Archive for November, 2007
MySQL: (Re)set the auto-increment value of a table
Sometimes it’s necessary to set the starting point of a MySQL auto-increment value.
Normally, MySQL starts auto-incrementing at 1. But let’s say you want to start at 10.000, because you want at least a five figure number. You can use the following query to set the MySQL auto-index:
ALTER TABLE some_table AUTO_INCREMENT=10000
If you want to delete [...]
RailsJobs.nl - Ruby on Rails Jobs in The Netherlands
The time is now ripe to announce RailsJobs.nl - A shiny new jobboard for Ruby on Rails developers who are seeking a job in the Netherlands or Belgium. I started the site a few days ago and business and job seekers have started to find RailsJobs.nl.
If you’re a business looking for Rails developers, feel free [...]
First Beta of Firefox 3 Now Available
Firefox 3 Beta 1 is based on the new Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 27 months and includes nearly 2 million lines of code changes, fixing more than 11,000 issues. Gecko 1.9 includes some major re-architecting for performance, stability, correctness, and code simplification and sustainability.
Read more at [...]
Bash it! - Number of messages in Postfix queue
Got bash? Here’s a nice snippet that will return the number of messages currently in the postfix queue.
postqueue -p | tail -n 1 | cut -d’ ‘ -f5
Feel free to post any updates or improvements.
