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A few years ago I found an article pointing out how spammers had figured out how to abuse some code I wrote back in 2001 or so. I’d put it on the list to fix and even started a blog post so that I could take my lumps publicly.
Now I’ve rediscovered that draft post…and that [...]
MySQL 5.1 is out as a GA release, but with crashing bugs that should give likely users pause. Perhaps worse, the problems are blamed on essential breakdowns in the project management: “We have changed the release model so that instead of focusing on quality and features our release is now defined by timeliness and features. [...]
After an upgrade to MySQL 5.0.51b on RHEL 5 I started seeing curious results in a fairly common query. Here’s a simplified version:
SELECT ID, post_date_gmt
FROM wp_posts
GROUP BY ID
ORDER BY post_date_gmt DESC
LIMIT 5
What I expected was to get a handful of post ID numbers sorted in descending order by the post_date_gmt. Instead, I got [...]
Work on bsuite3 is progressing well, thanks to help from Zach and Matt, who are collaborating with me on completely rearchitecting how stats are collected and reported. This, however, is not bs3. It’s a transitional release intended to fix some bugs in b2 and make upgrading easier. This upgrade is recommended for all current bsuite [...]
I got itchy about magic quotes the other day because it’s the cause (through a fairly long cascade of errors) of some performance problems and runaways I’ve been seeing lately (pictured above).
But I deserve most of the blame for allowing a query like this to run at all:
SELECT type, data, count(*) AS hits
FROM wpopac_WPopac_bibs_atsk
WHERE data [...]
Update: bugfix release b2v7 available.
It’s been a while since I released a new version of bsuite, my multi-purpose WordPress plugin. I’d been hoping to finish up a series of new features, but those have been delayed and this is mostly just a collection of bugfixes. This update is recommended for all bsuite users.
bsuite Features
Tracks page [...]
I’ve fixed another bug in bsuite b2, my multi-purpose plugin. This update is recommended for all bsuite users.
Fixed
Previous versions would throw errors at the bottom of the page when the http referrer info included search words from a recognized search engine.
Installation
Follow the directions for the bsuite b2 release. The download link there will always fetch [...]
I’ve fixed a couple bugs in bsuite b2, released last week.
Fixes
A bug with search word highlighting that caused it to litter the display in some cases.
A silly mistake of mine that cause a mysql error for some users.
Installation
Follow the directions for the bsuite b2 release. The download link there will always fetch the current version.
Upgrades [...]
It turns out the Internet Explorer doesn’t properly support CSS’s position: fixed. Google led me to the following:
How To Create – Making Internet Explorer use position: fixed;
doxdesk.com: software: fixed.js
Fixed Positioning for Windows Internet Explorer
The DoxDesk solution looks promising and simple, but I think bugs elsewhere in my layout are preventing it from working. It’s time [...]
