It’s incredible to me when you sit and watch the injection attempts against your public web properties. I realize that most are bot-oriented attempts, that there aren’t people sitting at the other end of most of those connections (no one types that stuff in, give me a break)… but still, someone felt that was a better use of their time […]
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What is your process for helping a local business become more visible? As a business consultant, I normally start off with a discovery session to clarify the client’s business goals. Each client’s process would be unique but generally covers the below steps. Research Phase · An initial discovery session to clarify client’s business goals · Market research and analysis that...
A Nice Introduction to MySQL Window Functions III
(Dave Stokes) Windowing Functions can get quite complex very quickly when you start taking advantage of the frame clause. Ranges and rows can get confusing. So for review lets look at how the specification looks:
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(Ben Nadel) At work, I need to build a feature that allows an IP address to be validated against a CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) range. CIDR – as I just learned – is range notation that defines a High and Low IP address by identifying how many bits in a given IP address are “locked down” and
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(Satyaprakash Samantaray) In this article, we will learn how to use our C# coding prowess to set up the session state in our ASP.NET Core and MVC Core Web applications.
Java 8: Comparator Example [Snippet]
(Behzad Khosrojerdi) Want to learn more about how to use the Comparator class in Java 8? Check out this code snippet on using the Comparator and Person class!
Developer’s Choice: Hinting Query Execution model
(Pedro Lopes) Over the years you have read a number of blogs advocating for or against trace flags that influence SQL Server’s query execution model.
Tutorial on how to apply end to end security to a cloud application
(Henrik Loeser) Before you head out to the weekend I wanted to point you to a new cloud security tutorial. If you read this at the beginning of your week: What a great start… 😉
Are scalar functions really a bad thing?
(Daniel Janik) I’ve read a lot of things lately pointing to scalar functions as if they were the devil. In this blog I’m going to explore if that’s the case. Let’s have a look.
How Azure SQL DW Gen2 boosts cloud data warehouse’s performance
(Robert Sheldon) The Gen2 version of Azure SQL Data Warehouse gives Microsoft’s cloud data warehouse a shot in the arm on performance, making it more competitive with rival technologies.