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Day: May 3, 2007

Hack to perform custom save functionality

Perform following steps , its like a neat little trick for over ridding save functionality

  1. Write a custom s-control that directs the user to the standard edit page of the object in question, but sets the saveURL to point to your custom component that will perform the action. The saveURL needs to include the ID of the object.
  2. Override the Edit button for the object in question with your s-control.
  3. When the user clicks Edit, they get the standard edit page, then when they click Save, they’re redirected to your component, which performs whatever actions you need.

Read the complete hack @ Salesforce Blog

Oracle Sues SAP for Corporate Theft

The war between Oracle and SAP is about to move beyond enterprise applications to the courtroom.

Oracle said that it has sued SAP “about corporate theft on a grand scale” seeking undisclosed damages. Oracle also argues that the theft formed the basis of SAP’s “Safe Passage” program, which is designed to entice Oracle customers to switch to SAP. SAP won’t comment until it has reviewed the complaint.

“We have just been notified of the lawsuit, and have taken note of the Oracle press release,” said an SAP spokesman. “We are still reviewing the matter, and, until we have a chance to study the allegations, SAP will follow is standard policy of not commenting on pending litigation.”

Read the complete fight @ Seeking Alpha

Unsatisfied NetSuite Customer

Here’s a blog post from an unsatisfied NetSuite Customer.(Click here to read the entire post)

Some good quotes:
“NetSuite is 10 miles wide and 10 inches deep. It has lots of features, but little ‘out of the box depth’ to most features. We have been down or partially down 100 times more often in NetSuite than we were at our Yahoo store. NetSuite Alacarte [sic] = Ala-Screwed-out-of-needed-features. We pay WAY more for NetSuite than we have for any other e-commerce platform”