THIS WEEK: Web services: What? Why? How?

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February 03, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Slammed! >> Featured Topic: Web services: What? Why? How? >> Expert Technical Advice: New expert advice, forum posts, and tips >> Site Highlights: * Limited seats left at CRM Decisions '03! * Get free expert advice at SearchDatabase.com * Visit the SearchDatabase.com Webcast Library today to check out top events  From the Editor: by Sara Cushman, Assistant Site Editor The first major network-based worm of the year hit last week, and it may come as no surprise that Microsoft's technology was the target. The Slammer worm hit SQL Server 2000 databases running on Windows 2000 platforms, causing huge traffic jams all over the Internet. By most standards, the worm was merely an annoyance: non-destructive code sent out simply as an eye-opener. Nevertheless, Windows and SQL Server administrators were dealt with the responsibility of fixing it. Securing SQL Server systems, and in particular staying on top of all the patches and fixes that Microsoft deals out, is no small task. Even Microsoft's own systems administrators hadn't gotten around to issuing the patch that was issued six months ago for this vulnerability. So what's a SQL Server administrator to do? Step 1: Blame someone else. SearchDatabase.com's most recent poll puts you in touch with other SQL Server pros. Step 2: Fix the problem. SearchDatabase.com's sister site, SearchSecurity.com, has full coverage of the SQL Slammer worm. Step 3: Prepare for future, and potentially more malicious, attacks. SearchDatabase.com has plenty of resources to help you secure your database. Here are just a few: Webcast: SQL Server security best practices Ask Michael Hotek or Tony Bain, our SQL Server experts, your questions. Top 10 SQL Server security blunders, part I For more, try searching for "SQL Server security" in TargetSearch. Good luck, and feel free to e-mail me to let me know how it goes. Sara  Featured Topic: Web services: What? Why? How? by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor Will 2003 be the year that web services are translated from hype to reality? Wait--what are web services anyway and why do I need them? Fear not, we have the XML, .NET, & J2EE tips, tutorials, and analysis you need below... Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Karen Morton, Owner, Morton Consulting, Inc Categories: Oracle Karen has over 15 years IT experience and 10 years Oracle experience. She has co-authored several Oracle training coursebooks and taught hundreds of individuals in skills ranging from introductory Oracle to advanced DBA topics. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science and additionally holds OCP DBA credentials for Oracle 8i. Ask her your tough Oracle questions! View all Karen's answers This Week: In the forums >> BLOB/CLOB update Member "ketan" is trying to update a BLOB column but is getting an ora-24801 error on Oracle 8.1.6. Go to our new "Oracle Tech Forum" if you can offer any suggestions. >> Open wallet failed Member "mak" is getting the "open wallet failed" error in the log file while trying to open my his forms in IE. He's using using Oracle9iAS and Forms 6i. Go to our "Oracle Tech Forum" if you can help. Tip of the Week: If you don't require an exact answer, it isn't necessary use a SELECT count(*) query on the rows in a table to get the row count. SQL Server keeps the row count in sysindexes and it can be retrieved there. Andy Novick explains how >> Determine the number of rows in a table without a table scan  Site Highlights Limited seats left at CRM Decisions '03! Reserve one of the last spots at our conference and you could win a Treo PDA! Listen as experts share tips for CRM success at this vendor-neutral conference. 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