(Don Boxley) A commonly used example of bimodality dates back to the late 19th century, when a storm killed a large number of sparrows. An ornithologist measured and plotted the wingspans of the dead birds and found that the birds killed in the storm had either shorter or longer wings than the media
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More DBA Rules of Thumb
(Craig S. Mullins) A couple of years ago I posted a set of DBA Rules of Thumb (ROT) here on the blog. Over time, though, I have thought more about it and collected additional ROTs that I’d like to share with you today.
I Need a New Name for Snail Mail
I think we need a new term for the Postal Services of the world. We used to call them Snail Mail because it took a while for your letter to be delivered; especially when compared to using Email. Today I came to realize that I now consider Email to be Snail Mail. Texting on my cell phone, using instant messaging, […]
SSWUGtv: How do you decide where to host (cloud)? Check out some great tips on today’s episode.
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Advanced Features in LINQ to SQL: Part 2
Advanced Features in LINQ to SQL: Part 2 In the preceding article in this series we explored deferred execution concepts in LINQ and how we can invoke stored procedures and functions using LINQ. In the concluding part of this series, we will examine the following points: ü Handling Data concurrencies Managing Transactions Handling Data Concurrencies Concurrency in database arises when...
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Database default locations
(Kenneth Fisher) One of the options you had when installing your instance was setting some default file locations.
All About SSIS Variables Part 3 Variable Assignment
(David Dye) While my last post discussed SSIS object variables this post will look at variable value assignment. There are several ways that a variable can be assigned a value within an SSIS package:
jQuery Highlight
(Dave Stewart) Highlight increases usability by highlighting elements as you interact with the page.
Accessing Files in a OneDrive Account from Code
(Peter Shaw) The last time, we saw how to authenticate to a Microsoft Live OneDrive account from within a standard Windows forms application. This time, we continue on from that previous post and create routines to make working with the file list much more friendly, followed by showing how to upload
WPF Data Binding – MultiBindings
(Richard Carr) The one hundred and first part of the Windows Presentation Foundation Fundamentals tutorial continues to look at data binding. This article describes how a single property can be bound to multiple data sources.