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SQL Ledger can’t view Open POS Invoice
On Line 2333 of SL/Form.pm add single quotes to $expires variable # remove expired locks $query = qq|DELETE FROM semaphore WHERE expires < '$expires'|; $dbh->do($query) || $self->dberror($query); Error: **DBD::Pg::db do failed: ERROR: operator does not exist:...
GNUCash Heading Banner Graphic Setup
I have been playing with the correct graphic resolutions to get my GNUCash Fancy Invoice header to print correctly. I think I have stumbled on the correct settings. This is for a PNG format Heading Banner file. Using gimp I did the following: Explanation: Using the...
SQL Ledger
Problem: Error! This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (./1204165120_invoice_1.tex LaTeX2e <2005/12/01> Babel and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh yphenation, loaded. !...
Say my name, say my name – Google Search
Every now and again, as an exercise in vanity, I type "James McDonald" into Google Search to see where in the scheme of things I rank according to them. Today I typed in my name and was surprised to see this website is on the first page of results. Usually I would...
Windows SBS 2003 Restore to Different Hardware
I have a Windows 2003 SBS SP1 box on a Dell PE750. As a disaster recovery trial I decided to try and recover it to a Dell PE1950 which obviously has different hardware. The PE750 has "Intel Pro/1000 CT" nics and the PE1950 has "Broadcom NetXtreme II GigE" Nics not to...
Getting Java working on Ubuntu 8.04 Development Branch
Java will not run unless I do the following hack which will set the environment variable system wide. vi /etc/environment PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games" LANG="en_AU.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_AU:en"...