No Compelling Reason
Steve Jones wants to know if you have compelling reasons to upgrade or not upgrade this week.
A TDD Journey: 3- Mocks vs. Stubs; Test Frameworks; Assertions; ReSharper Accelerators
Test-Driven Development (TDD) involves the repetition of a very short development cycle that begins with an initially-failing test that defines the required functionality, and ends with producing the minimum amount of code to pass that test, and finally refactoring the new code. Michael Sorens continues his introduction to TDD by implementing the first tests and introducing the topics of Test doubles; Test Runners, Constraints and Assertions.
Data Mining Part 17: Working with Reports
In this chapter, we will learn how to create Data Mining Reports using Reporting Services.
Data Mining Part 17: Working with Reports
In this chapter, we will learn how to create Data Mining Reports using Reporting Services.
The 10 (.5) Commandments for IT Professionals
A list of the commandments, or at least suggestions, that Simon Holzman sees as important for IT professionals.
Azure Virtual Machines Part 0: A VM Primer
Mike Martin kicks off his series on Azure Virtual Machines with a primer, full of background and terms. To fully understand the Azure Virtual Machines offering, Mike explains how everything is connected and co-existing.
A Dearth of Comments
Steve Jones talks about one of the least favorite things for IT people: documentation. How much do you really need to do?
The Mindset of the Enterprise DBA: Harnessing the Power of Automation
After you have done the necessary groundwork of standardising and centralising your database adminstration processes, you are now in a position to implement some effective automation of some of these processes. Which ones do you choose, and how do you set about automating these tasks?
The Ins and outs of In-Memory OLTP
As you may know, SQL Server is a very robust database, but SQL server has its performance bottlenecks. With the introduction of In-Line memory OLTP, there is a chance to get rid of the performance bottlenecks
The Need for Auditing
Is C2 auditing widely used? Should it be more widely used? Steve Jones talks about the subject of auditing in today's editorial.
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SQL Server Showing Out of Space But Plenty of Drive Space
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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