Monthly Archives: December 2008

Exploring Stored Procedures in MySQL and PostgreSQL

Posted on December 19, 2008 by tgc

The PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL procedural language is well documented here and the MySQL Reference Manual is available here. The MySQL documentation is, in my opinion, lacking, however the MySQL Stored Procedure Forum helps a great deal in making up for the … Continue reading →

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Running a FastCGI Application Server with a Lighttpd Front End

Posted on December 18, 2008 by tgc

Running a FastCGI Application Server separately from the Web Server has been an increasingly popular topic. The FastCGI Wikipedia Article states some of the reasons for it – “This separation allows server and application processes to be restarted independently — … Continue reading →

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How to Fix or Remove Uncooperative Widgets in WordPress

Posted on December 3, 2008 by tgc

Recently, I was working with php-code-widget to include some custom PHP code in a WordPress widget. Unfortunately, and much to my surprise, the custom code did not work flawlessly the first time and I was left staring at errors like: … Continue reading →

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