Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in use

Posted in Uncategorized with tags on January 27, 2009 by nixam

If you get the above error on SQL 2008,

Go to activity monitor(i found this on the toolbar) to see the connected users/machines (there is a dropdown to filter remote machines), kill the associated processes and that should do the trick…

Use this link to know more about the problem solutions..

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqldisasterrecovery/thread/aad41cbb-10cb-4109-9e55-aab048bbeb9d/

“MAYTAS” is “SATYAM” reverse-spelled

Posted in Being in India, Morality, conversations of the common man on January 10, 2009 by nixam

Interestingly Maytas isnt really a word with a meaning.. It’s just a reverse spelled version of Satyam..what is more striking is that Ramalinga Raju tried to hide the truth by acquiring Maytas (literal meaning of Satyam is Truth)…

satyammaytas

Infact Satyam did get one thing right – Truth is “What Business Demands” ..

The future of Satyam employees lies in doubt… Infosys HR head Mohandas Pai has already announced that Infy won’t recruit former Satyam employees…

Some of the biggest auditors have been involved in recent frauds.. Arthur Andersen for Enron Scandal.. and now PW for Satyam… For some reason Regulation itself isn’t enough to prevent another scam in future… Lawyers find greatest wealth in “Getting around the rules” and so its not the “Law” that would protect Economies but the “Spirit of the Law”.. Corporate integrity and values would go a long way in protecting shared wealth and faith in the open market..

One great learning from this episode is that the Shareholders have a mighty say in Corporate affairs, it was a very wise move to not let Satyam take over Maytas for the quoted price… A take-over would have given Ramalinga Raju more time to continue the scam… But was it a little too late….

Things have changed…

Posted in NostalG a, mind map on January 6, 2009 by nixam

It really feels strange when a song that affects you deeply at one time goes out of your head for 8 years, comes back and you feel trans-ported back…

this Bob Dylan song was my favourite back then, and came to me last night…

Here it is….

A worried man with a worried mind
No one in front of me and nothing behind…

Standing on the gallows with my head in a noose
Any minute now I’m expecting all hell to break loose…
People are crazy and times are strange

I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range

I used to care, but things have changed..

Only a fool in here would think he’s got anything to prove

The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity
Gonna get low down, gonna fly high
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie

Its amazing how much has changed over the years… people have come and gone… convictions shattered and recreated…

makes me remember – i’m not dead yet..

Not all of the song makes sense to me now, and i want to get him out of my head pretty soon..

Whats the difference between Brains and Noodles…

Posted in Broadcast Boredom, Meaningless, Unusable Thoughts, mind map on December 9, 2008 by nixam

I am thinking… Seriously….

mumbai 360

Posted in conversations of the common man on November 28, 2008 by nixam

Mumbai attacks so far…

A great live Source: NDTV

  • Terror attacks in 11 places across Mumbai
  • Hostage situation in Taj hotel, Trident hotel, Nariman house
  • 101 dead including 14 policemen, 6 foreigners
  • Encounter cop Vijay Salaskar, Additional CP Ashok Kamte killed
  • Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare shot dead
  • Nine suspected terrorists caught, five killed, three escape
  • Reports: Deccan Mujahideen claims responsibility
  • 100 people rescued from the taj , many still trapped inside
  • Police: terrorists came by boat into Mumbai
  • NSG commandos at Taj hotel, trident hotel
  • Places attacked: Cama hospital, GT hospital, VT station, Trident hotel, Taj hotel,
    Wadi Bunder, outside Metro Cinema, Girgaum Chowpatty, Petrol pump near bootleggers pub
  • Taj hotel staff killed; encounter still on
  • Unexploded grenades in the lobby of taj hotel
  • BSE, NSE stock exchanges to be shut today
  • 5-6 terrorists still believed to be loose in Mumbai
  • 800 army personnel at various locations in Mumbai
  • Mumbai University cancels all exams scheduled today
  • Curfew in Colaba and gateway of India
  • Sources: shades of underworld in terror attack
  • Hotels in Mumbai asked not to take new guests
  • Touring English cricket team wants to head back home
  • PM cancels all rallies scheduled for today
  • Army officer RK Hooda: terrorists extremely well-motivated
  • Army officer RK Hooda: checking for booby traps in hotel
  • Operation begins at Trident in Mumbai
  • TV sets inside trident disconnected as operations begin
  • Hostages at Nariman House, Trident, Taj
  • 10-12 terrorists inside Trident hotel
  • Pak national held in Chowpatty: Sources
  • Rs 5 lakh for killed; 50K for seriously injured
  • Foreign hand fully evident: Intelligence
  • Helicopters circle over Taj
  • At Trident: Two terrorists still holed up
  • At Nariman House: 2-3 terrorists inside
  • Commandos airdropped at Nariman House
  • Schools and colleges remain shut
  • Helicopters circle over Taj hotel

I personally was surpised to see Israeli’s being involved .. surprisingly they did not send their commandos.. this is perhaps the first major hit on them outside Israel since Munich.. Some views from Jerusalem

For some reason, we often forget to hear what the terrorists want to cry out…  Painful as it may be, we have to listen… negotiate and act… It would be naive to sit around and make statements that say “Lets burn the whole of pakistan” – it aint happening… and in all possibility it wont solve anything… In some ways there are real problems faced by Muslims.. nothing can justify their acts, nothing… but we do need to fix their society from the roots… that would give peace a fair chance…

Well a lot of people have criticized Prime minister Manmohan Singh… Not to mention none of those guys did much themselves… Heres the official nation address from the PM…

Only if we all stand together….