Check out What’s new for Extended Events in SQL Server Codenamed “Denali” CTP3 for an overview of all of the new functionality released in CTP3. This post covers the details of the “reader” API, which we call the XeReader, that you can use to programmatically access both XEL files and the near-live
Other News
Why Federal Government IT Leaders Like Data Virtualization
(Robert Eve) With money tighter than ever, federal agencies are under increasing pressure to improve efficiency, share information more readily and execute on ever-expanding congressional mandates.
Oracle’s Shameful Study: Oracle Database 11gR2 vs. IBM DB2 9.7
(Conor O’Mahony) Anyone who has spent any length of time around IT will have encountered their fair share of shameful vendor-sponsored studies. It is an unfortunate reality of the over-aggressive marketing that sometimes comes to the fore. In my opinion, a recent study from ORC International that wa
DB2 10 for z/OS – Why IT Executives Need to Take Note
(Julian Stuhler) This release of DB2 10 for z/OS should make IT executives sit up and listen when their technical teams come to them with their upgrade justifications and this is why….
OR conditions considered bad… Or? And a workaround.
(Anders Karlsson) Some things are known to be just bad. GOTOs used to be one such thing (something I still use them, but only where appropriate, which isn’t that many places). Maybe it is just so, that some things are useful, but not for everything, so maybe the issue is that they are used inappropr
Create External Content Type based on SharePoint Lists
(Vijai Anand) Business Connectivity Services (BCS) is a new service introduced with SharePoint 2010 to allow SharePoint sites to connect to and manipulate external data. SharePoint 2007 had a similar facility in the form of Business Data Catalog (BDC) which made external data available within its si
SimpleRDFElement class makes it easier to handle RDF XML
(GregStevens) Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a method for expressing "triples" of knowledge (statements in subject-predicate-object format) in a way that is easily serialized as XML. Different "terms" in RDF are defined by different vocabularies that people make available online in RDF sche
Enhanced availability and workload management with Informix flexible grid
(Wee Tung, Harshavardhan Changappa and Bharath Sriram) IBM Informix 11.70 supports a new feature called flexible grid, comprising a group of replication servers in a distributed environment that simplify administration. With a flexible grid, you can monitor and manage servers that are geographically
SSMS keyboard shortcuts – Part 2
(Arshad Ali) As DBA and Developer responsibilities grow on a daily basis, we how can we improve our productivity? Due to the time it takes to use the toolbar, menu bar or mouse, do I have any other options? Are there keyboard shortcut for SQL Server Management Studio? Could these help me improve
Is LINQ the New SQL Readers Respond
Is LINQ the New SQL – Readers Respond There are two aspects of every SQL dialect. SQL Statements for managing the database environment itself such as Creating Databases, Creating Tables, views, Indexes, etc. These commands tend have the least amount of variance across different platforms, with the exception of data types. The second aspect is the language used to work […]