By Erin Joyce – Newly discovered vulnerabilities in the company’s EAI software could lead to attackers embedding malicious SQL statement into a query string or could even result in attackers executing code of their choice.
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Oracle Draws a Mid-Market Blueprint
by David Myron – Oracle executives recently met with the research director to share their plans for the CRM mid-market. Dubbed Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition, the Oracle mid-market solution comes with preconfigured and integrated Oracle applications including financials, order management, p
When We Think That the Optimizer Doesn’t Get It Right
Taken from real life experience, author Alexander Kuznetsov shows you some simple tips to make sure the optimizer makes good decisions for your queries.
HOWTO: Retrieve XML Data by Using a SQL XML Query in an ASP Client
When you run an ADODB command stream and specify SQL SELECT with the FOR XML AUTO clause, an XML document stream is fetched from SQL Server, sent to the response object, and piped to the client.
Index Fragmentation and Its Resolution
(Randy Dyess) While there is no doubt of the benefits of adding indexes to your tables, and for the most part you have to do little work to keep the indexes maintained, some maintenance is required as indexes can become fragmented during data modifications. This fragmentation can become a source of
Simple Oracle objects
by Eli Leiba – Version 8i introduced simple objects in Oracle and so made the Oracle database a true object-oriented environment. This article presents short scripts that demonstrate how to build, use and maintain Oracle simple objects.
IBM touts its technology durability
Steve Mills, IBM’s senior vice-president and group executive in the IBM software group, touted the strength and popularity of IBM product lines during a keynote speech at the IBM developerWorksLive conference. He said, for example, that the WebSphere applications platform has 50,000 customers, that
A Comparison of SQL Server 2000 with DB2 v8.1
Alexander Chigrik compares SQL Server 2000 with DB2 Universal Database version 8.1 regarding price, performance, platforms supported, SQL dialects, and products limits.
Microsoft To Expose Passport As XML-Enabled .NET Web Service This Summer
By Paula Rooney – As part of its growing portfolio of .NET services, Microsoft will expose its Passport authentication service as an XML Web service this summer, officials said. The forthcoming Microsoft Passport Web Service, which will support XML and the delivery of Simple Object Access Pro
XML Standards Provide Web Services Security
Everybody’s talking about Web services, but what about the security implications? Learn how implementing some maturing XML security standards into your Web services applications can assure an end-to-end solution