(Bryan Sullivan) To understand and then combat a brute force attack, also known as a dictionary attack, we must start by understanding why it might be an appealing tool for a hacker.
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Cast a BindingSource’s Current Object to a Strongly Typed DataRow Using the Visual Basic 2005 ‘dtBindingSourceCurrent’ Code Snippet
(Mike McIntyre) When you use a BindingSource, for example by dragging it on to a page to bind data to a DataGrid or BindingNavigator, you will eventually need to cast the object that is current in the BindingSource into a type you can use to read or edit it.
Improving the performance of queries using SQL Server Part 1
(Pete O’Hanlon) Lately, I’ve been answering a lot of questions about tuning queries in SQL Server and checking that the developer is making the best use of the database features. As a result of this, I have decided to put together a series of articles on how to get the best out of your database deve
SQL Server integration with Microsoft Office 2007
(Serdar Yegulalp) Previous editions of Microsoft Office have provided some degree of connectivity between Office applications and third-party data sources. There has also been a fair degree of integration with SQL Server — which, I guess, counts as a first-party data source. But Office 2007 introduc
AJAX Test Automation
(James McCaffrey) The popularity of Web applications that use AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) technology has increased steadily over the past year. When written correctly, AJAX can yield significant improvements in performance and user experience compared with non-AJAX Web applications. Howev
Markup Compatibility
(Wouter van Vugt) The year is 2012. Open XML revision 2.0 has just made it through standardization by ECMA and of course ISO, despite heavy protests of Big Blue (and the still raging battles between the Autobots and Decepticons, since late 2005). Even though the new standard has been well received b
MySQL: Tuning filesorts and temporary tables
(Paul Moen) Filesorts and temp tables are a necessary evil in MySQL, used when MySQL must sort the data before returning the output to the user. They are the most common issue with slow queries in MySQL, the main reason being that if the output is too large, you can kiss goodbye in-memory performanc
Off-Site DBAs – Alive and Well
(James F. Koopmann) Do you Do remote DBA? I have often wondered about the current status of off-site remote work. I currently am doing full-time work remotely and often joke with my friends about wearing my bunny slippers all day long.
Exploring the Header in the WSE 2.0 SoapEnvelope Class
(Jayaram Krishnaswamy) This article, the second of two parts, continues our exploration of the SoapEnvelope class in WSE2.0 by examining some of its properties and methods. In particular, we focus on manipulating the SoapHeader.
Convert databases to different platforms using RMAN
(Bob Watkins) The transportable tablespace feature—copying datafiles directly between Oracle instances instead of unloading and loading data—was introduced in Oracle 8i and has grown in functionality ever since. At first, the tablespace to be moved had to have the same block size as the destination