Month: November 2013

Check and optimize tables in MySQL

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To check and optimize tables of a MySQL database: $> mysqlcheck -os <db_name> -u<username> -p To achieve the same for all databases of the respective MySQL server you can run the following command: $> mysqlcheck -Aos -u<username> -p Further information about check and optimize tables in MySQL To get a few more facts about how […]

Add Content In Magento Controller

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If you want to add content to the rendered page inside a controller action, you can do it like that: $this->loadLayout(); $message = $this->getLayout() ->createBlock(‘core/text’, ‘ready-block’) ->setText(‘<h1>Testaction for Controller:</h1>’); $this->getLayout()->getBlock(‘content’)->insert($message); $this->renderLayout();