(Serdar Yegulalp) The practice of storing a database across multiple files in a filegroup (or across multiple filegroups) is done all the time to enhance the performance of user-created databases. What, then, about doing the same thing to increase the performance of the temporary database, tempdb?
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Bulk collect and Rowcount (SQL%BULK_ROWCOUNT)
In one of our previous blog post, we talked about how to handle NO_DATA_FOUND exception when we are using BULK COLLECT. In yet another blog post, we also discussed about handling multiple exceptions in BULK COLLECT scenario.
Using SQLCMD, SQL Server Show Posted
New SelectViews Show Posted Watch: SelectViews: Special On the Road Edition – Images in the Database, Push vs. Pull Replication and More. Previously… Watch: SQLonCall: How to Hire a DBA – Part 3/3 – The Interview. Questions to ask, answers to look for, interpreting the responses, making the decision. Watch: SelectViews – Replication, Part-Time DBAs, 60-Second Tip of the Day […]
SelectViews: Special On the Road Edition – Images in the Database, Push vs. Pull Replication and More.
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Databases Vs. Business, BLOBS and More
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Improvements to the REORG Utility [DB2 9 for z/OS]
(Craig Mullins) As we continue to wind our way through the multiple improvements that DB2 V9 brings to the IBM utilities, it is time to address the enhancements made to the REORG utility.
Extending XForms to enable rich text editing
(Steve K Speicher and Andy Smith) The landscape of Web-based rich-text editing today includes blogs, wikis, social networking sites, and more. Learn how to extend the standard XForms set of controls to provide this rich text editing.
Converting Relational Data to XML and vice-versa in Oracle
In one of our previous blog post, we had covered how to generate XML documents in Oracle. And in subsequent posts, we had covered some of the XML features in SQL Server 2005 – de-construct XML as relational data, difference between typed and un-typed XML, and the difference between element and attri
How come performance degrade with more data nodes?
(Johan Andersson) Some of you might have noticed that performance might actually drop slightly when you move from a two node cluster to a four node cluster. To understand this we need to understand how information is and tables are organized in MySQL Cluster. Moreover, I will also mention a bit on d
Inline-Edit Control Using ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX 1.0 Extensions
(Bilal Haidar) AJAX brought a lot of new ideas to develop rich web applications. Many techniques that we used to dream of before the days of AJAX can now be easily implemented!