Archives for: September 2009

Checking in a directory structure under Clearcase

September 21st, 2009
In order to have an effective build environment we must check-in all the resources needed to build the project from scratch; this includes support libraries and support applications. For example one of my projects arrives as an installable deliverable, b… more »

Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object

September 15th, 2009
Got attacked by a virus which went straight through Firefox's defences then straight through McAfee's defences then destroyed half of my machine. It's still not running right, but I think the virus is now gone. The virus attacked my Java installation… more »

Changing the title of an "Add or Remove Programs" entry

September 8th, 2009
I was looking through my Control Panel, doing a bit of house keeping and saw an entry I didn't recognise. The title was just "0.2"! I wanted to get the properties of it and find out what it was. Unfortunately there is no right-click properties, so how ca… more »

Adding MySQL users to a Plesk 9.2.1 server

September 1st, 2009
Creating a MySQL user that can only access a particular database instance, is a bit tricky to do from the MySql command line. Fortunately, the people at Plesk have added it into the appliance administration software. Previous incantations of the Plesk… more »