(Omer Brandis) In previous posts I wrote about how important it is to conduct performance tests, and why doing it is not as easy as it sounds. In this post I’ll describe the method I use to perform such tests.
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Automatically generate project builds using Ant
(Ahmed Abbass) For multi-release projects, it can be a challenge to provide new builds that keep up with the rate of additional features or defect reporting, while still maintaining an acceptable level of quality. Build automation solves part of this problem by ensuring accuracy and removing the pos
How To Use Lazy Initialization VB.NET and Visual Basic 2005 Part Two
(Mike McIntyre) This is part two of a two part article and source code which explains the lazy initialization pattern and how to implement it in an order entry scenario with VB.NET and Visual Basic 2005. In object-oriented programming (OOP), lazy initialization is the strategy of improving applicati
10 secret MySQL client startup options you should know
(Melonfire) Most server administrators know that the MySQL relational data base management system (RDBMS) is a highly flexible piece of software and comes with a wide range of startup options that can be used to modify its behavior. What most don’t know, however, is that the standard MySQL client co
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Extracting data from a specific period
(Brian Peasland) In a data warehouse environment what is the best way to extract data for a specific period and populate to another database? I don’t want the entire schema or full database, only a few tables with one month’s data and respective table views and indexes. (R)
CodeSnip: Validating XML Data using the XML Schema Definition
(Uday Denduluri) The following will help someone understand the validation of XML files against the XML schema definition (XSD). Let us assume that we have an XML file and XSD file. We need to validate this XML file before we perform operations on it. The code snippets shown below are in written in
Server-Side Caching for AJAX
(Kris Hadlock) Database-enabled AJAX opens the door to an interaction model like no other, providing users with dynamic database data without a browser refresh. In all of the excitement of learning about database connectivity with AJAX, it’s easy to overlook the fact that the server is probably beco
Typed DataSets and Data Access Application Block ( DAAB ) – Enterprise Library Tutorials
(David Hayden) A question that comes up often enough in the Enterprise Library Forums for me to write this tutorial is – “Can you use the Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block with Typed DataSets?” The answer is yes 🙂
VB.NET: Using My.Settings for Application Settings
(Peter Aitken) A perennial problem that faces most developers is where to store program settings. Various approaches have been used for this, including the system registry, the application configuration file, and a custom serializable object. I explored some of these in my earlier article Saving use