Using Java to Encrypt Passwords
Lots of applications store user names and passwords in the database. This article presents a method for encypting this information using Java.
2001-07-19
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Articles
How Many Business Days Are There?
Ever had to calculate the number of business days between two dates? This article presents a way to solve this problem in T-SQL.
2001-07-18
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Tuning and Sizing Windows 2000
Steve Jones's review of a great guide for tuning the Windows 2000 OS.
2001-07-18
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Harnessing the Power of SQL's Analysis Services
WebCast! June 27, 2001 from 9:00am to 10:30am Pacific Time. Registration closes 24 hours prior to the event start time.
2001-07-17
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2001-07-16
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2001-07-13
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Work Around Errors in Database Web Apps
ne of the issues you face when building Web applications is handling the errors you encounter when interacting with a back-end database. I was recently working with someone to create a new Web site with SQL Server™, ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO), and ASP. Lots of little things came up that I thought were worth sharing with MIND readers, so I'll focus this column on what I learned from this experience and the solutions to many of the problems I faced.
2001-07-13
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2001-07-12
3,341 reads
Quarter of a Century Competition on P2P
P2P, the programmer's resource centre from Wrox Press, reached a milestone of 25,000 subscribers this week. To celebrate this fact, Wrox are giving away $1000 worth of books and ASPToday subscriptions in a free prize draw. For more details on how to enter, please visit: http://p2p.wrox.com/25k.asp. The draw will be made on July 16th.
2001-07-12
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SQL Server 2000 Trigger Enhancements
This article by Neil Boyle looks at the enhancements to triggers that SQL Server 2000 brings.
2001-07-11
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Blogs
Trace Flag 1448 – Lessons from a Technical Interview
By gbargsley
In SQL Server environments where transactional replication runs alongside Always On Availability Groups (AGs),...
Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)
Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)If you run SQL Server...
Leadership in Times of Change: Guiding Teams Through Uncertainty, Disruption, and Transformation
By Chris Yates
Change is inevitable. What separates thriving organizations from those that falter is not the...
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Question of the Day
Locking Hierarchies
You have a table [dbo].[orders] without a Clustered Index (Heap). The table does not have any other nonclustered indexes! You rund the following command in Read Committed Isolation Level:
SELECTo_orderdate,
o_orderkey,
o_custkey,
o_storekey
FROMdbo.orders
WHEREo_orderkey = 3877;