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MySQL GUI Products
I’ve started now to actively use more of the MySQL Workbench, MySQL Administrator and MySQL Query Browser and MySQL Migration Toolkit. I am traditionally a very command line person, and it’s important that these skills are never put on the back burner.
Read moreWordPress Blog Upgrade Time
Time to Upgrade my WordPress Blog software from Version 1.5.2 to Version 2.0.2 after my latest spam attacks and Combating Blog Spam attempt. Here is what I did. cd /home/arabx/www tar cvfz blog.
Read moreMySQL :: Developer Zone Quick Polls
I don’t get to the MySQL Developer Zone main page often enough. In thinking about what pages I view everyday or regularly, it doesn’t rate as high as Planet MySQL , MySQL Forums or even the MySQL Forge.
Read moreVMPlayer Installation under Linux
Install rpm -ivh VMware-player-1.0.1-19317.i386.rpm Configure $ /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl Making sure services for VMware Player are stopped. Stopping VMware services: Virtual machine monitor [ OK ] You must read and accept the End User License Agreement to continue.
Read moreThe definition of a Unit Test
A Test is not a Unit Test if: It talks to the database It communicates across a network It touches the filesystem It can’t run the same time as any of your other unit tests You have to do special things to your environment to run it (e.
Read moreFireFox Java Plugin
Getting the Java (JRE) plugin working in FireFox under Linux. cd /opt/firefox-1.5/plugins rm libjavaplugin_oji.so ln -s /opt/jdk1.5.0_06/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so . MozDev Reference
Read moreLatest Library Editions
I’ve had a bit of a windfall of books in the past 2 weeks. I purchased 2 books for the flights to/from the US, picked up an Amazon order on some Database Reference Material for some writings I’m doing, and quite a bounty at the MySQL Users Conference.
Read moreInstalling a new USB External Drive
I’ve decide to move from CentOS to Ubuntu as the Linux Distro on my laptop, so it was time to do a full backup to a new USB external drive.
Read moreA Post MySQL Conference review. The 4 F’s
Finally back home after some R&R at Yosemite before leaving the US. In conclusion, to sum up my experience of the 4th Annual MySQL Users Conference “Excellent”. Here’s my take. Friends, Functionality & New Features, the Future.
Read moreMySQL Stored Procedures Performance
Another one of the sessions at the MySQL Users Conference I attended was Tuning MySQL5 SQL and Stored Procedures by Guy Harrison from Quest Software. A global company with 6000+ customers.
Read moreSome photos from the MySQL Users Conference
I didn’t take any photos myself at the MySQL User’s Conference. In reflection, perhaps I should. I did make it into some photos however. A few of them here. <td> <a href="http://jcole.
Read moreMark Shuttleworth
Thursday’s Keynote speaker at the MySQL Conference was Mark Shuttleworth talking on The Ubuntu Project: Improving Collaboration in the Free Software World. Ubuntu from Canonical Ltd is fastly becoming one of the most popular Linux Distributions, based on Debian.
Read moreMy MySQL Conference Presentation
My talk at the MySQL Users Conference went well. MySQL For Oracle Developers was part of two talks, the second was by Mark Leith on <a href"http://www.mysqluc.com/cs/mysqluc2006/view/e_sess/8465" target="_blank">MySQL For Oracle DBA’s.
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