Posts by khess

You can do this in Visual Studio. There is a plugin for php. The other way is to write code for mysql, then using an editor or some automated script to replace all instances of mysql with mssql in your files.

Pretty simple really. I've done it when I had to convert back and forth.

Is there an index.htm or default.htm under C:\Inetpub\www ?

If not, put one there and see what happens.

There may be a jumper on the motherboard for this but most likely it is in the BIOS settings when you boot up. It is probably labeled Integrated Peripherals. Disable it there.

This is hard to illustrate in just words but here goes:

In your computer you have two drive controllers IDE0 and IDE1 probably.
On IDE0, put your main drive and a CD/DVD ROM drive...make sure they are jumpered as master and slave.
On IDE1, install your secondary drive and any other secondary CD/DVD drives. Jumper them to be master and slave. Hard drives should almost always be master unless you have some other reason for not doing so.
On your first boot, go into Setup by pressing F1, F10, or DEL when you see the message come on screen.
Make sure that all drives are detected.
Sometimes you can enter the drive geometry (cylinders, heads, sectors). If you have an option for that, enter them for each drive. If not, then your BIOS will detect them automatically.
Also, if the secondary drive persists in slowing down your system, you should virus scan the entire thing to see if that is a problem.
Finally, turn off indexing on that drive by right clicking My Computer, Manage, Services, Indexing Service. Make the necessary changes there and reboot.

Go to Tools, Options, Connections and make sure there isn't a dialup connection listed there--unless you use dialup. From there keep going into LAN Settings and make sure nothing is checked.

After making those changes, if any, close and reopen IE and see if it works.

If not, go to avast.com and grab the free antivirus program for your computer and scan it.

Put the power supply back to 220 and run the computer. Since it didn't reboot in Safe Mode, it is a software problem...or that the power supply was set incorrectly.

Do you have a router, cable modem, etc. at your office? You would need to know the setup before you would know how you can connect in.
If it is Windows, terminal services via remote desktop connection will work...just use the external network IP address (the one the isp assigns your router) and hopefully someone has created a port forward to the server for port 3389. If VNC, then you'll need VNC viewer...just depends on how you're setup.

Try phpclasses.org. They have some great stuff on there. Searchable too.

Remove the device in Device Manager...in Safe Mode if necessary. Power it off. Power it back on and let the PnP subsystem do its thing and redetect it. Offer it drivers if necessary. This may take several reboots.

The SATA drive has some drivers that XP doesn't recognize. You'll have to have a driver disk and then use it during the first part of the install. This will solve the problem. If you don't have the drivers, you'll have to download them from the vendor website and put them on CD or floppy. When it doesn't find the HDD, there will be a choice to use a 3rd party driver disk.

Sounds like your cable provider is blocking some ports. Call their support line. If that isn't the problem, you may need to configure your router to forward certain ports to the devices in question. The cable company support can assist you with this or other router settings to make this work.

Well, first, don't use different tables. Use one table. Insert a field named Purchase_date. It will be much easier to do what you need then.

Use a regular variable like you would anywhere else. you can't use an expression like that in a sql statement. If it needs to be set to some starting value, do that above the sql statement then just use the variable in the statement.

Try looking at phpclasses.org, they have some great searchable scripts there.

Look in your Access database. Check the attributes of the fields for the columns...check allow NULL values. This should solve it. Then you can insert a NULL value easily.

You can download it and use it all you want. You can replace your Windows XP with it or run it in a virtual machine. Download Virtual PC or VMware Server and install in a virtual machine first to see how you like it.

It is likely your Power Supply in the PC. I know it sounds weird but I have had this problem many times. You should also check your RAM.
Another troubleshooting item: Bring up the computer in Safe Mode and see if it does it. If it does, you know it's probably not software.

Do you want to do this in a PHP script or are you just trying to download a file from a website? Can you give more detail?

You can also grab some great solutions from phpclasses.org. Just search through the thousands of scripts. They almost always have a sample page or two for illustration and testing.

Yes, try raising the memory limit. restart your web server after making this or any change to php.ini.

sudo apachectl restart

You can easily join two queries with the UNION keyword between the two individual SELECT queries:

SELECT xxxxxx UNION SELECT yyyyyy

The Fast and Easy Series is very good. You can probably snag one for just a few dollars on Amazon.com - use the link that takes you to the books on sale.

You have a lot of stuff running but the most glaring thing I saw was Google Desktop. It slowed mine down to a crawl. Uninstall it and see if that helps.

What happens when you click the Home button? I had a similar problem when I first upgraded.

You need to look in your php.ini file and make sure you have a writeable directory for uploads. It is a temp directory for uploads to the server. On Linux, it is usually /tmp but can be almost anywhere that the web server has write access.

Change the php.ini and restart the web server.

Both say "host" machine. Which one is host and which is guest?

Is there a reason you want to use NAT instead of Bridging?

DMLIST=dmlist
This is where your error is.

dmlist is not a linux command. if it were, you need to DMLIST=`dmlist`

You need to install the VMware tools for things to work correctly. If they still don't, let me know. There is an rpm (software package) that can also enhance the X experience.

There's also Nmap-Zenmap GUI. I use it all the time.

I suggest that if you know MySQL/PHP pretty well, as well as, HTML/CSS and you need money right away hit this site: http://www.heritagewebdesign.com/. These are work remote jobs. The pay gets better as you go and you can negotiate after they get to know you.

This will give you the experience you need to get higher paying work. Good luck.

I don't know about actual degrees but there are some great courses on http://www.ed2go.com and you get college credit through our Community College system.

I think that security is a great place to be in IT. It will never go away as a career choice. My suggestion is to get experience with the most popular products in the field. Network security is hot.

I have to ask though,...if you are an EE, aren't there zillions of high-paying opportunities in that field? If you had some security experience, perhaps you could go to work for someone who designs security appliances or design your own.

Please don't think that certifications will substitute for experience; they won't. They might get you in the door but people with certs and no experience are known as "paper" MCSEs and are looked down upon in the IT business.

But your question was what certs should you pursue next...so to that question I say SQL Server or MSCD (Developer). .NET and SQL Server are hot properties right now and probably for the next several years to come. A SQL Server cert (MCDBA) is very impressive because of the difficulty in getting one.

Download one of the free versions of a database and get to work learning it. You don't need a degree but you need experience with the product. Your best bets for jobs are:
Oracle
Microsoft SQL Server
MySQL
But any database you use is going to be useful because of the underlying SQL (Database language).
Get some books on SQL and the database system you choose to work with.

Once you can create databases, tables, queries, and some advanced tasks like backup, stored procedures, etc., then get to work on knowing someone that can help you find a job. Get to know someone inside a company that uses databases. Join a local computer group--many cities have special interest groups--and there you'll find professionals that have jobs who can help you.

Alternatively, once you get your database 'legs', sign up with a temporary placement agency...many have contract jobs that will give you the experience you need.

In the meantime, hit: http://www.sqlcourse.com and get to work.

In my experience, it helps to know someone on the inside of a company that's hiring. Any edge like that will help you. I have helped lots of people find jobs over the years and changed careers too and find that knowing someone helps a lot.

If you don't know someone, as I didn't when I made my career change, you'll have to take a lower-level, entry type job until you can "prove" yourself. IT folk are very protective of their ground.

Your other alternative is to sign up with a firm that does temporary placement or contract jobs. Get in, show your stuff, and then get hired.

Be sure that your column names are correct, including capitalization, and that the table name is correct. You can also do a SELECT * FROM others; for testing until you figure out what the problem is.

A really good starter Linux OS is gOS (http://www.thinkgos.com). Their site is experiencing difficulties, or so it seems to me. It's based on Debian and is the OS for the gPC - the ultra cheap PC that Wal-Mart sold then stopped selling.

Aside from all that, it is an excellent way to break into Linux. Sure, you won't learn Linux internals right away, but if you are a normal user, you don't delve into those things on Windows either.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Hello Everyone,

I am the newest blogger on the virtual block here at DaniWeb. I am the Linux Blogger and new regular contributer. I have been messing with Linux for about 13 years now and I feel like it's an old friend of sorts. I do a fair amount of technology writing about databases, Linux, general open source topics, Apache, and more.

My current projects include a book on virtualization--co-authored with Joe Brockmeier of Linux Magazine fame, an online Intermediate SQL course for ed2go.com, articles for InsideCRM.com, and my regular columns in Linux Magazine (On The Desktop) and Systems Management News (Open Source). You can also find my work on LinuxPlanet.com.

A little about me:

I am an amateur filmmaker, a regular writer, a full-time employee of a global IT company, a father, step-father, and husband. I grew up in a small town in Texas and currently live and work in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I like to draw, paint, and write short screenplays--one of which you can view from my website at kenhess.com.

I love comedy, art, writing, and pondering the universe. My favorite books are "If You Can Talk, You Can Write" by Joel Saltzman and "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. I currently use CentOS 5.1 for my desktop and server OS and am quite happy with it. I have used almost every distribution available but settled on this one after much …