MySQL Pattern MatchingI like realising things, been using % symbols everywhere in mysql for too long...Missed Lovejoy Cowboys last night, I was tricked into watching Buffy instead... It's not even out on DVD yet, we'll be getting it when it is, oh yes...Busy at work, roll... Thanks but I am a bit busy at the momentDirty German hackersKeep getting email alerts today, letting me know that some dirty german hackers are trying to submit something to a page of mine on the web, namely:1 declare @q varchar(8000) select @q = 0x57414954464F522044454C4159202730303A30303A313527 exec(@q) --L... Mysql vs Nosql videoFunny, too geeky for most to actually laugh out loud, but if you have genuinely had conversations like this (I have) you will appreciate it. I twittered this the other day but thought I'd share again here, to remind myself of how I want to change jus... Don't talk to me about Boris bikes...Just reading MJ Hibbett's blog and his plan involve Boris Bike bays and it reminds me that we tried to get a Boris Bike again on Monday. And our keys failed again. They have never worked, the only time I've been able to get a bike is when a member of... A day of proper workBeen optimising my sql today, exciting stuff. Yet again I have found you get better performance taking the database jobs away from the database, it's so disappointing. Today I removed some grouping from some queries, just selecting all the data and l...