Archive for August, 2005
Better Play It Safe
Copy and paste is normally a great idea. It saves time. Who wants to retype things over and over again? Not me. There are times when copy and paste can get you in trouble. This has bit me a few times in the past as well as other people. When this happens it usually causes [...]
Calm down Treo.
As I’m writing this my treo is mixing quite a beat. It’s not coming from it though, it’s coming through my stereo. Normally this happens only when I’m about to get a message. Tonight though it has gone on for more than a minute. The same beat over and over again. This now on top [...]
Beware of your error logs. A story of indexes and alter table.
A few days ago I was contacted by a user that was getting table full errors. I explained that by default MySQL uses 4 byte pointers for row data and if the data file grows larger than 4 bytes MySQL will run out of space for pointers. I also explained about max_rows and avg_row_length and [...]
I wonder….
I heard this over the wall of my cube today: Guy A: Computer or Paperweight? Guy B: Huh? Guy A: I’m going to the hardware giveaway. Am I going to get a computer or paperweight? Guy B: *Mumbles something* Guy A: It’s a heavy object used to keep papers from blowing away. After the initial [...]