(Kenneth Fisher) I get asked this every now and again, along with the companion When was the last time this login was used? It’s a pretty easy question to answer but there are some caveats.
Other News
Understanding ReadOnly And Exclusive Named Locks In Lucee CFML 5.3.5.92
(Ben Nadel) The other weekend, as I was reading through the Learn Modern ColdFusion in 100 Minutes book by Ortus Solutions, something about the way in which they described the CFLock tag really clicked for me. Historically, my understanding of the different types of locking has been fairly po
Displaying Nested Child Objects in the Windows Forms Designer Property Grid
(Rick Strahl) It’s been a while since I’ve used WinForms and for the last few days I’ve been working on a new Markdown editing control for an application.
Active Data Guard – limitations on ROWTYPE
(Connor McDonald) I had an AskTOM question come in with an issue trying to PL/SQL on an Active Data Guard (ADG) database (which of course is running in read-only mode).
Silent Install 11.2.0.4 DB Software With GI 18c On OEL 7.7
(mdinh) Just some note:
What is the Difference Between Observable and Promise With Example in Angular 8
(Siddharth Gajbhiye) Observables and Promise both provide us with abstractions that help us deal with the asynchronous nature of applications.
SQL SERVER – Fix: Configuration Manager- Cannot Connect to WMI Provider. You Do Not Have Permission or The Server is Unreachable
(Pinal Dave) The reason, I like SQL Server as a product is that there are multiple solutions to one problem and one can use the method they find most convenient. Almost three years ago, I wrote a blog post about how to solve the error: Configuration Manager – Cannot Connect to WMI Provider. You Do N
Using a MySQL Keyring SECRET and Asymmetric Encryption
(Mike Frank) The following is an example of how to allow applications to asymmetrically encrypt data using a public key. In MySQL 8.0.19 support for the SECRET datatype was added to our Keyring technology.
How to test your C# Web API
(Tim Deschryver) If you’ve read some of my other blog posts already, you probably know that I’m not a big fan of unit tests.
Implementing an ST_SnapToGrid (PostGIS) function for Oracle Spatial
(Simon Greener) I am continuing my looking at PostGIS and developing new functions for Oracle that plug-gaps identified in PostGIS. Much of this has been wrapping existing functions in my existing GEOM PL/SQL package, but some has involved developing new functions.