(Hannes DuPreez) The Windows clipboard is probably the tool that gets used the most. And, it is probably the tool that is loved the most. But, it has its limitations. Nothing is perfect.
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Microsoft Azure Cloud Roadmap
(Vikram Pendse) This Azure Cloud Roadmap tutorial aims to remove some common misconceptions about Microsoft Azure. While migrating to the cloud, this tut will also help you avoid mistakes, illustrate a better ROI and enable you to take decisions and build a long term, sustainable, profitable and sec
Compiling MySQL in Visual Studio. On a remote linux box.
(Georgi Kodinov) One of the perks of working on MySQL is that the code can compile (and has been compiled) on pretty much all of the modern (and no so modern) C/C++ compilers and all the modern OSes.
Rolling out patched 19c home using gold image
(Bobby Durrett) For Oracle versions 11.2 through 18 I have been applying quarterly patches to a test database and then gathering the Oracle home into a tar file.
Oracle stress testing using Apache JMeter
(Klaas-Jan Jongsma) When looking for an Oracle stress test tool to do performance measurements, one of the first tools to popup is Domic Giles Swingbench tool.
Everything you need to know about ORDS on Autonomous Database
(Jeff Smith) Oracle Autonomous Database is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering on the Oracle Cloud (OCI). It’s managed, meaning you don’t have to worry about updates, patches, or much in way of configuration.
SQL SERVER – Regular Table or Temp Table – A Quick Performance Comparison
(Pinal Dave) Recently I received a very interesting question from my client who is a recently hired me for Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. The question was a very simple but interesting one and I have decided to answer it with the proof and working demonstration.
Reading CSV Files in F# with Type Providers
(Klaus78) A simple example of usage of type providers in F#
Debugging techniques (focusing on T-SQL)
(Kenneth Fisher) tl;dr; Add PRINT and/or SELECT statements. Comment/uncomment out pieces of code to isolate problems. Change INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE statements to SELECTs.
Running Db2 for z/OS utilities from the application programs (DSNUTILU as a piece of DevOps)
(Emil Kotrc) How to automate Db2 for z/OS utility jobs from application programs? Have you considered DSNUTILU stored procedure as a part of DevOps?