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How To Pass The SQL Certification Exam On Your First Try

Passing the Microsoft SQL certification exam can help your career tremendously. You will have proof that you know what you’re doing, making you a more desirable employee. However, the test is expensive and takes several hours, so you want to pass it on your first try. There are several tips you can follow to ensure that you don’t have to retake the test.

A good tip is to study with test prep material. Even if

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Defending Against SQL Injection Attacks

It doesn’t matter if how secure your CLEAR 4g or wireless is, if you aren’t taking the proper precautions when it comes to SQL then you could be vulnerable to a hacking attempt or a SQL injection attack.

You might be wondering what a SQL injection is. Basically it’s an attacked used by intruders to input SQL statements in a web form to get a poorly designed site to dump the database content to the attacker. These can usually happen whenever a site hasn’t been correctly filtered for string literal escape characters.

Perhaps you’ve heard about this sort of thing in the past. It’s been going on for years. The British Royal Navy website was compromised in 2010 and as far back as 2006 criminals have been documented breaking into government websites to obtain credit card data. And the worst part about these attacks is that they literally exploit an inherent weakness in the software itself.

However, there are a few things that can be done to prevent these attacks. Using well-designed query language interpreters is obviously key and you’ll want to make sure your site filters are running correctly. Attacks of this nature happen, on average, 71 times an hour. Be prepared. Be safe.