Archive for April, 2006

ADO Confusion

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

I was getting the ADO error below when I ran an update statement and then tried access the eof attribute of the supposed returned record set.

The answer is to to use the execute method of your connection object instead. Here’s how I now do it in Python:
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GoldMine- Rename a User i.e. Change Login Name

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

There’s only one automatic way to do this which is provided by GoldBox. I’d say there’s a reasonable chance of success but all precautions should definitely be taken.
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When is the KKD Cup for 2006

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Siemens Medical is providing a problem, to be posted May 1, 2006.

I wrote to gmelli_sigkdd@predictionworks.com to find out. Hopefully it will be announced on their website soon.

What is the KDD Cup? It’s an annual data mining competition that my company Blended Technologies will be participating in this year.

[tags]Data Mining, Data Mining Competition, KDD Cup[/tags]

How to Combine Two or More MP3 Files into One

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Either of these two two freeware programs should do the trick. (Please correct me if I’m wrong)

  1. mp3DirectCut
  2. Audacity

Also if it’s not clear to you how to join two MP3 files using one of these programs just let me know and I’ll write up a tutorial.

Ending an Ebay Auction Early

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
  1. Here’s a write-up of the process and what is and isn’t allowed.
  2. Here is the actual form you fill out.

[tags]Ebay, Ending Auction Early, Ebay Help[/tags]