(Ben Nadel) The last couple of days have been really exciting as we’ve been exploring the new Closures and Function Expressions that have been added to ColdFusion 10. First, we looked at the general structure and behavior of closures and function expressions; then, we looked at how closures interact
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A Software Developer’s Guide to HTTP Part V– State & Security
(Scott) In this last article of the series we will look at the security aspects of HTTP, including how to identify users, how HTTP authentication works, and see why some scenarios require HTTPS (secure HTTP). Along the way, we are also going to learn a bit about how to manage state with HTTP.
Integrating a business process application in IBM Business Process Manager V7.5.1 with an external system using the REST API
(Ricardo Olivieri) This article discusses integrating activities with an external system using the REST API. IBM Business Process Manager V7.5.1 now supports all the functionality provided by the unsupported REST API available with WebSphere Lombardi Edition V7.2.
Restoring SQL Server system databases msdb and model
(Atif Shehzad) Due to a recent rebuild of the master database for a SQL Server instance, I now need to restore the msdb and model databases. In this tip we walk through the process that you need to follow to restore the model and msdb databases successfully.
The Promise of Big Data
Starts tomorrow – register ASAP: Denny Cherry is Back – Storage and Virtualization Online Course Denny explains why storage can be one of the largest bottlenecks when it comes to database performance. It’s also one of the hardest to troubleshoot because storage engineers and database administrators often do not get along. He’ll dig into LUNs, HBAs, the fabric, as well […]
DB2 OLAP function may crash DB2 instance.
(Maxim Moroz) Two weeks ago our DB2 team had a real stress test. Without any particular reason DB2 Production server of one of our clients began to freeze or crash. Monitoring system falsely believed that the database was alive since port 50000 was available.
Constraint based Global Policy Attachments (CGPA) – 11gR1
(Prakash Yamuna) There are quite a few new features that were delivered as part of OWSM 11gR1 PS5 (11.1.1.6.0). One of the new features that was delivered is the ability define Constraint based Global Policy Attachments (or sometimes referred to as Conditional Global Policy Attachments).
SQL SERVER – guest User and MSDB Database – Enable guest User on MSDB Database
(Pinal Dave) On the subject of guest account I have written few article earlier. Here are the quick list of the same.
How to recover deleted rows from an InnoDB Tablespace
(Miguel Angel Nieto) In my previous post I explained how it could be possible to recover, on some specific cases, a single table from a full backup in order to save time and make the recovery process more straightforward. Now the scenario is worse because we don’t have a backup or the backup restore
How Understanding Assembly Language Helps Debug .NET Applications
(Sasha Goldshtein) During the last few years, I’ve been asked many times why I bother exercising my x86 and x64 assembly language skills, and especially why I find assembly language important to teach at courses, conferences, and one-off sessions.