A well-earned break from the database
Databases, like sheep, get get into some surprising scrapes. However, as long as you've planned for all the common mishaps, your conscience should be clear to take a well-earned holiday.
2017-11-27
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Editorials
2017-11-24
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2017-11-23
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The Pressure to Perform
Steve Jones wonders how things might be different is developers were treated more like salespeople with quotas.
2017-11-22
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Avoiding Development Taxes
Anytime we adopt a new technology, framework, platform, language, etc., we will pay a tax in development output.
2017-11-21
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2017-11-20
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2017-11-20
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2017-11-17
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2017-11-15
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Holiday parties: Do you love them or hate them?
It is getting to be that time of year. Holiday parties are you for them or against
2017-11-14
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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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