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 pleased to announce the addition of Jeanne Boyarsky as a full-time partner to this blog. As regular readers may be aware, Jeanne has been a long time contributor helping to fill in the gaps of time when I’ve been too busy to write regular articles. Jeanne and I met as moderators of the JDBC [...]