To be compatible across different backends the best option is to store ips and netmasks as longint and manage the transformations in code, otherwise, if compatibility is not a concern or writing that code is a problem, both mysql and postresql offer their own built-in functions to aid with the job. more »

I have some friends running a music digital promotion company and I recently got them on Trac. They simply loved it, and kept on saying for weeks they couldn't believe they worked without such tool. Face it, especially if your business is software development, living without a SCM/project management system is a suicide. more »

Config files aren't applications, hence you dont wanna write them in a programming language! Just face it. I was setting up Backuppc at home, brilliant backup utility, but with this horrible flaw of being yet another application whose config files are written in the same language as the app itself. more »