Tech Tips
Free up some server disk space by deleting IIS logs
by Stephen on Sep.02, 2005, under Tech Tips
IF your server is running out of disk space, its worth having a look to see if IIS is logging all access, if it is and your server has been running a while theres a good chance that the log files have been mounting up and taking up most your space, I’ve just looked at a server thats been logging for about 2 years and clocked up 6Gb of logs.
Remove se.dll Virus/Trojan
by Stephen on Jul.12, 2005, under Tech Tips
May be recognised as Search Extender, it took me ages to find this, after a few guides that dodnt work, I found this one that gives the correct files to look for and remove and delete links to.
I actually had about 6 anti spyware program installed and none of them could remove the infection till I found this guide.
The structures a little confusing but if you read it it will make sense.
Passing Arguments to a JavaScript Function
by Stephen on Jun.22, 2005, under Tech Tips
Have you ever been writing a function and realised you don’t want a fixed number of parameters then this page is for you
Passing Arguments to a JavaScript Function
It describes using the arguments property of the function you are writing and gives a simple example of how to use them.
I used this method to create a function similar to c’s printf function that allowed me to pass a string with placeholders in it and replace them with the parameters I passed.
SQL Database Connection Strings – SQL Server, MS Access, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, DB2, …
by Stephen on Jun.21, 2005, under Tech Tips
I found this site useful when setting up an odbc link ot an external database, it describes the connection strings to use to connect to the most common databases using various methods
Avoiding problems caused by register globals in php
by Stephen on Jun.15, 2005, under Tech Tips
So here’s the situation, you have a fully working website that was written with register glabals on or just on an earlier copy of php. You either change host or your host upgrades and you find that register globals is off and you cant have it on just for your site.