2020-07-25
369 reads
Hardware
Better Laptop Life
Intel is building hybrid processors, combining the power of the regular CPUs most of us use with Atom power saving technology.
2020-07-08
116 reads
Secure Enclave Concerns
A new security flaw in Intel SGX is found by researchers. This may or may not be a problem, but you should be aware.
2020-03-14
114 reads
Better Protection from Hardware
Today Steve looks at a research project from Microsoft that provides some better protection from firmware security issues.
2019-12-17
152 reads
2019-10-18
385 reads
Grounded
Some laptops are being banned from flights. This could be a hassle, but more, how can anyone tell if you have a banned one?
2019-08-29
384 reads
Lots of data in RAM
I remember buying my first computer after college. At the time I was working part time and in graduate studies part time. My aging high school era Apple II wasn't capable of handling the load, not to mention its 300baud modem wasn't a lot of fun. I could likely have gotten a faster modem with […]
2019-08-17
233 reads
Changing Hardware
AMD has new chips coming out and Glenn Berry changes his recommendation against using AMD in SQL Servers.
2019-07-20
186 reads
QNAP Launches QNA-UC5G1T: A USB 3.0 to 5 GbE Network Adapter
QNAP has introduced its USB 3.0 to 5 GbE network a...
2019-05-23
Silicon Power’s Bolt B75 Pro: An External SSD up to 2 TB, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C
Silicon Power has introduced its new external SSD ...
2019-05-23
Blogs
How to Learn SQL Without Quitting Your Day Job
Juggling meetings, deadlines, and family? Yeah, learning SQL might seem like climbing Mount Everest...
SQL Server 2025
By Vinay Thakur
Microsoft announced on November 2024 a preview for SQL Server 2025 another major release...
Advice I Like: Apologies
By Steve Jones
How to apologize: quickly, specifically, sincerely. Don’t ruin an apology with an excuse –...
Forums
SQL Clustered Resource in online pending for about 3-5 mins before coming online
Hello! SQL Clustered resource used to come online during manual or automatic failover in...
SQL Query to use in MS SSRS server to give you your report structure.
Code that can be used in order to create dashboard or SSRS report on...
Temp table security
So, I have an interesting situation that I need a double-check on. One of...
Question of the Day
Escaping Like I
I have this data in a SQL Server 2022 table:
PlayerIDPlayerNamePlayerStatus 1The \%ChampActive 2The ChampActive 3The_ChampionActive 4The__ChampionActive 5The\_ChampActiveHow many rows are returned by this code in SQL Server 2022?
select PlayerName from player where playername like 'The\_C%' escape '\'See possible answers