How to secure legacy ASP.NET MVC against Cross-Site (CSRF) Attacks
CSRF is when an attacker submits unauthorized commands to a website user already logged in. In layman’s terms, When you click on a malicious hyperlink, it triggers scripts that perform actions on your behalf to your logged-in bank website. Viola, the attackers, have your money.
Sessions for Summit 2023 are now LIVE!
The wait is finally over. This year’s PASS Data Community Summit sessions are now live!
A Real World Clash with AIs
Protesters disable AI vehicles, setting up a clash between digital AIs and the real world.
Provisioning Microsoft Fabric: A Step-by-Step Guide for Your Organization
See how to get started with Microsoft Fabric.
Database Monitoring for Developers
Database monitoring is an essential part of database development and testing because it will reveal problems early and allow you to drill down to the root cause, as well as look for any worrying trends in behavior of the database, when under load. If you are delaying doing this until a database is in production, you're doing it wrong.
Working with SQL Server Stored Procedures and .NET
There is more than one way to work with SQL Server stored procedures from within a .NET Application. However, when using parameters, in order to avoid exposing your code to "SQL Injection" vulnerabilities, there is a certain way based on which you should write your code.
Using AI with Data Tasks
Steve isn't sure that AI is that helpful with data tasks. It can be, but likely in specific areas rather than helping us with everything and taking our jobs.
Taking Advantage of Conferences
Conferences have been a part of Steve's career for a long time. He talks about how he'd taken advantage of the opportunities he's had.
Blogs
Denver Dev Day – Best Practices for Database Deployments Resources
By Steve Jones
I delivered a talk today on database deployment best practices at the Denver Dev...
A New Word: desanté
By Steve Jones
desanté – n. the brooding delirium of being sick, which makes time slow to...
What happens when we drop a column on a SQL Server table? Where's my space?
This article was initially posted on SQLServerCentral @ 2024-04-26. Short answer: The column is marked...
Forums
On Being an "Expert"
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Advice: how to script out existing Azure (logical) SQL Server logins
Advice on how to script out existing Azure (logical) SQL Server logins and mapped...
Abort Package after specified timeout project parameter
Hi I have a sequence container which contains an execute package task which loads...
Question of the Day
Adding Hints with Query Store
I have a query that is being tracked in the SQL Server 2022 Query Store. I want to add a hint to this query to ensure that the MAXDOP for this query is one. How can I do this with minimal code changes
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