I beat my head on the wall for awhile with the below error because the information online was fairly limited. Let me start by saying that using TortoiseSVN as a SVN client for Windows will authenticate against a Linux server running svnserve using SASL DIGEST-MD5 encryption. This means you should be able to authenticate against svnserve…
You may receive an error similar to the one below stating that SVN cannot negotiate the authentication mechanism during initial installation of Subversion. I received the below error when I was testing a new SVN repository I had set up on a CentOS Linux server and was attempting to checkout the repo from another CentOS…
Opening Microsoft Office OneNote files without OneNote being installed can be a bit of a pain but it is possible and therer are numerous options to do so. Below I will provide a couple different ways to go about reading the OneNote notebook or file. The first of which is if someone has sent you…
To get the path where SQL Server 2005 stores data files for databases, you can use the following T-SQL script: USE master GO DECLARE @data_path nvarchar(256) SET @data_path = (SELECT SUBSTRING(physical_name, 1, CHARINDEX(N’master.mdf’, LOWER(physical_name)) – 1) FROM master.sys.master_files WHERE database_id = 1 AND file_id = 1) SELECT @data_path AS DataPath It uses the built-in “master”…
I use SimpleViewer to display some of the image galleries on my personal WordPress blog and decided I wanted to change the caption location. Moving the caption to below the image itself instead of below the thumbnails is easy however you must have the source code that comes with purchasing the product. I figure it…
Wireshark, previously Ethereal, is a network protocol analyzer that allows you to inspect the packets of hundreds of different protocols. The upgrade process is very straight forward but it doesn’t hurt to mention that it is OK to go ahead and uninstall the previous version during the upgrade. Basically you will be uninstalling your current…
If you do not have Instant Search enabled for Microsoft Outlook then there will be a message that displays on every screen asking you to click to enable it. This message is really annoying however it is also easy to get rid of. Follow the directions below to remove the message without having to install…
Let me start by saying if you are not yet using Redmine for technical project management I highly suggest you start doing so immediately. It is very easy to import Trac projects and with minimal coding efforts you can import from any ticketing system you are currently using. I am fairly new to Redmine and…
When debugging Rails, I often open up an iRb shell by typing [BASH] ruby script/console [/BASH] This command lists all instance methods in the User model, excluding inherited methods and sorts them in alphabetical order. [BASH] User.instance_methods(false).sort [/BASH] I will add more useful iRb methods as I discover and remember them