(Shreenivasa Ramadurai) The Microsoft Exception Management Application Block provides a very simple framework for handling exceptions. It also provides the Interface to implement custom exception to log the error in different Data sources like –Text File –Alert to Pager –MSMQ –Data b
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Use Direct Traversal of SQL Methods
Consider for a moment just how hideous the following URL is: http://www.zope.org/dtShow?MEMBER=mcdonc&TIME=3am There’s no way you’re going to tell your mom that URL over the phone. You’re gonna have to email it to her, or in the worst case, drive over to her house and type it in for her if y
Identity Management in Oracle 10g
(Fred Sandsmark) Who are you? It’s a question Oracle users are constantly asked by dozens of login screens every day. “The most important thing in any security consideration is the concept of who—the identity,” says Uppili Srinivasan, director of Oracle’s Identity Management and Security Products. I
Get Oracle stored procedures to work in ADO.NET
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Put Your Sensitive DB2 Data Under Lock and Key
(Kulvir Singh Bhogal) Hackers are trying to find some way to get into your database. If you think they’re not, you’re just deluding yourself. The news stories about compromised credit card numbers are proof that the best way to lose face with your customers is to let a hacker steal their sensitive d
Once Upon a Time in DB2
(Bonnie Baker) Think you understand cursors and fetching in DB2? What you think you know may be nothing more than a fairy tale. Lately I’ve gotten many questions about inserts, and they all go something like this: “My program opens a CURSOR on a table and then does inserts into the same table. W
Configuring Microsoft ODBC Driver for DB2
Microsoft ODBC Driver for DB2 (Msdb2ole.dll) enables access over SNA LU 6.2 and TCP/IP networks to remote DB2 databases. This driver is implemented as an IBM Distributed Relational Database Architecture (DRDA) application requester that can connect to DRDA-compliant DB2 systems like MVS, OS/400, and
Oracle9iR2 Segment Level Statistics
(James Koopmann) Detection of which tables or indexes are being accessed the most will allow you to fine tune memory structures and access methodologies. Let’s take a look at Oracle’s segment level statistics and determine which objects are being accessed the most by our applications. If you have
Oracle’s waiting game
(Alorie Gilbert and Charles Cooper) Oracle believes that it can still carry the day, but its battle to acquire PeopleSoft is getting tougher as time goes on. With regulators taking longer than expected to make a decision, government trustbusters are reportedly building a case to challenge the de