(Rachel Reinitz) IBM Bluemix is more than just a platform for building composable applications in the cloud.
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Speed Up Your Application with Stored Procedure and Temporary Tables
(Peter Vogel) Stored procedures can speed up your code by reducing trips to your database — even if you only have one SQL statement to execute. Here’s how to speed up your application (and how to simplify your stored procedure code).
SQL SERVER – An Observation SET vs SELECT in T-SQL
(Pinal Dave) In SQL Server both SET and SELECT can be used to assign a value to a variable as shown in the following example
Entity Framework 6 Recipe: Storing And Managing Time
(Mike Brind) This post explores the options available to you when your application requirements include managing and storing time using the Entity Framework. Specifically, I am thinking of durations of time, such as the time required to complete some kind of task, not the time part of a date.
Prepare Yourself For ASP.NET 5 – Part 5 (Framework Versions)
(Bipin Joshi) In Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of this series I discussed Less, Sass, NuGet, Npm, Bower, Grunt / Gulp and Application Startup respectively. These parts would have given you some idea as to what background is needed to begin your ASP.NET 5 journey.
Best approach to handle login popup dialog using MVC jQuery.
(Jitendra Kumar) This article helps to understand the login popup dialog implementation in MVC.
How to use DB2 COUNT_BIG
(Jack Vamvas) Question: How is the function COUNT_BIG() used and what is the difference with COUNT()?
Syndicating Feeds Using C#
(Peter Shaw) How many of you still use RSS? I’m willing to bet the answer is “Not Many”, but the reality is, you use it without realizing.
On DBA Tools, Utilities, Suites and Solutions
(Craig S. Mullins) “Vendor speak” can be a difficult thing to decipher. And that is particularly true within the realm of DBA tools vendors. It would be easier if every vendor followed the same terminology… but, of course, they do not.
QS-Config v2.0 coming soon
(Derik Hammer) Years ago I found myself frustrated with the SQL Server installation wizard. I was working for an organization where SQL Server installs were needed regularly during points in their operational cycle and often they were not cookie cutter. Tweaks were necessary to many of their configu