Porting SQLServerCentral
Steve talks about the project underway to port the SQLServerCentral codebase.
2018-12-27
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Editorials
Better Static Code Analysis and Security Scans
One of the best ways to improve software is to evaluate it sooner, which includes static analysis. We don't have many tools for database code, but we need more.
2018-12-26
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2018-12-25
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2018-12-24
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2018-12-24
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2018-12-21
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Spend More on Security
With a data breach at Marriot, there is a call from one person for companies to spend more on security.
2018-12-20
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Get Patched If Not Supported
Many organizations that run older versions of SQL Server are not patched.
2018-12-19
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2018-12-18
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Deploy the Database First
Steve Jones thinks it's important that we be able to deploy almost any changes to our databases without breaking applications.
2018-12-17 (first published: 2015-01-26)
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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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