Today I download the MySQL Connector/Net, an ADO.NET driver for MySQL, and wrote a C# ASP.NET page to connect to my books database. I now have 13 topics on C# in my Notes.chm compiled help file. An extensive language reference is available in the Visual Studio help system but I prefer to keep my own notes. Microsoft isn’t going to provide any information on MySQL and their code examples aren’t always that helpful. What they should do is build in a method of annotating their help system. It would be cool if I could add my notes to that.
I don’t blog enough about my network administration skills. I recently bought a Manual Data Switch from TRIPP LITE for connecting two printers to one PC. I have a laser printer and an inkjet printer for envelopes. I hate having to switch my one printer cable. Unfortunately, I need a pass-through serial cable to connect the data switch to my LPT1 printer port. I thought I had the right cable but when I looked up the part number on the Internet I discovered that it was a 25 pin serial cable for transferring data between two PCs. I don’t know why I ever bought such a cable. I never used it so I didn’t know what it was. However I consider myself to be a clever fellow because my cable would not work and I found out why by looking up the part number. It would have been a mistake to assume the data switch did not work. I’ve learned not to make assumptions when troubleshooting computer problems.
