2023-08-25
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Articles
Managing the challenge of migrating to the cloud
Migrating to the cloud has many advantages … until you’re the one tasked with making it happen. For many data professionals, this will be a first step from the traditional, predictable challenges of managing on-premises servers to the many and varied databases and platforms in the cloud.
2023-08-25
Screen Scraping with Python and BeautifulSoup Code Examples
BeautifulSoup (sometimes referred to as Beautiful Soup library) is one of several widely used screen scraping packages for a web page. It is highly regarded for its ease of use and power.
Screen scraping enables developers to create solutions that permit comparative analyses from all over the internet, such as web applications that look for the best price on an item from many different online stores.
2023-08-25
Spot the Five Differences and Win a Summit Ticket
Spot all five differences below and enter our prize draw competition to be in with a chance of winning a 3-day pass to PASS Data Community Summit 2023.
2023-08-24
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How to secure legacy ASP.NET MVC against Cross-Site (CSRF) Attacks
CSRF is when an attacker submits unauthorized commands to a website user already logged in. In layman’s terms, When you click on a malicious hyperlink, it triggers scripts that perform actions on your behalf to your logged-in bank website. Viola, the attackers, have your money.
2023-08-23
Sessions for Summit 2023 are now LIVE!
The wait is finally over. This year’s PASS Data Community Summit sessions are now live!
2023-08-23
Provisioning Microsoft Fabric: A Step-by-Step Guide for Your Organization
See how to get started with Microsoft Fabric.
2023-08-21
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Database Monitoring for Developers
Database monitoring is an essential part of database development and testing because it will reveal problems early and allow you to drill down to the root cause, as well as look for any worrying trends in behavior of the database, when under load. If you are delaying doing this until a database is in production, you're doing it wrong.
2023-08-21
Working with SQL Server Stored Procedures and .NET
There is more than one way to work with SQL Server stored procedures from within a .NET Application. However, when using parameters, in order to avoid exposing your code to "SQL Injection" vulnerabilities, there is a certain way based on which you should write your code.
2023-08-21
2023-08-18
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Changing the AG Listener
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