A connection to a database is a resource intensive operation that typically comprises a few steps. A channel of communication between the application and the database should be established before the ...

Use profiler.<br><br>SQL leaves them open for a time for the connection pooling of course. -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/infopop/emoticons/icon ...

Asynchronous programming helps you to improve the overall performance and responsiveness of your application. In this article we will explore the basics of asynchronous programming and write code to ...

Faster performance in business applications comes down to reducing the "critical two" -- disk I/O and trips to the server. Doing that means doing a lot of things right, starting with your database ...

There's no doubt that Entity Framework with LINQ is great (I've certainly written enough articles about it). But Entity Framework comes at a cost. As Matthew Jones points out on his blog, using ...