mySQL

Using MySQL Workbench with XAMPP

Please Note, it’s been pointed out that I need to make it clear that this covers version 5.2, the developer release, of MySQL Workbench.  The principles still apply to 5.1, but it’s a different process that I’ve not documented at all.  Apologies for any confusion.

This is a slight departure from our usual posts as it’s not about WordPress. However, if you’re developing with WordPress on a Windows PC there’s a good chance you’re using XAMPP as your platform.

I always liked the MySQL Administrator and MySQL Query Browser tools, but these have recently been deprecated and will not be updated any more. Read more

Posted on January 14, 2010 by David Coveney and has 34 Comments.
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WordPress Database Corruption and its Effects

You know that over-clocking experiment?

You know that over-clocking experiment?

We had an interesting failure recently. The server for one of our larger clients, who have their own high-spec dedicated server arranged, went down. We got the alert by text, and swung into action.

Well, more accurately we had called the hosting providers and told them to fix it.

They gave no solid reason or explanation as to why the server had died, but within in an hour things were normal enough.

Or so we thought…

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Posted on September 22, 2008 by David Coveney and has No Comments yet.
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