Comments for petehowe.co.uk http://petehowe.co.uk Peter Howe's blog Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:37:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Spaghetti with black pudding by Joyce Howe http://petehowe.co.uk/food/spaghetti-with-blackpudding/comment-page-1/#comment-2313 Joyce Howe Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:37:28 +0000 http://petehowe.co.uk/#comment-2313 What a great mix - will certainly try this one - black pudding on shopping list next week! x What a great mix – will certainly try this one – black pudding on shopping list next week! x

]]> Comment on Bugzilla API: an example using PHP and Zend Framework by Francisco Mancardi http://petehowe.co.uk/2010/example-of-calling-the-bugzilla-api-using-php-zend-framework/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Francisco Mancardi Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:57:25 +0000 http://www.xenzero.com/blog/?p=187#comment-1546 Your code works like a charm!!. Thanks for sharing it I will try to use it on TestLink (www.teamst.org) in order to integrate with Buzgilla without having to request DB access. Your code works like a charm!!. Thanks for sharing it
I will try to use it on TestLink (www.teamst.org) in order to integrate with Buzgilla without having to request DB access.

]]> Comment on Bugzilla API: an example using PHP and Zend Framework by Oliver Lippert http://petehowe.co.uk/2010/example-of-calling-the-bugzilla-api-using-php-zend-framework/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Oliver Lippert Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:59:46 +0000 http://www.xenzero.com/blog/?p=187#comment-780 Hey there, thanks for this post. This is my first task, which is going to work with the Zend-Framework, I would like to read a Bug of Bugzilla, getting the version-number is working, but Bug.get_bugs (Bugzilla 3.0.4) doesn't. But at all: now I am playing with the Zend framework, let's have a look if I can use it in private projects ;P PS: is the Zend Framework that slow, that reading the Bugzilla version takes 5 second or is this the windows machine which is my working machin? :P Hey there,
thanks for this post.
This is my first task, which is going to work with the Zend-Framework, I would like to read a Bug of Bugzilla, getting the version-number is working, but Bug.get_bugs (Bugzilla 3.0.4) doesn’t.

But at all: now I am playing with the Zend framework, let’s have a look if I can use it in private projects ;P

PS: is the Zend Framework that slow, that reading the Bugzilla version takes 5 second or is this the windows machine which is my working machin? :P

]]> Comment on Why the iPad sucks: a flame-war invitation by Tim Burton http://petehowe.co.uk/2010/why-the-ipad-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-770 Tim Burton Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:58:04 +0000 http://www.xenzero.com/blog/?p=214#comment-770 Agreed, i find it tiring to hold in the air in bed and the wifi is so weak i have to wave it about. T Agreed, i find it tiring to hold in the air in bed and the wifi is so weak i have to wave it about.

T

]]> Comment on Windows 7 for an Ubuntu devotee by Frank http://petehowe.co.uk/2010/windows-7-for-an-ubuntu-devotee/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Frank Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:08:44 +0000 http://www.xenzero.com/blog/?p=180#comment-767 Hi Pete, I was going to suggest Amarok for managing music and syncing ipod, I can't remember which version I used though and suspect the newer versions were not as good. I'm also thinking about changing opearting system, I've enjoyed using Ubuntu since you got me into it a few years ago, but recently I ran an upgrade to 9.10 and the whole thing crashed. I had to boot into my xp partition to retrieve photos etc. I'm seriously thinking about giving Mac a go now that I've tried Windows and Linux - I thought you would have gone this way? Why Windows? Just because of the hardware? Hi Pete,

I was going to suggest Amarok for managing music and syncing ipod, I can’t remember which version I used though and suspect the newer versions were not as good.

I’m also thinking about changing opearting system, I’ve enjoyed using Ubuntu since you got me into it a few years ago, but recently I ran an upgrade to 9.10 and the whole thing crashed. I had to boot into my xp partition to retrieve photos etc.

I’m seriously thinking about giving Mac a go now that I’ve tried Windows and Linux – I thought you would have gone this way? Why Windows? Just because of the hardware?

]]> Comment on Ubuntu Karmic – now better than Mac OS X by Peter Howe http://petehowe.co.uk/2009/setting-up-ubuntu-karmic-for-the-desktop-and-development/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Peter Howe Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:16:26 +0000 http://www.xenzero.com/blog/?p=95#comment-766 In Lucid 10.04, the following maybe a useful alternative: sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras network-manager-pptp-gnome network-manager-pptp openssh-server mailtools apache2 php5 php5-cli mysql-server subversion openjdk-6-jre libjtds-java libmysql-java startupmanager In Lucid 10.04, the following maybe a useful alternative:

sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras network-manager-pptp-gnome network-manager-pptp openssh-server mailtools apache2 php5 php5-cli mysql-server subversion openjdk-6-jre libjtds-java libmysql-java startupmanager

]]> Comment on Sync Google Calendar with iPod on Ubuntu Linux by sandrar http://petehowe.co.uk/2007/sync-google-calendar-with-ipod-on-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-748 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:48:30 +0000 http://www.xenzero.com/blog/2007/10/06/sync-google-calendar-with-ipod-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-748 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on Stored Procedures: Good or Bad? by Ian Lewis http://petehowe.co.uk/2008/stored-procedures-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Ian Lewis Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:10:17 +0000 http://www.xenzero.com/blog/?p=43#comment-746 I'd say stored procedures are great and can be used to ensure that application code is relieved of a great bulk of SQL. Of course it helps to have a DBA around as there is a whole other tier of code management needed around procedures. Not least publicising that they are available to use!! Speed may be less of an issue than the convenience of a solid set of calls that can be made for data. That said the nastiness of doing a SQL transform of a table using cursors falls far behind the relative ease of doing the same thing in PHP. I'm a bigger fan of views though and don't think enough use is made of them. Especially when moving one database's schema to another or in developing new applications. One of the great things is that they can prevent duplication of data whilst giving new structures - brilliant for prototyping as well. On balance though keeping away from mySQL stored procedures seems like a good idea. The support is nowhere near as good as that for SQL Server, but they are very different products. I’d say stored procedures are great and can be used to ensure that application code is relieved of a great bulk of SQL.

Of course it helps to have a DBA around as there is a whole other tier of code management needed around procedures. Not least publicising that they are available to use!!

Speed may be less of an issue than the convenience of a solid set of calls that can be made for data. That said the nastiness of doing a SQL transform of a table using cursors falls far behind the relative ease of doing the same thing in PHP.

I’m a bigger fan of views though and don’t think enough use is made of them. Especially when moving one database’s schema to another or in developing new applications. One of the great things is that they can prevent duplication of data whilst giving new structures – brilliant for prototyping as well.

On balance though keeping away from mySQL stored procedures seems like a good idea. The support is nowhere near as good as that for SQL Server, but they are very different products.

]]> Comment on Stored Procedures: Good or Bad? by Tom Walder http://petehowe.co.uk/2008/stored-procedures-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Tom Walder Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:41:32 +0000 http://www.xenzero.com/blog/?p=43#comment-744 Hi Pete, Just seen your blog on SPs. I would also add versioning - SPs are quite to hard to put in the same repository as the source code - finding who changed what and when can be tricky. Performance problems - SPs give a performance boost because they store a pre-compiled query plan - They need to be recompiled periodically to become aware of new indexes or data distribution changes Hi Pete,

Just seen your blog on SPs. I would also add

versioning – SPs are quite to hard to put in the same repository as the source code – finding who changed what and when can be tricky.

Performance problems – SPs give a performance boost because they store a pre-compiled query plan – They need to be recompiled periodically to become aware of new indexes or data distribution changes

]]> Comment on Integrating Subversion (SVN) with Bugzilla by Nick P http://petehowe.co.uk/2008/integrating-subversion-svn-with-bugzilla/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Nick P Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:37:33 +0000 http://www.xenzero.com/blog/?p=11#comment-739 Mr Howe, Did you put any glue between SVN and bugz? Be good to get hold of it if you have .. Ta N Mr Howe,

Did you put any glue between SVN and bugz?

Be good to get hold of it if you have ..

Ta

N

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