2015-01-23
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Editorial
Getting IT Out of the Data Center
Technology shouldn't just be a cost sink in an organization, at least that's what Steve Jones thinks.
2015-01-22
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
There's one word that can make a difference in how much you like your job. Steve Jones has a few thoughts today.
2015-01-21
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The Cost of Switching
With so many companies looking at other platforms, when should an organization consider changing their database? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2018-11-08 (first published: 2015-01-20)
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Where Microsoft went wrong with SQL CLR
We database developers would, of course, like easy access to all the .NET delights, such as the excellent Regex library, but we don't want a Do-It-Yourself kit to achieve this. So argues Phil Factor.
2018-12-12 (first published: 2015-01-19)
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Taking Care of Things Today
Steve Jones talks about procrastination today and how you might not want to do that with your SQL Servers.
2015-01-19
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Debugging SQL Server
This week we have a more technical poll as Steve Jones wonders how you best debug your T-SQL code.
2019-05-27 (first published: 2015-01-16)
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A Little Empathy
Perspective makes a big difference and Steve Jones looks at how you might change the way you think about clients, customers, and the work you do.
2015-01-15
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Hadoop and SQL Server
Hadoop is a technology that's getting quite a bit of attention in the last few years, including integration with SQL Server. Steve Jones talks about the technology and how it might fit in your career.
2015-01-14
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Testing
We know that software testing is important, but we often don't do a great job of executing. Steve Jones talk database testing today.
2015-01-13
219 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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