(Koen Verbeeck) We are currently using Power BI as our self-service reporting and ad-hoc analysis tool. There are so many different ways to present data to the users that it becomes overwhelming.
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MySQL without the SQL
(Dave Stokes) MySQL can be used as a NoSQL JSON Document Store as well as a traditional relational database.
Creating a Most Recently Used Menu List in .NET
(Hannes DuPreez) Ever wondered how to create an MRU (Most Recently Used) menu list? Well, in today’s article I will show you a quick way of keeping track of which files were opened and saved so that you can re-open them quicker.
Coding Practices: The most important ones – Part 1
(Yacoub Massad) In this Patterns and Practices tutorial, I will talk about the most important coding practices based on my experience. The first part focuses on Automated Testing.
Are Boolean Flags on Methods a Code Smell?
(Steve Smith) Recently I had one of my newsletter subscribers ask me a question about whether it was a good practice to use a boolean parameter to alter the behavior of a method.
Migrating an old (10.2.0.4) database to Oracle Cloud with minimal downtime
(Jeroen Gouma) Unlike most of our posts this post will contain almost no code or examples. But it hopefully will help somebody who ends up to be in the same situation we landed on: migrating data from very old versions to a new environment.
Sysdate for start_date i scheduler is bad
(mathias) I was recently asked to investigate why a job that was to update a few thousand rows took an hour where it had been proven to do the work in just seconds in other environments.
Exporting all usage and cost report from your Oracle Cloud at once
(Rodrigo Jorge) To track your tenancy cost and usage reports, Oracle made available from the OCI portal the capability of downloading files that are generate daily and uploaded to the bling storage bucket.
How to Add Native Keyword Aliases to Babel
(David Walsh) Those of you who follow this blog know that not every blog post is an endorsement of a technique but simply a tutorial how to accomplish something. Sometimes the technique described is probably not something you should do. This is one of those blog posts.
Db2 for z/OS and Managing Database Changes – Part 1
(Craig S. Mullins) Today we begin a multi-part series of blog posts taking a look at what is involved in making database changes in a Db2 for z/OS environment.