Two zero-day flaws in the form of a denial of service (DoS) issue in .NET and an elevation of privilege (EoP) issue in SQL Server top the agenda for security teams in Microsoft’s latest monthly Patch ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

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We noticed a few challenges with variable scope resolution. For example, the input variable IPROC_NAME for the stored procedure was not recognized. The main issue with Databricks SQL involved variable ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

The Indiana University Foundation stored sensitive documents on a public SharePoint group that anyone with an IU email address could have accessed. The server had files including information on donors ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

Abstract: An SQL injection attack targets interactive Web applications that employ database services. These applications accept user inputs and use them to form SQL statements at runtime. During an ...

Variables hold a wide variety of information temporarily. The JavaScript data types that can be stored in a variable include: JavaScript variables can hold a few other kinds of data, but these are by ...