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Database connection testing

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Sandra Henry-Stocker
May 19, 2014

Before you try to try to get your Unix system collecting data from a database that someone else manages, you might want to run some simple tests from a Windows desktop. Yes, I said “Windows”.

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Sandra Henry-Stocker

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