http://blog.servtrek.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:25:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The basic steps to install Ubuntu Server Edition are the same for installing any operating system from. You may need to get used to a console menu based process. * First, After you download and burn the appropriate ISO file from the Ubuntu web site. ... http://blog.servtrek.com/applicationdevelopment/27/install-ubuntu-server-edition/ I did some but little work on Ruby on Rails and I have no experience to deploy ruby on rails application in production envirnment. But I just follow the the steps I listed and I can successfully deploy ROR application without any problems. Beside the steps I us, I will ... http://blog.servtrek.com/applicationdevelopment/25/simple-rails-production-server-setup-in-ubuntu-part-1/ My boss asked me to set up environment for a ruby on rails application in the following environment. MySQL database software; server application, client application, and client libraries Apache web server v 2.0 or later Ruby language interpreter v 1.8.6 or later, with mySQL support, Ruby on Rails libraries, and the Mongrel application ... http://blog.servtrek.com/applicationdevelopment/22/simple-rails-production-server-setup-in-ubuntu/ One day my computer which runs Windows XP home edition got the following error When booting up to Win XP , the error  reads "Unmountable Boot Volume". Please do not panic. You may try the following steps to boot your PC. 1.Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart ... http://blog.servtrek.com/computertips/20/when-booting-up-to-win-xp-you-may-get-a-error-that-reads-unmountable-boot-volume/ INFORMATION_SCHEMA provides access to database metadata,  (data dictionary  or database catalog) such as the name of a database or table, the data type of a column, or access privileges. It is the information database, the place that stores information about all the other databases that the MySQL server maintains. Here is ... http://blog.servtrek.com/database_use/14/get-all-the-tables-in-mysql-database/ If you have forgotten your root password previously set , you can set a new password. For Windows system, follow the steps listed below. Use the following procedure for resetting the password for any MySQL root accounts on Windows: Log on ... http://blog.servtrek.com/database_use/10/how-to-reset-the-root-password-in-mysql/ Have you heard of defects per Lines of Code (Defects/KLOC). My company was asked to evaluate third party software application development.  One of my measurements is to use Defects/KLOC. You may argue that Defects/KLOC doesn't supply enough information about Product Quality. But one thing for sure is if the rate of ... http://blog.servtrek.com/applicationdevelopment/5/defectskloc/ Hi, I am starting to do some research on this web 2.0 technology. I would think that I should start a blog and post some of my findings and ideas here to share with you. If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please let me know. Thanks. http://blog.servtrek.com/web2ria/1/hello-world/