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Quick installation of LAMP for Kohana on Ubuntu

Torleif — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:06:49 +0000

Needed to get a LAMP environment up and running for some Kohana development. Starting with a more or less fresh install of Ubuntu, here’s what I did.

Install LAMP

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

Install PHP modules used by Kohana

$ sudo apt-get install php5-curl php5-gd php5-mcrypt

Enable rewrite module

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite

Allow for .htaccess overrides

$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Find the part about the /var/www directory and set AllowOverride from None to All. Then save the file.

Remove annoying Apache warning

If you restart Apache now, you’ll get a warning like this:

apache2: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName

To prevent that, add a line with “ServerName localhost” to the httpd.conf file.

$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Restart Apache

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

MySQL tables for continent names, country names and their ISO-3166 codes

Torleif — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:10:47 +0000

Here is a MySQL table containing continent names, country names and their ISO-3166 codes.

Needed one a while ago, but the ones I found were either kind of lacking or kind of old. So I made one myself by converting a datafile on Wikipedia into the format I wanted. Used some regular expressions and manual corrections. Later I also went through newsletters with Updates on ISO 3166. Hopefully I got it all right, and hopefully it can save you and others some time as well.

If you find any mistakes or updates I’ve missed, please let me know

The data

Created a project on BitBucket for some change tracking. The latest version of the SQL script is found at bitbucket.org/svish/iso-3166-country-codes/src/default/countries.sql.

Also included a copy of the latest version below. If you want to be 100% sure you get the latest, use the link above though. I might forget to update the post ;)

/**
* Country names, continent names and ISO-3166 codes.
*
* @updated 2012-01-05
* @link http://www.geekality.net/?p=1182
* @link https://bitbucket.org/svish/iso-3166-country-codes
*/
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `continents` (
`code` CHAR(2) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Continent code',
`name` VARCHAR(255),
PRIMARY KEY (`code`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

INSERT INTO `continents` VALUES
('AF', 'Africa'),
('AS', 'Asia'),
('EU', 'Europe'),
('NA', 'North America'),
('SA', 'South America'),
('OC', 'Oceania'),
('AN', 'Antarctica');

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `countries` (
`code` CHAR(2) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)',
`name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'English country name',
`full_name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Full English country name',
`iso3` CHAR(3) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Three-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)',
`number` SMALLINT(3) ZEROFILL NOT NULL COMMENT 'Three-digit country number (ISO 3166-1 numeric)',
`continent_code` CHAR(2) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`code`),
KEY `continent_code` (`continent_code`),
CONSTRAINT `fk_countries_continents` FOREIGN KEY (`continent_code`) REFERENCES `continents` (`code`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

INSERT INTO `countries` (`code`, `continent_code`, `name`, `iso3`, `number`, `full_name`) VALUES
('AF', 'AS', "Afghanistan", 'AFG', '004', "Islamic Republic of Afghanistan"),
('AX', 'EU', "Åland Islands", 'ALA', '248', "Åland Islands"),
('AL', 'EU', "Albania", 'ALB', '008', "Republic of Albania"),
('DZ', 'AF', "Algeria", 'DZA', '012', "People's Democratic Republic of Algeria"),
('AS', 'OC', "American Samoa", 'ASM', '016', "American Samoa"),
('AD', 'EU', "Andorra", 'AND', '020', "Principality of Andorra"),
('AO', 'AF', "Angola", 'AGO', '024', "Republic of Angola"),
('AI', 'NA', "Anguilla", 'AIA', '660', "Anguilla"),
('AQ', 'AN', "Antarctica", 'ATA', '010', "Antarctica (the territory South of 60 deg S)"),
('AG', 'NA', "Antigua and Barbuda", 'ATG', '028', "Antigua and Barbuda"),
('AR', 'SA', "Argentina", 'ARG', '032', "Argentine Republic"),
('AM', 'AS', "Armenia", 'ARM', '051', "Republic of Armenia"),
('AW', 'NA', "Aruba", 'ABW', '533', "Aruba"),
('AU', 'OC', "Australia", 'AUS', '036', "Commonwealth of Australia"),
('AT', 'EU', "Austria", 'AUT', '040', "Republic of Austria"),
('AZ', 'AS', "Azerbaijan", 'AZE', '031', "Republic of Azerbaijan"),
('BS', 'NA', "Bahamas", 'BHS', '044', "Commonwealth of the Bahamas"),
('BH', 'AS', "Bahrain", 'BHR', '048', "Kingdom of Bahrain"),
('BD', 'AS', "Bangladesh", 'BGD', '050', "People's Republic of Bangladesh"),
('BB', 'NA', "Barbados", 'BRB', '052', "Barbados"),
('BY', 'EU', "Belarus", 'BLR', '112', "Republic of Belarus"),
('BE', 'EU', "Belgium", 'BEL', '056', "Kingdom of Belgium"),
('BZ', 'NA', "Belize", 'BLZ', '084', "Belize"),
('BJ', 'AF', "Benin", 'BEN', '204', "Republic of Benin"),
('BM', 'NA', "Bermuda", 'BMU', '060', "Bermuda"),
('BT', 'AS', "Bhutan", 'BTN', '064', "Kingdom of Bhutan"),
('BO', 'SA', "Bolivia", 'BOL', '068', "Plurinational State of Bolivia"),
('BQ', 'NA', "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba", 'BES', '535', "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba"),
('BA', 'EU', "Bosnia and Herzegovina", 'BIH', '070', "Bosnia and Herzegovina"),
('BW', 'AF', "Botswana", 'BWA', '072', "Republic of Botswana"),
('BV', 'AN', "Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya)", 'BVT', '074', "Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya)"),
('BR', 'SA', "Brazil", 'BRA', '076', "Federative Republic of Brazil"),
('IO', 'AS', "British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)", 'IOT', '086', "British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)"),
('VG', 'NA', "British Virgin Islands", 'VGB', '092', "British Virgin Islands"),
('BN', 'AS', "Brunei Darussalam", 'BRN', '096', "Brunei Darussalam"),
('BG', 'EU', "Bulgaria", 'BGR', '100', "Republic of Bulgaria"),
('BF', 'AF', "Burkina Faso", 'BFA', '854', "Burkina Faso"),
('BI', 'AF', "Burundi", 'BDI', '108', "Republic of Burundi"),
('KH', 'AS', "Cambodia", 'KHM', '116', "Kingdom of Cambodia"),
('CM', 'AF', "Cameroon", 'CMR', '120', "Republic of Cameroon"),
('CA', 'NA', "Canada", 'CAN', '124', "Canada"),
('CV', 'AF', "Cape Verde", 'CPV', '132', "Republic of Cape Verde"),
('KY', 'NA', "Cayman Islands", 'CYM', '136', "Cayman Islands"),
('CF', 'AF', "Central African Republic", 'CAF', '140', "Central African Republic"),
('TD', 'AF', "Chad", 'TCD', '148', "Republic of Chad"),
('CL', 'SA', "Chile", 'CHL', '152', "Republic of Chile"),
('CN', 'AS', "China", 'CHN', '156', "People's Republic of China"),
('CX', 'AS', "Christmas Island", 'CXR', '162', "Christmas Island"),
('CC', 'AS', "Cocos (Keeling) Islands", 'CCK', '166', "Cocos (Keeling) Islands"),
('CO', 'SA', "Colombia", 'COL', '170', "Republic of Colombia"),
('KM', 'AF', "Comoros", 'COM', '174', "Union of the Comoros"),
('CD', 'AF', "Congo", 'COD', '180', "Democratic Republic of the Congo"),
('CG', 'AF', "Congo", 'COG', '178', "Republic of the Congo"),
('CK', 'OC', "Cook Islands", 'COK', '184', "Cook Islands"),
('CR', 'NA', "Costa Rica", 'CRI', '188', "Republic of Costa Rica"),
('CI', 'AF', "Cote d'Ivoire", 'CIV', '384', "Republic of Cote d'Ivoire"),
('HR', 'EU', "Croatia", 'HRV', '191', "Republic of Croatia"),
('CU', 'NA', "Cuba", 'CUB', '192', "Republic of Cuba"),
('CW', 'NA', "Curaçao", 'CUW', '531', "Curaçao"),
('CY', 'AS', "Cyprus", 'CYP', '196', "Republic of Cyprus"),
('CZ', 'EU', "Czech Republic", 'CZE', '203', "Czech Republic"),
('DK', 'EU', "Denmark", 'DNK', '208', "Kingdom of Denmark"),
('DJ', 'AF', "Djibouti", 'DJI', '262', "Republic of Djibouti"),
('DM', 'NA', "Dominica", 'DMA', '212', "Commonwealth of Dominica"),
('DO', 'NA', "Dominican Republic", 'DOM', '214', "Dominican Republic"),
('EC', 'SA', "Ecuador", 'ECU', '218', "Republic of Ecuador"),
('EG', 'AF', "Egypt", 'EGY', '818', "Arab Republic of Egypt"),
('SV', 'NA', "El Salvador", 'SLV', '222', "Republic of El Salvador"),
('GQ', 'AF', "Equatorial Guinea", 'GNQ', '226', "Republic of Equatorial Guinea"),
('ER', 'AF', "Eritrea", 'ERI', '232', "State of Eritrea"),
('EE', 'EU', "Estonia", 'EST', '233', "Republic of Estonia"),
('ET', 'AF', "Ethiopia", 'ETH', '231', "Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia"),
('FO', 'EU', "Faroe Islands", 'FRO', '234', "Faroe Islands"),
('FK', 'SA', "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)", 'FLK', '238', "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)"),
('FJ', 'OC', "Fiji", 'FJI', '242', "Republic of Fiji"),
('FI', 'EU', "Finland", 'FIN', '246', "Republic of Finland"),
('FR', 'EU', "France", 'FRA', '250', "French Republic"),
('GF', 'SA', "French Guiana", 'GUF', '254', "French Guiana"),
('PF', 'OC', "French Polynesia", 'PYF', '258', "French Polynesia"),
('TF', 'AN', "French Southern Territories", 'ATF', '260', "French Southern Territories"),
('GA', 'AF', "Gabon", 'GAB', '266', "Gabonese Republic"),
('GM', 'AF', "Gambia", 'GMB', '270', "Republic of the Gambia"),
('GE', 'AS', "Georgia", 'GEO', '268', "Georgia"),
('DE', 'EU', "Germany", 'DEU', '276', "Federal Republic of Germany"),
('GH', 'AF', "Ghana", 'GHA', '288', "Republic of Ghana"),
('GI', 'EU', "Gibraltar", 'GIB', '292', "Gibraltar"),
('GR', 'EU', "Greece", 'GRC', '300', "Hellenic Republic Greece"),
('GL', 'NA', "Greenland", 'GRL', '304', "Greenland"),
('GD', 'NA', "Grenada", 'GRD', '308', "Grenada"),
('GP', 'NA', "Guadeloupe", 'GLP', '312', "Guadeloupe"),
('GU', 'OC', "Guam", 'GUM', '316', "Guam"),
('GT', 'NA', "Guatemala", 'GTM', '320', "Republic of Guatemala"),
('GG', 'EU', "Guernsey", 'GGY', '831', "Bailiwick of Guernsey"),
('GN', 'AF', "Guinea", 'GIN', '324', "Republic of Guinea"),
('GW', 'AF', "Guinea-Bissau", 'GNB', '624', "Republic of Guinea-Bissau"),
('GY', 'SA', "Guyana", 'GUY', '328', "Co-operative Republic of Guyana"),
('HT', 'NA', "Haiti", 'HTI', '332', "Republic of Haiti"),
('HM', 'AN', "Heard Island and McDonald Islands", 'HMD', '334', "Heard Island and McDonald Islands"),
('VA', 'EU', "Holy See (Vatican City State)", 'VAT', '336', "Holy See (Vatican City State)"),
('HN', 'NA', "Honduras", 'HND', '340', "Republic of Honduras"),
('HK', 'AS', "Hong Kong", 'HKG', '344', "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China"),
('HU', 'EU', "Hungary", 'HUN', '348', "Republic of Hungary"),
('IS', 'EU', "Iceland", 'ISL', '352', "Republic of Iceland"),
('IN', 'AS', "India", 'IND', '356', "Republic of India"),
('ID', 'AS', "Indonesia", 'IDN', '360', "Republic of Indonesia"),
('IR', 'AS', "Iran", 'IRN', '364', "Islamic Republic of Iran"),
('IQ', 'AS', "Iraq", 'IRQ', '368', "Republic of Iraq"),
('IE', 'EU', "Ireland", 'IRL', '372', "Ireland"),
('IM', 'EU', "Isle of Man", 'IMN', '833', "Isle of Man"),
('IL', 'AS', "Israel", 'ISR', '376', "State of Israel"),
('IT', 'EU', "Italy", 'ITA', '380', "Italian Republic"),
('JM', 'NA', "Jamaica", 'JAM', '388', "Jamaica"),
('JP', 'AS', "Japan", 'JPN', '392', "Japan"),
('JE', 'EU', "Jersey", 'JEY', '832', "Bailiwick of Jersey"),
('JO', 'AS', "Jordan", 'JOR', '400', "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan"),
('KZ', 'AS', "Kazakhstan", 'KAZ', '398', "Republic of Kazakhstan"),
('KE', 'AF', "Kenya", 'KEN', '404', "Republic of Kenya"),
('KI', 'OC', "Kiribati", 'KIR', '296', "Republic of Kiribati"),
('KP', 'AS', "Korea", 'PRK', '408', "Democratic People's Republic of Korea"),
('KR', 'AS', "Korea", 'KOR', '410', "Republic of Korea"),
('KW', 'AS', "Kuwait", 'KWT', '414', "State of Kuwait"),
('KG', 'AS', "Kyrgyz Republic", 'KGZ', '417', "Kyrgyz Republic"),
('LA', 'AS', "Lao People's Democratic Republic", 'LAO', '418', "Lao People's Democratic Republic"),
('LV', 'EU', "Latvia", 'LVA', '428', "Republic of Latvia"),
('LB', 'AS', "Lebanon", 'LBN', '422', "Lebanese Republic"),
('LS', 'AF', "Lesotho", 'LSO', '426', "Kingdom of Lesotho"),
('LR', 'AF', "Liberia", 'LBR', '430', "Republic of Liberia"),
('LY', 'AF', "Libya", 'LBY', '434', "Libya"),
('LI', 'EU', "Liechtenstein", 'LIE', '438', "Principality of Liechtenstein"),
('LT', 'EU', "Lithuania", 'LTU', '440', "Republic of Lithuania"),
('LU', 'EU', "Luxembourg", 'LUX', '442', "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg"),
('MO', 'AS', "Macao", 'MAC', '446', "Macao Special Administrative Region of China"),
('MK', 'EU', "Macedonia", 'MKD', '807', "Republic of Macedonia"),
('MG', 'AF', "Madagascar", 'MDG', '450', "Republic of Madagascar"),
('MW', 'AF', "Malawi", 'MWI', '454', "Republic of Malawi"),
('MY', 'AS', "Malaysia", 'MYS', '458', "Malaysia"),
('MV', 'AS', "Maldives", 'MDV', '462', "Republic of Maldives"),
('ML', 'AF', "Mali", 'MLI', '466', "Republic of Mali"),
('MT', 'EU', "Malta", 'MLT', '470', "Republic of Malta"),
('MH', 'OC', "Marshall Islands", 'MHL', '584', "Republic of the Marshall Islands"),
('MQ', 'NA', "Martinique", 'MTQ', '474', "Martinique"),
('MR', 'AF', "Mauritania", 'MRT', '478', "Islamic Republic of Mauritania"),
('MU', 'AF', "Mauritius", 'MUS', '480', "Republic of Mauritius"),
('YT', 'AF', "Mayotte", 'MYT', '175', "Mayotte"),
('MX', 'NA', "Mexico", 'MEX', '484', "United Mexican States"),
('FM', 'OC', "Micronesia", 'FSM', '583', "Federated States of Micronesia"),
('MD', 'EU', "Moldova", 'MDA', '498', "Republic of Moldova"),
('MC', 'EU', "Monaco", 'MCO', '492', "Principality of Monaco"),
('MN', 'AS', "Mongolia", 'MNG', '496', "Mongolia"),
('ME', 'EU', "Montenegro", 'MNE', '499', "Montenegro"),
('MS', 'NA', "Montserrat", 'MSR', '500', "Montserrat"),
('MA', 'AF', "Morocco", 'MAR', '504', "Kingdom of Morocco"),
('MZ', 'AF', "Mozambique", 'MOZ', '508', "Republic of Mozambique"),
('MM', 'AS', "Myanmar", 'MMR', '104', "Republic of the Union of Myanmar"),
('NA', 'AF', "Namibia", 'NAM', '516', "Republic of Namibia"),
('NR', 'OC', "Nauru", 'NRU', '520', "Republic of Nauru"),
('NP', 'AS', "Nepal", 'NPL', '524', "Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal"),
('NL', 'EU', "Netherlands", 'NLD', '528', "Kingdom of the Netherlands"),
('NC', 'OC', "New Caledonia", 'NCL', '540', "New Caledonia"),
('NZ', 'OC', "New Zealand", 'NZL', '554', "New Zealand"),
('NI', 'NA', "Nicaragua", 'NIC', '558', "Republic of Nicaragua"),
('NE', 'AF', "Niger", 'NER', '562', "Republic of Niger"),
('NG', 'AF', "Nigeria", 'NGA', '566', "Federal Republic of Nigeria"),
('NU', 'OC', "Niue", 'NIU', '570', "Niue"),
('NF', 'OC', "Norfolk Island", 'NFK', '574', "Norfolk Island"),
('MP', 'OC', "Northern Mariana Islands", 'MNP', '580', "Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands"),
('NO', 'EU', "Norway", 'NOR', '578', "Kingdom of Norway"),
('OM', 'AS', "Oman", 'OMN', '512', "Sultanate of Oman"),
('PK', 'AS', "Pakistan", 'PAK', '586', "Islamic Republic of Pakistan"),
('PW', 'OC', "Palau", 'PLW', '585', "Republic of Palau"),
('PS', 'AS', "Palestinian Territory", 'PSE', '275', "Occupied Palestinian Territory"),
('PA', 'NA', "Panama", 'PAN', '591', "Republic of Panama"),
('PG', 'OC', "Papua New Guinea", 'PNG', '598', "Independent State of Papua New Guinea"),
('PY', 'SA', "Paraguay", 'PRY', '600', "Republic of Paraguay"),
('PE', 'SA', "Peru", 'PER', '604', "Republic of Peru"),
('PH', 'AS', "Philippines", 'PHL', '608', "Republic of the Philippines"),
('PN', 'OC', "Pitcairn Islands", 'PCN', '612', "Pitcairn Islands"),
('PL', 'EU', "Poland", 'POL', '616', "Republic of Poland"),
('PT', 'EU', "Portugal", 'PRT', '620', "Portuguese Republic"),
('PR', 'NA', "Puerto Rico", 'PRI', '630', "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico"),
('QA', 'AS', "Qatar", 'QAT', '634', "State of Qatar"),
('RE', 'AF', "Réunion", 'REU', '638', "Réunion"),
('RO', 'EU', "Romania", 'ROU', '642', "Romania"),
('RU', 'EU', "Russian Federation", 'RUS', '643', "Russian Federation"),
('RW', 'AF', "Rwanda", 'RWA', '646', "Republic of Rwanda"),
('BL', 'NA', "Saint Barthélemy", 'BLM', '652', "Saint Barthélemy"),
('SH', 'AF', "Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha", 'SHN', '654', "Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha"),
('KN', 'NA', "Saint Kitts and Nevis", 'KNA', '659', "Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis"),
('LC', 'NA', "Saint Lucia", 'LCA', '662', "Saint Lucia"),
('MF', 'NA', "Saint Martin", 'MAF', '663', "Saint Martin (French part)"),
('PM', 'NA', "Saint Pierre and Miquelon", 'SPM', '666', "Saint Pierre and Miquelon"),
('VC', 'NA', "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", 'VCT', '670', "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"),
('WS', 'OC', "Samoa", 'WSM', '882', "Independent State of Samoa"),
('SM', 'EU', "San Marino", 'SMR', '674', "Republic of San Marino"),
('ST', 'AF', "Sao Tome and Principe", 'STP', '678', "Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe"),
('SA', 'AS', "Saudi Arabia", 'SAU', '682', "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"),
('SN', 'AF', "Senegal", 'SEN', '686', "Republic of Senegal"),
('RS', 'EU', "Serbia", 'SRB', '688', "Republic of Serbia"),
('SC', 'AF', "Seychelles", 'SYC', '690', "Republic of Seychelles"),
('SL', 'AF', "Sierra Leone", 'SLE', '694', "Republic of Sierra Leone"),
('SG', 'AS', "Singapore", 'SGP', '702', "Republic of Singapore"),
('SX', 'NA', "Sint Maarten (Dutch part)", 'SXM', '534', "Sint Maarten (Dutch part)"),
('SK', 'EU', "Slovakia (Slovak Republic)", 'SVK', '703', "Slovakia (Slovak Republic)"),
('SI', 'EU', "Slovenia", 'SVN', '705', "Republic of Slovenia"),
('SB', 'OC', "Solomon Islands", 'SLB', '090', "Solomon Islands"),
('SO', 'AF', "Somalia", 'SOM', '706', "Somali Republic"),
('ZA', 'AF', "South Africa", 'ZAF', '710', "Republic of South Africa"),
('GS', 'AN', "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands", 'SGS', '239', "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands"),
('SS', 'AF', "South Sudan", 'SSD', '728', "Republic of South Sudan"),
('ES', 'EU', "Spain", 'ESP', '724', "Kingdom of Spain"),
('LK', 'AS', "Sri Lanka", 'LKA', '144', "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka"),
('SD', 'AF', "Sudan", 'SDN', '729', "Republic of Sudan"),
('SR', 'SA', "Suriname", 'SUR', '740', "Republic of Suriname"),
('SJ', 'EU', "Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands", 'SJM', '744', "Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands"),
('SZ', 'AF', "Swaziland", 'SWZ', '748', "Kingdom of Swaziland"),
('SE', 'EU', "Sweden", 'SWE', '752', "Kingdom of Sweden"),
('CH', 'EU', "Switzerland", 'CHE', '756', "Swiss Confederation"),
('SY', 'AS', "Syrian Arab Republic", 'SYR', '760', "Syrian Arab Republic"),
('TW', 'AS', "Taiwan", 'TWN', '158', "Taiwan, Province of China"),
('TJ', 'AS', "Tajikistan", 'TJK', '762', "Republic of Tajikistan"),
('TZ', 'AF', "Tanzania", 'TZA', '834', "United Republic of Tanzania"),
('TH', 'AS', "Thailand", 'THA', '764', "Kingdom of Thailand"),
('TL', 'AS', "Timor-Leste", 'TLS', '626', "Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste"),
('TG', 'AF', "Togo", 'TGO', '768', "Togolese Republic"),
('TK', 'OC', "Tokelau", 'TKL', '772', "Tokelau"),
('TO', 'OC', "Tonga", 'TON', '776', "Kingdom of Tonga"),
('TT', 'NA', "Trinidad and Tobago", 'TTO', '780', "Republic of Trinidad and Tobago"),
('TN', 'AF', "Tunisia", 'TUN', '788', "Tunisian Republic"),
('TR', 'AS', "Turkey", 'TUR', '792', "Republic of Turkey"),
('TM', 'AS', "Turkmenistan", 'TKM', '795', "Turkmenistan"),
('TC', 'NA', "Turks and Caicos Islands", 'TCA', '796', "Turks and Caicos Islands"),
('TV', 'OC', "Tuvalu", 'TUV', '798', "Tuvalu"),
('UG', 'AF', "Uganda", 'UGA', '800', "Republic of Uganda"),
('UA', 'EU', "Ukraine", 'UKR', '804', "Ukraine"),
('AE', 'AS', "United Arab Emirates", 'ARE', '784', "United Arab Emirates"),
('GB', 'EU', "United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland", 'GBR', '826', "United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland"),
('US', 'NA', "United States of America", 'USA', '840', "United States of America"),
('UM', 'OC', "United States Minor Outlying Islands", 'UMI', '581', "United States Minor Outlying Islands"),
('VI', 'NA', "United States Virgin Islands", 'VIR', '850', "United States Virgin Islands"),
('UY', 'SA', "Uruguay", 'URY', '858', "Eastern Republic of Uruguay"),
('UZ', 'AS', "Uzbekistan", 'UZB', '860', "Republic of Uzbekistan"),
('VU', 'OC', "Vanuatu", 'VUT', '548', "Republic of Vanuatu"),
('VE', 'SA', "Venezuela", 'VEN', '862', "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela"),
('VN', 'AS', "Vietnam", 'VNM', '704', "Socialist Republic of Vietnam"),
('WF', 'OC', "Wallis and Futuna", 'WLF', '876', "Wallis and Futuna"),
('EH', 'AF', "Western Sahara", 'ESH', '732', "Western Sahara"),
('YE', 'AS', "Yemen", 'YEM', '887', "Yemen"),
('ZM', 'AF', "Zambia", 'ZMB', '894', "Republic of Zambia"),
('ZW', 'AF', "Zimbabwe", 'ZWE', '716', "Republic of Zimbabwe");

MySQL: How to clone a table

Torleif — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:51:36 +0000

Ever wanted to, for some reason, clone a database table? Don’t really want to export anything or figure out what statement was used to create that table? Turns out that’s a lot easier to do than I thought it was.

Stumbled over a blog post on how you can copy a MySQL table with schema and keys, and boy was it easy.

CREATE TABLE newtable LIKE oldtable;

And that’s it! Want the data copied over as well?

INSERT INTO newtable SELECT * FROM oldtable;

Super easy!

MySQL: Filtering with Regular Expressions

Torleif — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:32:54 +0000

Today I wanted to list all all users in a database who had been too lazy to uppercase the first letter in their name. But how can you do that in MySQL? With regular expressions such a check would be easy to write, but this was in MySQL, not in for example PHP… but wait a minute… MySQL actually supports Regular Expressions? Yes, it does! I honestly had no clue.

With my newfound knowledge about the REGEXP keyword I could write my query as simple as anything:

SELECT
user_id,
first_name,
last_name
FROM
user_details

WHERE first_name REGEXP BINARY "^[[:lower:]]"
OR last_name REGEXP BINARY "^[[:lower:]]"

ORDER BY user_id

And presto! Found them all. Always nice when you find a new handy tool to put in your belt

How to delete WordPress post revisions

Torleif — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:40:23 +0000

Having revisions on my posts is nice I suppose. But I was starting to get a bit annoyed with the increasingly long list of revisions in each post. And they really did get long. Mainly because I am in a bit of a testing and experimenting phase which means that I have done a lot of adjustments to almost every single post so far because I don’t have 100% control on how I want things or how things will end up looking and so on There’s also of course all the obligatory spelling errors I only discover after I have clicked Publish

Anyways, I found a nice little MySQL snippet to clear out all of them in a French comment to a blog post. Thought I could share it here. That way I won’t lose it either

DELETE x,y,z
FROM wp_posts x
LEFT JOIN wp_term_relationships y ON (x.id = y.object_id)
LEFT JOIN wp_postmeta z ON (x.id = z.post_id)
WHERE x.post_type = 'revision'

You can swap delete x,y,z with select * to check that it will delete what you really want to.

Remember that if you have a table prefix other than ‘wp_’ set in your wp-config.php, you need to change that in your SQL script before you run it. The line looks like this in my config file:

$table_prefix = 'wp_';

I can also recommend setting WP_POST_REVISIONS to something in your wp-config.php file. Just search for REVISIONS in that file. If you don’t find it, you can just add it somewhere. The line should look like the following, where N would be how many revisions you want to allow, or -1 if you want them all:

define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', N);

I will still run the SQL script once in a while though, cause after a while my posts become sort of stable, and having revisions with my spelling errors hanging around for ever doesn’t really make sense in my head

MySQL: How to reset the root account

Torleif — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:38:24 +0000

I just managed to mess up the MySQL root account. Not a smart idea. After some MySQL manual reading and some serious Google-Fu, I figured out how to fix it.

Stop the mysql server
Add the following to the my.cnf file
[mysqld]
skip-grant-tables
Start the mysql server
Start a mysql client and run the following query
REPLACE INTO mysql.USER VALUES ('localhost','root',PASSWORD('blah'),'Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','Y','','','','',0,0,0,0);
Quit the mysql client
Stop the mysql server
Remove what we added to my.cnf in step 2
Restart the mysql server

Tadaa.