One Milly-yon IOPS - Database Weekly (Sept 1, 2008)
IBM is testing a new hardware disk array that vastly outperforms any current arrays. What does this mean for the database world?
2008-09-01
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Editorials
Un-Wired
This Friday's poll looks at vacation and how you prepare to be unwired. Steve Jones talks about some of the things you can do.
2008-08-29
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The August 2008 Energy Update
This bi-monthly update on energy news covers quite a bit of wind-related power generation happening around the world.
2008-08-28
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The Million Message System
Sun Microsystems built a database application that processes a million messages a second. Steve Jones talks about the achievement.
2008-08-27
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Working Under Pressure
A time of crisis means a lot of things to people in technology, but Steve Jones talks about something that's often forgotten.
2008-08-26
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Believe in Your Data - Database Weekly (Aug 25, 2008)
As DBAs we must secure and protect data, but what can we do when there are fundamental issues with the way the systems are designed. Steve Jones comments on problems with voting machines.
2008-08-25
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If You Ain't Cheatin'
Gaining recognition or an award without earning it is something Steve Jones thinks is a problem in society in general, and it's filtered into the IT industry.
2008-08-25
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Managing Security
This Friday Steve Jones comments on the practice of using Active Directory to help manage your SQL Server and what the best practice should be.
2008-08-22
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The Brainstorm Zone
There are times we all struggle finding solutions to the issues at work. Steve Jones talks about how to make that breakthrough in solving problems when you are stuck.
2008-08-21
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Reporting Data Loss
How quickly should you report a loss of data? It's an interesting question in these security conscious times and Steve Jones talks about
2008-08-20
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Blogs
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Forums
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
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Encoding URLs
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers