Category: Languages

Rails 6.0 Timeline… It’s Coming!

Ruby on Rails 6.0

The Rails team has recently announced the timeline. Beta rounds are beginning in January and February; release candidates are March and April; and a hopeful final release date of April 30th has been set! Now obviously this can, and may, change. But, it’s a pretty solid bet at this point that we’re going to see a 6.0 …

User Authentication with MySQL Stored Routines

User Authentication with MySQL Stored Routines

Making MySQL Do More The standard approach to authentication systems in web development is simple: store your confidential data in a database, pull the needed data from said database and let your chosen language/framework (PHP, Ruby, Python, etc.) do the work. What many programmers don’t realize is that MySQL is capable of so much more than …

A Beginner’s Introduction to SQL & MySQL

Introduction to SQL and MySQL

Your Data Lives Somewhere Databases, and the very definition of one come in all shapes and sizes. But ultimately every definition has the same roots: a system with which data can be stored persistently and reliably. Persistence (it’s not lost when the application closes or the machine shuts down) and reliability (you will be able to retrieve as needed …

Stored Routines: Word Filtering Inside the Database

MySQL Stored Routines

Please note: This article was written in late 2010.  Before MariaDB.  Before MySQL 5.5 even released.  What you read below may no longer work, or require modifications to make work. MySQL Stored Routines: Another Useful Scenario In a past guide I discussed MySQL stored routines within MySQL. Now I’m back with another guide on MySQL stored routines. …

Where Knowing How to Program Paid Off

So today I was copying the music off of my iPod onto one of my HDDs. All was going well, at least I thought. I went to add a few directories to XMMS to randomize and play when I realized something had gone wrong- no files were added to my play list. On further inspection I …