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Category: Linux

  • PASS Reports 20061116

    It is good to be at PASS Sql Server conference in Seattle. Most people here have this kindred Sql Server spirit. Since we all have this in common, it is easy to start a conversation with pretty much anybody. All you need to do is to smile, greet each other warmly, and share your own…

  • Connecting to Sql Server from Unix or Linux with FreeTDS

    To connect to Sql Server from *nix environment, you can use JDBC (Java), Perl’s DBI and DBD packages, unixODBC, etc. You can also use another open source tool called FreeTDS. TDS stands for Tabular Data Stream. It is a protocol that defines how data is transmitted between computers. Both Sybase and Sql Server implement TDS.…

  • View and kill processes in Linux and Solaris

    On *nix system, the ps command is kind of like Windows task manager. It provides running processes information. Once you find the process ID, you can kill it using kill command. On Linux machines, you can type ps ux to list all your own running processes. The second column, PID, is Process Identifier. By looking…

  • Learn Perl through Perl debugger

    I attended an introductory Perl course recently. I’ve always wanted to learn the language. It is a very powerful scripting tool with excellent regular expression support. The training delivered by Daina Pettit from LearningTree was excellent. One nugget I got out of the class, that I think is worth half of the class cost, is…

  • My WordPress backup and restore process

    As I am writing and publishing more and more blog entries, it becomes important that I have good and reliable backups. I know that if something happens and I cannot recover my entries and comments, I would be terribly upset. So I want to share my process here. Please feel free to share your backup…