LOL... very funny. i had a gloomy day (nothing to do with soccer), and this one has just cheered me up... one thing you've got to hand it to GK techies... they never sieze to come up with new blunders! _____ From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Odhiambo ????? Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:02 PM To: Skunkworks forum Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Government using Windows Webservers!!! On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:53 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote: OMG !!!! goto http://www.identity.go.ke/search.php to search for and an ID number and check what shows up at the bottom of the query screen. Here's a sneak preview _____ Please make sure the number of you entered is correct Warning: ocilogon() [function.ocilogon <http://www.identity.go.ke/function.ocilogon> ]: OCISessionBegin: ORA-24327: need explicit attach before authenticating a user in C:\WWW\identity\search.php on line 148 array(4) { ["code"]=> int(24327) ["message"]=> string(61) "ORA-24327: need explicit attach before authenticating a user " ["offset"]=> int(0) ["sqltext"]=> string(0) "" } Unable to connect: Yawa Tho who's advising them :-) David, The govt has all the money to train these guys on the M$ certifications. The problem would be whether they become really competent on the platform to an extent that they can avert a disaster. I want believe there are folks there who are really good, because otherwise it's tantamount to "digital suicide" to deploy Windows Servers for a govt! ZA uses Open Source software for workstations and servers, IIRC. But also remember, the govt entered into some deal with M$ - I don't know the details, but that may perhaps explain why Windows Servers are being used.
From that error there, this is Oracle on Windows, right? With PHP scripts? So there is a recognition that FOSS can work for them, given the presence of PHP.
For the fun of it, try and figure out the version of PHP they are running;) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain