14Feb 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Happy Birthday to Delphi at 22 years and counting

Rad Studio Delphi Development
Happy Birthday to Delphi at 22 years and counting Well with the next release, "Godzilla - Tokyo" currently in beta testing and getting prepared to support Linux servers, there is no better way then to shout out a happy birthday to Delphi. Delphi History Delphi was originally developed by Borland as a rapid application development tool for Windows as the successor of Turbo Pascal. Delphi added full object-orientation to the existing language, and since then the language has grown and supports many other modern language features, including generics and anonymous methods, as well as unusual features such as inbuilt string types and native COM support. Delphi and its C++ counterpart, C++Builder, share many core components, notably the IDE, the Visual Component Library (VCL), and much of the RTL, and are…
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28Oct 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Baron Software Supports IDERA DB PowerStudio

Software Releases, SQL Tips
Baron Software Supports IDERA's DB PowerStudio Baron Software is a longtime user of IDERA's DB PowerStudio which assists us in dealing with our clients in maintaining thousands of mission-critical multi-platform databases that are used for data warehouses along with highly robust data driven applications,” said Richard Baroniunas, software developer and DBA at Baron Software. “It is an utmost priority to use the absolutely best monitoring and troubleshooting software for our clients. All of Baron Software’s clients deserve the best software tools on the market and that is the reason IDERA’s DB PowerStudio suite is always used. The newest release of DB PowerStudio will create the client satisfaction that is our main objective. Read the Businesswire article Read the full article at BusinessWire.  Idera DB Powerstudio for various SQL servers give you the utmost ability to…
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27Oct 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Saving SQL Column Headers Results

SQL Tips
Saving SQL Column Headers Results Sometimes you can run into problems that tend to take up time and could have been solved in a minute.  One of these strange problems is when you attempt to save a Microsoft SQL query result grid to a CSV file. Using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Now most of DBA or Developers tend to use the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to do the necessary general SQL work.  As you expected when you execute a query the results grid appears displaying the results.  I as countless others tend to copy the information and save it in an excel spreadsheet to do further analysis.  But there are times you may need to save the information into a CSV file for the purpose of…
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18Oct 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Getting performance statistics for cached stored procedures

SQL Tips
Getting performance statistics for cached stored procedures It is always extremely important to maintain your SQL server to the utmost efficiency.    DBAs review the database structure and whether certain pieces such as stored procedures, triggers, etc. can be tuned even further.  One of the areas that will be discussed are the stored procedure which can be used during any time as well as day.  Dynamic Management Views and Function (DMVs and DMFs) to identify resources used by stored procedures DMVs and DMFs were introduced in SQL Server 2005 and are able to obtain figures only for those stored procedures that have execution plans in the procedure cache.  The SQL Server engine starts gathering information about the performance of a stored procedure the first time that  the plan is placed in the…
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06Jul 2016 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Embarcadero Webinar C++ latest features

Computer PC Tips - bits and bytes, Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software development Concepts, Software Events
  <h1>Embarcadero Webinar - Useful C++ Features You Should be Using</h1> The Embarcadero webinar are usually excellent and short providing you insight on the latest features for C++ Builder.  Even if you do not use the product there is a possibility that you will pick up some new clue on how to use C++. David Millington knowledge on the product line is a breathe of fresh air and hopefully puts this compiler on a better path for getting updates or upgrades.  The future of the product will be for Linux server application development by the fall.  In comparison with Visual Studio, Rad Studio does cost money but the product is superior in usage and application development.  You can use Visual Studio Community which is free but it is at times confusing…
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