Comments on: Various and sundry technology stuff pertaining to work http://heliologue.com/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/ Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. Wed, 23 May 2012 05:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ben http://heliologue.com/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-155498 Ben Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:44:51 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-155498 There isn't a resource specifically for Banner schools as far as I know, but the <a href="http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uPortal+Lists" rel="nofollow">general mailing list</a> is an excellent resource. Banner's the most common ERP in higher ed, so I imagine there are a lot of schools in the same boat. There isn’t a resource specifically for Banner schools as far as I know, but the general mailing list is an excellent resource. Banner’s the most common ERP in higher ed, so I imagine there are a lot of schools in the same boat.

]]> By: Chance Eppinette http://heliologue.com/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-155495 Chance Eppinette Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:31:05 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-155495 Hello, I'm glad to find your info about uPortal & Banner. We will be migrating to Banner shortly and we've been on production uPortal for about 5 months. Do you know of a working support group for Banner customers using uPortal? Many thanks. Hello,
I’m glad to find your info about uPortal & Banner.
We will be migrating to Banner shortly and we’ve been on production uPortal for about 5 months.
Do you know of a working support group for Banner customers using uPortal?

Many thanks.

]]> By: Ben http://heliologue.com/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-153825 Ben Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:15:00 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-153825 Our portal server is on a different box than our Banner form server (SelfServe), if that's what you're asking. Our portal server is on a different box than our Banner form server (SelfServe), if that’s what you’re asking.

]]> By: Amar http://heliologue.com/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-153823 Amar Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:01:07 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-153823 I need to do same thing as David. I am trying to do SSO from within a different domain than that of the Banner SSB. When I am trying to submit the form through a frame I am getting this error on IE, "Could not complete the operation due to error 80070005". When I looked upon that error code it said, "General access denied error". I think its denying me access becauase I am trying to mainupulate form data outside the domain. So my question to you is, when you did it, were you running it from the same domain or from a different domain? I need to do same thing as David. I am trying to do SSO from within a different domain than that of the Banner SSB. When I am trying to submit the form through a frame I am getting this error on IE, "Could not complete the operation due to error 80070005". When I looked upon that error code it said, "General access denied error". I think its denying me access becauase I am trying to mainupulate form data outside the domain.
So my question to you is, when you did it, were you running it from the same domain or from a different domain?

]]> By: Ben http://heliologue.com/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-153775 Ben Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:20:18 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-153775 Self Serve is notoriously finicky. Our "SSO" into the self-service area is essentially a frameset that loads a user, looks up their pin from GOBTPAC, and fires off a frame that logs the user in. Then, some javascript trickery removes the login frame, leaving only the desired page. Self Serve is notoriously finicky. Our “SSO” into the self-service area is essentially a frameset that loads a user, looks up their pin from GOBTPAC, and fires off a frame that logs the user in. Then, some javascript trickery removes the login frame, leaving only the desired page.

]]> By: David http://heliologue.com/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-153762 David Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:47:39 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-153762 I'm new to Banner and I'm trying to build a simple JSR-168 compliant portlet that will SSO into SSB by posting directly to twbkwbis.P_ValLogin with the correct user credentials but there's a problem, instead of logging the user in I get a 410 error: <blockquote>The requested resource /.../twbkwbis.P_ValLogin is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. Please remove all references to this resource.</blockquote> I imagine there's some http header information or cookie I am missing when I do my POST but a packet trace has not proved useful because the site is over https. I've done this hacky type of SSO before with success but I'm missing something fundimental when dealing with Oracle/Sungard. Any tips anyone? I’m new to Banner and I’m trying to build a simple JSR-168 compliant portlet that will SSO into SSB by posting directly to twbkwbis.P_ValLogin with the correct user credentials but there’s a problem, instead of logging the user in I get a 410 error:

The requested resource
/…/twbkwbis.P_ValLogin
is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. Please remove all references to this resource.

I imagine there’s some http header information or cookie I am missing when I do my POST but a packet trace has not proved useful because the site is over https.

I’ve done this hacky type of SSO before with success but I’m missing something fundimental when dealing with Oracle/Sungard.

Any tips anyone?

]]> By: Ben http://heliologue.com/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-142911 Ben Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:54:11 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-142911 It's easy to bitch about bad things. I work at a university: I have to cater to academics all the time; rolling my eyes is now second nature. For all that, though, it's a good place, and good work. jQuery is by far the easiest of the frameworks I've seen. I wasn't even really a javascript sort of guy until I found it. It manages a ridiculous level of abstraction without a ridiculous amount of overhead. A perfect example of good code. It’s easy to bitch about bad things. I work at a university: I have to cater to academics all the time; rolling my eyes is now second nature. For all that, though, it’s a good place, and good work.

jQuery is by far the easiest of the frameworks I’ve seen. I wasn’t even really a javascript sort of guy until I found it. It manages a ridiculous level of abstraction without a ridiculous amount of overhead. A perfect example of good code.

]]> By: Jeff http://heliologue.com/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-142889 Jeff Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:12:05 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2007/12/08/various-and-sundry-technology-stuff-pertaining-to-work/#comment-142889 Every time I want to blog about work it's something bad, so I typically keep my mouth shut. I still like my job, though. Maybe I'm just a negative person. I've been playing around with jQuery at work and it's quite cool. I haven't brought up adding it to the web app I work on, but I may shortly. When you can replace 150 lines of hack-ish Javascript with 15 lines of understandable jQuery based code, that's gotta say something. Every time I want to blog about work it’s something bad, so I typically keep my mouth shut. I still like my job, though. Maybe I’m just a negative person.

I’ve been playing around with jQuery at work and it’s quite cool. I haven’t brought up adding it to the web app I work on, but I may shortly. When you can replace 150 lines of hack-ish Javascript with 15 lines of understandable jQuery based code, that’s gotta say something.

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