( Satya Ramesh) In this video, you will learn how to create a SQL Server login.
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What is skip-2? What is means to you? And what is compromised to make this happen?
(Denny Cherry) Skip-2 is the name of a software package that lets what appears to be state sponsored hackers attack your SQL Server data and download, change or delete data without the auditing that you have configured being triggered.
Java Feature Spotlight: Local Variable Type Inference
(Brian Goetz) In Java Futures at QCon New York, Java Language Architect Brian Goetz took us on a whirlwind tour of some recent and future features in the Java Language. In this article, he dives into Local Variable Type Inference.
Using your FIDO2 key for 2FA on IBM Cloud apps
(Henrik Loeser) Last week I read the blog on how to protect cloud apps with App ID by using the IBM Cloud Identity user directory.
Handling type hierarchies in Cosmos DB (part 2)
(Thomas Levesque) This is the second post in a series of 2:
The GraphicsPath Class
(Hannes DuPreez) Since the implementation of the GraphicsPath class in .NET, life has become so much easier. The GraphicsPath class forms part of the System.Drawing.Drawing2D namespace.
Declarative Claims-Based Authentication in ASP.NET Core 3.0
(Peter Vogel) Eric Vogel’s articles on authentication (here and here) in ASP.NET Core show what you have to do in order to authenticate a user against a local database.
Are your Database Backups Good Enough?
(Jaime Crespo) In the last few years there have been several examples of major service problems affecting businesses data: outages causing data inconsistencies; unavailability or data loss, and worldwide cyberattacks encrypting your files and asking for a ransom.
DevOps for Oracle DBA
(Fahd Mirza Chughtai) DevOps is natural evolution for Oracle database administrators or sysadmins of any kind. The key to remain relevant in the industry is to embrace DevOps these days and in near future.
Event incident
(mgogala) In a recent thread on oracle-l, Mikhail Velikikh has pointed me to an interesting but scarcely documented Oracle feature.