Aaron, from Data Specialists, finds the question, “Can my software be tested?” to be valuable in their product line. Aaron writes in response to the editorial "A Question to Improve Your Code": I am in 100% agreement with you on the impact testing has had on the quality of the code I write. In fact a current college student interviewed […]
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Microsoft Azure and Optimized VM images
(Chris) One of the features I love about Microsoft Azure and using it a POC is that many of the initial upfront “battles” you have to face in an on-prem solution are already done for you. I’m going to be honest here: I really don’t like having to explain why databases need to be on separate disks, w
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(Natik Ameen) In addition to improving read I/Os, Oracle Exadata Write back flash cache also provides the ability to cache write I/Os directly to PCI flash.
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(Ged Mead) In this earlier blog post, I showed some of the useful new features of the WPF TabControl. In addition to those though, you can also very easily insert images into the Headers of WPF TabControl Tabs for a pleasing and intuitive effect. Here, I’ll show you how.
MariaDB 10.1.1: system variables and their metadata
(Sergei) I don’t think it’ll surprise anybody if I say that MariaDB or MySQL server knows a lot more about server system variables, then just their values.
Getting Started With XQUERY Update Facility 1.0
(Marco Gralike) DeleteXML, InsertXML, UpdateXML, appendChildXML, insertChildXML, insertchildXMLafter, insertChildXMLbefore, insertXMLafter and insertXMLbefore are dead (& deprecated) from Oracle 12.1 and onwards. Long live the King, ehhh, XQuery Update Facility.
Mastering the DB2 10.1 Certification Exam – Part 2: Security
It’s hard to argue against the benefits of becoming a DB2 Certified Professional. Aside from gaining a better understanding of DB2, it helps keep you up to date with the latest versions of the product. It also gives you professional credentials that you can put on your resume to show that you know
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