Mario Broodbakker Investigating SQL Server 2008 Wait Events with XEVENTS
by Mario Broodbakker | 24 July 2008 |
Some reasons for the slow-running of database applications aren't obvious. Occasionally, even the profiler won't tell you enough to remedy a problem, especially when a SQL Statement is being forced to wait. Now, in SQL Server 2008, come XEvents, which allow you to... Read more...
William Brewer JSON and other data serialization languages
by William Brewer | 18 July 2008 |  4 comments |
The easiest way to speed up an Ajax application is to take out the 'X' and use JSON rather than XML. Of course, it isn't that simple, as William Brewer explains, but JSON, and YAML, are fascinating solutions to the old problem of transferring complex data between... Read more...
Randy Volters DML Trigger Status Alerts
by Randy Volters | 04 July 2008 |  17 comments |
When databases suddenly stop working, it can be for a number of different reasons. Human error plays a large part, of course, and the DBA needs to know what these various humans are up to. DDL triggers can help alert the DBA to unauthorized tampering with a... Read more...
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