Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing. -- Quincy Jones
I use Windows for most of my work related stuff! I use Ubuntu linux and a macbook for most of my personal stuff.
These are the software tools/packages (emphasized ones more frequently than alternatives) that I use most frequently:
NOTE: I'm willing to answer questions about any of these tools (provided I know the answer)!
YYYY.MM.DD
, YYYYMMDD
, or YYYY/MM/DD
and time should be represented as HHMMSS
or HH:MM:SS
.grep/awk/sed
!make/ant
or create batch scripts.createdb
. Command (assuming username is 'vijay'): CREATE SCHEMA vijay;
This makes porting data (during update/migration) much easier.DateStyle
is set to ISO, MDY
. Change it to ISO, YMD
. Command: SET DateStyle = 'ISO, YMD';
timestamp with time zone
(or timestamptz
). This internally stores timestamp in UTC which gets displayed based on current session timezone setting!BEGIN-COMMIT/ROLLBACK
transaction blocks. ALWAYS USE TRANSACTIONS!AS
when defining column/table aliases even though it is optional. This simplifies writing queries.plpgsql.extra_warnings
and plgpgsql.extra_errors
to 'all'. Command: SET plpgsql.extra_warnings TO 'all'; SET plpgsql.extra_errors TO 'all';
I tried to use rhd and Diamond symbols for a LaTeX document and kept on getting the error: LaTeX Error: Command \rhd not provided in base LaTeX2e.
This is because we need an extra package. Put \usepackage{latexsym}
to get many more symbols in LaTeX.
I found this solution here. Apparently there are many packages that provide all kind of symbols for use in LaTeX. See the comprehensive listing here.
Use MS word in draft/outline view. Set the "Style area pane width..." to some practical value and solve many annoying problems. Shauna Kelly's page at http://www.shaunakelly.com/ under the "Making the most of Word in your business" title lists solutions and best practices for common MS Word issues!