Database Weekly - May 5, 2008
A look back at the news of the past week dealing with SQL Injection, slow SQL Server growth and two level security.
2008-05-02
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Editorial - WMV
Managing Disk Space
How often do you worry about your database size and free space? Steve Jones asks how you administer your SQL Server database space this Friday.
2008-05-01
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And You Thought You Had a Big Database
Steve Jones examines what big is these days and a few examples of what the largest database people in the world deal with.
2008-04-30
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Should I Buy a Kindle?
Steve Jones still thinks there is a lot of value in books, both fiction and non-fiction, but he's looking at e-Readers, specifically the Kindle from Amazon.
2008-04-29
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The March Car Update
Steve Jones' bimonthly update on the state of transportation and what's happening with his Prius.
2008-04-29
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The January Car Update - WMV
The bimonthly update looks at a compressed air car, the X-Prize, daily rentals, and hybrid pickups.
2008-04-29
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The February Energy Update
Steve Jones takes a look at the world of energy news and a few projects out at the ranch.
2008-04-29
480 reads
All Data Readers Are Evil
The DBA's Mantra: All data readers are evil. Steve Jones talks about a proposed corollary that might be appropriate to ensure security.
2008-04-28
37 reads
Seeing Double
SQL Server allows some interesting index behavior and there's been some debate over whether it makes sense or not. This Friday Steve Jones asks if you have a reason for this.
2008-04-24
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2008-04-23
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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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