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    check ORACLE Database version

    query your db SELECT * FROM V$VERSION; out put Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 – 64bit Production 0 PL/SQL Release 12.1.0.2.0 – Production 0 “CORE 12.1.0.2.0 Production” 0 TNS for Linux: Version 12.1.0.2.0 – Production 0 NLSRTL Version 12.1.0.2.0 – Production 0

    Monday, September 17th, 2018

    Increase File upload limit in MyPhpAdmin WAMP 3.1.3

     navigate to C:\wamp\alias ( or where you installed WAMP) open phpmyadmin.conf # To import big file you can increase values php_admin_value upload_max_filesize 128M php_admin_value post_max_size 128M php_admin_value max_execution_time 360 php_admin_value max_input_time 360 Edit the file to meet your needs, DON’T FORGET to extend the max execution time as well # To import big file you […]

    Monday, September 17th, 2018

    How to troubleshoot Side by Side errors using sxstrace

    C:\>SxsTrace Trace -logfile:SxsTrace.etl Tracing started. Trace will be saved to file SxsTrace.etl. Press Enter to stop tracing… To make it readable run   C:\>SxsTrace Parse -logfile:SxsTrace.etl -outfile:SxsTrace.txt Parsing log file SxsTrace.etl… Parsing finished! Output saved to file SxsTrace.txt.

    Tuesday, July 17th, 2018

    Set up Edge WebDriver

      Find your win10 release Win + R. Open up the run command with the Win + R key combo. locate the release in the pop up navigate to Microsoft WebDriver official page find the matching version download the web driver corresponding to your build set WebDriver in your path System.setProperty(“webdriver.edge.driver”, “{PathToDriver}/MicrosoftWebDriver.exe”); done    

    Thursday, July 5th, 2018

    Linux Screen Cheat Sheet

    You can use Linux Screen to run tests  without maintaining an active shell session. To do that start Linux Screen by typing screen in the console  you can either close the session or hit Ctrl + a , d. To reattach to the screen. To Reconnect  type screen -r . if you have more than […]

    Tuesday, January 10th, 2017

    Manually upgrade Jenkins

    1. download the version of jenkins you want to use 2. Navigate to /usr/share/jenkins 3 Replace the war file   Restart the service

    Thursday, July 30th, 2015

    Starting Selenium hub and nodes

    starting hub java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.44.0.jar -role hub Starting node java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.44.0.jar -role node -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register If you want to set a specific port java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.44.0.jar -role hub -port 4441

    Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

    Clean up trash from terminal

    find the path of the trash folder by typing sudo find / -type d -name *Trash* you should have an output /media/root/virtual_boxes/.Trash-0 /home/chester/.local/share/Trash   choose the trash folder you want to delete   sudo rm -rf /media/root/virtual_boxes/.Trash-0  

    Sunday, June 7th, 2015

    Technologies used for Testing automation

    Selenium WebDriver / Grid   Simulates user interphase with the web application and distributes tests among a network Selenium IDE   Firefox Plug in that helps non coders to produce C# test scripts for test case expansion and maintenance Nunit Unit Testing environment used to run test scripts and report Oracle Virtual Box  system emulator

    Friday, May 22nd, 2015

    Automation Testing Best Practices

    Use a locators file Name Junit test scripts with a common end name (e.x. EndUserTests.class) Use common @before and @after Class to run Tests Take Screenshot on fail

    Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

    SVN over Terminal ubuntu

    SVN check out   svn checkout http://example.com/svn/somerepo {folder name}

    Friday, April 3rd, 2015

    Protected: wordpress installation

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    Thursday, August 7th, 2014