A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. It also includes non-security fixes that are required (because of interdependencies) by those security patches
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Encrypting Data Warehouses Without Impacting Performance
(Stuart Frost and Mark Theissen) The topic of data security breaches is increasingly in the daily headlines. We have all seen the headlines about data theft incidents from companies such as CardSystems Solutions, ChoicePoint and several educational institutions. In addition, companies such as Bank
Combining ASP.NET 2.0 master pages and themes
(Tony Patton) We have examined two new ASP.NET 2.0 features that simplify designing the look and feel of a site: master pages and themes. This week we examine how they work together by combining the elements. Also, we take a closer look at what is available with Visual Studio 2005.
Windows Programming in Python
(A.P.Rajshekhar) This article shows you how to call COM components from Python, and shows you how to use COM extensions to access the mail merge functionalities of MS Word in Python.
OUTPUT clause in SQL Server 2005
(Muthusamy Anantha Kumar) A SQL Server 2005 feature that I appreciate and want to demonstrate is the OUTPUT clause. The OUTPUT clause helps in returning the actual data from a table soon after an insert. Applications require return values such as the new identity value, the computed column value or
Compression comparison to Oracle and Microsoft
(Chris Eaton) In the past few postings you have seen how to use compression along with many real world customer examples of compression rates in DB2 Viper. In this posting I want to compare this technology to other competitors (I’m not proclaiming myself as an Oracle or Microsoft expert and there ar
Soap Headers Authentication in Web Services
(Vishal Kumar Patil) SOAP Headers can play an important role in SOAP messages. By using headers, you can separate data that is used by the Web Service but not directly related to the functionality exposed by a given Web Method. Unlike the Body element of a SOAP message, which includes the in and o
Configure SQL Server 2005 TempDB for performance
(Jeremy Kadlec) Properly configuring TempDB in SQL Server 2005 is imperative with some of the system database’s new responsibilities. With SQL Server 2005, TempDB is responsible for managing temporary objects, row versioning and online index rebuilds. Some of this processing has moved from the trans
WebSphere Application Server V6 for OS/400: Getting Started
(Aleksandr Nartovich, Monti Abrahams, Hiroshi Araki, Armando “Mando” Bernal Jr. and Josh A Majsterski) iSeries is one of the IBM’s premier server platform. The uniqueness of this platform is the ability to integrated an array of different workloads on a single iSeries system. Using this strength o
Ruby as a Web service client language
(William Brogden) A number of interesting languages described as “scripting languages” have great potential for building Web service client applications. The term “scripting language” seems to commonly be applied to languages created as tools for “quick and dirty” solution building from existing com