(Bob Kane) Viruses, Trojans, spyware, rootkits, keyloggers, code injections, phishing, DoS—the list of security threats is long—and seems to get longer with every news story about the newest zero-day attack or latest and more powerful malware. While it’s important to be sure your systems are protect
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(Jim Mischel) In ADO.NET, a DataReader provides a forward-only, read-only stream of data from a database. When you first hear of it you might think, “what good is that?” It turns out to be incredibly useful. Why? Because the underlying implementations of descendant classes take advantage of the know
Working with Accordion AJAX Control
(Nidal Arabi) There are series of controls (Extenders or simply first class control) in the AJAX control Toolkit. One of them is of particular interest in this article, the Accordion control. This control would enrich your website and gives it a professional look. In addition, the Accordion control
Seven Trends that influences Search Technologies
(Sneha Philipose) The Semantic Web is a project that intends to create a universal medium for information exchange by giving meaning (semantics), in a manner understandable by machines, to the content of documents on the Web. Currently under the direction of the Web’s creator, Tim Berners-Lee of the
DB2 NUM_POOLAGENTS – DBM CFG Parameter
(ahk2chan) The DB2 DBM cfg (Database Management Configuration) Parameter NUM_POOLAGENTS represents the number of agents should be stayed in the pool instead of being discarded after used.
Use the Informix Dynamic Server scheduler and SQL API
(George D. Simpson) IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11 (IDS 11) offers new features to assist in automating administration and maintenance tasks. Learn how the new scheduler and SQL API make a DBA’s daily tasks easier.
Clicking in a Row
(Scott Spendolini) First of off, consider my recent absence a summer vacation of sorts, without the vacation part. It’s been hectic since my last post, which was about, wow – ODTUG. We had over 100 people in our training sessions there, and most of the feedback was great! We hope to do it again next
Manage Your MySQL Database with Rails’ Migrations
(W. Jason Gilmore) Over the past ten years, I’ve created and managed perhaps hundreds of MySQL databases, and in the process have used all manner of tools for facilitating the process. Among my stable of preferred tools include PHPMyAdmin, a web-based table and data manager, and even the MySQL clien
Parallel Query and 11g
(Doug Burns) I’ve been playing around with 11g on and off this week, re-running some of the tests in this document (PDF file).
Test SQL Server 2000 Clustering in VMware Workstation
(Steven Warren) SQL Server 2000 is a robust and complicated product, especially when you are using it in a clustered setup. Properly deploying and managing it requires a reliable testing environment, but that can be costly. An economical alternative is to build a clustered SQL 2000 testing environme