http://sql.dzone.com/news/current en http://sql.dzone.com/news/kill-your-users-table It's time to rethink how we store user information. You don't need as much as you think you do. Consider...Reddit's database was stolen a little over a year ago (yes, I know, old news. There's a point here). This, from the team blog (emphasis mine). http://sql.dzone.com/news/kill-your-users-table#comments .net databases security web development http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/3934 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:30:33 -0400 140 0 Volume4 http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-71517.jpg Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:30:33 -0400 Volume4 3934 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/net-linq-msi-part-1-interop Without any physical data access layer, there's no way to build abstractions on top of it. So, in this part of this series we'll take a look at some very simple MSI interop, giving us a basic data provider for MSI databases, mirrored after the typical structure of .NET data providers like System.Data.SqlClient. http://sql.dzone.com/news/net-linq-msi-part-1-interop#comments .net databases how-to LINQ msi http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/3707 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:47:28 -0400 247 0 bdesmet http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-301284.jpg Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:47:28 -0400 bdesmet 3707 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/setting-up-a-wampphpmyadmin-wo In this article I will cover getting PHP set-up on Windows, with Apache and MySQL (WAMP). At the end I will also cover how to get phpMyAdmin and Wordpress going on your new PHP development/deployment environment. So without further due, let’s get started. You will need the following: http://sql.dzone.com/news/setting-up-a-wampphpmyadmin-wo#comments how-to php phpMyAdmin Wordpress http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/3604 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:13:14 -0400 998 6 Volume4 http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-71517.jpg Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:13:14 -0400 Volume4 3604 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/how-to-remote-mysql-database-a In this short article I will demonstrate how you can set-up a user for remote access to your MySQL server. This will allow you to use the array of awesome GUI tools offered by MySQL AB to administer your remote MySQL databases. http://sql.dzone.com/news/how-to-remote-mysql-database-a#comments gui tools how-to MySQL remote administration http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/3602 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:50:11 -0400 684 0 Volume4 http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-71517.jpg Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:50:11 -0400 Volume4 3602 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/aspnet-preventing-sql-injectio Consider a simple web application that requires user input in some fields, lets say some search box. Suppose a user types the following string in that textbox:'; DROP DATABASE pubs -- On submit our application executes the following dynamic SQL statement http://sql.dzone.com/news/aspnet-preventing-sql-injectio#comments .net asp how-to injection attack prevention SQL http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/3585 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:36:59 -0400 1656 0 Volume4 http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-71517.jpg Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:36:59 -0400 Volume4 3585 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/microsoft-ssds-dumb-name-brill A Google News search for Microsoft SSDS, the SQL Server Data Services it announced last week, yields just six articles – SIX! A random nonsense search term probably returns more than six items. http://sql.dzone.com/news/microsoft-ssds-dumb-name-brill#comments Microsoft SSDS http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/1837 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:11:02 -0400 1402 2 tim.negris http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-277833.jpg Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:11:02 -0400 tim.negris 1837 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/querying-file-system-coldfusio While looking for a solution of a different problem, I realized that SQL Server has a feature called extended stored procedures. Extended stored procedures, at least in SQL Server 2000, have to be written in C++ and compiled to a DLL. A good example of such a procedure is my previous article on Using Regular Expression in SQL Server. I am not going to get into how to write extended stored... http://sql.dzone.com/news/querying-file-system-coldfusio#comments coldfusion SQL Server http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/1785 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:10:16 -0400 1381 0 boyan http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:10:16 -0400 boyan 1785 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/restful-representation-sakila- "sakila" is the sample database shipped with MySQL (pronounced as my ess-kew-ell). In the context of Sun Microsystems announcing the agreement to acquire MySQL, I'd like to dedicate this entry to show how this sample database can be exposed as a RESTful Web service endpoint and deployed on GlassFish using http://sql.dzone.com/news/restful-representation-sakila-#comments glassfish jersey jmaki jpa mysql netbeans rubyonrails sakila http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/1017 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:35:08 -0500 977 0 arungupta http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-217698.png Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:35:08 -0500 arungupta 1017 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/greenplum-revs-internet-scale- Greenplum, the other (Postgres/Bizgres-based) open source database near and dear to Sun besides MySQL, this one capable of messaging a petabyte of data and buoyed by a recent $27 million infusion, has moved on to rev 3.0, a k a G3, claiming it can analyze vast amounts of business data 10 to 100 times faster than traditional data warehouse widgetry at a fraction of the cost. http://sql.dzone.com/news/greenplum-revs-internet-scale-#comments Greenplum Postgres Sun http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/998 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:16:48 -0500 598 0 mog http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-6.jpg Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:16:48 -0500 mog 998 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/querying-active-directory-thro Integrating your application with Active Directory (or another LDAP based directory) is a common requirement in many business applications. Almost every language has a way to query LDAP but little known is the approach of integrating SQL Server with your LDAP controller. This quick article will guide you through setting up and using LDAP queries through SQL Server 2000 with Active Directory as... http://sql.dzone.com/news/querying-active-directory-thro#comments SQL Server t-sql http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/934 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:55:57 -0500 4239 3 boyan http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:55:57 -0500 boyan 934 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/get-business-days-and-working- In business applications, there often is a need to know the number of business days and/or hours in a month/year. There is a dozen ways to do this depending on your language but here is a SQL Server implementation. http://sql.dzone.com/news/get-business-days-and-working-#comments SQL Server t-sql http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/847 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:28:00 -0500 1635 0 boyan http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:28:00 -0500 boyan 847 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/custom-date-formatting-sql-ser Most people that use SQL Server are familiar with formatting dates inside SQL Server. The common approach is: convert(varchar, getdate(), 106) -- Displays a date in the format 25 Jan 2008That is all fine and good if your requirements are satisfied with the formats available inside SQL Server. http://sql.dzone.com/news/custom-date-formatting-sql-ser#comments SQL Server http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/726 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:41:12 -0500 5232 1 boyan http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:41:12 -0500 boyan 726 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/microsoft-and-yahoo-real-story So one day, Scott McNealy, founder and chairman of Sun, read in his morning newspaper how the use of Java was rapidly diminishing, courtesy of something called 'The LAMP Stack'. Furiously, he called his accountant. humor Microsoft php Sun Yahoo Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:52:34 -0500 9859 0 ijansch http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-272577.jpg Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:52:34 -0500 ijansch 708 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/linq-leaving-java-dust Interesting story today asking whether LINQ has given .NET an edge over Java. LINQ is best-known as a way to embed SQL-like statements directly in code. However, it's really a much deeper technology that allows you effectively build DSL-like constructs in libraries that work as if they are part of the language. And that is undeniably powerful. http://sql.dzone.com/news/linq-leaving-java-dust#comments .net C# dsl java LINQ http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/587 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:51:34 -0500 5040 16 puredanger http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-214988.jpg Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:51:34 -0500 puredanger 587 at http://sql.dzone.com http://sql.dzone.com/news/liquibase-150-released LiquiBase Core 1.5.0 is now available for download from http://www.liquibase.org/download. LiquiBase is an open source database version control and refactoring library that supports mulitple database types and integrates with many popular tools including Ant, Maven, Grails, Spring, IntelliJ and Eclipse. http://sql.dzone.com/news/liquibase-150-released#comments Database java LiquiBase http://sql.dzone.com/crss/node/560 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:41:44 -0500 1649 0 nv62013 http://sql.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-91944.jpg Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:41:44 -0500 nv62013 560 at http://sql.dzone.com