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Defend against SQL Injection

(Bryan C Smith) SQL injection is an attack by which user input is used to modify the logic of a SQL statement. The attack may be used to disrupt the underlying database or bypass application logic but more typically it is used to extract additional information from the database which may be valuable

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Your BI Projects: A Step at a Time

New Show Live Now! SelecTViews – New data breach(!), tips on managing the blame game and how you can over-deliver. Also, find out about business intelligence tips and our Facebook question of the day. [Watch Now] (Also, have you seen last week’s show? Live now – click here to watch.) BI, Clear as Mud… I’ve been talking with all sorts […]

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Health and Computer Professionals

Health and Computer Professionals There are many health risks common to computer professionals. The majority are due to repetitive tasks for long periods of time with limited movement. Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most well known. Typing for extended periods may cause inflammation of the Carpal tunnel in the wrist resulting in pain or numbness in areas of […]

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What Do URIs Mean Anyway?

(Jeni Tennison) If you’ve hung around in linked data circles for any amount of time, you’ll probably have come across the httpRange-14 issue. This was an issue placed before the W3C TAG years and years ago which has become a permathread on semantic web and linked data mailing lists.

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SPARQL Web Pages made easy

(Holger Knublauch) SPARQL Web Pages (SWP, aka UISPIN) is a templating language for HTML and XML formats that operate on RDF data. In a nutshell, SWP makes it possible to embed SPARQL expressions and queries directly into web page snippets, and to link an RDF or OWL ontology with such SWP snippets.