(Julian Hyde) This is a sneak peek of an exciting new data management technology. linq4j (short for “Language-Integrated Query for Java”) is inspired by Microsoft’s LINQ technology, previously only available on the .NET platform, and adapted for Java.
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Hidden Improvements in Visual Basic 11
(Joe Kunk) In my January article “Visual Basic Improvements in Visual Studio 11,” I presented the major enhancements to Visual Basic 11 that appear in the Visual Studio 11 Beta. Key improvements include the Async and Await keywords, Iterators, Call Hierarchy and the Global keyword.
MVC tutorial number 12 – What is RAZOR in MVC 3?
(Questpond) This is the 12thMVC (Model view controller) tutorial and in this article we will try to understand what is Razor in MVC 3.
SQL Server’s Undocumented Changes
(Kalen Delaney) When an undocumented feature changes or is replaced by a new undocumented feature, should that change be documented? I’m not really asking a philosophical question here, of course, but talking about some of the most interesting features of SQL Server that I love to write about.
SQL SERVER – Performance Tuning – Part 1 of 2 – Getting Started and Configuration
(Pinal Dave) Performance tuning is always a complex subject whenever one has to deal with it. When I was beginning with SQL Server, this was the most difficult area for me. However, there is a saying that if one has to overcome their fear one has to face the fear first. So I did exactly this. I star
Tuning Spatial Point Data Queries in SQL Server 2012
(Ed Katibah, Milan Stojic, Michael Rys and Nicholas Dritsas) Spatial Point Data queries require particular tuning efforts to enhance performance and improve overall application through put. SQL Server 2012 introduces a few key new features and improvements to assist you in that goal.
Calculating CSS Selector Specificity Using ColdFusion
(Ben Nadel) Yesterday, I was working on merging some CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) rules into an HTML document, converting style sheets into inline “style” attributes. My default approach was to just inject the CSS rules in a top-down manner, which worked for the most part.
SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflows – an alternate deployment option
(Kim Frehe) I love SharePoint Designer and all the cool things you can do with it as a no-code solutions expert. I love the concept of being able to save a globally reusable workflow as a Site Template and deploying it to other site collections.
Optimizing MySQL performance with accurate keys
(Maciej Dobrzanski) MySQL performance is largely defined by keys and how efficiently queries can use them. As you scale, at certain point it isn’t enough anymore to just have any indexes and still get a good performance in return. You have to really figure them out and allow your queries to do less
VIDEO: The Expert Perspective on DB2
Daniel Luksetich of db2expert.com discusses Oracle to DB2 migration (and Optim) and the resulting DB2 performance.