(Jack Vamvas) Question: How do I schedule a cron job (or crontab job) for for the first Sunday of every month?
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Building Concurrency Tests
(Michael J. Swart) So last week, I explained different ways to generate concurrent activity. I have my own favorites, but you may have your own. So pick your favorite method; whichever method you picked, it will help you call the procedure s_DoSomething super-often.
Backing Up Your SQL Server Database to Windows Azure Blob Storage
(Joey D’Antoni) So recently, I was speaking at my first SQL Saturday of 2014 in Nashville (great job by Tammy Clark (b|t) and her team to put on a great event!) and due to a weird confluence of circumstances, I couldn’t get to my laptop (it involves my car being in the shop, an emergency performance
Adding Queryable Support to ASP.NET Web API Controller Action Methods
(Ovais Mehboob Ahmed Khan) In this article I will show that how we can make our Web API methods queryable so the user can apply query operators and expressions to filter data.
Using MyCouch to store ASP.Net identity data in CouchDb or in the cloud using Cloudant
Recently I put out a simple NuGet package: MyCouch.AspNet.Identity, that lets you store ASP.Net identity data in CouchDb or in the cloud using Cloudant, instead of in a SQL Server using Entity framework.
OpenSQLServerInstanceRegKey:GetRegKeyAccessMask failed (reason: 2) in SQL Server
(Satishbabu Gunukula) Installed SQLServer 2012 Express Edition with Named Instance. When trying to startup the SQL Server Agent to setup the backups, the agent failed with below error
Comparing Ways to Get Table Row Counts in MySQL and SQL Server
(Andy Hayes) I work in a mixed database server environment where applications are either powered by SQL Server, MySQL and more recently MongoDB. I started my career as a DBA working with SQL Server back in around 2003. In the last 5-6 years I have also been working with MySQL and more recently Mongo
SSWUGtv: Are you an introvert? Here are some great public speaking tips to get you through your next nightmare.
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SSWUGtv: Are you an introvert? Here are some great public speaking tips to get you through your next nightmare.
Video Programming for IT Professionals Career management advice, coaching and much more. We discuss making the best of your professional development, provide specific tips and ideas for advancing your career and even answer questions from field.
Getting started with the AMR tool for migration to SQL Server In-memory OLTP Tables
(Arshad Ali) SQL Server 2014 introduces In-memory OLTP to create memory optimized tables for OLTP workloads to significantly improve performance and reduce processing time when you have a significant amount of memory and multi-core processors. But how do you decide which tables or stored procedures