February 9th, 2010
By default, Grails configuration information is stored in grails-app/config/Config.groovy and contains various settings, including the configuration for logging. While this is convenient, it has caused me concern when deploying applications since Config.groovy will get compiled and placed in the war file. True, you can have different settings based on the environment (development, production, etc.), but often I can not predict what the production environment might be. Perhaps I need to tweak the logger level in production after it has been deployed. Maybe the database needs to be moved to a different server.
External configuration files allow you to make these changes without having to redeploy the war file.
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October 4th, 2009
I started working on a project that uses an Oracle database and wanted to get an overview of the tables and their relationships. I decided to see if any tools were out there that could create some documentation based on the schema. Ideally, one that could also create some sort of ERD like diagram. I found just what I was looking for in SchemaSpy.
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August 29th, 2009
I recently installed a new router/firewall in the office. I was using the WRT54G as my firewall and router. However, I only needed an access point for my laptop and wireless devices. The manual was not very helpful in suggesting what needed to be done. This post describes the steps I took to successfully configure the WRT54G as an access point only.
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