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Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) Release 11g is included in all Oracle Database 11g installations. OWB is Oracle’s tool for metadata and data management. OWB also provides data quality, ETL, dimensional modeling, and data auditing. I recently installed the Oracle Database 11g on my computer which runs Microsoft Vista. I was in the process of running the Repository Assistant of OWB and at the installation stage of 76% completion; I received the following error message: The Warehouse Builder workspace owner installation failed on user OWBSYS. Exception occurred in ‘processSPAWN’.java’lang.Exception: Error: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-29532 : Java call terminated by uncaught Java exception: java.sqlSQLException: OWBSYS is not granted access to c:\oracle\product\11.1.0\db_1\/owb/bin/admin/rtrepos.propterties: Please run UnifiedRepos/reset_owbcc_home.sql specifying the path of the Oracle Home from which the Control Center Service is being run. At times while installing a...

There is a lot of buzz on Windows Vista, Microsoft’s latest version of their operating system. After five years and numerous missed ship dates, Microsoft will finally launch their much anticipated desktop OS to the general public at the end of January. You may be curious to peek under the hood and see what new features the fancy new system has to offer. Microsoft has made it easy to satiate your interest. Go to the link at the bottom and you can get a basic overview of the key new features in Windows Vista through your browser. Of course this being Microsoft there are a few “gotchas” before you begin. First off, you will need Internet Explorer to run the demo, then you will be requested to download an Active X control which should only take a few minutes on a fast connection. To fully run the Vista test drive you will need to be patient as large chunks of code will need to be downloaded to your browser in order to get the full effect. Once that is done what you will h...