JavaScript, graphics performance improvements on tap for IE9
The first information about the next version of Microsoft’s Web browser was revealed at PDC on Wednesday. The announcement described three main areas of improvement: JavaScript, Web standards, and graphics technology.
IE9 will contain a new, significantly faster JavaScript engine, it will have richer support for Web standards like CSS 3, and it will use the [...]
Some general tips when writing an SQL statement
One: only “tune” SQL after code is confirmed as working correctly
Two: code the query as simply as possible i.e. no unnecessary columns are selected, no unnecessary GROUP BY or ORDER BY.
Three: it is the same or faster to SELECT by actual column name(s). The larger the table the more likely the savings.
Use:
SELECT customer_id, [...]