(Shawna McAlearney) A number of high-risk vulnerabilities in Oracle’s database products were announced today by Next Generation Security Software [NGSS] in what is likely the first news in Oracle Corp.’s new quarterly patching schedule. (R)
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SQLNativeSql function (CLI) – Get native SQL text Purpose
SQLNativeSql() is used to show how DB2 CLI interprets vendor escape clauses. If the original SQL string passed in by the application contained vendor escape clause sequences, then DB2 CLI will return the transformed SQL string that would be seen by the data source (with vendor escape clauses either
Ten Must-Have Tools Every Developer Should Download Now
(James Avery) You cannot expect to build a first-class application unless you use the best available tools. Besides well-known tools such as Visual Studio® .NET, there are a multitude of small, lesser-known tools available from the .NET community. In this article, I’m going to introduce you to some
Connector Security
The security information used by the connector to connect to the database or EIS system can be provided in three ways: –By the Container, using information in the deployment of the Connector –By the Container, using a separate Security Domain –By the Application
Open Source CRM Built to Leverage .NET
(Vance McCarthy) Open Source start-up firm TechWhale Inc. is offering for download the first Open Source CRM solution optimized for Microsoft’s .NET Framework.
Create XML Files without using HTML Tags
(Andrew Mooney) Some XML editors will automatically add the closing tag after you have finished typing the opening tag but, you still have to type the brackets around the opening tag. I kept thinking this process should be easier. So, I came up with a solution that allows you to create XML files wit
Using the PHP Crypt Function
(Chris Root) The PHP crypt function is a one-way encryption function that lets you confirm that an entered password matches a stored encrypted one — without having to decrypt anything. This article explains how it works.
Creating a User Defined Aggregate with SQL Server 2005
(Andrew Novick) SQL Server doesn’t have a Product aggregate function. A recent blog post by Karen Watterson pointed out that Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q89656: Simulating a PRODUCT() Aggregate Function discusses how to achieve the Product aggregate functionality using the POWER function. We
Executing Database Commands Asynchronously with ADO.NET 2.0
(Thiru Thangarathinam) With the release of.the NET Framework 2.0, Microsoft is enhancing the feature set by baking the ability to execute SQL commands asynchronously into the ADO.NET Class Library. Using this new feature, you can asynchronously execute commands against a SQL Server database without
Do not use .NET Framework Class Libraries or other framework libraries in core operating system processes
We recommend that you only use C languages and Win32 APIs for any add-in components that are loaded by core operating system processes. Two examples of core operating system processes are Winlogon.exe and Lsass.exe.