(Ben Nadel) The ColdFusion application framework provides hooks into the full application and session life-cycles; but, to be honest, I hardly ever use the onSessionEnd() or onApplicationEnd() event handlers. This inexperience came to light the other day when I went to clean up data in the onApplica
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3 Reasons SQL Server is an Excellent Platform for Building Mission-Critical Business Solutions
(Don Boxley) Welcome to DH2i’s weekly contribution to the SQL Server Pro IdeaXchange. I’ll be sharing this responsibility with my co-founder and CTO, Thanh Ngo. Together we have over 20 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server, ranging from software development and system migrations, to licensi
Debatch XML using envelope
(Tord Glad Nordahl) We all know that debatching should be done in the receive pipeline, I’ve yet to see any really good scenarios where you shouldn’t, but I know there is some (debatching in the orchestration can give you a huge performance loss in BizTalk).
Top 10 Reasons Why Rails on i Is So Cool
(Don Denoncourt) I worked the PowerRuby booth at the spring COMMON Conference this year. Many of our booth visitors asked, “Why would I use Rails over Java, .Net, or PHP?” Each time I was asked that question, I seemed to respond with a different answer. So I decided to compile my top ten answers int
Using ASH Analytics to View Blocked Sessions
(Kellyn Pot’Vin) When concurrency is the crippling factor in a database performance issue, often I’m told that viewing blocked sessions in Enterprise Manager is difficult. The query behind, along with flash image generation in any Enterprise Manager can take considerable time to render and no matt
Case sensitivities and making JavaScript more like PL/SQL
(Scott Wesley) Yesterday the Anti-Kyte (a.k.a. Mike) published a great post on coding styles. I started to post a comment but ended up rambling to I thought I’d put my thoughts here.
Fastest way to a Virtual Machine with JDeveloper 12.1.3 and Oracle Database XE 11gR2 – on Ubuntu Linux 64 bit
(Lucas Jellema) In a previous article I have explained in quite a bit of detail how to create the Vagrant and Puppet scripts for stamping out a Virtual Box VM with Oracle Database XE 11gR2 and JDeveloper 12.1.3 (with ADF 12.1.3) on top of Ubuntu (64bit Linux):
Name Parsing for Result Sets with Different Name Formats
(Rick Dobson) My company receives sets of names in a variety of different formats from business partners. Are there any special tips for processing a whole set of name source strings instead of parsing them individually? Furthermore, what are some tips for parsing name source strings into one consis
Step-by-Step: Auto-join a Member Server VM to Active Directory Domain in the Azure Cloud with VM Agent Custom Script Extension
(Keith Mayer) In a prior article, we walked through the process of auto-provisioning a new Windows Server Active Directory domain in the Cloud using a custom script that was processed via the Microsoft Azure VM Agent Custom Script Extension.
Are NDIS drivers allowed to use C++?
(Jeffrey Tippet) The first question is easy: can NDIS drivers be written in C++? The answer: yes. In this case, NDIS doesn’t have any official stance on C++, so we just fall back on the WDK’s general rules.