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JSON Result in Controller Sample in MVC: Day 13
(Akshay Patel) This article shows how to use a JSON result in a controller in MVC.
Peeling through layers of cache
(Nikolay Savvinov) Nowadays, data in databases is wrapped in may layers of cache: result cache, buffer cache, OS page cache, storage hardware cache… They greatly improve performance, but they also make it less stable and harder to predict.
IBM Redbook Mobile App
(Troy Coleman) Over the years, I’ve written often about IBM Redbooks. I enjoy learning from the experts who author these publications. I also enjoy sharing this information with DB2utor readers.
The User Experience (UX) Of Custom Scrollbars
(Ben Nadel) Since the beginning of time (or thereabouts), browsers have provided a native way to define a scrollable viewport for content. They’re not the most beautiful things; but, they work really well, they’re super easy to implement, and everyone knows exactly how to use them.
Create Your Own RANDBETWEEN Function in T-SQL
(Dallas Snider) There are several functions that are included with Excel that I use on a regular basis that are not included with SQL Server. The RANDBETWEEN function is one of these. Is there a way to recreate this functionality in T-SQL code?
PECL/mysqlnd_ms: summer time, (connection) pool time – Fabric support internals
(Ulf Wendel) The MySQL replication and load balancing plugin for PHP, PECL/mysqlnd_ms, aims to make using a cluster of MySQL servers instead of a single server as transparent as possible. Should you ever want to migrate your PHP app from a single MySQL server to any kind of MySQL cluster, install PE
NOW is a good time to upgrade to DB2 10.5!
(Susan Visser) Sometimes it can be scary to upgrade software. Face it, when things are going well, why introduce a change that may put your life into chaos? We have enough change and stress in our daily lives, is it worth introducing more? Of course, the answer is, it depends. What benefits will
XML Sitemap
(Mihai MOGA) Sitemaps provide a way for you to tell search engines about the pages on your website that might not otherwise be found, as well as provide additional supporting information about the pages.
12c – Nested tables vs Associative arrays
(connormcdonald) This was going to the be the immediate follow up to my previous post, but 12.1.0.2 came out and I got all excited about that and forgot to post this one.

