(Serdar Yegulalp) Large table rows should each have distinct values — but what do you do if they don’t? For instance, if data is imported from another source and not properly screened, you may notice duplicate values among rows instead. Duplicate values also crop up when a table that previously had
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Of Persistence and POJOs: Bridging the Object and Relational Worlds
(Rod Johnson and Jim Clark) Nearly every J2EE application needs to access one (or more) relational databases, so it’s not an overstatement to say that one of the most important decisions you’ll make when setting out to architect a J2EE application is how the application will access persistent data:
FIX: You cannot create new TCP/IP socket based connections after error messages 17882 and 10055 are written to the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 error log
The following issue is fixed in this Microsoft SQL Server 2000 hotfix package: • You experience all the following symptoms on a computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server 2000: • You cannot connect to SQL Server 2000 by using a TCP/IP socket based connection after error messages 17882 and 10055
New Virus Attack Technique Bypasses Filters
(Dennis Fisher) Virus writers have once again gotten the drop on anti-virus vendors and IT administrators with a new technique that’s finding early and considerable success.
Securing Enterprise Databases
There are three commonly accepted baseline implementation and function requirements for a successful data encryption solution. However, each system layer approach delivers an encrypted solution in a different manner and address a multitude of different requirements. These requirements are broken out
Encrypt DataSets for Offline Storage
(Paul Kimmel) Data stored on a client machine represents a security hole in all of your carefully considered plans. This article borrows from the IssueVision smart client sample application to demonstrate how to protect offline data. IssueVision is a sample help desk management application that gene
IBM plans to ‘double’ new Las Vegas division
(Valerie Miller) Las Vegas a tech Mecca? The people who scoffed at that notion just a few short months ago might be eating a little crow right about now. The acquisition of local software developer SRD by IBM has sparked renewed hope that the Las Vegas Valley can attract high-technology industries.
Must-have open source applications for consultants
(Rob Sutherland) As a consultant to small businesses trying to get up to speed on Linux, my must-have applications are OpenOffice.org, MySQLAdmin, and Rekall. I’m going to include Knoppix as well; although it isn’t an application in the sense of being a single package, I use it as a system recovery
Talk America Dials Up Enterprise Grid Computing With Oracle
Seeking a strong information technology (IT) foundation to support its business, Talk America has deployed an enterprise Grid computing infrastructure with Oracle 10g software at its core. Talk America, a provider of phone service and high speed Internet access, is using Oracle Application Server 10
Migration of Oracle Database 10g From Sun Servers to Dell Servers
Oracle Database software is available for many different operating systems and hardware platforms. Tools are included with Oracle Database that make it easy to move or migrate databases from one operating system or platform to another. In the new version of Oracle Database, Oracle Database 10g, some