Monthly Archives: July 2010

MySQL Cursor Loops – the easy way

Posted on 26 July 2010 by fisharebest

If you want to use a cursor, you are going to need a loop. All the examples on the MySQL website are a bit convoluted, have unnecessary flags and checks. This is a better way to do it:

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Genesis – In the beginning was GEDCOM…

Posted on 20 July 2010 by fisharebest

If you are familiar with genealogy, then you will almost certainly have come across GEDCOM file “formats”. I put the word in quotation marks because not only are there many versions of the format, every vendor has customised it to … Continue reading →

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Security through obscurity

Posted on 6 July 2010 by fisharebest

Security through obscurity can be a good thing – if it is part of a multi-layered approach to security. Consider the following entries in my apache error log: [Tue Jul 06 08:52:44 2010] [error] [client 208.71.173.74] File does not exist: … Continue reading →

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