Repairing a Corrupt MYISAM Table with MySQL

It’s just one of those days! I began receiving emails like this: Database error in vBulletin myversion: Invalid SQL: INSERT INTO searchcore_text (searchcoreid, keywordtext) VALUES ( 1584876, ‘ SOME TEXT WAS HERE.’ ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE searchcoreid = VALUES(searchcoreid), keywordtext = VALUES(keywordtext); MySQL Error : Table ‘./mydatabase/searchcore_text’ is marked

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Proper Social Network Graphic and Image Sizes

Every wonder the precise pixel dimensions of a Facebook banner or Youtube background? This infographic covers everything from Facebook profile and cover photo to app images, video previews, to Twitter profile picture to Youtube cover art. Graphic sizes in Linkedin, Pinterest, Google+ and more.   Visit http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-image-dimensions_b44957   Save for

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Use Your Bookmarks!

All websites that you use which contain sensitive or personal information, always use a trusted bookmark to navigate to them. The reason being, if you search Google or a search engine for mybank dot com, it’s possible a cyber attacker has somehow gained search engine prominence through sponsored links or

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Microsoft Office Alternatives

I’ll make this quick, if you are getting tired of the licensing and cost issues of Microsoft Office, there are other fish in the sea. And these fish are free! The latest and greatest MS Office is 2013 and then Office 365. They may well be wonderful pieces of software

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