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HOW TO Lower Case All Dictionary Keys in a Complex Python Dictionary

This tutorial shows you how to write and use a function that will iterate over complex, nested dictionary or list or combination of the two. For any dictionaries it finds, it will rename the keys to lower-case. This is useful … Continue reading

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HOW TO Build non-root FreeTDS for Linux

This tutorial shows you how to build FreeTDS on any Linux (and probably Unix) system in a stand-alone fashion. No root or packages required. Prerequisites: You do need a compiler and functional build environment. If you can successfully ./configure && … Continue reading

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HOW TO Install mcrypt for PHP on RedHat Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 6

This tutorial shows you how to install libmcrypt and the companion PHP module under RedHat Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 6. By default, RHEL and OL do not provide mcrypt or libmcrypt packages for the 6.x release. Subsequently, they don’t … Continue reading

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