Josh Smeaton jarshwah

I'm a software engineer from Melbourne and a former Django core developer. Django, Python, and backend performance optimisation are my passions.

jarshwah / install_cx_Oracle_rhel6.sh

Last active February 23, 2017 22:29

Installing cx_Oracle on Linux Redhat 6 using RPMs

	# assuming python and pip are already installed
	# installing the instantclient is usually where problems happen

	# download the following files from oracle
	#
	# oracle-instantclient11.2-basic-11.2.0.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm
	# oracle-instantclient11.2-devel-11.2.0.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm
	# oracle-instantclient11.2-sqlplus-11.2.0.3.0-1.x86_64.rpm

	# install the rpms

jarshwah / Create Postgres Django DB

Last active October 13, 2018 20:24

Creating testing databases for django on Postgres 9.3 for OSX (installed with homebrew)

	# Note that the "smeatonj" below is the user that installed postgres with homebrew

	# first, the "default" database:

	$ createuser -U smeatonj djangotest -P
	Enter password for new role:
	Enter it again:

	$ createdb djangotest
	$ psql -U smeatonj -d djangotest