It is sometimes useful to backup a single table from a MySQL database and re-load it on a different database. You can do so with the following operations:

To backup:

mysqldump original_db table_name > table.sql

To restore:

mysql new_db < table.sql

I’m not sure why I’m getting this from within a VMWare session when running MySQL Cluster:

WARNING: timerHandlingLab now: 4194521 sent: 4194399 diff: 122
2010-02-01 18:05:14 [ndbd] INFO 
     -- Watchdog: User time: 7  System time: 52
2010-02-01 18:05:14 [ndbd] WARNING  
     -- Watchdog: Warning overslept 227 ms, expected 100 ms.

How can I increase the watchdog timer? This is definitely a problem that seems exclusive to running in a virtual machine, but I need to do so for simulation purposes.

I’ll be in Duncan, South Carolina again next week on a business project. It should be my last week at Duncan for final acceptance.

As an alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the following derivatives are available and actively maintained:

• CentOS
• Oracle Enterprise Linux
• Scientific Linux

My personal preference is CentOS, since it’s as close as you can get to the real thing, including the bugs that come with RHEL.

If you are using the disk-based activation (evmode) with Rockwell and AB software, you can remove all licenses from your machine by deleting the hidden evrsi.sys file on your computer:

attrib c:\evrsi.sys -S -H -R -A
del c:\evrsi.sys

This will delete all evmode activations currently on the system, without affecting the newer FactoryTalk activation system.

If you are setting up a Brother MFC-6490CW using the PC Remote Setup software, the default password is “access”.

Game Maker 8.0 was just recently released by YoYo Games. I’m anxious to spend a day or two exploring the new features as I prepare my course materials for SGD 112, Simulation and Game Development Design I.

If you want Quicken 2010 to stop prompting you to register your software, you can do the following:

1. Press and hold the Ctrl + Shift keys on the left side of your keyboard, and select Tools, then One Step Update.
2. When the message “You will no longer be prompted for registration” appears, click OK.

Laurel and I went on a week long cruise to the Western Caribbean on the Royal Caribbean ship Independence of the Seas. It was a wonderful and relaxing way to spend Christmas.

I will be in Jasper, Indiana this Monday and Tuesday, returning Wednesday. The project is for Indiana Furniture. After this trip, I will be on vacation until the first week of January 2010.