I was playing around with MySQL when I had an idea to use it to a Java program that I’m suppose to write for my assignment in our Java Training. I just want to do it to become more familiar with jdbc. I have a csv file that I want to import to MySQL. A friend of mine told me to create a program that will write the data from the csv file to the MySQL Db but at the back of my mind, there’s should be a way to import file to MySQL. So I googled it up and the “Load Data Infile” came up. That command save me from writing unnecessary lines of code.

SQL Statement:
LOAD DATA INFILE ‘/home/Desktop/sample data/sampleData.csv’ INTO TABLE movie_director fields terminated by “:” (Movie, Director);

I was about to reply to an important text message I received from my cellphone when it gave me an error after I pressed the send button. Darn, I’m out of prepaid credit! So I turned to my ever reliable Chikka Messenger but unfortunately, I’m using Ubuntu and I don’t have a Chikka application installed in it. I googled up if there’s any linux installer for Chikka and there’s actually the Chikka Javalite for unix users but I can’t find any link to download it! Then I fell upon a search result for a web-based Chikka Messenger, although it’s still in beta version, it’s better than going down to 7-11 store to buy prepaid credits. It actually saved my day!

We always look forward to receiving an email or a message from our friendster account or any social networking service that we signed up for. We are somehow hoping that somewhere, someone from our past would accidentally stumble upon our profiles and say hi. Today, I received a friendster message from one of my batchmates in college. He informed me that one of my batchmates who is now in the US recently died of colon cancer. I was so shocked that I cried and immediately gather for any information to know what happened to her. I don’t know her personally but from the few times that we were given an opportunity to mingle in a group, I often notice that she’s a light hearted person who genuinely wants to be nice to everyone. I’m not saying that just because she’s gone, but that’s what I’ve observed from the 4 years that we’ve been together in same university, same department, and same classes. I came across her profile a few times back because she always have updates about her life. All I know about her is whatever information she has in her profile, the lively pictures she uploaded and the nice comments from friends close to her. She will always be remembered. I know that she’s already in the good hands of Creator.

I’m fairly new at UNIX system. I’m currently using a Mac OS X-Tiger for my App Server and I’m currently in transition from Windows to Ubuntu-Gutsy Gibbon. I still have dual OS on my laptop since I’m not ready to let go of Windows “yet”, mainly because of when I’m in a deadline and I get a little frustrated with what I need to do while in Ubuntu, I switch to XP just to get my work done in time. In my temporary work assignment, I need to test a build platform server in an OS X. I also need a MySQL Server for its database and Safari to test the web app. In my desperation to use Ubuntu, I went ahead and setup a MySQL server and install Safari through wine. Keeping my fingers cross, hopefully I’ll be able to get my task done by tomorrow once I tested this with the App server installed in OS X.