Pushing Forward

Well, the final part of the server crash has been cleaned up - my Pentaho server can now burst once more. For some reason the port I was using for the email bursts became blocked - quite a frustrating thing that I didn't think of changing until I'd already beat my head on the wall in frustration, heh.

Now that things are almost back, I'm able to focus back on the front end - the users are requesting an interesting new feature that will bring out the most in depth records for historical purposes. I'm also planning a few tutorials that I've been wanting to cook up for this blog - things that I wish I had of had while working on the parts of Pentaho I've been able to figure out thus far.

More on that in my next post, which I hope will be soon ^^;

A "Fun" Week

Ah the fun of a server crash............

It took me four days to get everything up and running again - a day for my apache server - which is still just a temorary fix - a day starting to set up the permanent fix, and two days getting Pentaho sending out emails again.

For some reason, the port I was using for the SMTP server went down/got blocked w/e. Took me two days to realize that I needed to change the port number - talk about feeling dumb -.-

Anywho, I've been working on getting up parameter reports, using the basic report methodologies I've been working on and building the parameters into them. I'd not used the BETWEEN statement before for a MySQL query, so at least I got to learn something new this week, heh.

I've not been able to work on my BIRT integration into Pentaho as of yet because of all the server nastiness, but I'm hoping to get to that next week. I'm also excited about the fact that I am getting another department on board with database systems within the plant... now if they will only cooperate with me instead of trying to be so .... demanding, let's say ;)

Anywho, another goal I have in mind is to learn how to place a calendar into my php code as well as in the .xaction parameters pages. I want to try and make the system easier to work with when entering date ranges.

Ah well, I'll try to post more later.

Updating the Blog

I've intended to not let this blog drag =s - been real busy trying to keep my health up, plus I only have dial up at home -.- I'm looking forward to moving into an area that has broadband ^^; Anywho, I've made some progress with the Pentaho Report Designer - I'm looking forward to the next GA release so I can update the server at work.

I'm planning on trying the anonymous user's reply to my last blog - we'll see what happens from there =)

Anywho, hope everyone is having a happy Labor Day weekend - tonight's steak night ^^b