Archive for November, 2008

Enable compositing effects for metacity in Ubuntu 8.10

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Desktop effects in Ubuntu 8.10 can be used without Compiz, by enabling compositing in Metacity - the Gnome's default window manager. [caption id="attachment_116" align="alignleft" width="108" caption="Ubuntu"][/caption] There are more ways to enable compositing in Metacity, but first you need to disable Compiz if you are using it. The fastest way is to ...

Disable foreign key checks in MySQL

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Disabling foreign key checks in MySQL is usefull when you are dealing with tables that use foreign keys (InnoDB engine). [caption id="attachment_105" align="alignleft" width="205" caption="MySQL logo"][/caption] You can not delete (drop) multiple tables, a parent table or a child table until you disable foreign key checks four your current database. The sql command ...