All blog posts tagged with mysql
MySQL Backup Script
Just thought I'd share this Linux BASH script which we run nightly to backup our MySQL database.
The features of this script:
- it keeps a revolving list of files for each day of the week, for each week of year, and for each month. We wanted some history, but not to get carried away.
- each table is re…
The Peculiar Nature of PHP
PHP has obviously been around for a while. Not quite as long as C, but by all accounts around 1995, the same year as Ruby and Java. And yet, I find it one of the most peculiar languages with regards to how people (those core to the language itself, as well as users) have developed using such a diver…
MySQL Being "Saved"
So it seems the MySQL creator Monty Widenius has joined the "should Oracle buy Sun" fray. He doesn't care so much about the two companies as he does about the future of MySQL. He's riding the whole "keep the internet free" shtick.
However, here's my problem - if keeping MySQL free was such a major p…
Visit my Friends and Family
If you've enjoyed my site, please take a moment to visit my friends and family, many of whom have some interesting insights, and entertaining thoughts and ideas.
- Crause Family - the family website
- Peter Crause - my father
- Justin Crause - my brother
- Cencina Photomagic - great photographer
- Shawn Adrian - talented graphic designer, bad driver, and all-round fun guy