Magento: How to filter product collection using 2 or more category filters?

Suppose, you have a product collection and you want to filter it by category. Suppose, you want to filter it by more than one category. You can use addCategoryFilter if you have only one category. But, what if you want to filter by more than one category? Category ids are stored for product in a … Read more

MySQL: Backup/Export and Restore/Import Database & Table

This article shows how to backup/export and restore/import single & multiple databases and tables in MySQL. Backup/Export 1) Backup/Export single database mysqldump -h hostname -u username -p database_name > /path/backup.sql 2) Backup/Export multiple databases mysqldump -h hostname -u username -p –databases db1 db2 db3 > /path/threedb.sql Here: db1, db2, db3 are three different database name. … Read more

MySQL Installation Problem: Can’t create pid file – no such file or directory

Problem: can’t create pid file: no such file or directory I had this problem and had a very tough and frustrating time with it. While I was installing a fresh copy of MySQL 5 in Windows XP, I got this problem. (I was installing it from the installer i.e. setup file.) The server was not … Read more