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MySQL create user

Every time I have to setup users in MySQL I seem to have problems.
I was setting up a system to do some WordPress testing and installed MySQL OK, but ran into problems with the users and permissions. Again.

So I had to search the net, again, and find out what I was doing wrong, again.
Maybe I’m [...]

Getting PHP to talk to MySql

If you are trying to get PHP, Apache and MySQL to work together one of the steps you have to do is edit the file /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and uncomment the following line,
extensions = mysql.so

You then need to commented out the following lines,

;extension_dir = /usr/lib/php4/20020429-zts/
;include_path = “.:/usr/share/php”

NOTE : These are the only steps of course, its just [...]

Foreign Keys

I’ve been looking at foreign key constraints today. I’ve managed to set a FK constraint in an Oracle and a MySQL database without too much trouble. But I was having trouble understanding why you would set up a FK constraint. It seems some of the reasons are: -

ensure referential integrity
assist with visualizing and preparing [...]

PostgreSQL

I did some digging and found out that Postgres is actually PostgreSQL an open source database. Much like MySQL.I setup a spare laptop with Fedora 10 and installed it and got it running OK with only a few little hitches. Mostly from not knowing a thing about it.

Looks like it would be simple enough to [...]

Another Job

I happened to have a quick look at the jobs available at the Bureau of Meteorology yesterday. They have a “Systems and Database Specialist” position available starting at $80K.
Although I’m not going to apply for it, it has given me some ideas on how/where to improve my skills.

Database [...]