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MySQL and Access via ODBC

A client of mine had a request to connect Microsoft Access to MySQL via an ODBC connector. The MySQL ODBC setup is not very common, but is entirely possible. MySQL does provide an ODBC connector for...

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Can’t Connect To MySQL Server

I recently had a problem with an Ubuntu server that was running MySQL. None of my applications were connecting to the database. After poking around in the server, I realized the database doesn’t seem...

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Install MySQL on Mac

This article shows you how to install MySQL on the Mac OS X. MySQL is an open-source relational database management system used in majority of websites on the Internet. MySQL works on many platforms...

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Install MariaDB on Ubuntu

MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL database. On most cases, you can just uninstall MySQL and install MariaDB and you are good to go. To keep up the two databases compatible, the MariaDB team...

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Backup Rotation

After another downtime with my service provider, I wasn’t really happy with my backup strategy. Although, I have a backup plan in place, it’s not to the level of detail that I wanted. Back to the...

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Change MySQL Password

The following are instructions on how to change your MySQL password from the Unix command line. Login to MySQL and access MySQL table. mysql -u root -p use mysql; Change the password for any user,...

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Mass Find and Replace

There are situations when you have to do a mass find and replace on your database. Let’s say you’re really, really bad speller. You just recently found out that you’ve been spelling a word for wrongly...

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Where Featured Images Are Stored

The WordPress Genesis theme uses featured images on its posts on several of its themes. If you’re curious as to where the Genesis theme stores the image links on the database, you’ll need to go to a...

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Quick Database Check

Here’s a quick PHP script to check if your web server can connect to your MySQL database. It’s a neat little script if you don’t have any application installed yet, and you just want to see if your web...

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Run SQL in Bash

Here’s an example on how to run MySQL commands from Bash. mysql dbname -e "UPDATE wp_options SET option_value='http://domain.com' WHERE option_name='home'"; mysql dbname -e "UPDATE wp_options SET...

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Recover MySQL Root Password

How to recover a MySQL root password without a password. Stop MySQL.Start MySQL Safe Mode.Login to MySQL as root without password.Change root password. # Stop MySQL. service mysql stop # MySQL Safe...

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MySQL Backup To S3 Bucket

Here’s my MySQL backup script to the S3 Bucket. Just a couple of things about the script. It’s using … AWS CLIMysqldump They must be setup and configured to work properly. #!/bin/bash cd...

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MySQL Restore

Here’s how to restore a MySQL database from mysqldump. mysql -u user -p mysql> drop database databasename; mysql> quit; Bye mysql -u user -p databasename < filename.sql Drop database first,...

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MySQL SSL Connection

The standard way to connect to MySQL is: mysql -h hostname -u user -p Here’s how to connect to MySQL with SSL encryption. mysql -h hostname -u user -p \ --ssl-ca=server-ca.pem \...

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MySQL Restore to another DB

In order to restore a MySQL database to another database, use routines and triggers. mysqldump -p user -p --routines --triggers db1 > db1.sql To restore to another database, just use the normal...

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