(Darla Ferrara) Using filters in SVG allows you to change to look of the shapes in ways you can not do with a simple transformation.
Other News
Take That Exadata: Fast Index Creation using NOPARALLEL
(Iggy Fernandez) The development team needed a copy of the production schema and index creation was taking forever.
Database Registry: Component Dependencies
(Mike Dietrich) Recently I had to dig a bit into the component dependency topic as I was working with an Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 customer planning to upgrade to Oracle Database 11.2.0.2 with a limited downtime window.
DataGridView – How to allow user to change the BackColor of alternate rows
(Ged Mead) In this earlier article, I looked at how to change various settings of a DataGridView in code at run time. One of these settings was the color used for the alternate rows of the grid. To keep things simple, I hard coded those values.
Socket Programming in C#…
(Joydip Kanjilal) A Computer Network implies two or more computers linked together through some software or hardware for the purpose of exchanging data and information. Microsoft .NET provides excellent support for writing programs that can make use of sockets for communication between two or more p
Migrating SQL Server Databases – The DBA’s Checklist (Part 3)
(Sadequl Hussain) Continuing from Part 2 of the Database Migration Checklist series:
Oracle Service Bus, Implementing Aggregator pattern by use of Split-Join
(Eric Elzinga) One of the patterns mentioned on the eai patterns site is the so called Aggregator pattern.
Performance impact: What is the optimal payload for SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServer()?
(Linchi Shea) For many years, I have been using a C# program to generate the TPC-C compliant data for testing. The program relies on the SqlBulkCopy class to load the data generated as per the TPC-C specifications into the SQL Server tables.
SQL Injection Demo
(Bryan C Smith) The purpose of this post is to demonstrate a simple SQL injection attack. For information on securing a database against SQL injection, please review this post.
Scheduling Tasks in ASP.NET using Workflows
(Vivek Krishnamurthy) In this article, I would like to demonstrate one of the many approaches of scheduling tasking. In this case, I am taking an ASP.NET application using workflow foundation. However, the preferred way to implement is to use Task scheduler or Windows service as your primary option.
