by Kalen De***y,
kalen@insidesqlserver.com
I remember taking an Advanced Data Structures class in
college, and during the last week of the semester, the computers got so
busy that it could take 30 minutes or more just for a program to
compile. (This was back in the dark ages when we all connected using
"dumb" terminals to the same computer.) I also remember some of my
classmates eagerly awaiting the completion of a compilation, saying they
had only had a few errors on the last compilation and they were sure
they were gone now. The implication was that as soon as the program
compiled, they were practically done. It made me wonder if they did any
testing at all. Did they stop at the successful compilation and just
assume it worked?
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Application Before Deployment
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3 Free Tools that Prevent SQL Injection Attacks
by Kevin Kline
Use these utilities to check your environment for vulnerabilities that
could put your websites and databases at risk for SQL injection attacks.
http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/100720/sql_server_100720.html
SQL Server Magazine is 10 Years Old!
by Michael Otey
SQL Server Magazine launched in the SQL Server 7.0 timeframe. In 1998
SQL Server was a distant third in the enterprise database market and was
regarded as a small-scale departmental database; easy to use but not
enterprise-ready. How things have changed.
http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/101068/sql_server_101068.html
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topics in the SQL
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Itzik provides a T-SQL challenge involving a custom
sequence generator.
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here to read the rest of Puzzled by T-SQL: T-SQL Puzzle--Custom
Sequence
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Oracle Enterprise 2.0 European Virtual Conference—February 19,
2009
How can traditional portals and existing content management solutions go
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