(Abhijit Jana) Optimizing application performance is a key element for business. There are several ways by which we can optimize the applications performance. It can be done either by server side code optimization, caching or some client side optimization. In this post I am going to discuss about o
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VB.NET Input Box
An often used feature in classic Visual Basic is the InputBox function. It provides an easy way to prompt the user for simple text input. VB.NET carries this handy function forward for all to use. Although you probably won’t use this any time you need to request a large or amount of data or in other
Developing custom field type for SharePoint 2010
(K. G. Sreeju Nair) The ECM features of SharePoint 2010 are excellent. The best thing is the extendibility of the platform using SharePoint designer and Visual Studio. By default SharePoint includes field types such as Single line text, multi-line text etc.
ASP.NET performance: is it all about the database?
(Michaela Murray) Developing ASP.NET applications with a data layer, you may be well aware of the pain that performance issues can cause. Perhaps your apps response times drag, connections lag, and the overwhelming user experience is of watching the “page loading” graphic spin endlessly round and ro
The SQL Server Rand Function
(Pascal Ganaye) The documentation of T-SQL Rand() says: Repetitive calls of RAND() with the same seed value return the same results.
Response to DB2 10 has been Extremely Positive
(Susan Visser) The initial response to DB2 10 has been extremely positive. An early adopter of DB2 10 said, “We could not have been more thrilled with all the performance improvements! There is definitely gold in this version and you don’t even need to spend time to find it. It’s truly right out of
Creating a Useful Task List in Visual Studio
(Peter Vogel) What developers like to do best is to write code (and design the applications that will let them right code). Administrative overhead just gets in the way of writing code—even something as simple as a To Do list. Yet developers are constantly getting part way through a problem and havi
Are you planning to order DB2 10 for z/OS in the near future? If yes, you are definitely going to want to read this.
(Willie Favero) I came across something today that I was going to say was new, however, it may only be new to me…. it’s a PDF file of cumulative ++HOLD data that must be applied to DB2 10. This is pretty cool. This PDF has all the actions that must be taken if you used the new product tapes for
Understanding the SQL Server SELECT @@VERSION command
(K. Brian Kelley) I was recently trying to determine what version of SQL Server was installed on a particular server. I found this tip to determine the version and tried to execute the code in the command. However, I do not understand what all the information means. Could someone explain it? Check
Accidental DBA Tip
Accidental DBA Tip One of the most important tasks of an Accidental DBA is to assure that access to your database is set correctly. Developers naturally build applications using the least restrictions possible when connecting and manipulating a database so that they can rapidly develop applications. Often they use an account to connect to the database server having administrative privileges. […]