(Simon Cooper) To recap from my previous posts, .NET assemblies are built on top of the PE file format, which is used for all executables and dlls in Windows. The PE file is split up into sections, and the data read by the CLR is all inside the .text section. Inside that section, the CLR data starts
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Hypervisor Edition for Database on your Private Cloud
(Rav Ahuja) While Cloud Computing is all the rage these days, most enterprises are wary of putting their sensitive or confidential data on an internet accessible cloud. So how do you take advantage of Cloud Computing and reap its benefits while still keeping your valuable data protected in a secure
DB2 pureScale Performance Proven Part 1
(Laura) One of the major benefits of going down the pureScale route is resilience: it is possible to configure a system so there is no single point of failure, and the loss of any given component will not result in an application outage.
Oracle Database Security and Regulatory Compliance – What’s a DBA to Do?
(Sam Alpati) Database administrators are spending an increasing amount of time and effort to ensure that their systems comply with one or more regulatory or privacy mandates such as PCI-DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley SAS70 and HIPAA. Regardless of the specific regulations you must satisfy, meeting the requirem
Nested Loops Join – the Smaller Table is the Driving Table, the Larger Table is the Driving Table
(Charles Hooper) I occasionally see discussions about Oracle Database behavior that make me wonder… is it true, can I generate a test case that validates the statement, and just as important, can I generate a test case that refutes the statement. An interesting question was posted the the OTN for
SharePoint 2007 and SQL Server, Part Three
(Buck Woody) This is the third in a series on SharePoint and SQL Server. In this final article of the series, I’ll be building on the information I shared in the first and second articles, so if you haven’t had a chance to look those over, take a moment to do that now.
Recover from a full transaction log in a SQL Server database
This article describes the steps that you must follow when the transaction logs become too large. Full transaction logs can make your Microsoft SQL Server database unusable. This article describes how to truncate and shrink the transaction logs, and how to prevent the transaction logs from growing u
Where to store calculated measures – SSAS cube or SSRS reports?
(Jason Thomas) As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, nowadays I am busy preparing the design document of my new project and sending it around for reviews. If there is one question I could pick from the list that keeps coming back to me frequently, that would be this – why are you recommending
Select Single Radio Button in Gridview in Asp.Net
(Krishna Garad) In this article we will learn how to select only one row of a GridView using RadioButtons whereas normally a RadioButton does not support selection of only one RadioButton within a row.
Integrating Rational Software Architect with InfoSphere Data Architect
(Daniel T. Chang) Model-driven software development generally starts with either application modeling or data modeling. Application modeling and data modeling, however, are closely related to, and complement, one another.