Saturday Reading 2016-12-17
It was my office Xmas party last night so whilst recovering on my settee, I’ll be reading:-
The Most Important Role...
2016-12-17
342 reads
The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Presenting with SQL Server Management Studio
Short one this week as it’s the usual madness on the lead up to Xmas!
One of the cool things that...
2016-12-14
719 reads
Monday Coffee 2016-12-12
Speaking and presenting
One of my biggest fears is public speaking and judging by this article, I’m not alone.
However it’s something...
2016-12-12
287 reads
Friday Reading 2016-12-09
One week nearer to Xmas! Before I spend the weekend braving the centre of town desperately wondering what presents to...
2016-12-09
361 reads
SQL Server & Containers – Part Four
In this final part of my series on SQL Server & Containers I’ll detail an option to run earlier versions of...
2016-12-26 (first published: 2016-12-07)
2,051 reads
Monday Coffee 2016-12-05
You are the DBA your company makes you. Aren’t you?
SQL Server has such a wide range of features that no...
2016-12-05
302 reads
Friday Reading 2016-12-02
Another week almost over so here’s a random selection of articles that I’ve been reading…
Changing the SQL Server port on...
2016-12-02
361 reads
SQL Server & Containers – Part Three
This post follows on from Part Two in which we created a custom docker image. We’ll now look at pushing...
2016-12-14 (first published: 2016-11-30)
2,018 reads
Monday Coffee 2016-11-28
MCSA SQL Server 2016
The new SQL 2016 MCSA exams are out and joy of joys, the DBA path no longer...
2016-11-28
431 reads
Friday Reading 2016-11-25
Friday again so before I spend a weekend watching sci-fi movies, I’ll be reading:-
Virtue in the Virtual
Tony Davies discusses containerisation...
2016-11-25
474 reads
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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