the more advanced stuff. The work book I got looks like it'd be really nice as a reference for doing things later on. Wish I would have had this when I first started my job.

Stopped at a place called Chilli's in Phily, good food and great service. Had a chicken sandwich and some fries. I should get foods for the fridge tomorrow, less eating out that way.

Conventional Convention

So I'm off next Friday to the SunGard summit in Philadelphia. Six glorious days of edumacation on Oracle, Banner, and other fun things. This also means I have six days of no WoW since I'll just have my EEE with me.

Assuming I have a net connection somewhere I will be getting on IRC if it's not pay by the minute/hour or whatever. I'm trying to decide if I want to take my camera along or not. Most of the time I will be in a convention center and I don't want to carry too much junk with me.

Friday morning next week I have to be at the train station at 5am to catch a 5:30 to Philly. I'll get there around 6:45 and grab a cab to the hotel, stow my bags there if I can't check in right away, and then head over to an 8am registration. Busy busy day. :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.