(Nacho Alonso Portillo) The INSTEAD OF INSERT Triggers topic in the documentation describes the following:
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Using TraceEvent for MDX Debugging
(Jason Thomas) Do you know how it feels like to hear an old song and have a whole lot of memories come flooding back to you? Well, something sort of similar happened to me today. I was doing my weekly reading and going through a brilliant post by Microsoft MVP – Greg Galloway (blog).
Oracle’s SCN Flaw – could it happen in DB2?
(Ember Crooks) I read an article on a flaw in Oracle that was recently discovered. It had to do with the SCN number that is constantly increasing in any database:
Dealing with Dependencies in Test-Driven Development through Mocking
(Peter Vogel) I’m a big fan of Test Driven Development (TDD); but I’ve discovered that some things are easy to unit test (e.g. interfaces, objects) and some things are hard. Dependencies between classes create problems — if the class I’m testing class creates and uses some object, the validity of m
Databinding With ComboBox in ADO.NET
(Alok Pandey) In this article I am describing various techniques of databinding with a ComboBox control. A ComboBox control shows data in a dropdown list. Before starting the databinding with ComboBox, let’s know its two important properties – DisplayMember and ValueMember.
Cloud Confusion
SSWUG TV With Stephen Wynkoop In this edition, Stephen talks about important security steps with SQL Server. Watch the Show Cloud Confusion Companies are embracing the Cloud more and more each day. The reasons are compelling, yet differ with kinds of services that are available in the Cloud. To make things even more confusing, you can even have a private […]
Accidental Programmers Unite
SSWUG TV With Stephen Wynkoop In this edition you’ll find Eric Johnson and Stephen Wynkoop talking SSIS, and Laura Rose is back with more tips for your career. Watch the Show Webcast Tomorrow – Last day to register, free for Full Members! SSRS Data-driven Subscription using SSIS SQL Server Reporting Services provides a powerful tool to render report based on […]
Mandelbrot Using C++ AMP
(Marc Gregoire) A while ago I wrote an article about how to use the Microsoft Parallel Patterns Library (PPL) to render the Mandelbrot fractal using multiple CPU cores. That article can be found here.
DemoJam! at XML Prague 2012
(Jim Fuller) For the third year in a row, MarkLogic is excited to be sponsoring XML Prague 2012, which will take place Feb 10-12, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic. The themes this year are focused on:
Relational Databases and Solid State Memory: An Opportunity Squandered?
(Robert Young) The relational model was devised long before computer hardware was able to support an RDBMS that could deliver, without performance deficit, a fully normalized database. Now, with reliable SSDs falling in price, we can reap the benefits, instead of getting distracted by NOSQL with its