No More SQL Server Installs
Today, Steve wonders when we'll stop installing SQL Server on a host machine.
2019-03-26
1,267 reads
Editorials
Query Tuning Assistant: A Tool for Upgrades
If you have been working with SQL Server long enough, you have probably been involved with a SQL Server 2000 to 2005 upgrade. It was painful for many shops due to the deprecation of some features like DTS and the removal of old-fashioned comma joins with the plus operator. It was worth the pain as […]
2019-03-25
1,225 reads
What's Worse than Announcing a Data Breach?
Steve has a few thoughts on what is worse than telling your boss about a data breach.
2019-03-25
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2019-03-22
119 reads
Bad Management
Bad managers are everywhere, but we can improve and help them with some ideas from other companies. That's if we, as an organization, value our staff.
2019-03-21 (first published: 2015-10-19)
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How Virtualized?
This week's poll asks about virtualization in your environment. Let us know if you are moving your SQL Server to virtual machines.
2019-03-20 (first published: 2015-05-08)
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Serious Hacking
The biggest government hack ever occurred recently. At least until the next one happens.
2019-03-19 (first published: 2015-10-20)
297 reads
Dealing with Failure
A minor disaster in Colorado reminds Steve about the need to prepare, and think about the failure points in our preparations.
2019-03-18
79 reads
The V1 Team’s Doomed Redesign
A new version of an existing application doesn't always provide an upgrade.
2019-03-18
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2019-03-15
127 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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