http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress "Every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him." - Emerson Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:43:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I setup a local test environment using Zend Server at my new job and copied the VirtualHosts from the live server, which is apache on linux, and put them in the httpd-vhosts.conf file that came with Apache 2.2 in Zend Server.  The simple solution to be able to use php ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/zend-server-php-in-css-file-not-working/ I installed Dreamweaver 8 for its awesome code searching ability and every time I'd navigate to a file the program would shut down.  The problem is a conflict between Microsoft Groove and Dreamweaver 8.  You'll have to uninstall one of them. To uninstall Groove, follow these instructions http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907504 "Dreamweaver 8 may ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/dreamweaver-8-crashes-or-shuts-down-on-windows-7/ The environment is Windows XP running apache2 using TortoiseSVN. This is a development server that also has a copy of the repository trunk checked out and I want that checkout updated when somebody commits to the repository. I spent hours on Google today trying to figure out how to get a ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/svn-windows-post-commit-update-hook/ After a lot searching today for a solution to this error, I decided to post the solution here so it may be easier found by others. The error "Ambiguous Row Type" occurs if you upload the keywords column with the other 20+ columns of data to the Google Adword ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/adwords-editor-tool-ambiguous-row-type/ I have this search feature on the search input of my sites, but was annoyed when I'd hit the enter button the keyboard to submit the search after the autocomplete items were visible. Instead of submitting the form as I desired, the first autocomplete option was entered into the ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/scriptaculous-ajaxautocompleter-stop-preselect-of-first-option-item/ Today I needed to import a 4.5GB file of SQL into a MySQL database. Good ole phpmyadmin won't handle anything close to that large, I it had to be command line. It took me a bit to find the proper syntax, so hopefully this will rank well and ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/mysql-import-via-command-line-on-windows/ Hopefully this will save somebody an hour of digging like I did today. If you installed Zend Core and are using the bundled Apache2 that came with it, go to services.msc and you'll find the apache2 service listed as "ZendCoreApache". It'll be at the bottom of the list ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/how-to-restart-apache2-on-windows-bundled-with-zend-core/ If you can't find how to open the Zend Core Administration web GUI, then hopefully this will help you out. Go to http://localhost/ZendCore/index.php in your browser or on Windows go to Start | All Programs | Zend Core | Zend Core Administration . More documentation here from Zend ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/zend-core-administration-web-gui-location/ A challenge I've found being a PHP developer in the .NET and Java ruled Minneapolis and Saint Paul area is finding good PHP jobs.  I am building a list of companies in the Twin Cities that use PHP or have a need for PHP developers so when the time comes ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/php-developer-jobs-in-minneapolis-st-paul/ Today I had the privilege of sporting my plumber's crack again.  Our tub faucet diverter was not working again for about the third time this year.  I'm actually getting pretty good at this routine and can have that stem out in less than five minutes.   The problem was the same ... http://www.nickbartlett.com/wordpress/prevent-brass-screw-rust-or-corrosion/