{"id":273,"date":"2015-05-02T23:25:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T06:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/?p=273"},"modified":"2019-11-23T14:55:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T21:55:57","slug":"database-corruption-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Database Corruption Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Stedman has been running a contest over on his site, the <a href=\"http:\/\/stevestedman.com\/server-health\/database-corruption-challenge\/\">Database Corruption Challenge<\/a>, which I discovered last week quite by chance through <a href=\"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/2015\/04\/total-recall\/\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not to brag, but I&#8217;ve been the fastest to solve the last two challenges. It has been refreshing to ply my <a href=\"http:\/\/sqlskills.com\">SQLskills<\/a> training on other people&#8217;s corrupt databases, albeit in these circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an interest in repairing database corruption (and even if you don&#8217;t), I highly recommend taking part. There are six weeks left in the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>You will definitely learn something. I certainly have.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@markusspiske\">Markus Spiske<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/corrupt\">Unsplash<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Stedman has been running a contest over on his site, the Database Corruption Challenge, which I discovered last week quite by chance through Twitter. Not to brag, but I&#8217;ve been the fastest to solve the last two challenges. It has been refreshing to ply my SQLskills training on other people&#8217;s corrupt databases, albeit in&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,53,54],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-checkdb","tag-corruption","tag-training"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Database Corruption Challenge - Born SQL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Database Corruption Challenge - Born SQL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steve Stedman has been running a contest over on his site, the Database Corruption Challenge, which I discovered last week quite by chance through Twitter. Not to brag, but I&#8217;ve been the fastest to solve the last two challenges. It has been refreshing to ply my SQLskills training on other people&#8217;s corrupt databases, albeit in&hellip;&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Born SQL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-03T06:25:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-23T21:55:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Randolph\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Randolph\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Randolph\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/df20853d6458bc0aca0d5f17202e608d\"},\"headline\":\"Database Corruption Challenge\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-03T06:25:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-23T21:55:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":104,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CHECKDB\",\"Corruption\",\"training\"],\"articleSection\":[\"General\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Database Corruption Challenge - Born SQL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-03T06:25:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-23T21:55:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/df20853d6458bc0aca0d5f17202e608d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/05\\\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"Western Digital WD Red internal HDD sliced in half on pink surface\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/database-corruption-challenge\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Database Corruption Challenge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/\",\"name\":\"Born SQL\",\"description\":\"A blog about the Microsoft Data Platform\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/df20853d6458bc0aca0d5f17202e608d\",\"name\":\"Randolph\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e464dca1b55497d15e725afa9728080478c391a7492d0065a7fbeb1d456a1986?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e464dca1b55497d15e725afa9728080478c391a7492d0065a7fbeb1d456a1986?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e464dca1b55497d15e725afa9728080478c391a7492d0065a7fbeb1d456a1986?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Randolph\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bornsql.ca\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/bornsql\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Database Corruption Challenge - Born SQL","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Database Corruption Challenge - Born SQL","og_description":"Steve Stedman has been running a contest over on his site, the Database Corruption Challenge, which I discovered last week quite by chance through Twitter. Not to brag, but I&#8217;ve been the fastest to solve the last two challenges. It has been refreshing to ply my SQLskills training on other people&#8217;s corrupt databases, albeit in&hellip;&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/","og_site_name":"Born SQL","article_published_time":"2015-05-03T06:25:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-11-23T21:55:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Randolph","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Randolph"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/"},"author":{"name":"Randolph","@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/df20853d6458bc0aca0d5f17202e608d"},"headline":"Database Corruption Challenge","datePublished":"2015-05-03T06:25:48+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-23T21:55:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/"},"wordCount":104,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg","keywords":["CHECKDB","Corruption","training"],"articleSection":["General"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/","url":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/","name":"Database Corruption Challenge - Born SQL","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg","datePublished":"2015-05-03T06:25:48+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-23T21:55:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/df20853d6458bc0aca0d5f17202e608d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"Western Digital WD Red internal HDD sliced in half on pink surface"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/database-corruption-challenge\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Database Corruption Challenge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/","name":"Born SQL","description":"A blog about the Microsoft Data Platform","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/df20853d6458bc0aca0d5f17202e608d","name":"Randolph","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e464dca1b55497d15e725afa9728080478c391a7492d0065a7fbeb1d456a1986?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e464dca1b55497d15e725afa9728080478c391a7492d0065a7fbeb1d456a1986?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e464dca1b55497d15e725afa9728080478c391a7492d0065a7fbeb1d456a1986?s=96&r=g","caption":"Randolph"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/bornsql.ca"],"url":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/blog\/author\/bornsql\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/markus-spiske-5yEiCUynJ9w-unsplash.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bornsql.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}