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SQL procedure tracing

(Serge Rielau) This article describes an API that allows for transparent tracing of SQL procedures as well as explicit tracing of non-SQL procedures in DB2 Universal Database (UDB) V8.2 for LUW. An example SQL interface to this API is provided, as well.

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Wrestling HTML

(Uche Ogbuji) Lately I’ve seen HTML parsing problems everywhere. One project needed a web crawler with specialized features provided through Python code that processed arbitrary HTML. There have also been several threads on mailing lists I frequent (including XML-SIG) featuring discussions of mechan

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Investigating Reporting

(Scot J. Reagin) If you’re like many IT professionals, designing and managing reports isn’t likely to make your list of “top 10 ways I’d like to spend my day.” The continuous maintenance and modification tasks inherent in reporting can be a significant strain on already stretched resources, and y

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Save Your Password

(Dinesh Asanka) How often have we seen password is saved in plain text? After doing all kinds of security arrangements still we keep the password in plain text. This short article will discuss about how to keep the passwords in somewhat secure way. (R)