The challenge of bringing data from efficient storage engines such as SQL Server into object-oriented programming models is hardly a new one. Most developers address this challenge by writing complex data access code to move data between their applications and the database. This requires an understanding of the database so that you can access data either from the raw tables, from views, or from stored procedures.
2010-10-25
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In part 2 of this series, Mohd Nizamuddin looks at sending multiple rows to the database from an application using XML.
2010-10-22 (first published: 2009-08-25)
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There can be a great difference in the performance of a particular routine in a test database, and in a fully loaded production system. When you hit performance problems in a database under load, and there is excessive locking and blocking, how can you determine exactly where the problems lie, in order to fix them?
2010-10-22
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This article demostrates how to set up email notifications for SQL Server Agent Restarts.
2010-10-21
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While doing some performance testing recently and utilizing some of the DMV’s I figured, I better find out when the...
2010-10-21
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More free training this month from PASS B/I, PowerShell, and Oracle Virtual Chapters.
2010-10-20
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As we continue in this series, see how auditing tables are used to track all changes that are made to the main data tables.
2010-10-20
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The Open Data Protocol (OData) is an open REST-ful protocol for exposing and consuming data on the web. Also known as Astoria, ADO.NET Data Services, now officially called WCF Data Services in the .NET Framework. There are also SDKs available for other platforms like JavaScript and PHP.
2010-10-20
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Sigh… I just spent almost a full work day trying to come up with, what turned out to be a...
2010-10-20
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String searching and manipulation in SQL Server can be error-prone and tedious...unless you're armed with the techniques described in Robyn's string manipulation workbench, here newly revised with extra material from collaborator Phil Factor
2010-10-19
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By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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