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Last login: 47 hours agoDee is a 33 year old woman from Bolton, England, UK.
Girl Geek - loves to read!
My Site: GirlyReads.com
I'm also taming my library with Library Thing and glomming back lists of my favourite authors:
  • Angela Knight
  • Emma Holly
  • Morgan Hawke
phpied.com & Blog Archive & Simultaneuos HTTP requests in PHP with...
Jul 1, 4:54am    (1 review)  programming, php, curl-multi  http://www.phpied.com/simultaneuos-http-...
Yet another way to use curl_multi. I do like this approach as you can tell which ones have failed. Needs ability to re-try but otherwise pretty darn good.
PHP Tutorials Examples Find Position Of Nth Occurrence Of String
Jun 27, 5:21am    (1 review)  programming, php  http://www.phpro.org/examples/Find-Posit...
How to find the xth occurrence of a string within a string. Mucho handy.
Sync Your Database to SharePoint Using SSIS
Jun 19, 7:01am    (1 review)  databases, sharepoint, ssis  http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/35070
Now superceeded by a custom control which can be dropped into SSIS directly. Still useful for rolling your own and understanding the process of using a web service.
dhtmlxGrid - Ajax-enabled DHTML grid with rich Javascript API
Jun 18, 5:06am    (1 review)  programming  http://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxGr...
Very impressed by the grid, especially considering the features included in the standard version.
.bat check size of each file in dir
Jun 15, 6:43am    (1 review)  windows, batch-file, file-size  http://www.computing.net/answers/program...
How-to check size of files in a folder.

From the page: "@echo off
Rem Echo Filename & Size
cls
for %%a in (dir DirName\*.*) do (
if %%~za GTR 4617089840 (
rem Do want you want here
echo %%a %%~za
)
)"
Aggregation design, row counts and the 1/3 rule
Jun 15, 5:04am    (1 review)  databases, annotation, ssas  http://www.sqlserveranalysisservices.com...
I had a brain storm about annotation BI cubes so figures could be explained e.g. why did sales dip for Feb '09? Some bugger beat me to it of course!
SQLCoffee - How to install SQL Server 2005 SP3
Jun 15, 4:02am    (1 review)  databases, sql-2005, service-pack  http://www.sqlcoffee.com/Tips0007.htm
An excellent step by step guide to installing SP3 on your production servers. A no-fail approach to the upgrade, ensuring you don't miss any essential steps.
20 Free Useful Tools for Designers and Developers | Presidia Creative
Jun 15, 2:21am    (4 reviews)  web-design  http://www.presidiacreative.com/20-free-...
20 tools that are useful *and* free, what more could you ask for?
Stack Overflow Creative Commons Data Dump - Blog - Stack Overflow
Jun 15, 1:17am    (1 review)  forums, stackoverflow  http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/st...
If you've always wanted to mine and query the Stack Overflow database - well, here's your chance.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Why Upgrade
Jun 12, 2:25am    (1 review)  databases, sql-2008  http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/...
Everything you need to know about upgrading to SQL Server 2008.