(Edwin Sarmiento) Our organization is starting to deploy more virtual machines on Azure for both testing and DR environments. I would like to create and administer Azure virtual machines using Windows PowerShell. How do I get started?
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SQL Azure Ready for Prime Time
Reading Paul Hebhardt’s editorial from SQL Central yesterday I became aware that SQL Azure now supports real world Backup and Restore. Previously we were restricted to simply performing a full point in time backup to blob storage. Now SQL Azure has plans that include real backup and restore capabilities. According to MSDN there are three new SQL Azure tiers with […]
The Problem with Processing at Light Speed
The Problem with Processing at Light Speed We’ve come so far with being able to work with data loads, figure out what we target to learn and then be processing those workflows at break-neck speed. It’s really quiet remarkable how quickly information can be processed, especially once you’ve identified the processes and rules you want to apply. Of course the […]
Clustering a Table on an Index
(Ember Crooks) I have been playing a fair amount lately with clustering indexes and have been rehashing my views on reorging tables on an index. This is still a work in progress, but thought I’d share some details and see if others out there have any thoughts to share with me and others on it.
Balluff loves BLU Acceleration too
(Cassandra Desens) BLU Acceleration is a pretty darn exciting advancement in database technology. As a marketing professional, I can tell you why it’s cool..
Acceptance Testing with FitNesse: Database Fixtures, Project Overview
(Michael Sorens) There aren’t many frameworks for writing acceptance tests for databases, including SQL Server. FitNesse is an obvious choice since it is designed with a Wiki-style interface that, once it is configured and set up correctly, makes it very easy for a non-specialist to set up individu
Use Updatable Tables for Responsive Real-Time Reporting
(Don Mackenzie) Business systems often include challenging reporting requirements. A business user needs access to historic transactions and current activity. He also needs to view data in many ways. A user will make specific requests such as:
SQL SERVER – Flushing Transaction Log to Disk for Current Database
(Pinal Dave) I have written quite a while on Delayed Durability and every blog post when I think it will be the last post on this subject, I always get some question in an email and I end up writing a new blog post.
Implicit, explicit and operator keywords in C#
(Krishna Vamshi) C# is an Object-oriented programming language. C# comes with simplicity, expressiveness and great performance to meet the programmer productivity.
Perform List, Insert, Update And Delete In A Single View In ASP.NET MVC
(Bipin Joshi) A common way to perform list, insert, update and delete operations in ASP.NET MVC is to create four separate views. The List view forms the launching view where records are displayed and you can choose to Edit, Delete or Insert a record. However, in some cases you may want to perform a