Msg# 20

 SQL Security Session This Week - roundtrip

 Sorry folks! Here is a readable copy of the event information. SELECT UserName, Password FROM Users -- Getting unauthorised access to a SQL Server, and how to prevent it. This is a repeat of the highly successful event held in collaboration with BCS Tayside. Now we are bring it to Edinburgh and it is free. ABSTRACT Security in software applications is an ever more important topic. This presentation focuses on improving the security of data driven applications by showing exactly what a SQL Server Injection attack looks like and presenting ways to prevent it. Although the technologies used for this presentation are Microsoft’s SQL Server 2000 and .NET Framework the general ideas presented apply to any modern multi-user data driven application framework. The target audience are software developers, testers and team leaders. A basic understanding of SQL and C# is assumed for the demonstrations. The demonstrations will use Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition and Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 with the client side code examples in C#. BIO Colin is an MCSD from Edinburgh and he has worked with Microsoft Visual C++ since about Version 2.1, but moved to the .NET Framework since it was in beta. He originally started programming when he was about 9 years old, on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Naturally he went for a computing degree. After leaving university he co-founded a company that developed a GIS product but he is now working for a bespoke software development house in Edinburgh developing data driven applications. In 1996 he won Napier University's Most Promising Entrepreneur award, and the National Undergraduate Buisness Plan Award for New Business Start Ups. He has worked with various database systems since 1994 and currently works with SQL Server 2000. He regularly answers questions on SQL Server and the .NET Framework on CodeProject and WDevs.com and since starting a blog in 2004 database security has become a recurring theme. DATE & TIME Thursday 19th May 2005 7pm VENUE Currie & Brown office Haymarket, Edinburgh. REGISTRATION Registration is free. Spaces could be limited on this one! Please send an email to [email protected] if you'd like to register to attend.

Msg# 19

 SQL Security Session This Week - roundtrip

 SELECT UserName, Password FROM Users -- Getting unauthorised access to a SQL Server, and how to prevent it. This is a repeat of the highly successful event held in collaboration with BCS Tayside. Now we are bring it to Edinburgh and it is free. ABSTRACT Security in software applications is an ever more important topic. This presentation focuses on improving the security of data driven applications by showing exactly what a SQL Server Injection attack looks like and presenting ways to prevent it. Although the technologies used for this presentation are Microsoft’s SQL Server 2000 and .NET Framework the general ideas presented apply to any modern multi-user data driven application framework. The target audience are software developers, testers and team leaders. A basic understanding of SQL and C# is assumed for the demonstrations. The demonstrations will use Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition and Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 with the client side code examples in C#. BIO Colin is an MCSD from Edinburgh and he has worked with Microsoft Visual C++ since about Version 2.1, but moved to the .NET Framework since it was in beta. He originally started programming when he was about 9 years old, on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Naturally he went for a computing degree. After leaving university he co-founded a company that developed a GIS product but he is now working for a bespoke software development house in Edinburgh developing data driven applications. In 1996 he won Napier University's Most Promising Entrepreneur award, and the National Undergraduate Buisness Plan Award for New Business Start Ups. He has worked with various database systems since 1994 and currently works with SQL Server 2000. He regularly answers questions on SQL Server and the .NET Framework on CodeProject and WDevs.com and since starting a blog in 2004 database security has become a recurring theme. DATE & TIME Thursday 19th May 2005 7pm VENUE Currie & Brown office Haymarket, Edinburgh. REGISTRATION Registration is free. Spaces could be limited on this one! Please send an email to [email protected] if you'd like to register to attend.

Msg# 18

 Event Reminder - Scottish Developers Day Conference tomorrow - camurphy

 Folks:   This is just to remind you that Scottish Developers are hold a day conference tomorrow, Friday 11th, in Edinburgh. More details here: http://www.scottishdevelopers.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=78 Sessions: * Introduction to JavaServer Faces * Service Oriented Architectures: Web Services and Business Process Modeling * J2EE: Integrating with .NET * Generics in Java 5 Whilst registration is helpful, it means you'll get a badge, you can turn up on the day!   Rgs The Scottish Developers Team

Msg# 17

 Scottish Developers - Alex Homer at the MSDN Roadshow! - camurphy

 Scottish Developers are pleased to announce that Alex Homer will be presenting at the next MSDN Roadshow in Edinburgh on the 12th of April 2005. You can choose the session that Alex presents by voting in our new poll! Registration and more information can be found here: http://www.scottishdevelopers.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=563&forum=1300&post_id=2077#forumpost2077 Long URL?  Try this: http://snipurl.com/sdwc_march11 And remember to vote here: http://www.scottishdevelopers.com/modules/xoopspoll/index.php?poll_id=3   Rgs The Scottish Developers Team

Msg# 16

 Scottish Developers: Java/Oracle Day Conference - camurphy

 Scottish Developers are pleased to announce their first Java-themed Day Conference with speakers from Oracle, DevTrain/VBUG and Morningside Light Ltd. Sessions * Introduction to JavaServer Faces * Service Oriented Architectures: Web Services and Business Process Modeling * J2EE: Integrating with .NET * Generics in Java 5 Date 11 March 2005, it's a Friday Venue Oracle's Edinburgh office near the Gyle (map:  http://snipurl.com/OracleEdin ) Lunch, tea/coffee/juice will be provided as will pens/paper. Cost The cost will be £10 for the whole day or £5 for a half day. Please remember that it is this small charge that pays for future evening sessions, day conferences and the Scottish Developers web-site. Timings are yet to be finalised, but it's likely to run from 0930 through to 1700. Registration To register your interest in this event, please send an e-mail to  [email protected]   or  [email protected]   - please tell us how many guests you are bringing and any dietary requirements! Session Details Introduction to JavaServer Faces This session will give the audience an overview of the JavaServer Faces (JSF) technology, tools supporting JSF, and how to build an application using this new technology. JavaServer Faces technology simplifies building user interfaces for JavaServer applications. With the well-defined programming model that JavaServer Faces provides, developers of varying skill levels can quickly and easily build web applications by: assembling reusable UI components in a page, connecting these components to an application data source, and wiring client-generated events to server-side event handlers. Duncan Mills - Java Evangelist, Oracle Corporation Duncan Mills is a Java evangelist and Senior Principal Product Manager in the Application Development Tools division of Oracle, specializing in Apache Struts and related J2EE technologies. He has been working with Oracle Products in a variety of application development and DBA roles since 1988. For the past 12 years he has been working at Oracle, based in the UK, currently within JDeveloper product development, and prior to that, as a Principal Consultant and Forms Technical Specialist within Oracle Worldwide Customer Support. Duncan is an OTN Oracle ACE, and is a frequent presenter at Oracle User Groups and Java Events around the world. *** Service Oriented Architectures: Web Services and Business Process Modeling This session will help developers understand what it takes to develop Web services that are interoperable and re-usable across their Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure. We will cover key Java and Web services technologies such as J2EE 1.4, JAX-RPC, BPEL, WS-I, WS-Security, and WS-Reliability. We will start with designing, implementing and consuming Web services. and conclude with a discussion on how to build Web services based business processes using Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). Susan Duncan - Principal Product Manager, Java Tools, Oracle Corporation Susan is a Principal Product Manager in the Application Development Tools division specializing in web services. She joined Oracle UK Consulting in 1997 and worked on various projects worldwide designing and implementing Oracle Designer and Forms Server applications. Susan also worked on developing Oracle Designer training courses and in 2001 joined Product Management focusing on Oracle Designer and UML in JDeveloper. Since 2002 Susan has been closely involved in the development of JDeveloper's support for web services. *** J2EE: Integrating with .NET The only other major contender besides Java for the hearts and minds of software developers is Microsoft’s .NET initiative. Why might Java/J2EE Developers be interested in .NET? An awareness of other platforms is always a distinct advantage when building software applications. And both technology camps share some common features and concepts and will undoubtedly be major players going forward. In this session we will cover the major elements of .NET including the CLR, ASP.NET, Visual Studio .NET and language support including C#, VB.NET and C++. As far as Java/J2EE .NET integration points are concerned Web Services are certainly the key features but what are the other options? We’ll explore the basic elements of.NET Smart Clients, highlighting some of the benefits of Windows Forms and office integration. We’ll also cover the key advances in deployment and security. We’ll hook up a simple Smart Client application to a contract exposed by a publicly available Java-based Web Service and look at the C# Code automatically created. We’ll have a quick tour of Visual Studio .NET and use this IDE to build a simple ASP.NET Web Application. Graham Parker is a co-founder and principal of DevTrain – a .NET focused training company. He is chairman of VBUG a post which he has held since 1997.  Graham is a frequent speaker at technical conferences presenting on a number of different topics to diverse audiences. Graham has a BSc Honours degree in Applied Computer Systems from Brunel University. *** Generics in Java 5, Maurice Naftalin, Morningside Light Ltd. Session abstract to follow; praise for Maurice's previous sessions can be found here:  http://snipurl.com/praise