(Michael Abbey) This article will discuss some of the new stuff on board with Oracle Database 12c and one of our favorite tools: data pump. When Oracle Data Pump hit the streets, there was a veritable gold mine of opportunities to play with the new toy.
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eq_range_index_dive_limit system variable in MySQL 5.6
MySQL5.6 introduced a new system variable eq_range_index_dive_limit. This may significantly affect query execution plans. Here I show a typical example.
Compression | Bigger Isn’t Better for a Database
(Bill Cole) I’m from farm country. Much of my family are in agriculture (sounds better than riding around on tractors). There’s a saying that no farmer wants to own all the land just the land next to his. There’s some truth in that. My cousins feel that way. I’ve ridden with them while they poi
Working With the New Flyout Control in Windows 8.1
(Vipul Patel) At Build 2013, Microsoft announced details about Windows 8.1, the successor to the Windows 8 operating system. It was announced that more than 5000 new APIs will be introduced in Windows 8.1. One of the new features being introduced is the Flyout control, which allows the application
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SharePoint 2010: Monitoring SharePoint
(Steve Wright and Corey Erkes) Monitoring is one of the most frequently overlooked aspects of running a SharePoint farm. Monitoring lets you answer questions like, “How well is it running?” and, “Will it still be running tomorrow?”
WPF Base Classes – FrameworkElement – Visibility
(Richard Carr) The twenty-fifth part of the Windows Presentation Foundation Fundamentals tutorial continues to look at the FrameworkElement type. This article examines the visibility methods and events, which allow items in scrollable areas to be brought into view.
SQL 2014 features: Partitioned indexes and memory-optimized tables
(Robert Sheldon) The first public Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2014 is out. Many of the new features that will be available in the final product are in the CTP, which you can get from the TechNet Evaluation Center for testing SQL 2014 yourself. This article digs into two new capa
The Observer Pattern in .NET
(Eric Vogel) The Observer Pattern is the foundation of Model View Controller (MVC) development. In this article, you’ll learn how to use it by building a simple email application.
Validating an XML Document Programmatically
(Kailash Chandra Behera) To validate a XML document I have used XmlReader. It can validate an XML document as it reads and parses the document. In this example, we demonstrate how to activate such validation. The illustration validates an XML document that the user chooses, either catalog.xml or cat