Welcome to Week 10 of the Database Corruption Challenge. I have created a more corrupt, and perhaps more diabolical corruption scenario than previous weeks. This is the last week of 10 in the Database Corruption Challenge. Here is how it works; I have created a corrupt database, then solved the corruption myself in order to prove that it is possible …
The Database Corruption Challenge – Grand Finale The final challenge #10 in the Database Corruption Challenge starts this Friday (July 17th) at 6:00pm (Pacific Time). After 9 other challenges we come to the final competition in this series. Many have competed, many have won, this is your chance to participate. For those who have succeeded in all the other 9 Database Corruption …
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I was asked how I caused the corruption in Database Corruption Challenge #9. Here is how I did it. To cause the corruption, I used the undocumented DBCC WritePage, however the same thing could have been accomplished by detaching the database, opening it with a hex editor, and then re-attaching the db. DBCC WritePage WARNING: DBCC WritePage is a dangerous …
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Database Corruption Challenge #9 has completed with 19 winning participants, you can take a look at the scoring page for exact details. The first to solve the challenge this week was Eduardo Rezende who provided the winning solution just 58 minutes after the challenge began. The second winning solution arrived less than a minute after the first, so it was a …
Just about 24 hours after releasing Database Corruption Challenge #9, so far there have been 15 winning solutions. The first to submit a winning solution was Eduardo Rezende. The scores have been updated. Rob Farley is back in the lead with 18 points, second place is Raul Gonzalez with 17 points, followed closely by Neil Abrahams, André Kamman, and Patrick Flynn with …
Welcome to the ninth competition of ten in the Database Corruption Challenge. This week I have created a database and then corrupted one or more parts of that database, and your goal is to fix all of the corruption without losing any data. There is a total of 4 points available this week: One point for being the first person …
With many participants and 16 who correctly solved Corruption Challenge week 8, the challenge has come to an end. The overall winner was Rob Farley, and there were several new participants this week. The scores page has been updated. Some participants called this the toughest challenge yet which makes my job even harder to come up with something more challenging …
Several participants have stated that week 8 is the most difficult week yet. However it is possible to recover all of the corrupt data. For anyone having difficult with Database Corruption Challenge week 8, I have added an extra clue. Click through on Database Corruption Challenge #8 and page down to the extra clue section. You can still try to …
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Welcome to the eighth week of 10 in the Database Corruption Challenge (DBCC), this is an about weekly competition. Here is how it works; I have created a corrupt database, hopefully more corrupt or more interesting than the previous week. I then solved the corruption myself in order to prove that it is possible to fix, without data loss. There is …
Database Corruption Challenge #8 will be starting at 6:00pm today (Friday June 19th). Check back soon for the details. Are you feeling corrupt? -Steve Stedman