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I writing some PHP doing stuff to a database, in which I have a table like this... CREATE TABLE MYTABLE ( something TINYTEXT, another VARCHAR(16), created TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, userID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, PRIMARY KEY (userID), ); And I write some PHP...

I have an unibody aluminium MacBook. (The 13 inch model - before Apple changed the specs and re-released it as a "MacBook Pro"). I've been trying to narrate a voiceover in iMovie today, and the sound quality from the internal microphone is terrible! Muffled and ringing machine noise in the...

I've just replaced the power supply for my aluminium MacBook. I plugged in the old one today, it went pop, fizz, there was a slightly electrical smoky aroma - and the maglock didn't light up. Fortunately, no damage was done to the computer. While I didn't mind spending money to get an...

I have folders of Adobe ActionScript (.as) files, but I've noticed that spotlight/search ignore the contents of these files, even though they are text-based. How do I configure spotlight/search to examine the text within these files?

I want to get into using OpenGL libraries in C++. Can someone get me started? I found some tutorial at http://nehe.gamedev.net/data/lessons/lesson.asp?lesson=Mac_OS_X I've included the framework, and typed in the example. It compiles ok, but it doesn't run. I get this error-...

How do I record sound files in MacOS X ? (From the microphone to create aiff or wav files?) I can find any utilities to do this. Is there any free third-party utility I can download? The ability to edit the start and end of a file would be good too (to remove pauses). I did notice that...

I have a new iBook. The disk drive from my old (deceased) iBook is sitting in an external enclosure, and I have been able to restore my data and applications from it. However, I want to restore get my iTunes playlists. I managed to copy over the music files - but how do I restore my playlists?

I'm familiar with Java Programming (also C++ and other languages), but I want to get into J2EE to make my skills more marketable. I've had a play with the Macs Java environment. It looks cool. I've picked up some books on JavaBeans and Enterprise programming. So what do I need to play...

JavaScript question. I have a web page incorporating JavaScript, but it doesn't work when the user reloads it using the browser back button. The problem is that any variables that I set up the first time it loaded are now lost. Is there any way to prevent this? - load them into an object...

I have a couple of Scanners. A Mustek 1200 UB Plus, and an HP ScanJet 4200c (which I bought today for $5). They are both USB scanners, but I've drawn a blank obtaining appropriate drivers off the Internet. Is there any way, and drivers, or third party (preferably free) software I can use to...

It's the small hours of the morning, and I'm confused, tired and losing hope. All evening/night I've been trying to accomplish a simple objective. To close a safari browser window. The situation is a little complicated. I have a php script, containing a .swf (flash movie). The flash does...

A friend of mine is having problems with her iMac. I'm not very good at resolving Mac software problems, because my macs don't throw them up often enough. I'll be suggesting a backup while it still works, and then a low-level format/installation from scratch. Can anyone here suggest anything...

I posted this question on another forum - but it didn't raise any answers. is this the Internet's best kept secret? I've been developing some services which I intend to sell over the Internet. My latest information is that payment of sales TAX such as GST, VAT etc, will depend on where the...

I'm having a serious problem with Macromedia Flash MX. I need someone else with a mac to try this out:- The problem is so fundamental that it's easy to reproduce it. First create an animation in a few frames - for example, motion tween a shape between frame 1 and 5. In the last frame -...

I need a few leads to put me on the right track for this. I have MacOS X. I have Flash MX. I have (and can program) Perl, and I have mySQL. The Flash manual tells me that it's possible to get Flash actionscript to link to a server CGI script which talks to a database. I'd love to try...

I want to develop CGI scripts using Perl running under Mac OS X. I've written some stuff, that I'm able to run under from the command line interface, but now I want to trigger them from Flash or HTML. I assume I need to run Apache locally in order to do this. (correct this assumption if...

I feel a little apprehensive about putting my ignorance on display to the bunch of experts in this forum. Please forgive my question if my assumptions about this stuff are naive, there may be holes in my logic, or perhaps I haven't got the hang of the terminology. I'm a quick learner...

I went for Ask a volunteer because I thought perhaps this question was too specific - but maybe not. Feel free to make this thread public if you think others may benefit. I've just bought OS X (10.1) because I wanted to get into developing server-side code. The included documentation is...