Seven new webcasts are scheduled for January, covering such topics as Common Language Runtime Integration, Security Considerations When Upgrading to SQL Server 2005, How Microsoft IT Runs SAP on SQL Server 2005 and more.
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Startups Board the AJAX Bandwagon
(Clint Boulton) It’s a brave new world of software programming out there, and AJAX is the agent being used to deliver a clean look for more interactive, yet seamless desktop computing.
Long-awaited MySQL 5.0 makes its debut
(Sean McCown) MySQL 5.0 has finally been released to much anticipation from the open source community. The new version includes some important enhancements that make an upgrade mandatory for 4.1 users, including improved security and stored procedures. All in all, MySQL 5.0 is a respectable open sou
Top 7 PHP Security Blunders
(Pax Dickinson) PHP is a terrific language for the rapid development of dynamic Websites. It also has many features that are friendly to beginning programmers, such as the fact that it doesn’t require variable declarations. However, many of these features can lead a programmer inadvertently to allow
Another rant, this time on DB2 security
(Willie Favero) I have been fortunate in my career. Between education, consulting, pre-sales, and now sales, I have had the opportunity to get involved in a lot of different DB2 related stuff. I like to sometimes joke about my 30+ years in database by describing myself as a “jack of all trades, mast
Database Security and Oracle Patches – Part 4
(Steve Callan) At the end of Part 3, a patch for an Oracle 10.2.0.1 database was obtained from MetaLink and cached in a cache repository. During the installation, the patch was not applied (although it could have been at that time). In this part of the series, Oracle’s OPatch utility will be used to
SQL Server 2005 – SQL Server Integration Services – Debugging Script Component – Part 15
(Marcin Policht) Continuing the coverage of debugging features in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services Data Flow, which we started in the previous installment of this series, we will now focus on the Script Component. As we have already pointed out, some of the methods presented when discussing this
Wireless Markup Language (WML) Tutorial
(Gez Lemon) The Wireless Markup Language (WML) is the markup language used to make sites suitable for viewing using a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) device. If you don’t have a WAP device to view the pages, you can get a simulator by downloading the Wireless Companion from YourWAP. The Wireless
Membership and Role providers for MySQL
(andriniaina) This article provides two files that contain a Membership provider and a Role provider for ASP.NET v2.0.
Monitoring Tables & Indexes
(Lester Knutsen) The Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) sysmaster database contains information you can use to understand the layout and performance of the databases, tables, and detached indexes on your server. I’ll show you how to use this information to your performance advantage.