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Software, Technical

PHP5, MySQL, IIS and WINDOWS 2003 Server

Had some bother with the extensions of php5, php_mysql.dll and libmysql.dll under my latest installation on windows 2003 server.  When using the mysql_connect function to connect to a mysql database kept getting the error message “mysql_drop_db could not be located in the dynamic link library libmysql.dll” Now I had moved the libmysql.dll into the c:\windows\system32 directory, uncommented the extension in… Continue reading PHP5, MySQL, IIS and WINDOWS 2003 Server

Software, Technical

CRUD why you cant afford it

Looking for details on asp.net 2.0 and its official release date I stumbled upon the article on MSDN about “CRUD why you cant afford it”,  this article talks about everything that I have disliked about CRUD for a long time.  I have never really talked up about it though as most people rave or say “you must have CRUD”, when having written systems… Continue reading CRUD why you cant afford it

Hardware, Technical

Voice Over IP

A friend of mine just recommended using Skype which is a voice over IP product.  Had a go and I must say it works very well, I have used other products which are similar and run across the internet and are very choppy but this has fantastic quality.  Plus they have hooked up with telecommunications companies to provide access to… Continue reading Voice Over IP

Hardware, Linux, Mini-ITX, Software, Technical

Fedora Core 2 installation patch for Epia Mini-ITX

As you may be aware the original Fedora Core 2 installation will just keep rebooting on an Epia Mini-ITX machine.  There are many newsgroups articles about this subject but I believe that they are all a little confusing so here is what I had to do to install Fedora Core 2 on to my Epia Mini-ITX CL600 machine. First download… Continue reading Fedora Core 2 installation patch for Epia Mini-ITX

Personal

A little bit of amusement – Bagpuss

Now the team have been on at me for some time to put this on my blog.  Its been sitting on my desk for a couple of months collecting dust.  I thought it would make a good christmas present.  Dont forget to press its tummy…

Software, Technical

Got TWiki working on IIS6.0 under Windows Server 2003

At the weekend I had a go at installing TWiki running on IIS6 under windows server 2003.  Eventually with my old Perl book in one hand and a mixture of these articles below I got it going… http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/CookbookWindowsIISSetuphttp://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiOnWindows2003 I didnt use cygwin in the end I used the following… ActiveState Perl 5.8 Windows Binaries of RCS (can be found on… Continue reading Got TWiki working on IIS6.0 under Windows Server 2003

Personal

Marriage on the Way !!!

Met up with some old friends Richard Jeffery and Tracy McMillan over the weekend, haven’t seen them for about 3 years.  They were both looking well and it was as though we had only seen each other recently, not as long as 3 years. They did have an announcement “they have got engaged”. Good luck is what I say. Here is a… Continue reading Marriage on the Way !!!