Cloud? Chotto Matte Kudasai.
If you're not familiar with Chotto matte kudasai, it means "A moment, please," in Japanese. The cloud is big news....
2011-10-14
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
A Disturbing Trend: Government Sponsored Malware
It is understandable that nations may undertake operations against other nations. This is believed to be the origin of StuxNet...
2011-10-13
939 reads
Piiiiiiiigs, er DBAs, in Space!
If you don't get the reference, it was a set of skits on the old Muppet Show and it starred...
2011-10-13
994 reads
Learn to Help Yourself
I used to work with a guy who was adamant that before you asked him for help, you had done the...
2011-10-11
1,298 reads
PASS Summit Attendees: Remember to Network and Maintain
Previously, when I had attended conferences, I had used them to attend as many seminars or talks as I could...
2011-10-10
1,412 reads
Advanced Persistent Threats and Us
In a blog post from last year, Richard Bejtlich (blog | twitter) talked about a concept called an Advanced Persistent Threat...
2011-10-07
1,320 reads
Detecting Security Updates on Vista/Windows 7/2008/2008R2
When trying to detect whether updates have been installed or not, there were several places we investigated:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UninstallHKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\HotFixHKLM\Software\Microsoft\UpdatesSome updates still write to...
2011-10-06
2,701 reads
Two Great Talks on the State of Internet Security
Recently I've started following the public work of Mikko Hypponen (blog | twitter), the Chief Research Officer of F-Secure. I've known...
2011-10-05
1,040 reads
Have end users who need an introduction to SQL Server book?
At the beginning of this year, my introductory text to SQL Server, appropriately titled Introduction to SQL Server, became available for sale....
2011-09-19
1,323 reads
Looking to interact with those proficient in Japanese
In the 1970s my mother and her younger sister married U.S. Marines. Both came to the States when their husbands...
2011-09-12
786 reads
Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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UNISTR Basics
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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