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Software Development
The hi/lo algorithm
Introduction In my previous post I talked about various database identifier strategies, you need to be aware of when designing…
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Software Development
Database primary key flavors
Types of primary keys All database tables must have one primary key column. The primary key uniquely identifies a row…
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Enterprise Java
A beginner’s guide to Hibernate Types
The basic mapping concepts When learning Hibernate many like to jump to parent-child associations without mastering the object relation mapping…
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Enterprise Java
The minimal configuration for testing Hibernate
Introduction In my previous post I announced my intention of creating a personal Hibernate course. The first thing to start…
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Enterprise Java
The data knowledge stack
Concurrency is not for the faint-hearted We all know concurrency programming is difficult to get it right. That’s why threading…
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Software Development
The simple scalability equation
Queueing Theory The queueing theory allows us to predict queue lengths and waiting times, which is of paramount importance for…
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Software Development
Time to break free from the SQL-92 mindset
Are you stuck in the 90s? If you are only using the SQL-92 language reference, then you are overlooking so…
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Software Development
How to import CSV data into PostgreSQL
Introduction Many database servers support CSV data transfers and this post will show one way you can import CSV files…
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Software Development
Professional connection pool sizing
Introduction I previously wrote about the benefits of connection pooling and why monitoring it is of crucial importance. This post…
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