Pu.La. parat hone nahi

For the last few days me and Sandhya(my better half) have been saying .. it's been a while that we have not heard pu.la.
So on this day of gudipadwa after the pooja and gudi sthapana we decided to play the video for Chitale Master , 100% Pestonkaka.
Towards the end of Chitale Master katha ,a hoarding that stood at the Lakdi Pool chowk flashed before me .. Parat Pu.La hone nahi ....... Never will we have some like him ever again.. That thought brought tears to my eyes...
What a personality !
What appeals to me is the simplicity with which he put the day to day things our life his compositions, stories.
The ocean of knowledge on every topic that he has handled. You can take from the laundry fellow "PARit", chitale master, pestonkaka , sakharam , gulacha ganapati.
His contributions to the marathi cinema. His expanse over other languages.
Let me use the words he used for Sakharam Ghatane --
"SARASWATI TYANCHYA JEEBHE VAR NACHATE !!" , Kiti pustakanchi pane pu.la ni swataha khalaliastil..His observational capabilities and putting it in front of the audience with such ease..
I skipped a heart beat when one of my NON-MAHARASTRIAN (not from the state of Maharastra) colleagues asked me who Pu.La.Deshpande was!!!
Are they not missing something in life !!!
But the reality lies.. PARAT PU.LA HONE NAHI!!!

Fine prints

1. Process Schduler - http unable to transfer reports.

Report nodes and related settings are set as expected.

* Authentication needs to be set in Intergration Broker for http transfer to happen.
PeopleTools - intergration Broker - node - authentication - choose password.

2. Authority to search is given through Portal Admin menu - portal search component

3. Tools 8.58 onwards psadmi - client status shows j pool instead of users that have logged into
the system.

To see users modify web.xml - from webserv../site/..../PORTAL/WEB-INF directory.

4. For building search process scheduler / application server should be on the same box. Portal
Index process builds search index in pshome/data/search directory.

5. sp_dbcmptlevel is used for backward compatibility in SQL Server.

generate insert stmt for mismatching tables

rem - struc_no_match_tbl is a table that has list of tables whose structure does not match
DECLARE @TBLNM VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE C2 CURSOR FOR
SELECT RECNAME FROM _NO_MATCH_TBL
OPEN C2
FETCH NEXT FROM C2 INTO @TBLNM
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
DECLARE @FN VARCHAR(30),@CL VARCHAR(8000),@SL VARCHAR(8000),@CNTR INT ,@FT INT

Declare C1 CURSOR for SELECT FIELDNAME FROM PSRECFIELDALL WHERE RECNAME = @TBLNM
OPEN C1
FETCH NEXT FROM C1 INTO @FN
SELECT @CL = ' '
SELECT @SL = ' '
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SELECT @CNTR = COUNT(*) FROM sourcedatabase..PSRECFIELDALL WHERE RECNAME = @TBLNM AND FIELDNAME = @FN;
SELECT @FT = FIELDTYPE FROM PSDBFIELD WHERE FIELDNAME = @FN
SELECT @CL = @CL + @FN +',';
IF (@CNTR<>1)
IF @FT <> 2
SELECT @SL =@SL + ''' '''+','
ELSE
SELECT @SL = @SL +CHAR(0)+','
else
SELECT @SL = @SL + @FN + ',';
FETCH NEXT FROM C1 INTO @FN
END;
SELECT @CL =SUBSTRING(@CL,1,LEN(@CL)-1)
SELECT @SL =SUBSTRING(@SL,1,LEN(@SL)-1)


PRINT 'INSERT INTO PS_'+@TBLNM +'('+@CL+')'+'SELECT '+ @SL +' FROM '+'UCP83..PS_'+@TBLNM

CLOSE C1
DEALLOCATE C1

FETCH NEXT FROM C2 INTO @TBLNM
END;

CLOSE C2
DEALLOCATE C2

Superstition - Are we lagging behind ?

Superstition is believing in something which cannot be explained by human reasoning or physical laws. We are now in the 21st Century and I get surprised about the prevalence of various types of superstitions in the society we live in , on a large scale. The other day one of the well known surgeon in Pune was very much perturbed and concerned over the adherence to the superstitions by the well educated people in various faculties like medicine,engineering , IT etc, when they themselves or near relations are hospitalized. He found that the kins keep photographs of some God or Saintly Guru in the room, perform pooja and stuff. To his dismay , most of such lot is from the young educated generation. We may be tech savy, financially and socially improved over many countries, but our mind-set towards superstition remains unchanged to a great extent.

Superstitious attitude is not a monopoly of rural , uneducated class who carry out their vocation, family affairs that they inherited. Superstitions are secular. All religions in the world are in the grab of superstitions. Every category of workforce is behind them without discrimination from bosses down to the workman. Most of us in the society are of fickle minded nature.

People do not take the risk to go against the rudimentary customs and so superstitious. As it is feared one may have to face all odds and unwanted situations. Almost everyone of us leave our homes remembering the almighty and praying that the day goes by smoothly.
In short, however technologically, scientifically one may be educated to face the 21st century challenges, the mind-set remains the age old as far as superstitions go.... like the good omen and bad omen continue to haunt one's mind.

Why talk about others, I visited Gajanan Maharaj Math near Parvati, Pune. today 23rd Feb 2008 , @5.30 am . I go there because I get the feel good factor , I have faith. Am I superstitious or "Nastik". Are you Superstititious ? I take - it's purely personal and will vary with every soul!!

These were our thoughts (me an my father) I spend daily 10 mins remembering the almighty and he probably spends 10 times my time and we both try to put science and logic behind many things but !!! .