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What you need to look for when getting biometrics

Posted on March 1, 2011 by rapiddev

The difference between – Identification & Authenticated Identification lA person identifies him or herself using a combination of identity card or pin   nPossession of a transferable item or confidential knowledge, does NOT CONFIRM that the person’s identity is authentic. … Continue reading →

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02 TOOLS_CORE – CC Pdfwriter

Posted on February 14, 2011 by rapiddev

Access to a printer is always useful though with laptops not always possible. To see what the report looks like, install CC Pdfwriter. Its easy to install an creates a printer driver that allows you to print to a PDF … Continue reading →

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01 Building a Development Environment

Posted on February 14, 2011 by rapiddev

Putting together a development environment for for application development is critical. 1. BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP Your hard disk must have a least 3 partitions. The first partition must have all your operating system and all your installed development tools.  15GB … Continue reading →

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MySQL Primary Key Generation

Posted on February 11, 2011 by rapiddev

As a rule, each record must have a Primary Key.  If you decide not to follow this rule, and live your life through experience and not based on specific principles, you will pay a price. The minimum; you will lose … Continue reading →

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The Rise of MySQL Stored Procedures

Posted on January 27, 2011 by rapiddev

The time for MySQL Stored Procedures has arrived. The development arsenal to make MySQL stored procedures ubiquitous is here in the form of Debugger for MySQL . In the spirit of the old Sidekick and Turbo Pascal there now is … Continue reading →

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