(Andrew Reid) This example shows where to find the height of an index. I tested it on Oracle 11.2. First I deleted the index’s statistics:
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SOA Suite 12c: Human Task and Escalation through the LDAP hierarchy
(Lucas Jellema) A Human Task in SOA Suite can be configured to automatically escalate when the task is not taken care of for a certain period of time. This escalation implies that the task is assigned to the person (or persons) one level higher up the organizational hierarchy than the people who had
Controlling Your Diagram Viewport
(Duncan Mills) When you start to build your own diagrams you may be wondering how to control the “initial” view of the diagram inside of the component. By default, the initial view that you see will be sized correctly to see the entirety of the diagram – all nodes will be visible.
Correctly Configuring Parallelism
Yesterday I wrote about writing applications using multi-threading, reminding us that parallel execution does not always bring about the advantages we might think. In response to that editorial AZ Jim wrote some helpful reminders about configuring parallel execution in SQL Server. Parallel execution in SQL Server is similar to using parallel capabilities in software of any kind. The difference is […]
SQL Server 2014 Replication – Part 4
SQL Server 2014 Replication – Part 4 Author: Basit A. Farooq Editor’s note: In this fourth part of my SQL Server 2014 Replication article series, you’ll learn about how to configure Merge replication. You’ll also learn about Merge replication conflict management. Creating a Merge publication The steps for creating a Merge publication are similar to creating a transactional publication. However,...
Using Owin External Login without ASP.NET Identity
(Anders Abel) ASP.NET MVC5 has excellent support for external social login providers (Google, Facebook, Twitter) integrating with the ASP.NET Identity system.
ASP.NET MVC 6: Running tests on K and Visual Studio
(Gunnar Peipman) Using new ASP.NET tooling it is also very easy to run tests on command line. We don’t need Visual Studio to be installed on machine where we want to run tests and we can use this fancy K-stuff to make tests run. This post will show you how to write and run tests using new Visual Stu
Getting Started with ASPNET vNext
(Steve Smith) Microsoft is continuing work on the next version of ASP.NET, which promises to be much faster and more configurable than previous versions. In particular, the new implementation will not be tightly coupled to IIS, and can even be run in the command line.
Signing Into SSMS 2014 as Domain User on Non-Domain Computer
(Melissa Coates) Just a quick tip about one way to run an application, such as SQL Server Management Studio, under the context of a domain user if you’re not on a domain computer.
Stop Relying on Cloud File Stores as a Backup Strategy
(Robert Sheldon) It’s a common enough story. Those files you thought you had safely uploaded to Dropbox have magically disappeared. User error? Software glitch? Undetected virus? It doesn’t matter. Your files are gone. Too bad you didn’t back them up to a DVD or flash drive or external hard disk or
