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MySQL Control Center If you're using MySQL, you should checkout MySQL Control Center. It's the MySQL Administration client you've been looking for. It says it's cross-platform, but also notes that it doesn't support OS X at this point. I downloaded and installed it on Windows and it seems to work pretty well. Installed and worked in about 10 seconds, which is always a determining factor. You can also checkout these screenshots. Posted in General at Feb 05 2003, 12:04:29 PM MST 3 Comments

Workflow Redux Thanks to all who commented on my request for Java-based workflow engines. I especially liked Anthony's comment, and his list of possible frameworks.

There are several open source options: Only Open Business Engine and Open For Business' workflow component currently follow any sort of standards for workflow. All of the other engines currently have their own workflow definition language.

This leads me to believe that if we are going to use a framwork, we should probably use Open Business Engine or Open for Business' workflow component - simply because I like standards. The question is - how easy are these to implement in a webapp? Any examples? I haven't researched either tool at all, just hoping someone else has. Posted in Java at Feb 05 2003, 09:49:42 AM MST 6 Comments

[code sample] Using RowSetDynaClass from BeanUtils On the struts-user list, they're discussing O/R Mapping tools. There seems to be lots of support for OJB and Torque, and I seem to be the only one that piped up for Hibernate. Meanwhile, Craig McClanahan (lead Struts Developer) sent an interesting code sample of using the new RowSetDynaClass to create a collection of DynaBeans from a ResultSet. Posted in Java at Feb 05 2003, 08:31:02 AM MST Add a Comment

How to keep your job Dave Thomas has published an interesting talk titled "How to Keep Your Job". I read the first few pages, and it definitely looks good. I'll read the rest later, right now I have to brave the rush hour traffic with 2" of fresh snow on the ground. Why o' why can't I just go skiing instead! Posted in Java at Feb 05 2003, 07:08:52 AM MST Add a Comment