Monmonja Programming Blog

Order MySQL results according to how you want it

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:34:12 +0000

Here is a mysql function that is very useful when you want to order results according to how you want it, ofcourse when used with full query result its kinda useless, so i only suggest you to use this on a portion of a query. For example you have the following data: Id [...]

How to change frequency on CakePHP’s describe query

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:08:04 +0000

By default if you set the debug to 0 in your core.php the frequency of executing a describe query is 999 days, but if your developing your application the duration is 10 sections, meaning every 10 sections it would ask your database to describe the tables that you need in your controller. To change the [...]

Debian OS in Android

admin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:38:20 +0000

Last week or so, it was Gameboy emulator on andriod, now its a Debian, a linux operating system. Jay Freeman has written a post on how to install it on your gphone http://www.saurik.com/id/10. And btw i had saw a g1 here on Hong Kong for 570USD, and i still have no plans to buy it [...]

Make iso from folders, files in Ubuntu

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:08:22 +0000

Making iso in ubuntu is fairy easily task to do, here is how i did it. * Open brasero * Choose Data project * Find your files and just press the Add (plus button at the top left corner) note: you cannot drag and drop * Then select Burn If you insert a cd/dvd it will as you for either [...]

Limit your internet connection in Windows XP

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:54:59 +0000

I barely talk about windows stuffs but this time i have to share to you a wonderful application for developing web sites or flash or silverlight site. The application is call netlimiter, its not a free software so you have to buy the real thing or try it out for a few days. The cool [...]

Get Total count from datastore in app engine

admin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:45:49 +0000

Before you continue to read the post, i have to warn you that this is not the best way of getting the total count and there would be a possible inaccuracy and may not be scalable (http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/3abb2868ab5fc304?pli=1), please use shared counter as what david suggested. Here is a way on how to get the total [...]

Installing phpmyadmin in ubuntu

admin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:10:11 +0000

Here is a simple way of installing phpmyadmin on ubuntu sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin cd /var/www sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ phpmyadmin

Fastest and Easiest way to install MySQL,PHP&Apache on Ubuntu Ibex

admin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:02:14 +0000

Here is the command for the fastest and easiest way to install MySQL,PHP and Apache in Ubuntu Ibex * Open terminal (Alt+F2 then gnome-terminal) and type sudo tasksel install lamp-server Done, just follow the wizard and your ready to go. To check if its okay http://localhost If it doest show you “It works” you need to start it. To start [...]

CamelCase in Python / Django

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:01:36 +0000

Here is a small script for making CamelCase string in python import re from string import capitalize def camelcase(value): return "".join([capitalize(w) for w in re.split(re.compile("[\W_]*”), value)]) in django just add @register.filter making it import re from string import capitalize @register.filter def camelcase(value): return "".join([capitalize(w) for w in re.split(re.compile("[\W_]*”), value)]) Hope it help.

Searching tv shows in chinese video sites

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:39:08 +0000

Say you want to watch your favorite tv shows online, (hulu is not available in other place, those people think that the only country in the world is US), and you really want to watch it. You can go to Chinese video sites like youku.com and search for the shows that you want to watch, [...]