(Bradley L. Jones, Peter Aitken and Dean Miller) Every C program consists of several components combined in a specific way. Most of this book is devoted to explaining these various program components and how you use them.
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Acceptance Testing with FitNesse: Debugging, Control Flow, and Tracing
(Michael Sorens) FitNesse is a wiki-based framework for writing acceptance tests for software systems. If you are not familiar with FitNesse, Part 1 of this series walks through a complete .NET example from writing the test in your browser to writing the C# code-behind.
Last part (part 3) of managing your DSNZPARMs using Data Studio
(Willie Favero) Today’s installment of using Data Studio to manage your subsystem parameters (aka: DSNZPARM keywords) should be part 3, the final portion of the story. We have in the previous two post already discussed connecting Data Studio to your Mainframe that is running your DB2 for z/OS subsy
Oracle RAC on the Cloud, Part 3
(Marc Fielding) This is part 3 of a multipart series of getting Oracle RAC running on a cloud environment. In part 1, we set up a NFS server for shared storage. In part 2, we set up OS components for each RAC server. Now we finish up the OS configuration and move to the Oracle grid infrastructure.
12c Indexing Extended Data Types Part II (15 Steps)
(Richard Foote) Finally, at long long last, I have a spare 30 minutes in my life to complete this blog entry !!
New Features in Blend for Visual Studio 2013
(Alvin Ashcraft) Developers have been building great user experiences with Blend since Expression Blend v1 was released in April 2007. With the release of Visual Studio 2012, Expression Blend became Blend for Visual Studio. Microsoft is now launching another release of the tool, Blend for Visual Stu
Examine the most common values in every column in a PostgreSQL table
(Kirk Roybal) Here’s a shell script that pivots a PostgreSQL table by the frequency of values in the column contents. It helps me find indicator flags in a poorly described data source by showing me the most frequently used values in a column.
SQL Server Integration Services Connection Manager Tips and Tricks
(Dattatrey Sindol) I have been using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and I would like to know if there are any tips or tricks that can make Connection Managers more effective for developing or troubleshooting issues.
Updating Entities from DTOs with AutoMapper
(Peter Vogel) About a year ago, Patrick Steele did a great job of describing AutoMapper: an absolutely necessary tool if you’re using Data Transfer Objects to move data between parts of your application. AutoMapper will automatically move data from your business entities into the corresponding prope
ADO.NET: How To Create a Master-Detail Form using DataGridViews
(Ged Mead) In my previous post, I used a database (that you can download from that previous post) that contains several tables, each of which had Foreign Key Relations with another table. This of course is where relational databases are very useful, letting you link, search, combine and find discre