Author: Ben Taylor

Editorials

Query Plans Who is Using Them?

SelecTViews With Stephen Wynkoop Find out the latest news involving the Office 365 launch, LaCie’s CloudBox and more. Query Plans –Who is Using Them? In a response to my interest in how folks are using query plans, Neil writes with some tips he has found. One of the key things Neil points on is how to handle Nested Loop Joins […]

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Query Plans – Who Needs Them

Query Plans – Who Needs Them A while back I wrote about Query Plans asking the question “How Much Do You Need to Know About Query Plans?” I’m curious who is taking the time to use this powerful tool? For example, as a SharePoint administrator, do you find yourself having to optimize queries? Are you an accidental DBA finding that […]

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Query Plans – Who Needs Them

Query Plans – Who Needs Them A while back I wrote about Query Plans asking the question “How Much Do You Need to Know About Query Plans?” I’m curious who is taking the time to use this powerful tool? For example, as a SharePoint administrator, do you find yourself having to optimize queries? Are you an accidental DBA finding that […]

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Relational Database Designs Optimizing Object Oriented Programming

Relational Database Designs Optimizing Object Oriented Programming Today I’d like to share another relational database design I find useful when working with Object Oriented Programs. Let me remind you once again that you don’t want your Object programs to determine your schema. However, when they align more closely, both worlds benefit. I really love working with the Type/Subtype schema when […]

Editorials

Relational Database Designs Optimizing Object Oriented Programming

Relational Database Designs Optimizing Object Oriented Programming Today I’d like to share another relational database design I find useful when working with Object Oriented Programs. Let me remind you once again that you don’t want your Object programs to determine your schema. However, when they align more closely, both worlds benefit. I really love working with the Type/Subtype schema when […]

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MongoDB a Nice Fit for Object Oriented Programming

MongoDB a Nice Fit for Object Oriented Programming Yesterday we talked about database designs that work well with object oriented development patterns. One of the concerns I strongly emphasized is that object oriented programming and relational databases don’t mix as nicely as other non-SQL counterparts available today. David responds today with a nice review of his experience with MongoDB. I […]

Editorials

MongoDB a Nice Fit for Object Oriented Programming

MongoDB a Nice Fit for Object Oriented Programming Yesterday we talked about database designs that work well with object oriented development patterns. One of the concerns I strongly emphasized is that object oriented programming and relational databases don’t mix as nicely as other non-SQL counterparts available today. David responds today with a nice review of his experience with MongoDB. I […]

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Object Oriented Relational Database Design

Object Oriented Relational Database Design Michal submits a question he’d like answered in our daily editorial. “How to take a database that is the basis for entities and apply common patterns like factory, etc – writing databases for object oriented design?” I think this is an excellent question. The short answer is that you cannot design an object oriented database […]

Editorials

Object Oriented Relational Database Design

Object Oriented Relational Database Design Michal submits a question he’d like answered in our daily editorial. “How to take a database that is the basis for entities and apply common patterns like factory, etc – writing databases for object oriented design?” I think this is an excellent question. The short answer is that you cannot design an object oriented database […]

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How Much Do You Need to Know About Query Plans?

SelecTViews With Stephen Wynkoop Find out the latest news involving Adobe’s Flash Builder 4.5. What’s going on with Oracle’s lawsuit against Google? How about some tips on cloud appropriateness? Stephen answers, "What is an outer union operation and how does it work?" How Much Do You Need to Know About Query Plans? Like anything to do with software, you need […]