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I’ve been on Twitter a number of years now, and every six months or so, I get fed up with some of the people I follow, and go through a purge, where I crop back a number of people I follow, so my stream becomes more relevant and spam-free for […]

This is the second article in a series about database automation with triggers and events. A trigger is SQL code which is run just before or just after an INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE event occurs on a particular database table. Triggers have been supported in MySQL since version 5.0.2. Our […]

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For us solo operators, it’s easy to get caught up (or bogged down) in work and never take a step back to see what we’re actually achieving. Here in Australia, we’ve just started a new financial year, which makes now a good time to do a little progress review. All […]

You might remember we recently had a look at Pinned Sites with Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7. A comment about that functionality in a recent Craig Buckler article set me to thinking. Craig said “There are some good features but I doubt many developers will have the time or […]

Mom glides gracefully towards the sound of the ringing doorbell. The door opens to jubilant family members, fawning over the newborn in her arms. Three-day-old Susie basks in the attention while her six-year-old brother, Billy, watches from the hallway. “Isn’t she adorable?” “Look at those curls!” “What big blue eyes!” […]

Databases are incredibly powerful. Unfortunately, they have a reputation for being complex and mysterious beasts ruled by dark overlords who speak in strange tongues. I’m guilty of developing web applications which shunned great database techniques I didn’t understand. I don’t think I’m alone — many developers prefer to re-invent wheels […]

You might be surprised to learn that despite the close integration of Windows Live ID and Windows Phone there is no way to make use of the existing Windows Live ID credentials within a third party application. This means that if you want to access the user’s Windows Live profile, […]

This is my last post in the Code Safari series here on Ruby Source. I have really enjoyed writing it and trying out a new format which I hope you have found useful. For my concluding article, I want to leave you with some tips for planning your own safari […]