Long Live All Passwords
Steve talks about passwords and new guidance from Microsoft that short expiration periods are unnecessary and unhelpful.
2019-05-29
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Editorials
2019-05-28 (first published: 2015-01-30)
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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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2019-05-25
366 reads
Burning Out
Burning out in an IT job is easier to do than it should be. Steve has a little advice today.
2019-05-23
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2019-05-22 (first published: 2015-03-17)
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No State Based Deployments
Today Steve Jones talks about deploying your database changes, and how you can't ever really depend on a state based approach.
2019-05-21 (first published: 2015-03-02)
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What Limits Do You Want in 2019?
With SQL Server 2019 getting closer to release, Steve asks about the hardware limitations that we should have in Standard Edition.
2019-05-20
1,495 reads
The Other Jobs
This week Steve is asking what jobs you might choose if you had the chance, as well as those you enjoyed, or perhaps dreaded.
2019-05-17
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2019-05-16
577 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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