I haven’t posted in two years!
So, it has been a while (nearly 2 years) since I last tapped away on my keyboard and added some content to this site. I don’t really expect anyone to read this post given it is just my ramblings, but …
How to retrieve saved MySQL Workbench passwords
I use MySQL Workbench a fair bit with Azure hosted MySQL databases. and various other MySQL servers. To make life easier I often save the passwords for non sensitive systems to the MySQL Workbench password vault. I recently hit a …
Testing a Serial COM Port Printer
I work in the hospitality industry where it is common to still find serial receipt printers. In this post I will cover how you can perform as basic test print from the windows command prompt, without the need for any …
Azure App Services and WordPress with PHP 8.x
I recently decided it was time to upgrade some WordPress sites I have hosting as Azure App Services sites from the now deprecated PHP 7.4 to PHP 8.1 or 8.2. However, I immediately hit an issue with permalinks (page slugs) …
How to use variables with Microsoft SQL
In this post we are going to cover how to declare, set the value and use a variable in a Microsoft SQL. What is a variable? Before we get into how to use them, it is best if we define …
Microsoft Teams – Channel name is already taken [Fixed]
I mistakenly created a Teams Channel as a standard channel when I needed it to be a private channel. At the time of writing Microsoft do not let you convert a channel form one type to another. No worries I …
Azure Data Factory – How to backup and restore a pipeline
I think we can all agree that backups are only a good thing, they form the bread and butter of any IT administrators’ tasks. In this post I will cover how to export and import an Azure Data Factory Pipeline …
Setup a Laravel Valet Development Environment on MacOS
In this post I will cover how to setup a Laravel Valet development environment on MacOS. At the end of this post, we will have performed a basic setup of Laravel Valet and created a new Laravel site that we …
Git failed with a fatal error “Authentication failed”
I recently opened Microsoft Visual Studio for the first time in a long while and attempted to clone a repo from an Azure Dev Ops. Only to be greeted by the message. Git failed with a fatal error “Authentication failed” …
Microsoft SQL – Saving changes is not permitted (SSMS Design Mode)
Have you ever attempted to alter the design on a Microsoft SQL table using the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) tool. Maybe, to add an additional column, or change an existing columns data type, only to be greeted by …