Tag: performance
Programming for multi-core performance - in Java?
Performance is a huge concern when writing any Java code, especially since many still do not realize the benefits of coding to a hotspot vm and believe Java to be a "slower" language than something like C/C++. As someone with a hardware background, I frequently hear that faster computers are the...
Joining XML with RDBMS, how and what are the consequences?
A few months ago, my friend Minollo blogged about XQuery against RDBMS: let the engine optimize your SQL. And last week again, a question on...
XQuery against RDBMS: let the engine optimize your SQL
We recently noticed some questions on a newsgroup that attracted our attention. The question was something similar to this:
How to create an XQuery which generates SQL like
[cc lang="sql" theme="xquery"]
SELECT t1.columnName1 FROM Table t1 WHERE t1.columnName2...
Why do I want to use XQuery against relational databases?
A few days ago someone brought to my attention a post by Elliotte Harold about "The State of Native XML Databases", which also mentions...
Christmas cheer
I write this entry from Dublin, Ireland where I'm staying with my folks for the Christmas week. In just a week it is next to impossible to switch one's brain off; however, some interesting observations as to the technology environment here: 100% Mobile penetration was reached just last week - a...
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