Category : Utilities


aka Setting up DBeaver for use with Redshift. Step by step  Setting up DBeaver for use with Redshift is not the most intuitive thing you’ll ever do. A common misconception is that since Redshift is (sorta) built on Postgres, then a Postgres driver is the correct choice. Alas, nope. Here is a quick how-to for setting up DBeaver correctly as possible for Redshift. Here’s the standard DBeaver opening screen Right-click on your Redshift connection and choose “Edit Connection (F4)” That will present you with ..

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Here is the standard mysqldump syntax I always use.  This dumps routines and triggers, does so in the most expeditious manner possible, and adds DROP xxxxx statements before all CREATE statements, just in case.  It also adds the FORCE parameter in case it runs into issues with views. The “xxxx” at the end can be ..

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FFmpeg is a free and open-source collection of tools for handling multimedia files. It contains a set of shared audio and video libraries such as libavcodec, libavformat, and libavutil. With FFmpeg, you can convert between various video and audio formats, set sample rates, capture streaming audio/video, and resize videos. This tutorial walks you through installing ..

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