Find out mysql socket

1. Enter mysql command line with 'mysql -u root -p'
2. mysql> mysql status
   

Duplicating a table in MySQL

CREATE TABLE duplicate_name SELECT * FROM original_table;

GIT - Ignore uncommitted changes in already tracked files

in order to ignore uncommitted changes in already tracked files, please refer to the git update-index --assume-unchanged documentation

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-update-index.html

TextMate discoveries

Option+Apple+o = Overwrite mode

Getting the text from a drop down select box

var e = $('element_id');
var idx = e.selectedIndex;
e.options[idx].text;

Links
http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tips/html/getting_the_text_from_an_html_drop_down_selection_list.php3

Migrating in a production environment

rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production

or

rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production"

Add localhost.localdomain to local DNS (or hosts file)

1. Goto Start > Run
2. Type in "system32" (without the quotations)
3. Goto the folder called "drivers"
4. Goto the folder called "etc"

The hosts file should be in there. Just open it up with notepad or something and add in 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain

Links:

http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=3152