(Darren Green) As the name suggests we have taken the current Row Count Transform that is provided by Microsoft in the Integration Services toolbox and we have recreated the functionality and extended upon it. There are two things about the current version that we thought could do with cleaning up
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More Thinking About Model-View-Controller (MVC) And Application Architecture
(Ben Nadel) Ever since my talk about MVC (Model-View-Controller) with Steven Neiland, I’ve been thinking non-stop about my own application architecture and how to improve it. For the last two weeks, I’ve been watching presentations and reading articles about domain modeling, MVC, design patterns, an
The Differences Between Development on Windows Azure and Windows Server
(Rachel Appel) ASP.NET developers, particularly those writing enterprise applications, have to think carefully about the more than business requirements. The environment, team, tools, deployment, performance, security, and other factors weigh in when it comes to building robust Web applications.
Don’t Use Oracle’s Driver (Thin XA) to Define WebLogic Data Source for ADF Applications
(Andrejus Baranovskis) In recent days/weeks I’m getting multiple requests with questions of following type: I have a problem with the rollback, I’m working with weblogic 10.3.6. In my application back when I do a rollback, but at the launch of the back gives me this error – java.sql.SQLException: St
ORA-19809, Failed RMAN Backups and Flashback
(Kellyn Pot’Vin) Flashback Recovery Area is a common gotcha in many locations as time goes by, so I thought it might be worthwhile to review, since for me, it’s all new. My last two shops, due to design, had no use for it…
What’s a Jump Scan in DB2 10 LUW
(Jan Koblenzer) Prior to the Jump Scan feature of DB2 10 when an index scan was executed on a composite index, DB2 scanned a large range of the index between start-stop keys or the entire index if no start-stop keys were present while applying predicates to locate qualifying keys. The start-stop
DB2 Tech Talk: Oracle Database and PL/SQL Compatibility Features of DB2 10
In this webcast, Serge Rielau, SQL architect for DB2 for LUW, does a "deep dive" on the compatibility features of the new DB2 10 and how they can help to move applications to DB2 10.
UTF-8 with MySQL and LAMP
(Ronald Bradford) A recent question on a mailing list was the best practices for UTF-8 and PHP/MySQL. The following are the configurations I used in my multi-language projects.
Improving .NET Application Performance Part 7: Asynchronous Calls
(Ard-Jan Barnas) In our last article we discussed guidelines for optimizing Threading. In this article we’ll look at best practices for using asynchronous calls. Asynchronous calls are non-blocking meaning when you call a method asynchronously, the calling thread returns immediately and continues ex
SQL SERVER – Simple Example to Configure Resource Governor – Introduction to Resource Governor
(Pinal Dave) Let us jump right away with question and answer mode.