The "NoSQL" Discussion has Nothing to Do With SQL
Recently, there has been a lot of buzz about “No SQL” databases. Seemingly this buzz comes from people who are proponents of document-style stores and... more »
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Eventual Consistency by Example
Recently, there has been a lot of chitchat about the eventual consistency model as illustrated in the famous Amazon Dynamo paper, and today employed... more »
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Writing Portable Data - The Why's and How's
There are many reasons for designing and implementing data base schemas that are portable. This post outlines the reasons why you should be writing... more »
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db4o goes GPLv3
The db4o team reinforces its commitment to the open source community by upgrading their GPL license in an effort to stay compatible with the... more »
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10 things all JAVA developers should know
Since JAVA was officially introduced in 1995, it has changed the way most of us look at the Operating System. Bill Gate (how ironic) once said that it... more »
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ReST Web Services on Google App Engine using NetBeans 6.7
Alright people, this was a long introduction but I believe it is worth it. You cannot create web services such as SOAP in the Google App Engine... more »
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Book Review: Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities
This book should be on the shelf of all Oracle Database professionals. It covers all of the Oracle 10g/11g utilities. A must have in my opinion.
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Installation of php,apache & mysql in Ubuntu 9.10 in easy steps
Installation of php,apache & mysql in Ubuntu 9.10 in easy steps
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Setting Up MySQL - Database, Users And Sample Table
We are going to learn the following: * Changing MySQL user password * Creating databases * Deleting databases * Creating MySQL... more »
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Using Cassandra with Scala and Akka
How to use the Apache Cassandra key/value store with the functional Scala language and the Akka framework
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Migration tool SQL Ways reaches 4.0
A new version of SQL Ways has just been announced by Ispirer Systems. SQL Ways converts embedded SQL and database API without having to extract SQL... more »
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A better acts_as_tree for Rails
A plugin that extends the class acts_as_tree with single query tree traversing.
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NOSQL - How divergent thoughts coexist
Not all applications need to store and process data the same way, and the storage should also be architected accordingly. Till today we have always... more »
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You need a GUID!
Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) are everywhere and they are great. Here's one: 17887139-b280-4984-849a-9029aefc055d ...and it's unique. You... more »
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Installing sql server express 2008 is easier than it used to be
I remember having a hard time installing sql server express 2008 on windows XP. So today I had to install it again on win7 I looked for the download... more »
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Installing SQL server Express 2008 Management Studio
Well now that we have the engine installed. We sometimes also want the GUI tools to go with it. I would recommend a reboot however. That's what made... more »
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You see that database? OFF WITH HIS HEAD!
A while ago I was chatting with a friend that complained about a migration script timing out on his local machine. When I looked at the script, it was... more »
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PostgreSQL Improvements
PostgreSQL has always been one of the pioneering relational databases. Professor Michael Stonebraker and his cohorts working out of the University of... more »
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A performance tuning story
A story about performance tuning and pragmatic versus theoretical approaches.
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The Repository pattern
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A Repository is a Domain-Driven Design concept but it is also a standalone pattern. Repositories are an important part of the domain layer and deal... more »
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SilverligthDS - planned Free Version is coming soon!
There are many improvements and enhancements included in the upcoming release of SilverlightDS, but the most interesting fact is that there is going... more »
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Watching over db4o's shoulders the .NET way
db4o 7.12 comes with new monitoring support to collect runtime statistics about performance relevant behaviour and state. This post presents a .NET... more »
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Slides: Hands on with Ruby and MongoDB
Slides from my MongoDB talk at the October meeting of Austin on Rails.
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Introducing Amazon RDS - The Amazon Relational Database Service
Today I'd like to tell you about our newest service, the Amazon Relational Database Service, or Amazon RDS for short. Now in beta, RDS makes it easier... more »
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MySQL SUM() Doesn’t Play Well With Floats
Problem with using the SUM function in MySQL when dealing with floats or doubles.
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