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Understanding and Managing High Memory Usage in SQL Server
A new mutlti-threading library for Delphi. (darkThreading)
My regular readers may be aware that over the past two or three months, I’ve been working on building a new video game engine for Delphi. I’ve also...
How To Improve a Business-critical Third-party Application by Optimizing Its Generic Database Settings
Problem Background A business-critical third-party application for Microsoft SQL Server configured the database with generic settings, including...
RAD Server Solution Series: [Field Service Application]
Solution Name: RAD Server Field Service Application - Delphi Industry: Field Service Solution Overview: The RAD Server Field Service Industry...
June #SQLChat – Soft Skills for the DBA / Developer
As a database administrator and IT professional there are certain technical skills that one is expected to know - but what soft skills are...
Using an IDE: Getting back to code faster
A C++ IDE or an Integrated Development Environment is application development software written to give you a way to create or write C++ applications...
What Happened to My Database?
Every DBA has at some point asked: “What the heck happened to my database?” In this blog, we’ll review some of the more common...
IDERA Database Tools roadmap for DBAs, database developers and data architects
At IDERA, users drive our product direction. That’s why we have been listening to your needs and have built a roadmap centered around you. In...
Delphi 10.2.3 RAD Server Linux Apache Patch Released
As you have probably seen, Embarcadero has released a few patches for 10.2.3. I wrote about them...
C++ with LINQ
I found an interesting C++ libraly.That is "LINQ for C++". What's "LINQ"? LINQ (Integrated Language Query) is a function of...
RAD Studio 10.2.3 – Parches y demás información
El RAD Studio 10.2.3 está disponible desde marzo de 2018 y se puede descargar a través de la ISO o instalador web (modo preferido). Después de la...
RAD Studio 10.2.3 – Patches e outras informações
O RAD Studio 10.2.3 está disponível desde Março de 2018 e pode ser baixado através do ISO ou Web Installer (modo preferencial). Logo após a release,...
How Monyog Helps Profile Slow Queries in MariaDB
MariaDB came into being the day that Oracle announced the purchase of Sun in 2010. In order to keep it free under the GNU GPL, Michael Widenius...
Building Stunning UIs with C++ and FireMonkey
With many companies taking the “mobile first” approach, building applications that work on multiple platforms is a requirement for success....
Evolution of C++ standards
Programming languages are exciting for developers, and C++, one of the more technically challenging and also perhaps the most widely used compiled...
RAD Studio開發相關的一些重要更新資訊
已經是5月下旬了, 對於開發人員來說今年有數件重要的開發事件值得關注. 首先是RAD Studio本身, 從RAD Studio最新幾個版本我們可以觀察到RAD Studio現在每一個大版本之後會有數個hot fix以及3個更新小版本. 而這些更新都需要使用者到特定的URL下載安裝,...
RAD Studio开发相关的一些重要更新信息
已经是5月下旬了, 对于开发人员来说今年有数件重要的开发事件值得关注. 首先是RAD Studio本身, 从RAD Studio最新几个版本我们可以观察到RAD Studio现在每一个大版本之后会有数个hot fix以及3个更新小版本. 而这些更新都需要使用者到特定的URL下载安装,...
SHA Hash with C++Builder and Delphi
I've always been fascinated by encryption & compression, but my favorite is probably the cryptographic hash function. A hash function is a...
Essential Alerting for Oracle, DB2, and Sybase DBAs
Precise tests availability, space, deadlocks, backups, jobs, CPU, load and performance trending plus many more conditions on a scheduled basis with...
Alerting on Availability, Space, Deadlocks, Backups, CPU – Essential Alerting for DBAs
Precise tests availability, space, deadlocks, backups, jobs, CPU, load and performance trending plus many more conditions on a scheduled basis with...
RAD Studio 10.2.3 iOS 11.3 Patch available
Earlier this week we released a patch for Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio 10.2.3 that adds support for building iOS 11.3 applications for...
Backing Up Databases in a High Availability Group
If you are a database administrator, then you are no stranger to the idea that data must be highly available. High availability simply...
BriskBard Named as Embarcadero’s Cool App Winner for April
I was really excited to see BriskBard by Salvador Díaz Fau as the April 2018 winner of the Cool App Contest. BriskBard is a browser, and a whole...
TEMP is A Four Letter Word
It’s not uncommon to observe rampant over reliance of database application code on TEMP tables, most often as a SQL language programming...
3D Credits Scroll with Delphi
A little fun with Delphi for today’s Star Wars day! This is a pretty simple 3D form with a 3D layout at an angle, and then a 2D layout with...
Beyond Cloud: The Multi-Hybrid Data Ecosystem
Last week, Idera, Inc. sponsored Enterprise Data World 2018 in San Diego, CA. As usual, it was a fantastic event, organized by the great team...
My Blog is Having Serious Hiccups, Let’s Plan a Move
You might have seen my blog has had a few issues recently. It is a very old application written in Delphi and running on a totally outdated Linux...
Database Execution Plans Can Lie
Quote: Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say. ~William W. Watt. I started this...
The Evolution of Database Tuning Approaches
Imagine that you’re the lead DBA managing a high profile, mission critical production database whose application processes $20 million per...
Learn More about the Cloud with these Free Resources
You may already know that the cloud provides always-on architecture, automatic monitoring and management, enterprise-class security, fast access to...
Managing Mountains of Data with the Cloud
When is data less valuable? How do you manage data as it becomes less valuable? In the good old days the answer to these questions was easy; it was...