In the Rain ...

Drenching in the early rain,
On a slow moving train,
In some unknown pain,
Wondering again & again,
In life what's there to gain,
Shiny stone or some dull grain,
In reality, all is in vain,
Every deed has some stain,
Only that does remain,
Wishing to stay inside int main

Page Loaded in X seconds.....

It is very simple to display the page load time & number of mysql queries executed on a page. It helps us calculate load times for pages, and differentiate which pages need more optimization. On a PHP, MySQL server use these two functions for the task.

function getTime() {
     $currTime = microtime();
    $time = explode(" ", $currTime);
     $tot = $time[1] + $time[0];
    return $tot;
}
function  getQueryCount() {
    $sql = "SHOW SESSION STATUS LIKE 'Questions'";
     $res = $mysql_query($sql);
    return $res['Value'];
}

The function getTime returns the current time accurate upto the millisecond. We record the starting and ending time of the script. The difference is the execution time.

Similarly, we note the number of queries executed at the start of the session and then at the end. The difference is the queries executed. Finding out the number itself is 1 query.
Note: mysql_connect() must be called before using getQueriesCount().


Below is a test script. Save it as test.php and run it from Apache. You could fill in the corresponding values at the top of the script.

$db_user = "test";$db_pass = "test";$db_db = "test"; 
$query[0] = "select * from posts";
$query[1] = "select * from categories";

function getTime() {
    $currTime = microtime();    
    $time = explode(" ", $currTime);
    $tot = $time[1] + $time[0];   
    return $tot;
}
function getQueryCount() {
    $sql = "SHOW SESSION STATUS LIKE 'Questions'";
    $res = mysql_query($sql);    
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($res);
    return $row['Value'];
}


// Begin recording$startTime = getTime(); 

mysql_connect("localhost", "test", "test"); 
mysql_select_db("test");
$startQueries = getQueryCount();
 
// Start of script 
foreach($query as $q) {   
    echo "Running query: " . $q . " ";    
    $res = mysql_query($q);
}
// End of script
 
$endQueries = getQueryCount();

$totalTime = round(getTime() - $startTime, 5);
$totalQueries = $endQueries - $startQueries - 1; 
// End recording
echo "
     Page Loaded in " . $totalTime . " seconds. 
     Total ". $totalQueries ." queries.";
?>

Its output is.

Running query: select * from posts
Running query: select * from categories


Page Loaded in 0.51291 seconds. Total 2 queries.

Speeding up Firefox

Firstly disable unwanted addons. Then do the following. It will improve the page load times.

Type "about:config" in the url bar, and change the values of the following properties

• network.http.pipelining;    true
• network.http.pipelining.maxrequests;    10
• network.http.pipelining.ssl;    true
• network.http.proxy.pipelining;    true
• network.dns.disableIPv6;    true

Flash Player on Ubuntu

For installing Flash Player on Ubuntu Linux (8.04+) with Mozilla Firefox 3.6+
Alternate methods are available, but this script makes installation very easy.

• Download the file attached and extract it. (Get64bitFlash-0.2.3.tar.gz)
• Close all browsers.
• Run the script as using sudo.
• Restart Firefox.
• Verify the plugin under add-ons tab.

Note:  This script downloads a file from the Adobe Web site. If there is any errors while running the script, do this.

• Download the Flash plugin file. (Alternate: Link)
• Move the tar file to /tmp/plugintall
• Download and run the modified script. (Get64bitFlash)

Source: Source

MySQL Tips

Try stopping the mysql daemon

CODE

/etc/init.d/mysql stop

Run

CODE

mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

Enter as root

CODE

mysql -u root -p

To change root password

CODE

mysql client - mysql -u root

and write

CODE

use mysql
update user set password=PASSWORD(”NEW-ROOT-PASSWORD”) where User=’root’;

Source

else if()

Writing conditional assignment without using else.
In other words, creating a custom else if.
My guess is that the coder doesn't like using
keywords containing 's'.
And in this case expecting operators would be a sin. :)

while(true)
{
    if(mainType == 7)
    {
        subType = 4;
        break;
    }

    if(mainType == 9)
    {
        subType = 6;
        break;
    }

    if(mainType == 11)
    {
        subType = 9;
        break;
    }

    break;
}

Source  

LOVE-ly Limericks...

A new Valentine...

The weather is all but fine,
the sun does hardly shine, 
alone I don't wanna dine, 
all I wish is for a Valentine

Lame Limericks - The Beginning

Here are my lame limericks, 

output of my best picks,

which aren't any gimmicks,

for gaining a few clicks.

Churned by my brain, 

with little or no strain, 

reading it is no pain,

so visit again and again.

More will keep coming, so keep visiting. :)