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Month: April 2017

Store a signature to MySql from iPad. part 1. The Signature

Store a signature to MySql from iPad. part 1. The Signature

This set of posts describes my efforts to capture a user signature on an iPad and save this as a BLOB in MySQL. Now, there’s no way to talk directly to MySQL from the iPad so once the signature image is captured it must be packaged up and transmitted to my web service which will store it using a MySQL Stored procedure. The new status of the visit that this signature relates to as well as the visit ID number also…

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Moodle 3.0 to 3.2 Notes to self

Moodle 3.0 to 3.2 Notes to self

Moving from Moodle 3.0 to Moodle 3.2 is more involved for us than previous upgrades.  This is due to important dates in our Calendar and the end of life support for Ubuntu versions. Our current OS version is Ubuntu 14.04 on both Web and DB servers. 14.04 EOLs during block 2 in our 2017/8 session which is not an ideal situation, particularly if a critical update is needed after that date but before our next planned OS upgrade cycle. Ubuntu…

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