Getting Better at Time Management
One of the things I took from my overall performance last year is I need to get better at time...
2008-01-03
639 reads
Brian Kelley
- Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology
Why Participating in a Community is Important and Beneficial
Back in 2000 I began writing for swynk.com in hopes of learning more about SQL Server and beginning to make...
2008-01-03
6,196 reads
Tribute to Honor Jim Gray
Saw this on the Association for Computer Machinery SIGMOD announcements.
Tribute to Honor Jim Gray
It is scheduled for May 31, 2008...
2007-12-05
550 reads
Honeypots in the Database
As a follow up to my post about Cesar Cerrudo's new whitepaper, earlier this month David Litchfield talked about putting...
2007-11-23
2,346 reads
Whitepaper on Malware to Attack Databases
Cesar Cerrudo of Argeniss Information Security has put out a new whitepaper (.pdf format), Data0: Next generation malware for stealing...
2007-11-23
1,964 reads
Physical Fitness
Real life events continue to interfere with my regular posting. However, I would rather deal with them and neglect posting...
2007-11-19
1,567 reads
Veterans' Day
I'll post Part III of Becoming a DBA tomorrow (meaning there will be two posts). Veterans' Day is typically celebrated...
2007-11-12
617 reads
Resources: SQL Server 2005 Security
Work responsibilities took up my time on Thursday and Friday, so I never got around to posting. Here's the resources...
2007-11-11
620 reads
Tools: Apex SQL Log, Apex SQL Log API, Sample Corrupted Databases
Apex SQL has announced a new version of Apex SQL Log as well as an API for it.
Release Notes...
2007-11-07
789 reads
SQL Server: Showing permissions for a given database user
Building upon my post from last Tuesday, if you know all the roles for a given user, you'll probably want...
2007-11-06
608 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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