Object Oriented Code has the distinction of consolidating both exposed properties and methods within a single object. Moreover, there may also be methods contained in that object, not exposed to the world. We seem to be moving away from that design. It would seem that in modern software development environments we have moved away from intelligent objects closer to what […]
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Encode HTML, JavaScript, And URL Query Strings In ASP.NET Core
(Bipin Joshi) When a web page accepts an input from the end user it can also include malicious data consisting of special characters, HTML tags, JavaScript code and the things like that.
SQL SERVER – How to Clear Plan Cache with Database Scoped Configuration?
(Pinal Dave) Question: How to Clear Plan Cache with Scoped Configuration?
Encountered issues getting the SQL server and SQL agent cluster resources online
(Shreyas R Gowda) A couple of days back, when I was troubleshooting an issue related to SQL Fail-over cluster instance upgrade I encountered this strange issue of not able to get the newly added SQL server and SQL agent resources online.
Runtime Metrics In Execution Plans
(Grant Fritchey) Capturing query execution metrics is much easier now that you can see the runtime metrics in execution plans when you’re using SQL Server 2016 SP1 or better in combination with SQL Server Management Studio 2017.
SQL Big Data Performance Tips
(Dave Beulke) After data validation, in most instances SQL performance is the most important big data performance factor in big database applications. Understanding the fine details of DB2 SQL performance tips can make a huge difference in processing time, especially true when going against a big da
Configuring LetsEncrypt for ASP.NET Core and IIS
(Rick Strahl) I’ve written a bit about using free Lets Encrypt SSL Certificates with IIS on Windows (here and here). LetsEncrypt makes for a big improvement in streamlining SSL usage and administration, by making it easy to create and automatically update SSL certificates.
Network Configuration of SQL Server Always On Availability Groups in Azure
(Marcin Policht) As we pointed out in our article recently published on this forum, implementing SQL Server Failover Clustering in Azure virtual machines differs in several aspects from its on-premises implementations. These differences reflect some of the unique characteristics of the storage and n
Sending Emails Using the Office 365 APIs
(Tapas Pal) Developers now can send e-mails using Exchange Online as an SMTP server configured in the configuration file.
How to create a thread-safe ConcurrentHashSet in Java 8?
(Javin Paul) Until JDK 8, there was no way to create a large, thread-safe, ConcurrentHashSet in Java. The java.util.concurrent package doesn’t even have a class called ConcurrentHashSet, but from JDK 8 onwards, you can use newly added keySet(default value) and newKeySet() method to create a Concurre