(Gene Cobb) Version 2.1 of DB2 Web Query for IBM i was released in June of 2012 and included a major overhaul of product ordering and packaging as well as many new enhancements. Since that time, IBM has released seven group PTFs, each one containing both fixes and exciting new features
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BLU Customer Experiences
(Chris Eaton) I have written quite a few blog posts on capabilities in DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration and I will be writing more in the future to give you some details. In this post I’d like to share with you just a small sample of some of the comments from a few BLU customers and in future posts I
Hide And Seek (After A Fashion)
(David Fitzjarrell) Indexes can be very useful tools to improve query performance, but it can be difficult to test indexes in an environment that exactly mirrors production. Although not the preferred method, Oracle offers in 11.2 and later releases the option of invisible indexes. What are invisibl
Sqlplus script to check for row chaining
(Bobby Durrett) Here is the sqlplus scripting I use to check whether row chaining is degrading a query’s performance:
PL/SQL, UTL_HTTP and Digest Authentication
(Gary Myers) For the first time in what seems like ages, I’ve actually put together a piece of code worth sharing. It’s not that I haven’t been working, but just that it has all been very ‘in-house’ specific.
Using jQuery With ASP.Net
(Deepak Kumar Choudhary) Learn how to use jQuery with ASP.NET.
Making the most of your conversion to XML, part 1
(Gretyl Kinsey) Your publishing workflow has been the same for years, but new technology, different customer requirements, and company growth are making you realize you might need a change. Your print-based processes won’t always be sustainable, and XML is looking like a possibility for the future.
Sticking to Default Routs in ASP .NET MVC
(code snob) When dealing with the sharing of code on a project, I feel like having conventions and standards and following are of the utmost importance. Only by following the patterns can someone else walk in and understand what is going on. It also helps newer programmers by letting their acquire
Continuous Integration- Deployment with Visual Studio + GitHub + Jenkins + MSbuild + MsDeploy
(Rajat Banerjee) In my earlier posts , i wrote about a Continuous Integration- Continuous Deployment( here and here) in asp.net along with TFS and octopus deploy.This post tackles the same beast but in a different way .
SQL Server Logical Reads – What do they really tell us?
(Ami Levin) SQL Server trace, the most common tool DBAs use to evaluate query performance, provides the ‘logical reads’ counter on which many DBAs rely for evaluating a query’s I/O performance. In this article, we will examine this counter’s true meaning and provide examples that prove it can someti