-
Normalisation and 'Anima notitia copia' (Soul of the Database)
Phil, in a guest editorial for Simple-Talk, puzzles over the possibility that a SQL Server System table commits sins against relational theory. Maybe the answer isn't that simple....
-
A Testing Perspective of Controllers and Orchestrators
The neat separation between processing and rendering in ASP.NET MVC guarantees you an application design that is inherently teastable. It doesn't guarantee that your application will be well-designed and quick to test. For that, attention to use-cases and the structure of your code is essential.
-
Tuning Red Gate: #2 of Many
In the last installment, I used the SQL Monitor tool to get a snapshot view of the current state of the servers at Red Gate that are giving us trouble. That snapshot suggested some areas where I should focus some time, primarily in which queries were being called most frequently or were running the longest.
-
TortoiseSVN and Subversion Cookbook Part 4: Sharing Common Code
Michael Sorens continues his series on Source Control with Subversion and TortoiseSVN by describing several ways one can use to share code among several projects.
-
How to Kill a Company in One Step or Save it in Three
The majority of companies that suffer a major data loss subsequently go out of business. Wesley David remembers vividly the day when the organisation he worked for found that they couldn't restore their data, and the subsequent struggles that ensued. Shoulda-woulda-coulda.
