(Chris Webb) As I mentioned a few months back, some new functionality snuck into SSAS with SQL 2008 R2 SP1, the most interesting of which is a new Profiler event called Resource Usage (Thomas Ivarsson recently blogged about some other new events too).
Other News
AWR Report Generator on demand, for Many Node Cluster
(Coskan Gundogar) Since I got turbo boost (over 1000 hits a day-wooow) from Tanel Poder the Great, better I write something to deserve the fame. This one is a real quick one which made my life easier.
Design Elements Part 12: Loops
(Buck Woody) Modern programming languages use multiple types of loops, each with its advantages and appropriate uses. Transact-SQL is a bit more limited, with only one or two true looping commands. The reason is pretty straightforward – looping activities in a database have to do with data, not norm
Timeouts in Oracle SOA Suite 11g
(Emiel Paasschens) Some time ago… at a Oracle SOA 11g project, we had to call an external webservice which took 1 to 5 minutes to respond. The composite calling this webservice was called by another composite from a BPEL process.
What will Happen to ‘In-Memory’ when Storage Class Memory Arrives?
(Conor O’Mahony) During this week’s keynote address at the International DB2 User Group (IDUG) conference in Prague, Namik Hrle talked about Storage Class Memory. Storage Class Memory is a technology in development that promises the performance of Solid State Drive (SSD) technology at the low cost o
Setting up performance counters for ASP.NET
(Benjamin Perkins) Troubleshooting a performance problem can be very complicated. Unfortunately, in many cases you prepare and begin learning about how to fix a performance problem when it is happening or just after a performance problem.
Recognizing Mobile Browsers
(Peter Vogel) ASP.NET 4 upgrades the support for detecting browser capabilities with profiles for the latest mobile browsers. The good news is that you can use that new information with older versions of ASP.NET.
Getting File System Data with PHP
(W. Jason Gilmore and Robert H. Treat) In this third part of an eight-part article series on using PHP to work with the file and operating system, you’ll learn how to retrieve the size of a directory and find out a file’s last access and modification times.
Error Handling in ASP.NET MVC Applications
(Joydip Kanjilal) This article takes a look at the basics of MVC Design Pattern, discusses ASP.NET MVC Framework and shows how we can implement error handling in ASP.NET MVC applications.
XML Validation with XSD along with Custom Exception
(Surya Prakash) In this article, I will discuss about validating XML against defined XSD. Prior to getting into this article, it is mandatory that one should have basic knowledge on what XML & XSD are.