(Isaac Yassin) Part 1 of this series offers a detailed look at the various options for copying data in IBM DB2 database deployments to back up the data as an insurance policy against permanent loss or extended downtime. This concluding installment focuses on the details to consider when recovering d
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The Easy Way to Change Your Visual Studio Color Scheme
(Peter Vogel) For all the complaints about the muted color scheme in Visual Studio 2012, it’s actually pretty easy to change the colors. Just go to Tools | Options and you’ll find that the Environment node includes a Visual Theme choice (there’s no equivalent feature in Visual Studio 2010, but then,
Password Encryption Strategy
I have been reading a lot recently about how to have secure passwords. With the capabilities of many of the newer GPUs the ability to protect an encrypted password is diminishing daily. It has been understood that it would take a super computer a year to hack a single password with all the different permutations available. Today that has been […]
AJAX Progress Bar for ASP.NET
(Hossein Montazeri) This article describes an AJAX Component for ASP.NET allowing the client to see a smooth progress bar showing a server side process. This control works in Internet Explorer 8+, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera.
Database Development: Comparing Python and Java ORM Performance
(Stephen B. Morris) In the late 1990s, it was commonplace to hear quite emotional arguments about the dangers of C programming versus other languages such as Pascal. The Pascal proponents pointed out the pitfalls in C: unchecked array access, pointer manipulation, complexity, and so on.
Quick Guide to Installing SQL Server 2014
(Dallas Snider) What is the basic process to install SQL Server 2014? Can you walk me through the steps?
Tuning EM12c, the OMS, Part II
(Kellyn Pot’Vin) We went over a few of the Java “tuning” options last time, so let’s go onto the OMS tier for this post.
Another 5 More DB2 SQL Performance Tips
(Dave Beulke) As I talked about last week, good DB2 SQL performance is vital for efficient processing. I also talked previously about DB2 SQL performance here, here, and here describing the many attributes that can impact and improve DB2 SQL performance.
Anemometer: MySQL Slow Query Monitor
(Walter Heck) Anemometer is a MySQL slow query monitoring tool. It’s used to analyze/visualize slow query log, collected from MySQL instance to identify the problematic queries.
Dealing with Node.js and Microsoft SQL Server: Part-2
(Mihail Mateev) In the previous post we did an overview of the different Node.js drivers for Microsoft SQL Server. There was a comparison between different modules for SQL Server and were considered and their advantages and disadvantages.