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Free Phil Factor eBook: Confessions of an IT Manager

Download a 108-page eBook in which Phil Factor lifts the lid on the victories, defeats and absurdities of a career spent in the rough-and-tumble of the IT industry. The paperback will to available to buy from Lulu.com shortly ($25), but the eBook is free for registered Simple-Talk.com users

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2006-12-18

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CLR Inside Out

This article is meant to explore these architectural issues from the bottom up, and aims to guide you through this new world. In the long run, new programming models are likely to appear that will abstract away a lot of the challenges you will encounter.

2006-12-15

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New SQL Truncation Attacks And How To Avoid Them

In this article I will discuss some new ideas that can result in either modifying SQL statements or injecting SQL code even if the code has escaped the delimiting characters. I will start with some best practices for constructing delimited identifiers and SQL literals, and then I'll show you new ways attackers can inject SQL code in order to help you protect your applications.

2006-12-14

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Clustering SQL Server 2005

With Windows 2003 now clustered, you're ready to begin to clustering SQL Server 2005. In this presentation, you'll see how to cluster SQL Server 2005 and some best practices in how to configure the SQL Server cluster after the fact.

2006-12-12

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Forensic Tamper Detection in SQL Server

The suggested method illustrates a way how such tampering by an authorized user can be detected. While this method doesn't provide tamper-prevention measures, but as there is no such thing as ultimate security, detection of such tampers will help maintaining the integrity of information in a great way

2006-12-12

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