Microsoft just announced that they were adding the function memcpy(), a popular C function used to chunks of memory, to their list of function calls banned under their secure development lifecycle. Though this is probably for the best, I imagine there are many Microsoft employees who wish this were not the case. That isn’t to say that they don’t care about the security of their applications, which is why it was banned to begin with. Every programmer at some point or another has probably wanted to use a function or language feature they shouldn’t; whether it be memcpy, goto, break, or set!.
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Your database’s query language may be more powerful than you realize. Often times the tasks you assume need to be handled by another language (PHP, JSP, ASP, etc) can be handled by the database itself. If this is the case then it is preferable to use SQL to its full potential rather than pass data to and from the database needlessly. In this regard, if you are a programming working with a SQL database you should endeavor to grasp the full capabilities of your database.
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