(Uche Ogbuji) Minimization is an important aspect of security. In the supply chain of goods businesses, one doesn’t lump all the raw materials, financial instruments and other paraphernalia of commerce along with the final goods in the retail location.
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The Literate .NET Way to Code for Office, XML and VSTO 2005
(Larry O’Brien) Source code has three audiences: the compiler, ourselves, and other readers. For more and more developers, the last is the most important. Of course it’s important to properly specify to the compiler what it is you wish the computer to do, but in a global marketplace, a talent for pr
Using the CMAB for Enterprise, Client, and User Settings
(Rocky Lhotka) Applications use many forms of configuration data, storing settings that are used in applications, enterprise, client computers, and user settings. The Configuration Management Application Block (CMAB) is typically used for application settings, but it can be enhanced to support more
Employee workplace series: Configure and develop single sign-on portlets for DB2 Content Manager 8.2
(Bill Zhu) The employee workplace series highlights how employees can collaborate to create, review and publish research reports that are accessible to everyone in the company. Part 5 and Part 6 of the series describe how to use portlets and DB2 Content Manager to create an authoring process and
Architecture Insights from Tech-Ed 2005
(Scott Bellware) In the space of a couple years, the architecture track has swelled from a handful of sessions and a couple of panels, to a first class citizen of the overall Tech-Ed experience. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) made its presence felt from Steve Ballmer’s keynote, to the last
Domain Objects Persistence Pattern for .NET
(Iqbal Khan) Domain objects in an application represent the core data and business validation rules relating to it. And, domain objects are usually central to the entire application and used by most subsystems. Therefore, their good design is critical for a good application design that is robust
XML SOAP – Introduction
SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol – is the hottest thing in XML development right now. It has a major role to play in Microsoft’s next generation of Visual Studio, and it is the basis of their “.NET” strategy. If you’re looking to write a bullet-proof SOAP service now, in VB6, then look no furthe
Custom Assembly in Reporting Services
(K Balaji) SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services is a server-based reporting solution that can deliver interactive Web–based reports. This article describes a problem that occurs when you access a custom assembly in your Reporting Services report that does not have sufficient permissions on the resourc
Restoring a database from another SQL Server
(Greg Robidoux) There are many reasons that you would want to move a database from one server to another, disaster recovery, refreshing a test environment, data analysis or maybe something else. Restoring the database is the easy part, but then you may be left with mismatched logins and database use
FIX: You may receive an exception access violation for the Ssnetlib.dll file in SQL Server 2000
When an encrypted logon packet is received in two network reads, you may receive an exception access violation in Microsoft SQL Server 2000. This problem occurs when the following conditions are true: • The Ssnetlib.dll file is build 818 or a later build. • Encryption is supported, and both the