(s_mon) Why did I write this? I was in need of a more or less dynamic class where I could customize properties by configuration.
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Data Normalization Again!
Data Normalization Again! I find it interesting that so many have written regarding the editorial yesterday. What I find most interesting is the respect shown by everyone to differing opinions. This is definitely an area that has a huge impact on many individuals, and I have seen discussion become personl to the point of a complete communication breakdown. My thanks […]
Can Normalization be a Bad Thing?
Can Normalization be a Bad Thing? Today I have the opportunity to share the second of David’s un-votes from the survey of “Worst Things to Do in a Database.” David does not agree that De-normalizing a database for ease of consumption by a business layer should automatically be considered a de-facto "Bad thing". He does a good job of explaining […]
News Flash: Intel publishes TPoX Benchmark results on new 10-core ‘Westmere-EX’ CPUs
(Matthias Nicola) Intel has recently launched their new “Westmere-EX” CPUs that are now part of the Intel Xeon E7 processor family. For 5 years now Intel has a strong history of testing and showcasing many of their latest processors with the Transaction Processing over XML (TPoX) benchmark.
Introduction to programming in Erlang, Part 1
(Martin Brown) Erlang is a multi-purpose programming language used primarily for developing concurrent and distributed systems. It began as a proprietary programming language used by Ericsson for telephony and communications applications.
SSIS #96 – Everybody Needs Integration Services Expression Reference
(Sherry Li) In one of my many SSIS blog posts, I said that if you are using SSIS, sooner or later, you are going to create variables.
SQL Server 2008: Detach and Attach Methods
(wubayou) In this brief tutorial, you will learn how to detach and attach a SQL Server 2008 database.
Pivot tables and Active Session History in Oracle 11g
(Marcin Przepiorowski) Oracle introduced a pivot tables in version 11g. If you want to use it there is still some limitation but as least it gave us a nice tool to display Active Session History information in various way.
Consistent Performance for 10g Upgrades to 11g
(Kellyn Pot’Vin) When involved in an 11g upgrade of a 10g database, one of the important goals for a DBA is to maintain the same performance in the newly upgraded environment as the previous one.
Got a .zip file on Linux/Unix and don’t know what to do? If you have DB2, you can extract your content easily!
(Norberto) There are times when we have to extract content from .zip files (e.g.: installers, data from Windows, …), but don’t know what to do on Unix/Linux (gunzip simply doesn’t do the job!).