2019-07-26 (first published: 2015-08-28)
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Editorial
NOSQL and RDBMSs
NOSQL and RDBMS are evolving and absorbing ideas from each other. Is this necessarily a good thing? Perhaps we should think again
2024-06-14 (first published: 2015-08-27)
867 reads
A Clock With Benefits
Explaining how computers work can be hard for technical people, but it's important for us to help our clients, customers, and managers appreciate why building new software is hard.
2019-07-25 (first published: 2015-08-26)
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2019-09-03 (first published: 2015-08-25)
269 reads
Why Use Version Control?
Steve Jones has a story about what it's like to work with, and without, Version Control Systems.
2015-08-24
171 reads
Annual Security Compliance Training
A guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at annual training to try and improve security.
2023-03-17 (first published: 2015-08-21)
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2015-08-20
178 reads
Your Portfolio
Putting together a portfolio allows you the chance to showcase what you're good at doing. Steve Jones thinks this might be a good thing for technical people.
2015-08-18
135 reads
Mission Critical Deployments
Is a software deployment responsible for a plane crash? That's a scary thought.
2015-08-17
118 reads
Nope to NoOps, No way to NoDBA
Phil Factor suspect the NoOps movement is dressing up some old mistakes in fancy new clothes.
2015-08-17
256 reads
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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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