Monday Coffee: SQL Services in Containers
I had an interesting question on twitter last week when I published my post on Running Linux Container on Windows:...
2017-07-24
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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Friday Reading 2017-07-21
Fun week! I moderated a couple of great sessions for 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview. As someone getting into...
2017-07-21
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Running Linux Containers on Windows
Microsoft have announced the availability of SQL Server 2017 RC1 and I wanted to check it out in a container...
2017-08-02 (first published: 2017-07-18)
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Monday Coffee: 24 Hours of Pass – Summit Preview
Starting at 12pm (UTC) this Wednesday is the online event 24 Hours of PASS – Summit Preview
For anyone out there who...
2017-07-17
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Friday Reading 2017-07-14
Fun week, and what a Lions final test last weekend. Still can’t believe it!
Here’s what I’ve been reading…
STOPAT And Date...
2017-07-14
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Creating SQL Server containers with docker compose
Up until now my posts about containers have been talking about working with one container only. In the real world...
2017-07-26 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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Monday Coffee: Database Deployments
I’ve always been particularly cautious when it comes to deploying code to databases, some would say overly cautious.
Because of this...
2017-07-10
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Running dbatools commands with VS Code tasks
I’ve started to look at the excellent dbatools.io to automate some of the checks that I routinely perform on my...
2017-07-07
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Friday Reading 2017-07-07
Final Lions Test tomorrow! The win last week sets up a thrilling series decider, if they win they’ll be the...
2017-07-07
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Persisting data in docker containers – Part Three
Last week in Part Two I went through how to create named volumes and map them to containers in order...
2017-07-19 (first published: 2017-07-05)
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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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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