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Turn on Instant File Initialization for SQL Server Performance
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HTML5 browsers gain influence as application integration pendulum swings
(Jack Vaughan) Technology often seems to be a series of pendulum swings, and it can be hard to know where in transit you are at any one time. Sometimes, the trends are more vivid than at others. A present case in point is the HTML5 browser running JavaScript.
Bulk Tagging in SharePoint 2010
(Paul Hunt) One of the questions posted recently on the SUGUK forums was, ‘How do I get my content into SharePoint and tag it to enable search, without the pain of uploading it one by one……”
Thinking About Data Gateways, Collections, And Raising Exceptions
(Ben Nadel) Since my talks with Steven Neiland at cf.Objective(), I’ve been trying to think very deeply about Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture. To move me along in my understanding, I’ve been slowly trying to put together a small MVC example in ColdFusion. It’s been a tough and humbling proc
How to move SYSTEM tablespace with minimum downtime
(Marko Sutic) Two weeks ago a colleague DBA asked me what would be the best way to move SYSTEM tablespace with minimum downtime. There are several ways to perform that task and I will note what would be the best way in my opinion.
Take your JavaScript skills to the server with node.js
(Tony Patton) The node.js framework makes JavaScript programming easier by embracing real-time application development with an event-driven, non-blocking I/O approach.
What Oracle Database queries to tune, and when to index
The popular Oracle Database 11g R2 book by Richard Niemiec has been updated again. This edition has updates on several chapters, but also includes a new chapter on Exadata. SearchOracle.com recently talked to Niemiec about the new edition, and asked him questions about what Oracle Database queries a
SQL Server 2012 Integration Services – Project Deployment
(Marcin Policht) In our recent articles published on this forum, we have been discussing different methods of assigning values to properties of SQL Server 2012 Integration Services packages and their components, focusing in particular on variables and parameters. As we pointed out, the purpose and c
Reflecting Enumeration Information
(Richard Carr) The thirteenth part of the Reflection tutorial examines the methods of the System.Type class that provide reflection specific to enumerations and their constants. These methods, introduced in .NET 3.5, provide similar functionality to the Enum class.