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  • Data that has been deleted in P6, how is it updated in Analytics

    - by Jeffrey McDaniel
    In P6 Reporting Database 2.0 the ETL process looked to the refrdel table in the P6 PMDB to determine which projects were deleted. The refrdel table could not be cleared out between ETL runs or those deletes would be lost. After the ETL process is run the refrdel can be cleared out. It is important to keep any purging of the refrdel in a consistent cycle so the ETL process can pick up these deletes and process them accordingly.  In P6 Reporting Database 2.2 and higher the Extended Schema is used as the data source. In the Extended Schema, deleted data is filtered out by the views. The Extended Schema services will handle any interaction with the refrdel table, this concern with timing refrdel cleanup and ETL runs is not applicable as of this release. In the Extended Schema tables (ex. TaskX) there can still be deleted data present. The Extended Schema views join on the primary PMDB tables (ex. Task) and filter out any deleted data.  Any data that was deleted that remains in the Extended Schema tables can be cleaned out at a designated time by running the clean up procedure as documented in the P6 Extended Schema white paper. This can be run occasionally but is not necessary to run often unless large amounts of data has been deleted.

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  • Business Intelligence (BI) Defined

    CIO.com defines Business Intelligence (BI) as a generic reference to a collection of applications that are used to analyze raw organizational data. Typical BI activities include data mining, online analytical processing, querying and reporting. They further explain that the primary reason why a company would utilize BI is to make their more data accessible. The more accessible data is to the users the faster they can identify ways to reduce business cost, discover new business opportunities, and react quickly to adjust prices based on current supply and demand. One area in which a hospital system could use BI derived from a data warehouse can be seen in the Emergency Room (ER) in regards to the number of doctors and nurse they have working during a full moon for each ER location. In order determine this BI needs to determine a trend in the number of patients seen on a full moon, further more they also need to determine the optimal number of staff members working during a full moon be determining the number of employees to patients ration needed to meet standard patient times and also be the most cost effective for the hospital.  This will allow the hospital system to estimate the number of potential patients they will have on the next full moon and adjust their staff schedules accordingly to ensure that patient care is not affected in any way do the influx or lack of influx of patients during this time while also ensuring that they are only working the minimum number of employees to ensure that they still making a profit. Another area where a hospital system could use BI data regards their orders paced to drug and medical supply companies. BI could define trends in prescriptions given to patients, this information could be used for ordering new supplies and forecasting the amount of medicine each hospital needs to keep on site at a given time. For example, a hospital might want to stock up on materials need to set bones in a cast prior to the summer because their BI indicates that a majority of broken bones occur during the summer due to children being out of school and they have more free time.

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  • Globacom and mCentric Deploy BDA and NoSQL Database to analyze network traffic 40x faster

    - by Jean-Pierre Dijcks
    In a fast evolving market, speed is of the essence. mCentric and Globacom leveraged Big Data Appliance, Oracle NoSQL Database to save over 35,000 Call-Processing minutes daily and analyze network traffic 40x faster.  Here are some highlights from the profile: Why Oracle “Oracle Big Data Appliance works well for very large amounts of structured and unstructured data. It is the most agile events-storage system for our collect-it-now and analyze-it-later set of business requirements. Moreover, choosing a prebuilt solution drastically reduced implementation time. We got the big data benefits without needing to assemble and tune a custom-built system, and without the hidden costs required to maintain a large number of servers in our data center. A single support license covers both the hardware and the integrated software, and we have one central point of contact for support,” said Sanjib Roy, CTO, Globacom. Implementation Process It took only five days for Oracle partner mCentric to deploy Oracle Big Data Appliance, perform the software install and configuration, certification, and resiliency testing. The entire process—from site planning to phase-I, go-live—was executed in just over ten weeks, well ahead of the four months allocated to complete the project. Oracle partner mCentric leveraged Oracle Advanced Customer Support Services’ implementation methodology to ensure configurations are tailored for peak performance, all patches are applied, and software and communications are consistently tested using proven methodologies and best practices. Read the entire profile here.

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  • A Web Service to collect data from local servers every hour

    - by anilerduran
    I'm trying to find a way to collect data from different servers around the world. Here are the details: There is only one single PowerShell script on servers that encrypts data (simple csv file) and sends with preferred method (HTTP/HTTPS Post could be) There is no more control on that servers. Can't install any service, process etc. Just I can configure script to execute every hour. This script also will have encrypted username/password/license key for every server. Script will compress data and send to me with these information. So I need a service (I'm not sure if Web Service is the rigth solution) on the cloud that will help me to: Will get data that is sent from servers using a method. Will authenticate request to recognize sender using license key/username/password and most importantly, Will redirect/send this filecab to my SQL Server on the cloud (Azure). Also it should seperate data according to customer information in license key. So every data for every customer will be stored in dedicated DB/Tables on my SQL All the processes above should be completed automatically. No way for manual steps. Question: A Web Service (SOAP or Restful) is the rigth solution for that?

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  • Should I encrypt data in database?

    - by Tio
    I have a client, for which I'm going to do an Web application about patient care, managing patients, consults, history, calendars, everything about that basically. The problem is that this is sensitive data, patient history and such. The client insists on encrypting the data at the database level, but I think this is going to deteriorate the performance of the web app. ( But maybe I shouldn't be worried about this ) I've read the laws about data protection on health issues ( Portugal ), but isn't very specific about this ( I just questioned them about this, I'm waiting for their response ). I've read the following link, but my question is different, should I encrypt the data in the database, or not. One problem that I foresee in encrypting data, is that I'm going to need a key, this could be the user password, but we all know how user passwords are ( 12345 etc etc ), and generating a key I would have to store it somewhere, this means that the programmer, dba, whatever could have access to it, any thoughts on this? Even adding an random salt to the user password isn't going to solve the problem since I can always access it, and therefore decrypt the data.

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  • What is the best way to store a table in C++

    - by Topo
    I'm programming a decision tree in C++ using a slightly modified version of the C4.5 algorithm. Each node represents an attribute or a column of your data set and it has a children per possible value of the attribute. My problem is how to store the training data set having in mind that I have to use a subset for each node so I need a quick way to only select a subset of rows and columns. The main goal is to do it in the most memory and time efficient possible (in that order of priority). The best way I have thought of is to have an array of arrays (or std::vector), or something like that, and for each node have a list (array, vector, etc) or something with the column,line(probably a tuple) pairs that are valid for that node. I now there should be a better way to do this, any suggestions? UPDATE: What I need is something like this: In the beginning I have this data: Paris 4 5.0 True New York 7 1.3 True Tokio 2 9.1 False Paris 9 6.8 True Tokio 0 8.4 False But for the second node I just need this data: Paris 4 5.0 New York 7 1.3 Paris 9 6.8 And for the third node: Tokio 2 9.1 Tokio 0 8.4 But with a table of millions of records with up to hundreds of columns. What I have in mind is keep all the data in a matrix, and then for each node keep the info of the current columns and rows. Something like this: Paris 4 5.0 True New York 7 1.3 True Tokio 2 9.1 False Paris 9 6.8 True Tokio 0 8.4 False Node 2: columns = [0,1,2] rows = [0,1,3] Node 3: columns = [0,1,2] rows = [2,4] This way on the worst case scenario I just have to waste size_of(int) * (number_of_columns + number_of_rows) * node That is a lot less than having an independent data matrix for each node.

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  • MS Access 2003: Can data disappear from records and how do I test for this and prevent it?

    - by user328960
    Problem and about the database: Data from a record in Access 2003 database has disappeared. This database has 1 backend and 3 frontends, multiple users and is hosted on Citrix. Within this database, we have records of all clients served, ranging in the 1000s. Background info: The form for client data entry is set up with various subforms, including both a "programs enrolled" subform and a "services" subform. A client can be enrolled in multiple programs. Once enrolled in a program, services can be entered for that program area using the services subform. There are multiple fields in the services subform, one of which is a drop-down field allowing you to choose from the programs a client has been enrolled in (the list is updated for that client whenever he is enrolled in a new program). The problem details: For one specific record and one specific program area, the program has disappeared from the "programs enrolled" subform and all of the related services have disappeared from the "services" subform for a period of 3 months of data entry. However, other programs and services for this record did not disappear. Questions: Is the disappearance of data a common Access 2003 problem? Are there tests in place that can be run to see if data is disappearing and catch that data? If so, what are they? If there is specific code involved, what is it? What can be done to prevent the disappearing of data (other than using a different database)?

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  • Change Data Capture or Change Tracking - Same as Traditional Audit Trail Table?

    - by HardCode
    Before I delve into the abyss of Microsoft documentation any deeper, I'd like to know if someone experienced with Change Data Capture and Change Tracking know if one or both of these can be used to replace the traditional ... "Audit trail table copy of the 'real table' (all of the fields of the original table, plus date/time, user ID, and DML action field) inserted into by Triggers" ... setup for a database table audit trail, where the trigger populates the audit trail table (which is all manual work). The MSDN overview documentation explains at a high level what Change Data Capture and Change Tracking are, but it isn't clear enough to me, and doesn't state outright, that these tools can be used to replace the traditional audit trail tables we've made so often. Can someone with any experience using Change Data Capture and Change Tracking save me a lot of time, or confirm that I am spending time looking at the right tool? The critical part of our audit trail is capturing all changes to a table's fields (on INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE), when it happened, and who did it. These changes are commonly provided to an end user chronologically via an audit trail report. Which is another question ... Change Data Capture or Change Tracking is the solution, I'd assume that this data can be queried just like data from a normal table? EDIT: I need a permanent audit trail, irregardless of time. I see that Change Data Capture has to do with the transaction logs, so this sounds finite to me.

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  • Interesting Scala typing solution, doesn't work in 2.7.7?

    - by djc
    I'm trying to build some image algebra code that can work with images (basically a linear pixel buffer + dimensions) that have different types for the pixel. To get this to work, I've defined a parametrized Pixel trait with a few methods that should be able to get used with any Pixel subclass. (For now, I'm only interested in operations that work on the same Pixel type.) Here it is: trait Pixel[T <: Pixel[T]] { def mul(v: Double): T def max(v: T): T def div(v: Double): T def div(v: T): T } Now I define a single Pixel type that has storage based on three doubles (basically RGB 0.0-1.0), I've called it TripleDoublePixel: class TripleDoublePixel(v: Array[Double]) extends Pixel[TripleDoublePixel] { var data: Array[Double] = v def this() = this(Array(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)) def toString(): String = { "(" + data(0) + ", " + data(1) + ", " + data(2) + ")" } def increment(v: TripleDoublePixel) { data(0) += v.data(0) data(1) += v.data(1) data(2) += v.data(2) } def mul(v: Double): TripleDoublePixel = { new TripleDoublePixel(data.map(x => x * v)) } def div(v: Double): TripleDoublePixel = { new TripleDoublePixel(data.map(x => x / v)) } def div(v: TripleDoublePixel): TripleDoublePixel = { var tmp = new Array[Double](3) tmp(0) = data(0) / v.data(0) tmp(1) = data(1) / v.data(1) tmp(2) = data(2) / v.data(2) new TripleDoublePixel(tmp) } def max(v: TripleDoublePixel): TripleDoublePixel = { val lv = data(0) * data(0) + data(1) * data(1) + data(2) * data(2) val vv = v.data(0) * v.data(0) + v.data(1) * v.data(1) + v.data(2) * v.data(2) if (lv > vv) (this) else v } } Now I want to write code to use this, that doesn't have to know what type the pixels are. For example: def idiv[T](a: Image[T], b: Image[T]) { for (i <- 0 until a.data.size) { a.data(i) = a.data(i).div(b.data(i)) } } Unfortunately, this doesn't compile: (fragment of lindet-gen.scala):145: error: value div is not a member of T a.data(i) = a.data(i).div(b.data(i)) I was told in #scala that this worked for someone else, but that was on 2.8. I've tried to get 2.8-rc1 going, but it doesn't compile for me. Is there any way to get this to work in 2.7.7?

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  • PHP : If...Else...Query

    - by Rachel
    I am executing this statement under while (($data=fgetcsv($this->fin,5000,";"))!==FALSE) Now what I want in else loop is to throw exception only for data value which did not satisfy the if condition. Right now am displaying the complete row as I am not sure how to throw exception only for data which does not satisfy the value. Code if ((strtotime($data[11]) &&strtotime($data[12])&&strtotime($data[16]))!==FALSE && ctype_digit($data[0]) && ctype_alnum($data[1]) && ctype_digit($data[2]) && ctype_alnum($data[3]) && ctype_alnum($data[4]) && ctype_alnum($data[5]) && ctype_alnum($data[6]) && ctype_alnum($data[7]) && ctype_alnum($data[8]) && $this->_is_valid($data[9]) && ctype_digit($data[10]) && ctype_digit($data[13]) && $this->_is_valid($data[14])) { //Some Logic } else { throw new Exception ("Data {$data[0], $data[1], $data[2], $data[3], $data[4], $data[5], $data[6], $data[7], $data[8], $data[9], $data[10], $data[11], $data[12], $data[13], $data[14], $data[16]} is not in valid format"); } Guidance would be highly appreciated as to how can I throw exception only for data which did not satisfy the if value.

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  • SQL SERVER – Copy Data from One Table to Another Table – SQL in Sixty Seconds #031 – Video

    - by pinaldave
    Copy data from one table to another table is one of the most requested questions on forums, Facebook and Twitter. The question has come in many formats and there are places I have seen developers are using cursor instead of this direct method. Earlier I have written the similar article a few years ago - SQL SERVER – Insert Data From One Table to Another Table – INSERT INTO SELECT – SELECT INTO TABLE. The article has been very popular and I have received many interesting and constructive comments. However there were two specific comments keep on ending up on my mailbox. 1) SQL Server AdventureWorks Samples Database does not have table I used in the example 2) If there is a video tutorial of the same example. After carefully thinking I decided to build a new set of the scripts for the example which are very similar to the old one as well video tutorial of the same. There was no better place than our SQL in Sixty Second Series to cover this interesting small concept. Let me know what you think of this video. Here is the updated script. -- Method 1 : INSERT INTO SELECT USE AdventureWorks2012 GO ----Create TestTable CREATE TABLE TestTable (FirstName VARCHAR(100), LastName VARCHAR(100)) ----INSERT INTO TestTable using SELECT INSERT INTO TestTable (FirstName, LastName) SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM Person.Person WHERE EmailPromotion = 2 ----Verify that Data in TestTable SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM TestTable ----Clean Up Database DROP TABLE TestTable GO --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- -- Method 2 : SELECT INTO USE AdventureWorks2012 GO ----Create new table and insert into table using SELECT INSERT SELECT FirstName, LastName INTO TestTable FROM Person.Person WHERE EmailPromotion = 2 ----Verify that Data in TestTable SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM TestTable ----Clean Up Database DROP TABLE TestTable GO Related Tips in SQL in Sixty Seconds: SQL SERVER – Insert Data From One Table to Another Table – INSERT INTO SELECT – SELECT INTO TABLE Powershell – Importing CSV File Into Database – Video SQL SERVER – 2005 – Export Data From SQL Server 2005 to Microsoft Excel Datasheet SQL SERVER – Import CSV File into Database Table Using SSIS SQL SERVER – Import CSV File Into SQL Server Using Bulk Insert – Load Comma Delimited File Into SQL Server SQL SERVER – 2005 – Generate Script with Data from Database – Database Publishing Wizard What would you like to see in the next SQL in Sixty Seconds video? Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.sqlauthority.com)   Filed under: Database, Pinal Dave, PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology, Video Tagged: Excel

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  • Data Generator Source Adapter

    This component needs little explanation. It generates random integer (DT_I4) and string (DT_WSTR) data and places them in the pipeline. You specify how many columns of each you would like and for any string columns you pass a fixed length value. You then need to specify how many rows in total you require to be generated. This component is used by us to do testing of the pipeline and components downstream. Previously we would have used a script component (as a source) to generate the rows but found ourselves rewriting the code too often so created this component. Screenshots SQL Server 2005 Integration Services SQL Server 2008/2012 Integration Services The component is provided as an MSI file, however to complete the installation, you will have to add the transformation to the Visual Studio toolbox manually. Right-click the toolbox, and select Choose Items.... Select the SSIS Data Flow Items tab, and then check the Data Generator Source from the list. Downloads The Data Generator Source Adapter is available for SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 (includes R2) and SQL Server 2012. Please choose the version to match your SQL Server version, or you can install multiple versions and use them side by side if you have more than one version of SQL Server installed. Data Generator Source Adapter for SQL Server 2005 Data Generator Source Adapter for SQL Server 2008 Data Generator Source Adapter for SQL Server 2012 Version History SQL Server 2012 Version 3.0.0.30 - SQL Server 2012 release. Includes upgrade support for both 2005 and 2008 packages to 2012. (5 Jun 2012) SQL Server 2008 Version 2.0.0.29 - SQL Server 2008 February 2008 CTP. Includes support for upgrade of 2005 packages. Simplified user interface. (4 Mar 2008) Version 2.0.0.27 - SQL Server 2008 November 2007 CTP. String columns will now use the default system code page. Previously string columns always used 1252. (15 Feb 2008) SQL Server 2005 Version 1.1.0.23 - SQL Server 2005 RTM Refresh. SP1 Compatibility Testing. (12 Jun 2006) Version 1.0.0.0 - SQL Server 2005 IDW 16 Sept CTP. Public release. (6 Oct 2005)

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  • Data Governance (Veri Yönetisimi)

    - by Arda Eralp
    Data governance,veri ile ilgili islemler için bir sorumluluklar sistemidir. Bu sistemin temelini ise politikalar, standartlar ve prosedürler olusturur. Sistem politikalar, standartlar ve prosedürler sayesinde verinin ne zaman, hangi sartlar altinda, hangi eylemlerde, hangi yöntemler ile kimler tarafindan kullanilacagina karar verir. Sistemin kurumda basarili bir sekilde islemesi için öncelikle kurumda farkindalik saglanmasi gereklidir. Farkindalik saglandiktan sonra ise kurum governance ve mimari kültürünü benimsemelidir. Ancak bu sartlar altinda sistem basarili bir sekilde isleyebilecektir. Bu sebeplerden dolayidir ki data governance kisa bir süreç degil, aksine kurum varligini sürdürdügü sürece isleyecek olan bir süreçtir. Bu durum bize data governance in bir proje degil bir program oldugunu açiklamaktadir. Programin baslangicinda kurumun ihtiyaçlarinin netlesmesi ve farkindaligin saglanmasi temeldir. Hedef kitle ise, veri ile dogrudan ve ya dolayli olarak iliski içerisinde olan herkesdir. Bu sebeple programin baslangicinda hedef kitleyi içeren ekipler ile toplantilar düzenlenecektir. Bu toplantilar sayesinde hem farkindalik saglanacak hemde ekiplerin ihtiyaçlari birebir ekipler tarafindan aktarilarak netlesecektir. Hedef kitlenin ihtiyaçlari netlestirildikten sonra ise devamli isleyecek olan bu sürecin planlamasi yapilacaktir. Bu sürecin planlanmasinda ihtiyaçlarin önceliklendirilmesi gerekmektedir. Sebebi ise her ekibin ihtiyaçlarinin farkli olabilecegi ve bütün ihtiyaçlara ayni anda karsilik verilemeyebileceginin öngörülmesidir. Bu öngörünün temeli ise ekiplerin ihtiyaçlarinin birbirleriyle olan baglantisidir. Süreç planlamasinda ihtiyaçlarin önceliklendirilmesinin ardindan kurumun büyüklügünün gözönünde bulundurulmasi gerekmedir. Kurumun büyüklügünün önemi ise eger kurum bir bütün olarak ayni anda govern edilemeyecek kadar büyük ise ihtiyaçlari öncelikli olarak bulunan ekipler ile govern edilmesine baslanarak sürecin belirli bir hiz ile bütün kurumda isler hale getirilmesini saglamaktir. Ihtiyaçlar belirlendikten ve ilgili ekipler seçildikten sonra artik programin planlanmasina geçilebilecek. Programin planlama asamasinda öncelikli olarak sürecin asamalarini kontrol edecek ve süreç kurum içerisinde isleyise geçtiginde kontrolü saglayacak olan Data Governance Office in planlanmasidir. Office in planlanmasiyla birlikte süreçteki roller ve bu rollerin sorumluluklari belirlenecektir. Planlama asamasinda Data governance office, roller ve sorumluluklar, güvenlik ve veri saklanan sistemler ele alinacak konulardir. Planlama asamasi tamamlandiginda ise belirlenen ekipler ve ihtiyaçlar dogrultusunda programin isleyis asamasina geçilebilecektir. Isleyis kisminda ekibin ihtiyaçlari dogrultusunda güvenlik konusunda ve veri saklanan sistemler üzerinde çalismalar yapilacaktir. Bu yapilan çalismalar bir süreç olarak dökümante edilecek ve süreç sona erdiginde baska bir ekiple baska bir ihtiyaç dogrultusunda çalisma yapilarak ayni süreç isletilecek ve böylece kurum içesinde ilgili süreçte standartlasma saglanacaktir. Güvenlik konusunda verinin erisim güvenligi ve kullanim güvenligi ele alinacaktir. Veri saklanan sistemler üzerindeki çalismalar ise saklanan sistemlerin program dahilinde belirlenen standartlar ile olusturulmasi ve yönetilmesi saglanacaktir. Isleyis kisminin ardindan ise programin izleme kismina geçilecektir. Bu kisimda artik Data Governance Office olusmus, politikalar, standartlar ve prosedürler belirlenmistir. Ve Data Governance Office çalisanlari rolleri ve sorumluluklari dahilinde programin isleyisini izleyecek ve gerek gördügünde politikalar standartlar ve prosedürler üzerinde degisiklikler yapacaklardir.

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  • SQL 2014 does data the way developers want

    - by Rob Farley
    A post I’ve been meaning to write for a while, good that it fits with this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, hosted by Joey D’Antoni (@jdanton) Ever since I got into databases, I’ve been a fan. I studied Pure Maths at university (as well as Computer Science), and am very comfortable with Set Theory, which undergirds relational database concepts. But I’ve also spent a long time as a developer, and appreciate that that databases don’t exactly fit within the stuff I learned in my first year of uni, particularly the “Algorithms and Data Structures” subject, in which we studied concepts like linked lists. Writing in languages like C, we used pointers to quickly move around data, without a database in sight. Of course, if we had a power failure all this data was lost, as it was only persisted in RAM. Perhaps it’s why I’m a fan of database internals, of indexes, latches, execution plans, and so on – the developer in me wants to be reassured that we’re getting to the data as efficiently as possible. Back when SQL Server 2005 was approaching, one of the big stories was around CLR. Many were saying that T-SQL stored procedures would be a thing of the past because we now had CLR, and that obviously going to be much faster than using the abstracted T-SQL. Around the same time, we were seeing technologies like Linq-to-SQL produce poor T-SQL equivalents, and developers had had a gutful. They wanted to move away from T-SQL, having lost trust in it. I was never one of those developers, because I’d looked under the covers and knew that despite being abstracted, T-SQL was still a good way of getting to data. It worked for me, appealing to both my Set Theory side and my Developer side. CLR hasn’t exactly become the default option for stored procedures, although there are plenty of situations where it can be useful for getting faster performance. SQL Server 2014 is different though, through Hekaton – its In-Memory OLTP environment. When you create a table using Hekaton (that is, a memory-optimized one), the table you create is the kind of thing you’d’ve made as a developer. It creates code in C leveraging structs and pointers and arrays, which it compiles into fast code. When you insert data into it, it creates a new instance of a struct in memory, and adds it to an array. When the insert is committed, a small write is made to the transaction to make sure it’s durable, but none of the locking and latching behaviour that typifies transactional systems is needed. Indexes are done using hashes and using bw-trees (which avoid locking through the use of pointers) and by handling each updates as a delete-and-insert. This is data the way that developers do it when they’re coding for performance – the way I was taught at university before I learned about databases. Being done in C, it compiles to very quick code, and although these tables don’t support every feature that regular SQL tables do, this is still an excellent direction that has been taken. @rob_farley

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  • Strategy for avoiding duplicate object ids for data shared across devices using iCloud

    - by rmaddy
    I have a data intensive iOS app that is not using CoreData nor does it support iCloud synching (yet). All of my objects are created with unique keys. I use a simple long long initialized with the current time. Then as I need a new key I increment the value by 1. This has all worked well for a few years with the app running isolated on a single device. Now I want to add support for automatic data sync across devices using iCloud. As my app is written, there is the possibility that two objects created on two different devices could end up with the same key. I need to avoid this possibility. I'm looking for ideas for solving this issue. I have a few requirements that the solution must meet: 1) The key needs to remain a single integral data type. Converting all existing keys to a compound key or to a string or other type would affect the entire code base and likely result in more bugs than it's worth. 2) The solution can't depend on an Internet connection. A user must be able to run the app and add data even with no Internet connection. The data should still resolve properly later when the data syncs through iCloud once a connection is available. I'll accept one exception to this rule. If no other option is available, I may be open to requiring an Internet connection the first time the app's data is initialized. One idea I have been toying around with in my head is logically splitting the integer key into two parts. The high 4 or 5 bits could be used as some sort of device id while the rest represents the actual key. The fuzzy part is figuring out how to come up with non-conflicting device ids that fit in a few bits. This should be viable since I don't need to deal will millions of devices. I just need to deal with the few devices that would be shared by a given iCloud account. I'm open to suggestions. Thanks.

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  • JGoodies HashMap

    - by JohnMcClane
    Hi, I'm trying to build a chart program using presentation model. Using JGoodies for data binding was relatively easy for simple types like strings or numbers. But I can't figure out how to use it on a hashmap. I'll try to explain how the chart works and what my problem is: A chart consists of DataSeries, a DataSeries consists of DataPoints. I want to have a data model and to be able to use different views on the same model (e.g. bar chart, pie chart,...). Each of them consists of three classes. For example: DataPointModel: holds the data model (value, label, category) DataPointViewModel: extends JGoodies PresentationModel. wraps around DataPointModel and holds view properties like font and color. DataPoint: abstract class, extends JComponent. Different Views must subclass and implement their own ui. Binding and creating the data model was easy, but i don't know how to bind my data series model. package at.onscreen.chart; import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener; import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport; import java.beans.PropertyVetoException; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Iterator; public class DataSeriesModel { public static String PROPERTY_DATAPOINT = "dataPoint"; public static String PROPERTY_DATAPOINTS = "dataPoints"; public static String PROPERTY_LABEL = "label"; public static String PROPERTY_MAXVALUE = "maxValue"; /** * holds the data points */ private HashMap dataPoints; /** * the label for the data series */ private String label; /** * the maximum data point value */ private Double maxValue; /** * the model supports property change notification */ private PropertyChangeSupport propertyChangeSupport; /** * default constructor */ public DataSeriesModel() { this.maxValue = Double.valueOf(0); this.dataPoints = new HashMap(); this.propertyChangeSupport = new PropertyChangeSupport(this); } /** * constructor * @param label - the series label */ public DataSeriesModel(String label) { this.dataPoints = new HashMap(); this.maxValue = Double.valueOf(0); this.label = label; this.propertyChangeSupport = new PropertyChangeSupport(this); } /** * full constructor * @param label - the series label * @param dataPoints - an array of data points */ public DataSeriesModel(String label, DataPoint[] dataPoints) { this.dataPoints = new HashMap(); this.propertyChangeSupport = new PropertyChangeSupport(this); this.maxValue = Double.valueOf(0); this.label = label; for (int i = 0; i < dataPoints.length; i++) { this.addDataPoint(dataPoints[i]); } } /** * full constructor * @param label - the series label * @param dataPoints - a collection of data points */ public DataSeriesModel(String label, Collection dataPoints) { this.dataPoints = new HashMap(); this.propertyChangeSupport = new PropertyChangeSupport(this); this.maxValue = Double.valueOf(0); this.label = label; for (Iterator it = dataPoints.iterator(); it.hasNext();) { this.addDataPoint(it.next()); } } /** * adds a new data point to the series. if the series contains a data point with same id, it will be replaced by the new one. * @param dataPoint - the data point */ public void addDataPoint(DataPoint dataPoint) { String category = dataPoint.getCategory(); DataPoint oldDataPoint = this.getDataPoint(category); this.dataPoints.put(category, dataPoint); this.setMaxValue(Math.max(this.maxValue, dataPoint.getValue())); this.propertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PROPERTY_DATAPOINT, oldDataPoint, dataPoint); } /** * returns the data point with given id or null if not found * @param uid - the id of the data point * @return the data point or null if there is no such point in the table */ public DataPoint getDataPoint(String category) { return this.dataPoints.get(category); } /** * removes the data point with given id from the series, if present * @param category - the data point to remove */ public void removeDataPoint(String category) { DataPoint dataPoint = this.getDataPoint(category); this.dataPoints.remove(category); if (dataPoint != null) { if (dataPoint.getValue() == this.getMaxValue()) { Double maxValue = Double.valueOf(0); for (Iterator it = this.iterator(); it.hasNext();) { DataPoint itDataPoint = it.next(); maxValue = Math.max(itDataPoint.getValue(), maxValue); } this.setMaxValue(maxValue); } } this.propertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PROPERTY_DATAPOINT, dataPoint, null); } /** * removes all data points from the series * @throws PropertyVetoException */ public void removeAll() { this.setMaxValue(Double.valueOf(0)); this.dataPoints.clear(); this.propertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PROPERTY_DATAPOINTS, this.getDataPoints(), null); } /** * returns the maximum of all data point values * @return the maximum of all data points */ public Double getMaxValue() { return this.maxValue; } /** * sets the max value * @param maxValue - the max value */ protected void setMaxValue(Double maxValue) { Double oldMaxValue = this.getMaxValue(); this.maxValue = maxValue; this.propertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PROPERTY_MAXVALUE, oldMaxValue, maxValue); } /** * returns true if there is a data point with given category * @param category - the data point category * @return true if there is a data point with given category, otherwise false */ public boolean contains(String category) { return this.dataPoints.containsKey(category); } /** * returns the label for the series * @return the label for the series */ public String getLabel() { return this.label; } /** * returns an iterator over the data points * @return an iterator over the data points */ public Iterator iterator() { return this.dataPoints.values().iterator(); } /** * returns a collection of the data points. the collection supports removal, but does not support adding of data points. * @return a collection of data points */ public Collection getDataPoints() { return this.dataPoints.values(); } /** * returns the number of data points in the series * @return the number of data points */ public int getSize() { return this.dataPoints.size(); } /** * adds a PropertyChangeListener * @param listener - the listener */ public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) { this.propertyChangeSupport.addPropertyChangeListener(listener); } /** * removes a PropertyChangeListener * @param listener - the listener */ public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) { this.propertyChangeSupport.removePropertyChangeListener(listener); } } package at.onscreen.chart; import java.beans.PropertyVetoException; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; import com.jgoodies.binding.PresentationModel; public class DataSeriesViewModel extends PresentationModel { /** * default constructor */ public DataSeriesViewModel() { super(new DataSeriesModel()); } /** * constructor * @param label - the series label */ public DataSeriesViewModel(String label) { super(new DataSeriesModel(label)); } /** * full constructor * @param label - the series label * @param dataPoints - an array of data points */ public DataSeriesViewModel(String label, DataPoint[] dataPoints) { super(new DataSeriesModel(label, dataPoints)); } /** * full constructor * @param label - the series label * @param dataPoints - a collection of data points */ public DataSeriesViewModel(String label, Collection dataPoints) { super(new DataSeriesModel(label, dataPoints)); } /** * full constructor * @param model - the data series model */ public DataSeriesViewModel(DataSeriesModel model) { super(model); } /** * adds a data point to the series * @param dataPoint - the data point */ public void addDataPoint(DataPoint dataPoint) { this.getBean().addDataPoint(dataPoint); } /** * returns true if there is a data point with given category * @param category - the data point category * @return true if there is a data point with given category, otherwise false */ public boolean contains(String category) { return this.getBean().contains(category); } /** * returns the data point with given id or null if not found * @param uid - the id of the data point * @return the data point or null if there is no such point in the table */ public DataPoint getDataPoint(String category) { return this.getBean().getDataPoint(category); } /** * returns a collection of the data points. the collection supports removal, but does not support adding of data points. * @return a collection of data points */ public Collection getDataPoints() { return this.getBean().getDataPoints(); } /** * returns the label for the series * @return the label for the series */ public String getLabel() { return this.getBean().getLabel(); } /** * sets the max value * @param maxValue - the max value */ public Double getMaxValue() { return this.getBean().getMaxValue(); } /** * returns the number of data points in the series * @return the number of data points */ public int getSize() { return this.getBean().getSize(); } /** * returns an iterator over the data points * @return an iterator over the data points */ public Iterator iterator() { return this.getBean().iterator(); } /** * removes all data points from the series * @throws PropertyVetoException */ public void removeAll() { this.getBean().removeAll(); } /** * removes the data point with given id from the series, if present * @param category - the data point to remove */ public void removeDataPoint(String category) { this.getBean().removeDataPoint(category); } } package at.onscreen.chart; import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent; import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener; import java.beans.PropertyVetoException; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; import javax.swing.JComponent; public abstract class DataSeries extends JComponent implements PropertyChangeListener { /** * the model */ private DataSeriesViewModel model; /** * default constructor */ public DataSeries() { this.model = new DataSeriesViewModel(); this.model.addPropertyChangeListener(this); this.createComponents(); } /** * constructor * @param label - the series label */ public DataSeries(String label) { this.model = new DataSeriesViewModel(label); this.model.addPropertyChangeListener(this); this.createComponents(); } /** * full constructor * @param label - the series label * @param dataPoints - an array of data points */ public DataSeries(String label, DataPoint[] dataPoints) { this.model = new DataSeriesViewModel(label, dataPoints); this.model.addPropertyChangeListener(this); this.createComponents(); } /** * full constructor * @param label - the series label * @param dataPoints - a collection of data points */ public DataSeries(String label, Collection dataPoints) { this.model = new DataSeriesViewModel(label, dataPoints); this.model.addPropertyChangeListener(this); this.createComponents(); } /** * full constructor * @param model - the model */ public DataSeries(DataSeriesViewModel model) { this.model = model; this.model.addPropertyChangeListener(this); this.createComponents(); } /** * creates, binds and configures UI components. * data point properties can be created here as components or be painted in paintComponent. */ protected abstract void createComponents(); @Override public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) { this.repaint(); } /** * adds a data point to the series * @param dataPoint - the data point */ public void addDataPoint(DataPoint dataPoint) { this.model.addDataPoint(dataPoint); } /** * returns true if there is a data point with given category * @param category - the data point category * @return true if there is a data point with given category, otherwise false */ public boolean contains(String category) { return this.model.contains(category); } /** * returns the data point with given id or null if not found * @param uid - the id of the data point * @return the data point or null if there is no such point in the table */ public DataPoint getDataPoint(String category) { return this.model.getDataPoint(category); } /** * returns a collection of the data points. the collection supports removal, but does not support adding of data points. * @return a collection of data points */ public Collection getDataPoints() { return this.model.getDataPoints(); } /** * returns the label for the series * @return the label for the series */ public String getLabel() { return this.model.getLabel(); } /** * sets the max value * @param maxValue - the max value */ public Double getMaxValue() { return this.model.getMaxValue(); } /** * returns the number of data points in the series * @return the number of data points */ public int getDataPointCount() { return this.model.getSize(); } /** * returns an iterator over the data points * @return an iterator over the data points */ public Iterator iterator() { return this.model.iterator(); } /** * removes all data points from the series * @throws PropertyVetoException */ public void removeAll() { this.model.removeAll(); } /** * removes the data point with given id from the series, if present * @param category - the data point to remove */ public void removeDataPoint(String category) { this.model.removeDataPoint(category); } /** * returns the data series view model * @return - the data series view model */ public DataSeriesViewModel getViewModel() { return this.model; } /** * returns the data series model * @return - the data series model */ public DataSeriesModel getModel() { return this.model.getBean(); } } package at.onscreen.chart.builder; import java.util.Collection; import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout; import at.onscreen.chart.DataPoint; import at.onscreen.chart.DataSeries; import at.onscreen.chart.DataSeriesViewModel; public class BuilderDataSeries extends DataSeries { /** * default constructor */ public BuilderDataSeries() { super(); } /** * constructor * @param label - the series label */ public BuilderDataSeries(String label) { super(label); 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