(Tori McClellan) IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration changes the game for in-memory computing. Due the importance of in-memory computing, we created a dedicated website to take you through all the details, references, and more: www.ibmbluhub.com !
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Creating a .NET Component with Visual Basic
(Hannes Du Preez) A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about a user control, and I touched a little bit on Components. With this article, I will demonstrate how to make your own usable component.
Oracle: Is Parallel Really Necessary?
(David Fitzjarrell) An oft-used (and subsequently oft-abused) execution path is parallel execution, usually ‘instigated’ by some sort of parallel hint. Developers, albeit with the best intentions, misuse and abuse this mechanism because of faulty logic, that ‘logic’ being that if one process execute
How to kill a negative SPID (like SPID -2 or -3) in SQL Server?
(Rohit Garg) Today, I face issue during one database restore. I am not able to restore because “Database is in use, Not able to take exclusive lock”. I have killed all the user sessions & stop the application but still we are facing this issue.
The amazing never shrinking heap
(Kenneth Fisher) This is a quick demo of a little “trick” with heaps I’ve known about for a couple of years. However until recently I could never duplicate it on purpose. (You can read that as I’ve had a production problem bite me in the …. repeatedly.)
Application High Availability and Disaster Recovery for SQL Server, Part 1
(Thanh “OJ” Ngo) IT is all about configuring and maintaining computer hardware and software to support business needs. That means you need to utilize, maximize, and capitalize on the fastest and most powerful hardware and software available.
VBA Tips: How to control what’s displayed
(Ged Mead) I’ve recently been doing some work with VBA and Excel. It’s the first time I’ve programmed directly with VBA, but my background in Classic VB (starting way back with VB3), helped me to get to grips with it fairly quickly.
SQL SERVER – How to See Active SQL Server Connections For Database
(Pinal Dave) Another question received via email –
An approach to MySQL dynamic cross-reference query
(Ivan Cachicatari) I’m using Redmine to manage projects and bug reports, I was needing a daily report with spent time by user on each project, nothing complicated, but I wanted a cross-reference result like Excel dynamic tables. As we know, MySQL doesn’t support dynamic cross-reference queries but I
Wrapping Up HTML5
With HTML5 we are experiencing many of the same issues we had when Java was young. The problem is not with the Java specification, or in this case the HTML5 specification. The problem is with the implementation. Not all features are implemented. Not all specifications are complete, so browsers have their own implementation of the rough draft. The result is […]