Deploying to Dreamhost
Remember to include the host declaration in the database.yml file when you deploy to Dreamhost. Dreamhost does not use "localhost" which is typically the default setting when using the mysql adapter and developing locally or even on a small site.
At lea...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Extract Domain Names From Links in Text with Postgres and a Single SQL Query
This query and pattern will return urls in text all within a single SQL query.
select substring(column_name from '.*://([^/]*)') as domain_name from table_name;
And here it is in a larger query, say for retrieving page view counts for referrers.
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Written by Sean Behan on 11/23/2013
Install do_mysql Ruby Gem on Mac OS X
I ran into the same problem when installing mysql gem for Rails development. This fix worked for me http://seanbehan.com/programming/fixing-mysql-for-rails-2-2-development-on-mac-os-x/
The same thing works with the data objects gem. Just specify the path...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Log and Query SQL Queries Hitting Your Database with MySQL
Here is some code just in case you want to look at and query the queries hitting your MySQL database.
Enter this from the mysql client console.
mysql> SET GLOBAL log_output = 'TABLE'
mysql> SET GLOBAL general_log = 'ON';
mysql> select event_ti...
Written by Sean Behan on 03/17/2018
Grab a Twitter Status without the Twitter API
Quick and dirty way to grab the users status messages without having to go through the twitter api (not having to authenticate that is). You can grab the RSS feed and indicate the number of statuses returned with the count param. I wrote this function for...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
