I wasn’t sure whether to blog about this session. Scott feels i haven’t written enough here at the Server Side Java Symposium so i decided to go for it . Unfortunately, he didn’t say anything I could write without doing a free press release. So here’s a really short summary. The one slide is an [...]

The most common type of questions in the JavaRanch JDBC forum tends to be about improving performance in a database (that, and “Where can I download a JDBC Driver?”). While remote trouble-shooting performance issues can be tricky, we often spot issues with the presented queries and offer alternatives to improve performance. One issue I see [...]

I’m looking at writing integration tests for the back end of JavaRanch‘s JForum install. A few “pesky” requirements/constraints Multiple developers all over the word have their own local test databases filled with data in different states.  The tests must work for everyone.  Ideally they won’t leave data floating around either. The tests must use PostgreSQL.  [...]