Adrian Hills is a cloud developer who writes in-depth, practical guides on Azure Functions, serverless scaling, monitoring, and testing, with a strong focus on performance and real-world Azure workloads.
83 articles from this blog
SQL Southampton User Group announces a room change to a larger hall within the same venue for its upcoming meetings.
Explains MongoDB's oplog, its role in replication, how to configure its size, and discusses a historical bug in version 1.6.5.
Updates to a .NET/SQL Server tool for importing and processing UK Ordnance Survey postcode and geographic boundary data.
Explains why a MongoDB database often uses more storage space than a relational database for the same data, detailing factors like ObjectIds and key names.
A technical guide on converting and loading UK postcode geographic data into SQL Server using a .NET library for spatial queries.
A guide on configuring MongoDB to run as a Windows service, including command setup and troubleshooting tips.
Explores techniques for maximizing SQL Server bulk insert performance using SqlBulkCopy with parallel processing and the Task Parallel Library.
Explains the GROUPING SETS operator in SQL Server for flexible data aggregation, comparing it to UNION ALL and WITH CUBE approaches.
A developer shares their experience using MongoVUE, a free .NET-based GUI tool for managing MongoDB databases.
A quick-start guide to setting up and using MongoDB with C# and the .NET framework, covering installation and basic database operations.
A SQL Server/.NET developer reflects on their first year of blogging, top technical posts, and community event participation in 2010.
Announcement and details for SQLBits 8, a SQL Server conference in Brighton in April 2011.
Announcement for the January 2011 SQL Server Southampton UserGroup meeting, featuring a talk on SQL Server architecture and a networking supper.
A summary of the first SQL Server Southampton UserGroup meeting, covering sessions on SQL CLR and community discussions.
Announcement that session videos from the SQLBits 6 conference are now available for viewing online.
A review of the SSMS Tools Pack, a free productivity add-in for SQL Server Management Studio, highlighting its key features like snippets and connection coloring.
Blogger returns from paternity leave and discusses interest in forming a new local SQL Server User Group in Hampshire, UK.
Explains how to pass a TABLE variable into a dynamic SQL statement in SQL Server, including code examples.
A developer reflects on learning new tech like NoSQL databases, daily stand-ups, and contributing to communities to advance their career.
A developer's initial exploration of Apache Cassandra, covering installation, data models, and connecting to it from a .NET application using C#.
