(Scott Mitchell) The ASP.NET 2.0 Membership class provides a ValidateUser(userName, password) method that returns a Boolean value indicating whether or not a user’s supplied credentials are valid. This method is automatically utilized from the Login Web control and can also be used programmatically,
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Who connects to your computer?
(akomarov) Who connects to your computer? You can be notified by an MSN-like popup window while doing your work. The program can also create its own log file for all historical logon events. The log file created in the sample code is called called evlogger.txt and can be found in the application (ev
.Net Memory Management Rules: Part 2
(ayzec) As you continue to create .Net objects, the managed heap will eventually become full. As covered in Part 1 of this series, when the CLR determines that there is insufficient room on the heap to host the new object, it will perform a garbage collection in an attempt to free memory. Hence we a
People Power
(Mike Miley) A global employment services company with more than 4,300 offices in 72 countries has compelling reasons to leverage a global IT infrastructure for both e-commerce applications and back-office financials. For starters, its clients need standardized global online access to the multicount
Choosing between XML and SQL in .NET Content Management Systems
(Petr Palas) This article compares various approaches to storing, editing, and displaying structured content on the web. It shows the advantages and disadvantages of using XML and relational SQL databases.
Integrating Microsoft ActiveX components with WebSphere
(Paul Holm) I’m all for platform independence, but the facts are the majority of WebSphere and iSeries shops are also running Windows-based desktops with Microsoft Office — Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. (R)
MySQL issues security fix
(Dawn Kawamoto) MySQL has issued a security update to address flaws in its client-server protocol that could allow a malicious attacker to exploit buffer overflow vulnerabilities and gain access to sensitive information.
Tip: Rescue terrible HTML with TagSoup
(Uche Ogbuji) An important goal of XHTML is to provide developers a clean and easily parsed Web format, something anyone who has had to do any screen-scraping would appreciate. The problem is that the Web is still mostly populated by the scary legacy of HTML, much of it not even compliant to the mor
OLAP Watch: IBM DB2 AphaBlox 8.3
(Vladimir Stojanovski) An updated release of Alphablox (8.3) was released to select customers in December, 2005, with some minor improvements. The previous release, version 8.2 was made available way back in December, 2004. Not familiar with this OLAP product? I’ll be happy to elucidate.
Oracle Unwraps RFID Edge Server Upgrades
(Laurie Sullivan) Oracle Corp. rolled out upgrades to Oracle Sensor Edge Server. Oracle Sensor Edge Server, an important piece in Oracle Fusion Middleware 10g, lets companies integrate a variety of products from existing IT infrastructures with RFID and sensor networks