How to change the default database in MySQL
Dear Lazyweb, quick question: once I’ve USE-ed a database in MySQL, how can I un-USE it so I have no default database? Is it even possible?
Three steps to stopping blog comment spam
This is part knowledge share, part appeal: fellow bloggers, I’d comment a lot more on your blogs (and I want to!) if I could. Please, make it easy for me to comment — don’t make me log in (I won’t do it) or moderate me. I’ve found a solution that works really well for me; maybe it’ll help you too.
Read the rest of this entry »Would Tufte approve of mixing units on a graph?
I’ve created a set of Cacti templates for graphing stats about MySQL. While these were based on several other people’s work, there are many improvements. One of them in particular I want to bring up, and I’ll go so far as to say it ought to be a “best practice” for graphing. That is, don’t mix units on a graph.
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