(Dan J Taylor) You are probably all familiar with the debugger DataTips that let you see the value of a variable when you hover over it in the editor. This post introduces the new PerfTips feature in Visual Studio for C#/VB, C++, and JavaScript developers on all Windows platforms.
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Develop an IoT application on Bluemix with Arduino and Rails
(Lucas Sousa Lima, Thiago de Aguiar Leal Domingues and Vinicius Carneiro) In this tutorial, we show you how to develop an application that uses technologies applicable to the Internet of Things (IoT). Our application collects data from an accelerometer, stores it on a web server, then displays the r
Create Pie Chart Using jQuery
(Anubhav Chaudhary) This article explains how to create Charts in your application using Google Charts.
When (and how) to move an InnoDB table outside the shared tablespace
(Fernando Laudares) In my last post, “A closer look at the MySQL ibdata1 disk space issue and big tables,” I looked at the growing ibdata1 problem under the perspective of having big tables residing inside the so-called shared tablespace. In the particular case that motivated that post, we had a cus
SQL Server Replication Error – The specified LSN for repldone log scan occurs before the current start of replication in the log
(Percy Reyes) When working with SQL Server Replication there are times when you may get critical errors related to the Log Reader Agent. One of these errors is "The specified LSN [xxx] for repldone log scan occurs before the current start of replication in the log [xxx]". In this tip I will show how
When to Quite Readers Comments
Here’s a response from Dilip on the topic of knowing when to quit: 1. There is a famous saying that "Your Cognizance never Increases; it is your incognizance that diminishes". So, we all are with serious limitations in many aspects and software is no exception. 2. If you do not indulge in "I am the only smart Alex in the […]
SSWUGtv: SQL Server Security thoughts – encryption application points and techniques.
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Get Ready to Learn SQL Server: What is a Database NULL Value?
(Kris Wenzel) In databases a common issue is what value or placeholder do you use to represent a missing values. In SQL, this is solved with null. It is used to signify missing or unknown values.
Pausing an MSSQL Instance
(Kenneth Fisher) I’m sure most of you have looked at the control options of the SQL services right? Start an instance, stop an instance, pause an instance. Start, stop, pause. Wait just a minute! Is this SQL Server or an mp3?
How to Start SQL Server in Single User Mode ?
(Rohit Garg) Sometime, We caught in a situation where we need to run SQL server in single user mode. Issues like Master DB restore, Sysadmin locked out etc.

