Using Batch API in hook_update_N in Drupal 7

I just spent a lot of time figuring out why calling batch_process() would fail when I called it from a hook_update_N() function. I am using Drupal 7. I wanted to insert terms in a vocabulary by using the taxonomy_csv API. This requires the following code ...

Setup Drupal 7.20 on Debian Squeeze

Overview This is a quick post I wrote while I installed Drupal locally on my own machine. It is meant as a reference only. I do not go into details with any of the commands. Prerequisites Mysql server and client install or available Apache setup Inter ...

What should I back up?

I don't stick with an OS installation for long. I can't seem to find one that I like and settle with it. I'm sure that the grass is greener on the other side - that another OS is better than the one I'm using. This post is about linux, so if you use Windo ...