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  • C# Switch-case Loop for Datagridview cells

    - by Nail Yener
    Hi, I am working on a form with datagridview and webbrowser controls. I have three columns as URL, username and password in datagridview. What I want to do is to automate the login for some websites that I use frequently. For that reason I am not sure if this is the right approach but I created the below code. The problem is with the argument of switch. I will click the row on datagridview and then click the login_button so that the username and password info will be passed to the related fields on the webpage. Why I need a switch-case loop is because all the webpages have different element IDs for username and password fields. As I said, I am not sure if datagridview allows switch-case, I searched the net but couldn't find any samples. private void login_button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { switch (dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex].Value.ToString()) { case "http://www.website1.com": webBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("username").InnerText = dataGridView1.Rows[3].Cells[3].Value.ToString(); webBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("password").InnerText = dataGridView1.Rows[3].Cells[4].Value.ToString(); return; case "http://www.website2.com": webBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("uname").InnerText = dataGridView1.Rows[4].Cells[3].Value.ToString(); webBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("pswd").InnerText = dataGridView1.Rows[4].Cells[4].Value.ToString(); return; } HtmlElementCollection elements = this.webBrowser1.Document.GetElementsByTagName("Form"); foreach (HtmlElement currentElement in elements) { currentElement.InvokeMember("Login"); } }

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  • Simple Perl script help required.

    - by Umar Siddique
    I'm looking to create a perl script that I will run on a JavaScript file to automatically change ( ' ) that breaks the script. Example: file.js document.writeln('&#187; <a href="/LINK1" TARGET="_blank">Lorem ipsum lorem 1</a><br>'); document.writeln('&#187; <a href="/LINK2" TARGET="_blank">Lorem ipsum lor'em x em 2</a><br>'); document.writeln('&#187; <a href="/LINK3" TARGET="_blank">Lorem ipsum lorem 3</a><br>'); In 2nd line " Lorem ipsum lor'em x em 2 " contains a single quote which will be removed by script. Rest of the single quotes will be there like " document.writeln(' "

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  • Service reference addition issue in visual studio 2010

    - by user293072
    I am currently working on an application that allows reverse geocoding using silverlight + bing maps. The thing is that I want to add a reference to the reverse geocoding service provided in msdn ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc879136.aspx) i.e. http:// dev.virtualearth.net/webservices/v1/geocodeservice/geocodeservice.svc?wsdl, but when I try to get a reference in vs2010, I get the following error: The document at the url http:// dev.virtualearth.net/webservices/v1/metadata/geocodeservice/geocodeservice.wsdl was not recognized as a known document type. The error message from each known type may help you fix the problem: Report from 'XML Schema' is ''', hexadecimal value 0x1F, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.'. Report from 'DISCO Document' is ''', hexadecimal value 0x1F, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.'. Report from 'WSDL Document' is 'There is an error in XML document (1, 1).'. '', hexadecimal value 0x1F, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1. Metadata contains a reference that cannot be resolved: 'http://dev.virtualearth.net/webservices/v1/geocodeservice/geocodeservice.svc?wsdl'. Content Type application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 was not supported by service http: //dev.virtualearth.net/webservices/v1/geocodeservice/geocodeservice.svc?wsdl. The client and service bindings may be mismatched. The remote server returned an error: (415) Unsupported Media Type. If the service is defined in the current solution, try building the solution and adding the service reference again. It is good to mention that I can access the service URL from the browser (with a no style information warning). I am aware that there are other reverse geolocoding services out there, but I am somewhat forced by certain circumstances to use only Microsoft-related components/services. Please help :)

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  • reference suggestion in latex windows (multi-file structure)

    - by voodoomsr
    There is some editor of latex that managed the labels for a multifile document?. I tried with TexMaker and LED, and they offers me suggestions about the labels present in the actual document and in the "Master" document but not the labels present in other files of the structure. I made a script to find those other labels but it will be real good that the suggestions covers all the file structure automatically. Finally i tried with Vim and Latex-Suite, this extension has that posibility but i have problem configuring the grep program despite having followed all the instructions found in their website and in the help files, :(. the structure is like this: document.tex mystyle.sty mybibliography.bib tex/file1.tex tex/file2.tex tex/... img/img1.png img/img2.png . . .

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  • Generating Javascript from PHP?

    - by Aristotle
    Are there any libraries or tools specifically designed to help PHP programmers write Javascript? Essentially, converting the PHP logic into Javascript logic. For instance: $document = new Document($html); $myFoo = $document->getElementById("foo"); $myFoo->value = "Hello World"; Being converted into the following output: var myFoo = document.getElementById("foo"); myFoo.value = "Hello World"; Of course it would be excellent if more complicated solutions could be derived too, perhaps converting objects and internal methods into javascript-objects, etc.

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  • how to find the height of html content

    - by ganapati hegde
    Hi, I am trying to display 10 html pages as a single document,with 10 chapters. I am using Webkitgtk+ engine to render the HTML pages. I am getting the content of each html files and concatenating all of them to create a single 'char *content' and using webkit_web_view_load_html_string(WebKitWebView *web_view, const gchar *content, const gchar *base_uri); this function to load all the HTML files, as a document. Now i am trying to build a 'table of contents(toc)' for this document, which displays all the chapter names in order. My requirement is, when i click on a particular chapter in toc, the document should scroll to that point. For that i need to know height of each chapter ( height of each html file content). The point to be noted here is, the width of the document can changed and as HTML is reflowable, as width increases height decreases and vice-versa. So each time when height changes i need to find out the current height of each HTML page(or chapter) and hence calculate the distance to be scrolled. How can i find out the height of content of HTML page dynamically ? Thank you for the answer....

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  • subfig package in latex

    - by Tim
    Hi, When I am using subfig package in latex, it gives some errors: Package subfig Warning: Your document class has a bad definition of \endfigure, most likely \let\endfigure=\end@float which has now been changed to \def\endfigure{\end@float} because otherwise subsequent changes to \end@float (like done by several packages changing float behaviour) can't take effect on \endfigure. Please complain to your document class author. Package subfig Warning: Your document class has a bad definition of \endtable, most likely \let\endtable=\end@float which has now been changed to \def\endtable{\end@float} because otherwise subsequent changes to \end@float (like done by several packages changing float behaviour) can't take effect on \endtable. Please complain to your document class author. (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/caption/caption.sty `rotating' package detected `float' package detected ) LaTeX Warning: You have requested, on input line 139, version `2005/06/26' of package caption, but only version `1995/04/05 v1.4b caption package (AS)' is available. ! Undefined control sequence. l.163 \DeclareCaptionOption {listofformat}{\caption@setlistofformat{#1}} How can I solve it? Thanks and regards!

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  • Javascript OLE Word

    - by Martijn
    I want to show a MS Word environment in an Iframe without all the toobars. The document that is being showed contains input fields. After these fields are filled in, the document must be printed. I have created the print button and want the (filled in) document printed when this button is clicked. I hope you understand want I want and hope you can help out.

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  • Word 2007, Open XML - embedding an image

    - by agnieszka
    Do you know what basic information MUST include a paragraph (w:p) in document.xml inside a *.docx document, that specifies an image? I do know there must be <a:blip r:embed="rId4" /> specifing the relation id, but what else? It's very hard to find it in google and experimenting with cutting out tags from a ready document or reading the specification takes a lot of time. An example with all the required tags would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Different database for Membership and our web data or use just one?

    - by Jesus Rodriguez
    Is better to keep our Membership stuff on the DefaultConnection and create another connection (another database) for our data? Or just one database for all? If I have a MyAppContext and I want migrations for that context, It seems that I cannot have migrations for UserContext (In other words, I can just migrate one context) So, having two different databases I can migrate or the users (maybe membership migration is weird) or the web data. Or, I can mix the UserContext and MyAppContext in one UserAndAppContext and migrate all in one place, but this mixing also seems weird. What's the normal way to do this, one or two databases and what should be migrated?

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  • Visual NHibernate Update

    - by Ricardo Peres
    I have previously talked about Visual NHibernate. It has grown since last time, now offering support for multiple databases (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Firebird), generates projects from existing databases or from existing Visual Studio projects and produces XML or Fluent mappings, to name just a few. To me it is by far the most interesting tools for working with NHibernate I know of (granted, I haven't tried NHibernate Profiler). For a limited period, Slyce Software is offering a 30% discount, until the final version is released, so you may want to have a look. Please note that I am in no way related to Slyce, but made some feature requests which have been implemented (thanks, Gareth!).

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  • Improved Database Threat Management with Oracle Audit Vault and ArcSight ESM

    - by roxana.bradescu
    Data represents one of the most valuable assets in any organization, making databases the primary target of today's attacks. It is important that organizations adopt a database security defense-in-depth approach that includes data encryption and masking, access control for privileged users and applications, activity monitoring and auditing. With Oracle Audit Vault, organizations can reliably monitor database activity enterprise-wide and alert on any security policy exceptions. The new integration between Oracle Audit Vault and ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager, allows organizations to take advantage of enterprise-wide, real-time event aggregation, correlation and response to attacks against their databases. Join us for this live SANS Tool Talk event to learn more about this new joint solution and real-world attack scenarios that can now be quickly detected and thwarted.

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  • Should each app have its own database, or should small apps be merged into one?

    - by King
    We have a bunch of small to medium sized apps, each of which has its own database (MSSQL Server). There was a suggestion that we consoldate the 'related' databases into a smaller set amount of larger databases. They don't particularly share a lot of data, they would just be under a similar business group. For example, using a 'Finance' DB to hold the tables and procedures for finance apps. Would it be appropriate to use a different schema for each app? E.g. App1.SomeTable App1.SomeOtherTable AppTwo.SomeTable What are the pros and cons of this approach? What should I watch out for? Thanks

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  • How to check if the tab page is dirty and prompt the user to save before navigating away using ajaxtoolkit tab control in ASP.NET

    Step 1: Put a hidden variable in Update panel <asp:HiddenField ID="hfIsDirty" runat="server" Value="0" /> Step 2: Put the following code in ajaxcontrol tool kit tabcontainer OnClientActiveTabChanged="ActiveTabChanged" Copy the following script in the aspx page. <script type="text/javascript">       //Trigger Server side post back for the Tab container       function ActiveTabChanged(sender, e) {           __doPostBack('<%= tcBaseline.ClientID %>', '');       }       //Sets the dirty flag if the page is dirty       function setDirty() {           var hf = document.getElementById("<%=hfIsDirty.ClientID%>");           if (hf != null)               hf.value = 1;       }       //Resets the dirty flag after save       function clearDirty() {           var hf = document.getElementById("<%=hfIsDirty.ClientID%>");           hf.value = 0;       }       function showMessage() { return "page is dirty" }       function setControlChange() {           if (typeof (event.srcElement) != 'undefined')           { event.srcElement.onchange = setDirty; }       }       function checkDirty() {           var tc = document.getElementById("<%=tcBaseline.ClientID%>");           var hf = document.getElementById("<%=hfIsDirty.ClientID%>");           if (hf.value == "1") {               var conf = confirm("Do you want o loose unsaved changes? Please Cancel to stay on page or OK to continue ");               if (conf) {                   clearDirty();                   return true;               }               else {                   var e = window.event;                   e.cancelBubble = true;                   if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();                   return false;               }           }           else               return true;       }       document.body.onclick = setControlChange;       document.body.onkeyup = setControlChange;       var onBeforeUnloadFired = false;       // Function to reset the above flag.       function resetOnBeforeUnloadFired() {           onBeforeUnloadFired = false;       }       function doBeforeUnload() {           var hf = document.getElementById("<%=hfIsDirty.ClientID%>");           // If this function has not been run before...           if (!onBeforeUnloadFired) {               // Prevent this function from being run twice in succession.               onBeforeUnloadFired = true;               // If the form is dirty...               if (hf.value == "1") {                   event.returnValue = "If you continue you will lose any changes that you have made to this record.";               }           }           window.setTimeout("resetOnBeforeUnloadFired()", 1000);       }       if (window.body) {           window.body.onbeforeunload = doBeforeUnload;       }       else           window.onbeforeunload = doBeforeUnload;   </script> Step 3: Here is how the tabcontrol should look like <asp:UpdatePanel ID="upTab" runat="server" UpdateMode="conditional">                     <ContentTemplate>                         <ajaxtoolkit:TabContainer ID="tcBaseline" runat="server" Height="400px" OnClientActiveTabChanged="ActiveTabChanged">                             <ajaxtoolkit:TabPanel ID="tpPersonalInformation" runat="server">                                 <HeaderTemplate>                                     <asp:Label ID="lblPITab" runat="server" Text="<%$ Resources:Resources, Baseline_Tab_PersonalInformation %>"                                         onclick="checkDirty();"></asp:Label>                                 </HeaderTemplate>                                 <ContentTemplate>                                     <asp:PlaceHolder ID="PlaceHolder1" runat="server"></asp:PlaceHolder> </ContentTemplate>                             </ajaxtoolkit:TabPanel> span.fullpost {display:none;}

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  • Storing index values in FAST-ESP without modifications

    - by Abel Morelos
    Hi, first of all I'm totally new to FAST but I already have a couple of issues I need to solve, so I'm sorry if my questions are very basic =) Well, the problem is that I have a field in the FAST index which in the source document is something like "ABC 12345" (please note the intentional whitespaces) but when stored in the index is in the form "ABC 123456" (please note that now there is a single space). If I retrieve all the document values then this specific value is OK (with all the whitespaces), my only problem is with the way the value is stored in the index since I need to retrieve and display it to my user just like it appears in the original document, and I don't want to go to the full document just for this value, I want the value that I already have in the index. I think I need to update one of the FAST XML configuration files but I don't have enough documentation at hand in order to decide where to perform the change, index_profile.xml? in the XMLMapper file?

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  • SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Groups and FCIs Part 4

    This is Part 4 of a series on AlwaysOn and FCI integration in SQL Server. In this article we will learn how to add the iSCSI disk storage to our SQL Server nodes and build the cluster. 24% of devs don’t use database source control – make sure you aren’t one of themVersion control is standard for application code, but databases haven’t caught up. So what steps can you take to put your SQL databases under version control? Why should you start doing it? Read more to find out…

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  • SharePoint 2010 Hosting :: Error Message - Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer

    - by mbridge
    Error when we are trying to access search in sharepoint site: "Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer. Contact your administrator for more information." Solving Problem: 1. Go to SharePoint Central Administration > Application Management > Content Databases (Underneath SharePoint Web Application Management). 2. Select the correct SharePoint web application – click on the name of the Content databases  - this will open the  “Manage Content Database Settings” page. 3. Make sure that the Search Server is set on the “Manage Content Database Settings” page. Hope it helps!!

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  • best way to parse plain text file with a nested information structure

    - by Beffa
    The text file has hundreds of these entries (format is MT940 bank statement) {1:F01AHHBCH110XXX0000000000}{2:I940X N2}{3:{108:XBS/091502}}{4: :20:XBS/091202/0001 :25:5887/507004-50 :28C:140/1 :60F:C0914CHF7789, :61:0912021202D36,80NTRFNONREF//0887-1202-29-941 04392579-0 LUTHY + xxx, ZUR :86:6034?60LUTHY + xxxx, ZUR vom 01.12.09 um 16:28 Karten-Nr. 2232 2579-0 :62F:C091202CHF52,2 :64:C091302CHF52,2 -} This should go into an Array of Hashes like [{"1"=>"F01AHHBCH110XXX0000000000"}, "2"=>"I940X N2", 3 => {108=>"XBS/091502"} etc. } ] I tried it with tree top, but it seemed not to be the right way, because it's more for something you want to do calculations on, and I just want the information. grammar Mt940 rule document part1:string spaces [:|/] spaces part2:document { def eval(env={}) return part1.eval, part2.eval end } / string / '{' spaces document spaces '}' spaces { def eval(env={}) return [document.eval] end } end end I also tried with a regular expression matches = str.scan(/\A[{]?([0-9]+)[:]?([^}]*)[}]?\Z/i) but it's difficult with recursion ... How can I solve this problem?

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  • Database Consolidation onto Private Clouds - updated for Oracle Database 12c

    - by B R Clouse
    One of our team's most popular white papers has been expanded and updated to discuss Oracle Database 12c.  Now available on our OTN page, the new version of Database Consolidation onto Private Clouds covers best practices for consolidation with pluggable databases that the new mulitenant architecture provides, and expanded information on the database and schema consolidation options.  These are the consolidation models the paper evaluates:   server  database  schema pluggable databases  Key considerations for consolidating workloads which the paper explores: Choosing a consolidation model How PDBs solve the IT complexity problem Isolation in consolidated environments Cloud pool design Complementary workloads Enterprise Manager 12c for consolidation planning and operations Many more white papers have been updated or are new for Oracle Database 12c. We'll continue to highlight those which tie directory to your journey to enterprise cloud.

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  • Word 2007 Master Pages

    - by Ryan Riley
    I'm using the Open XML SDK to work with Word 2007 templates, and the project continues to progress nicely. Now I would like to add consistent headers and footers to every document, very similar to an ASP.NET MasterPage. In particular, I'd like to compose a template document with a content document, then fill the content using the approach described here. I can't find anything on this topic. Thanks for your help!

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  • Dynamically Loading Google Maps api's

    - by ido
    Hi, Im trying to load the google maps api's dynamically. I'm using the following code: var head= document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; var script= document.createElement('script'); script.type= 'text/javascript'; script.src= 'http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=<MY_KEY>; head.appendChild(script); but when trying to create the map map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map")); or map = new google.maps.Map2(document.getElementById("map")); I'm getting an error that google (or GMap2) is undefined.

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  • Manually Writing the HTML in TWebBrowser Pt. 2

    - by nomad311
    As the name suggests this is a continuation (sort of) of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2784679/manually-writing-the-html-in-twebbrowser This time around I'm trying to add some auto-refresh logic to the HTML I get. I have pieced together an approach from several sources (see below). In short, I am trying to locate the title node and add a meta node after it (in the HTML head node). But, I get an access violation. Here is the source: iHtmlDoc := IHTMLDocument3(WebBrowser1.Document); iHtmlEleTitle := IHTMLElement2(iHtmlDoc.getElementsByName('title').item(0, 0)); iHtmlEle := IHTMLElement2(IHTMLDocument2(iHtmlDoc).createElement(Format('<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="%d">', [1]))); iHtmlEleTitle.insertAdjacentElement('afterEnd', IHTMLElement(iHtmlEle)); And A (technically not functionally) different way of doing it ...casting is slightly different here: IHTMLElement2(IHtmlDocument3(WebBrowser1.Document).getElementsByName('title').item(0, 0)).insertAdjacentElement('afterEnd', IHTMLDocument2(WebBrowser1.Document).createElement(Format('<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="%d">', [VPI_ISSUANCE_AUTO_RELOAD]))); Again all I get from Delphi is a access exception, and I fished through MSDN documentation on it, but now I'm hoping someone out there has gone through the same and has some insight. Any help? Sources (I think this is all of them): http://webdesign.about.com/od/metataglibraries/a/aa080300a.htm (auto-reload) http://delphi.about.com/od/adptips2005/qt/webbrowserhtml.htm (web browser document as an HTML document) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.htmlelement.insertadjacentelement(VS.80).aspx (GetElementsByName) http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Components/ActiveX/Q_26131034.html (insertAdjacentElement) http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Pascal/Delphi/Q_23407977.html (GetElementsByName)

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  • Learning OOP Design

    - by waiwai933
    I've read Head First Java, and I understand how OOP works. Here's my problem: I'm a PHP programmer, and while I've used OOP in PHP, I'm having trouble figuring out what should be an object and what methods to give it. For example, let's say I have a app that allows people to log in and edit a document. Why should the document be an object if there will ever only be one instance? Should I give the deleteDocument() method to the document object or the admin object? The document is the one being deleted, but the admin is the one performing the action. So my real question is, coming from a procedural background, how do I figure out what should be objects and what should have what methods?

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  • Closing the Gap: 2012 IOUG Enterprise Data Security Survey

    - by Troy Kitch
    The new survey from the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) titled "Closing the Security Gap: 2012 IOUG Enterprise Data Security Survey," uncovers some interesting trends in IT security among IOUG members and offers recommendations for securing data stored in enterprise databases. "Despite growing threats and enterprise data security risks, organizations that implement appropriate detective, preventive, and administrative safeguards are seeing significant results," finds the report's author, Joseph McKendrick, analyst, Unisphere Research. Produced by Unisphere Research and underwritten by Oracle, the report is based on responses from 350 IOUG members representing a variety of job roles, organization sizes, and industry verticals. Key findings include Corporate budgets increase, but trailing. Though corporate data security budgets are increasing this year, they still have room to grow to reach the previous year’s spending. Additionally, more than half of respondents say their organizations still do not have, or are unaware of, data security plans to help address contingencies as they arise. Danger of unauthorized access. Less than a third of respondents encrypt data that is either stored or in motion, and at the same time, more than three-fifths say they send actual copies of enterprise production data to other sites inside and outside the enterprise. Privileged user misuse. Only about a third of respondents say they are able to prevent privileged users from abusing data, and most do not have, or are not aware of, ways to prevent access to sensitive data using spreadsheets or other ad hoc tools. Lack of consistent auditing. A majority of respondents actively collect native database audits, but there has not been an appreciable increase in the implementation of automated tools for comprehensive auditing and reporting across databases in the enterprise. IOUG RecommendationsThe report's author finds that securing data requires not just the ability to monitor and detect suspicious activity, but also to prevent the activity in the first place. To achieve this comprehensive approach, the report recommends the following. Apply an enterprise-wide security strategy. Database security requires multiple layers of defense that include a combination of preventive, detective, and administrative data security controls. Get business buy-in and support. Data security only works if it is backed through executive support. The business needs to help determine what protection levels should be attached to data stored in enterprise databases. Provide training and education. Often, business users are not familiar with the risks associated with data security. Beyond IT solutions, what is needed is a well-engaged and knowledgeable organization to help make security a reality. Read the IOUG Data Security Survey Now.

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  • Hype and LINQ

    - by Tony Davis
    "Tired of querying in antiquated SQL?" I blinked in astonishment when I saw this headline on the LinqPad site. Warming to its theme, the site suggests that what we need is to "kiss goodbye to SSMS", and instead use LINQ, a modern query language! Elsewhere, there is an article entitled "Why LINQ beats SQL". The designers of LINQ, along with many DBAs, would, I'm sure, cringe with embarrassment at the suggestion that LINQ and SQL are, in any sense, competitive ways of doing the same thing. In fact what LINQ really is, at last, is an efficient, declarative language for C# and VB programmers to access or manipulate data in objects, local data stores, ORMs, web services, data repositories, and, yes, even relational databases. The fact is that LINQ is essentially declarative programming in a .NET language, and so in many ways encourages developers into a "SQL-like" mindset, even though they are not directly writing SQL. In place of imperative logic and loops, it uses various expressions, operators and declarative logic to build up an "expression tree" describing only what data is required, not the operations to be performed to get it. This expression tree is then parsed by the language compiler, and the result, when used against a relational database, is a SQL string that, while perhaps not always perfect, is often correctly parameterized and certainly no less "optimal" than what is achieved when a developer applies blunt, imperative logic to the SQL language. From a developer standpoint, it is a mistake to consider LINQ simply as a substitute means of querying SQL Server. The strength of LINQ is that that can be used to access any data source, for which a LINQ provider exists. Microsoft supplies built-in providers to access not just SQL Server, but also XML documents, .NET objects, ADO.NET datasets, and Entity Framework elements. LINQ-to-Objects is particularly interesting in that it allows a declarative means to access and manipulate arrays, collections and so on. Furthermore, as Michael Sorens points out in his excellent article on LINQ, there a whole host of third-party LINQ providers, that offers a simple way to get at data in Excel, Google, Flickr and much more, without having to learn a new interface or language. Of course, the need to be generic enough to deal with a range of data sources, from something as mundane as a text file to as esoteric as a relational database, means that LINQ is a compromise and so has inherent limitations. However, it is a powerful and beautifully compact language and one that, at least in its "query syntax" guise, is accessible to developers and DBAs alike. Perhaps there is still hope that LINQ can fulfill Phil Factor's lobster-induced fantasy of a language that will allow us to "treat all data objects, whether Word files, Excel files, XML, relational databases, text files, HTML files, registry files, LDAPs, Outlook and so on, in the same logical way, as linked databases, and extract the metadata, create the entities and relationships in the same way, and use the same SQL syntax to interrogate, create, read, write and update them." Cheers, Tony.

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