I’ve been running with the Rails MySQL adapter for a while now after failing to build the native MySQL gem under Leopard. The problem, I thought, was that I’m using the Macports MySQL, and it turns out I was right. If you attempt to build the MySQL gem and you get an error like this:
Removing plugins installed as svn:externals
I just had a problem with my svn repository after a couple of plugins I had installed as svn:externals (./script/plugin install -x http://blahblah) were no longer required and I wanted to remove them. Not something I’ve done before, but I found a handy article here, and all you have to do is this:
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AJAX loader image generator
I was looking for a nice animated ‘loading’ image to make an AJAXified interface a little friendlier and I came across a handy little site. Once size obviously doesn’t always fit all, but if you want something quick and simple, try this.
(com.apple.dyld) Throttling respawn: Will start in n seconds
I don’t know exactly what causes this (I’ve only had a Mac a week!), but upon installing Leopard today and installing a couple of updates, the system felt a little sluggish and so I took a look at my Console, and it was brimming with messages like this:
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Dates and times in fixtures
Just a micro tip. If you’re inserting dates and/or times into your database via fixtures whether for testing or to load initial data, it’s not enough just to specify the date. This won’t work:
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