While trying out SQLMaestro’s Sqlite PHP generator I made the startling discovery that when PHP5 talks about embedded SQLite support, the SQLite in question is the old version 2 format rather than SQLite3. I know, I know, if you use PDO (the new JDBC/ODBC like OO method of accessing databases) you can use either [...]
Archive for July, 2007
PHP5 and SQLITE3
Posted in SQLite, tagged php on July 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Web Offline - all data lost!
Posted in Web2.0, data, tagged fun on July 20, 2007 | No Comments »
…just a warning, get a life and get a data-backup strategy
Facebook calling WordPress
Posted in Web2.0, tagged Facebook on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve given in. Had to see what all the fuss about Facebook Applications is about. I’ve signed up for a Facebook account.
Just installed the WordPress FB app, using it to write and post this from within Facebook.
The thing that impresses me most (even more than the development API) is the ease of adding applications. [...]
Facebook Apps using Ruby on Rails
Posted in Java, Ruby, Web2.0, tagged Facebook, Rails, recipes on July 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This is what I love about Ruby and Ruby on Rails, once you learn the basics of Ruby and how a RoR app is put together you can use this knowledge to learn about other technologies, in this case Facebook Applications. The reason for this is, as soon as a new technology hits the [...]
Like Excel macros? You’ll love this..
Posted in ETL, GoogleApps, Ruby, VBA, excel on July 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
One of the most used (and abused) features of Excel is its macro recording facility. How many mundane and repetitive actions have been automated using this feature? How many people found the courage to program in VBA by using the recorder as their training-wheels? Well now iMacros (from German company iOpus [...]
Apatar - a few extracts short of a load
Posted in BI, ETL, Proto, RSSBus, SQLite, Talend, data, excel, kettle, tagged AmazonAWS on July 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to try out the Apatar ETL/Mashup tool for sometime and today being yet another rainy day in this the worst Irish summer that I can remember (and Irish summers are not renowned for the lack of rainfall) I decided to give it a try out. Not impressed I’m afraid; comes up [...]
Google Apps not just for SMEs?
Posted in GAFyD, GoogleApps, news, tagged google on July 9, 2007 | No Comments »
The relentless positioning of Google Apps as an alternative to MS Office continues. Google has just announced the acquisition of Postini an on-demand hosted provider of secure communications (EMail and IM) for large corporate clients. The use of hosted email and document storage solution is a no-brainer for small businesses but compliance and data security [...]
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