Damon Armstrong

VB Myth – Case Insensitivity is Awesome!

I was reading Andy Brown‘s article 10 Reasons Why Visual Basic is Better than C# and the first claim is...

08 March 2012 4 min read

Simon Cooper

Why you shouldn’t add methods to interfaces in APIs

It is an oft-repeated maxim that you shouldn’t add methods to a publically-released interface in an API. Recently, I was...

08 March 2012 3 min read

Phil Factor

Generating Data for Database Tests

It is more and more essential for developers to work on development databases that have realistic data in both type...

08 March 2012 22 min read

Patrick Smacchia

On Writing Unit Tests for C#

Is it realistic to keep to principles of 'Test-First' and 100% coverage for unit tests when in the heat of...

08 March 2012 14 min read

Jaap Wesselius

Migrate to Office 365

If you are using Exchange Server 2003, it is worth considering a move to Office 365 instead of Exchange 2012....

08 March 2012 10 min read

Damon Armstrong

IE HTML Debugger Causing Issues with IE Enhanced Security

In an effort to debug a Silverlight component on a page in SharePoint I opened the Developer Tools in Internet...

07 March 2012 1 min read

Michelle Malcher

Security in the Database is more than Just Granting Access

Michelle Malcher (Oracle Ace Director and a representative on the Oracle Security Customer Advisor Council for the Independent Oracle User...

06 March 2012 1 min read

Damon Armstrong

Showing "Failed" for a SharePoint 2010 Timer Job Status

I have been working with a bunch of custom timer jobs for last month. Basically, I’m processing a bunch of...

05 March 2012 1 min read

Syed Jaffar Hussain

Upgrading to Oracle 11gR2

It has been a common practice and relatively a tough task for almost every individual Oracle DBA to decide whether...

05 March 2012 1 min read

Krishna Kumar

Creating and Configuring a Custom Offline Address book with Web-Based Distribution in Exchange 2010 Using PowerShell

The offline address-book (OAB) of Exchange is available when the user is not connected, Since Exchange 2007, it is updated...

04 March 2012 9 min read

Jerry Ireland

Virtualization

Overview Virtualization is a hot topic in the IT world. What is virtualization and why is it so popular? First...

02 March 2012 20 min read

Tony Davis

A Community Cure for a String Splitting Headache

A heartwarming tale of dogged perseverance and Community collaboration to solve some SQL Server string-related headaches. Michael J Swart posted...

02 March 2012 2 min read

Robert Sheldon

Working with Variables in SQL Server Integration Services

There are a number of ways that you can incorporated variables into your SSIS Scripts. Robert Sheldon demonstrates how.…

01 March 2012 12 min read

Simon Cooper

Oh no! My padding’s invalid!

Recently, I’ve been doing some work involving cryptography, and encountered the standard .NET CryptographicException: ‘Padding is invalid and cannot be...

28 February 2012 3 min read

Blogs

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Database Migration Scripts: Getting from place A to place B

We’ll be looking at a typical database ‘migration’ script which uses an unusual technique to migrate existing ‘de-normalised’ data into...

28 February 2012 8 min read

Luciano Moreira

No Significant Fragmentation? Look Closer…

If you are relying on using 'best-practice' percentage-based thresholds when you are creating an index maintenance plan for a SQL...

28 February 2012 9 min read

Buck Woody

The ASs of Distributed Computing

What's The 'Cloud'? nothing more than one or more of three different types of distributed service, conceptually similar to any...

27 February 2012 16 min read

Patrick Barel

Caching Part 2

Never trust a computer you can’t throw out of a window. Steve Wozniak Deterministic Function Caching A function is considered...

23 February 2012 1 min read

Grant Fritchey

Tuning Red Gate: #4 of Some

First time connecting to these servers directly (keys to the kingdom, bwa-ha-ha-ha. oh, excuse me), so I’m going to take...

23 February 2012 4 min read

Richard Morris

Glenn Berry: DBA of the Day

Glenn Berry works as a Database Architect at Avalara in Bainbridge Island, Washington. He is a SQL Server MVP, and...

23 February 2012 11 min read

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Articles

VB Myth – Case Insensitivity is Awesome!

Why you shouldn’t add methods to interfaces in APIs

Generating Data for Database Tests

On Writing Unit Tests for C#

Migrate to Office 365

IE HTML Debugger Causing Issues with IE Enhanced Security

Security in the Database is more than Just Granting Access

Showing "Failed" for a SharePoint 2010 Timer Job Status

Upgrading to Oracle 11gR2

Creating and Configuring a Custom Offline Address book with Web-Based Distribution in Exchange 2010 Using PowerShell

Virtualization

A Community Cure for a String Splitting Headache

Working with Variables in SQL Server Integration Services

Oh no! My padding’s invalid!

Database Migration Scripts: Getting from place A to place B

No Significant Fragmentation? Look Closer…

The ASs of Distributed Computing

Caching Part 2

Tuning Red Gate: #4 of Some

Glenn Berry: DBA of the Day