Posts Tagged ‘mysql’

Database Profiling with Zend Db Profiler Firebug

I don’t know why I haven’t been using this for ages. But Zend’s DB Profiler is fun. Only to be used in development so you can see what your database is doing and how fast/slow it’s doing it. Enable it in your application’s config.ini (or .xml) [development] db.profiler.enabled = true db.profiler.class   = “Zend_Db_Profiler_Firebug” And as [...]

It’s alive: Moments Like Today

It’s finally alive! You can read Magaret’s announcement here. What it is: ‘Moments Like Today’ is a collaborative project that aims to inspire people to post “moments” of their lives in three sections: mornings, afternoons, and evenings. What I did: While the concept and design came from Margaret and Myra, the functionality and everything back-end [...]

Adding an Auto Increment Column After The Fact…

Yep, I pulled a ‘whoops’ today. I made a table, filled it with data, then realized I forgot my standard ‘id’.  My primary key, auto incrementing column that makes me feel good about myself. Once I noticed it was gone, it was easy to add it back. Right? Right? Well, not so fast.  You can [...]

Summer Project: Initial Setup and more Details

I’m still chugging along with the common elements on the project. So, for the basics of what I have decided to do: Yep, it’s an image gallery.  It’s not too exciting and definitely nothing original.  There’ll be a basic authentication system (login/logout) with web based uploading and tagging.  That’s pretty much it.  The images that [...]

Summer Project: Setup PostgreSQL

Using my shiny new upgraded Ubuntu 9.04, I’ve gotten around to installing PostgreSQL. Note: this is not a tutorial. The installation was simple, as are most installations with Ubuntu. The initial “get going” was a bit odd for PostgreSQL though. The one thing you have to remember when initially trying to get things going is [...]

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