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[From PC World] Online criminals are exploiting a flaw in the Microsoft Office Access database to install unauthorized software on computers, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has warned. The article continues at http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140493-c,hackers/article.html

[From Sentrigo, Inc.] WOBURN, Mass.—December 11, 2007—Sentrigo, Inc., today announced Hedgehog IDentifier, a new module designed for Hedgehog Enterprise customers. Based on patent-pending technology, Hedgehog IDentifier allows security professionals and auditors to identify the individual application users who perform actions in the database in pooled-connection environments. The software takes the end-user ID and context information […]

[From MySQL AB] In part 2 we discussed the internals of MPP and how MPP can be used with LVS to create a failover strategy. In this part 3 we will discuss how to configure and operate MPP, and additionally use MPP with MySQL Proxy to create a failover strategy. The article continues at http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/failover-strategy-part3.html

[From PHPBuilder] This month it’s time to look at another of those PHP applications I find useful on a daily basis. I like to use “wikis” for documentation for many of the projects I work on. Most of you are probably familiar with the term wiki, coming from the Hawaiian word for quick (wikiwiki). There […]

>>Script Language and Platform: Oracle Usually spfile cannot be opened to see what are the settings in it and sometimes the database parameters are wrong due to wrong spfile entries.This korn script compares the init.ora and spfile parameters and presents it in readable format ,after which the DBA can take proper action. Author: BHABANI SHANKAR […]

[From Logicworks] Logicworks, a provider of enterprise-level managed services and hosting solutions supporting business-critical applications and content, today announced its support of the new Oracle(r) Database 11g platform. As an Oracle Partner, Logicworks offers a broad range of domain expertise for the Oracle database platform for applications that leverage managed clustered infrastructures. The article continues […]

Thirteen new webcasts are scheduled for December, covering such topics as “New T-SQL Programmability Features in SQL Server 2008”, “Migrating from Access to SQL Server” and more. MSDN Webcast: New T-SQL Programmability Features in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300) Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:00 PM Pacific Time Join this webcast on new T-SQL programmability features […]

[From eWeek] In an age of multimillion-dollar data breaches, detecting and thwarting SQL injection attacks against databases has never been more important. However, doing that means more than analyzing applications for vulnerabilities during the development process. It also means being able to monitor and detect what’s happening to a database. The article continues at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2222391,00.asp

[From MySQL AB] Introduction In September, the Developer Zone featured Chapter 6 of Paul DuBois’ MySQL, 3rd edition on Writing C Programs with the MySQL C API. This month, we continue in this series on developing MySQL applications in C with a tutorial from Mark Schoonover about using the Eclipse CDT (C Development Toolkit) as […]

[From Search Oracle] Oracle’s plans for Hyperion users center on a relatively new product called Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus (OBIEE Plus) and an attempt to offer customers “the best of both worlds,” according to company executives speaking at last week’s Oracle OpenWorld 2007 conference. Released after Oracle acquired Hyperion for its strengths in […]

[From IT Analysis] Vormetric, Inc. announced this week that it has partnered with IBM to deliver database encryption capabilities for DB2 on Windows, Linux, and UNIX. IBM will offer Vormetric’s data security solution as part of its data server portfolio, addressing customer demand for increased protection of sensitive data. This new capability is delivered in […]

by Yan Pan Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is Microsoft’s primary technology for managing Windows systems. WMI allows system components on Windows-based operating systems to be monitored and controlled, both locally and remotely. Windows PowerShell is the new scripting language introduced by Microsoft. This admin-focused language, with access to WMI, provides database administrators […]