RichRock : Running Free

While I wait for the backups to complete, I find myself drifting around on the internet. In my open-source meanderings (on Firefox obviously), I find this. A spiffy collection of cool tech-orientated cartoons, with one of my favourite Dilbert strips at the top.

Plus I want this. As I’ve been doing a lot of MySQL stuff recently, it only seems appropriate.

Simple - in a mysql prompt, type this:

SHOW TABLE STATUS LIKE 'tablename';

Where the tablename is the table you need to find the next auto_increment value. It should be the 9th value in the results.

Well, I’m supposed to be teaching in my homegroup tonight. There is a preferred subject, but I’ve had no inspiration about how to go about it. The problem is simple - do a subject I’ve done quite a few times, but differently.

All I have is a sequence of events that I’d like to unfold the session with. However, the actual elements (quotes, stories, questions, practicals) have yet to materialise. Am I panicking?

Yes.

I’ll admit that I’m a n00b at this. I’ve been starting on the slippery road to being a programmer, having dabbled in a little Javascript and fairly fluent in HTML & CSS. So now I find myself trying to grasp the concept of PHP programming.

Don’t forget - I’m self-taught. I’ve been working on a lot of PHP>Database interactions, and I plan to share those with you, in the interest of Open Source Software. I’ll be writing some tutes on the basics next week, as I’m on holiday, and I’ll be doing a fair bit of writing then.

Until then, enjoy! Oh, and I’ll be posting some more photography too.