Your Role Is Changing
The DBA role is changing with the growth of DevOps as a way to better build software in an organization.
2015-04-23
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Editorials
Security Through Chaos
A company Steve Jones knows uses a diverse network infrastructure to help provide security.
2015-04-22
111 reads
Sweeping out SQL Server 2005
Tony Davis on why the dusty corners of many organizations still hide numerous SQL 2005 instances.
2015-04-20
149 reads
QA for Data
Often DBAs and developers might make quick data changes to correct user problems or application shortfalls. Steve Jones notes that we can make mistakes, and perhaps we should ensure we QA, or at least log, our changes.
2015-04-16
149 reads
Don't exaggerate the difficulties of the RDBMS
Phil Factor argues that in learning about relational databases such as SQL Server, we should encourage people to "break a few pots".
2015-04-13
154 reads
Pre-built or Ad Hoc
Steve Jones talks about the ad hoc nature of some NoSQL databases and whether that's something that most users want.
2015-04-13
149 reads
Kanban
Steve Jones talks about organizing and tracking work with kanban and how that might help you.
2015-04-07
325 reads
The Devil's in the Details
This week Steve Jones notes that the little details can sometimes have a big impact in your code.
2015-04-06
147 reads
Your Cloud Held Hostage – Could It Happen?
Today's guest editorial by Andy Warren is more of a movie plot than reality, but perhaps it's worth considering.
2015-04-06
133 reads
Large Chunks of Data
This Friday Steve Jones talks reporting. Specifically he wonders how long can a report be before it's just wasting space.
2015-04-03 (first published: 2010-09-17)
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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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