2019-07-12 (first published: 2015-04-28)
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Editorial
Email In The Bathroom: Not A Universal Good
Here are some fine, affordable products to completely destroy your work-life balance.
2015-04-27
161 reads
Microsoft Exercise
We have got a deal for you, Microsoft is concerned about the health of your company and is doing something about it.
2019-06-07 (first published: 2015-04-27)
1,101 reads
Code Reviews
This week Steve Jones asks about a concept that he used early in his career: code reviews. It's a good practice, but it seems as though it's fallen out of favor with many developers.
2018-12-14 (first published: 2015-04-24)
234 reads
Your Role Is Changing
The DBA role is changing with the growth of DevOps as a way to better build software in an organization.
2015-04-23
228 reads
Security Through Chaos
A company Steve Jones knows uses a diverse network infrastructure to help provide security.
2015-04-22
111 reads
Would a Duress Password be a Good Idea?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Should we adopt a duress password, just in case we find ourselves in a movie situation while at work?
2019-09-26 (first published: 2015-04-21)
490 reads
Sweeping out SQL Server 2005
Tony Davis on why the dusty corners of many organizations still hide numerous SQL 2005 instances.
2015-04-20
149 reads
Embrace Stored Procedures
Developers working with SQL Server should learn to embrace stored procedures. They really, really do work well.
2018-11-01 (first published: 2015-04-20)
563 reads
Monitoring After Deployment
This Friday's poll looks at the time after deployment. Can you tell if things were successful? Do you have a formal way to determine if the changes are causing issues?
2019-06-04 (first published: 2015-04-17)
369 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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