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Archive for July, 2006

Truncating MSSQL transaction log

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Every wanted to truncate the transaction log of a MS SQL database? We do that all the time when moving a database from one server to the other. Remember that the transaction log can take up a LOT of space in the backup file which you don’t need when you are simply moving a database […]

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Semantic named anchors

Monday, July 17th, 2006

bitesizestandards have a nice article on ’semantic anchors’ which are used to link to different areas of the current page you are viewing.
The usual way we all do this is with a named anchor as follows, ‘Name’ a content area on your page:

Add the link to that content area
Go to myContent

The problem is that this […]

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Apache, are you secure?

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

Peter Freitag has a great post on ‘20 ways to secure your Apache Configuration’
Seeing as Apache is a rather popular web server, this is invaluable information for any developer particularly those who are involved with configuring production boxes.

Just how popular is Apache? Have a look at Netcrafts Web Server Survey to September 2006.

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