Monthly Archives: July 2004

SQLite - The little database that could

Posted on July 18, 2004 by marcus

I've tested SQLite and came to the conclusion that it is a very awesome SQL implemention, especially for applications on embedded devices. It's working rather well for web-based projects, too. One thing that concerns me a bit, though, is the … Continue reading →

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PHP5 on Windows XP

Posted on July 17, 2004 by marcus

I installed Apache2 along with PHP5 on my laptop. Right away I ran into the problem that the "Apache2" service was not registered. Something else was using up port 80. With the help of netstat -lao and a process monitor … Continue reading →

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Subversion 1.1 released

Posted on July 14, 2004 by marcus

Ben Reser sent word to the mailing list that Subversion 1.1 was just released. It contains many small bug fixes, and a few new features. The biggest one is "Non-database repositories": It's now possible to create repositories that don't use … Continue reading →

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No WSDL generation

Posted on July 14, 2004 by marcus

Since installing it I've been playing with PHP5, read the online docs, looked for articles, and found out that PHP5's native SOAP support apparently does not include a WSDL generator. Their justification is that PHP's loosely-typed nature doesn't easily allow … Continue reading →

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PHP5 available now!

Posted on July 7, 2004 by marcus

Finally, I've been eyeing PHP5 ever since RC1. They've added some really nice features. I'm particularly interested in the native SOAP support. And, perhaps more urgently the support for Exceptions. This should provide us with a more robust way of … Continue reading →

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