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Window Functions in SQL Server: Part 3: Questions of Performance

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2012 Blog Resolutions

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TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook Part 3: In, Out, and Around

5 reasons why I almost loved WPF

Comparing IAAS and PAAS: A Developer’s Perspective

Inside the Concurrent Collections: ConcurrentStack

Introduction to Materialized Views: Query Rewrite

Close Those Loopholes: Lessons learned from Unit Testing T-SQL

Inside the Concurrent Collections

Using a database link with heterogeneous services in APEX

Using XML to pass lists as parameters in SQL Server

Unit Testing Myths and Practices

Window Functions in SQL Server: Part 3: Questions of Performance

Incorporating XML into your Database Objects

The Marmite or Miracle Whip of Computer Languages

2012 Blog Resolutions

Anatomy of a .NET Assembly – Type forwards

The Ramp

Continuous profiling for websites

What Counts For A DBA: Humbug!

Expert Oracle Application Express Plugins

A suitable present, whatever one’s past