Hostettler the Viking Needs a New Ship and Your Help
Hostettler the Viking Needs a New Ship…And Your Help.
My good friend Justin Hostettler Davies (Blog@DBExpertise) pinged me a mail in...
2011-04-11
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Gethyn Ellis
Microsoft Migration Assistant v5.0 Released
As I was surfing around twitter after the marathon TV event that was the Royal Wedding came to end last...
2011-04-06
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Blog Syndication
I got sent an email recently asking how I went about syndicating my blog on some of the popular SQL...
2011-03-21
1,733 reads
Stored Procedure Definitions and Permissions
I wrote a post a while back that showed how you can grant execute permission ‘carte blanche’ for a database...
2011-03-18
2,146 reads
Becoming a DBA: How to gain experience
Last week I had an interesting telephone call from a someone who I connected with on linkedin.com. On Linkedin I’m...
2011-03-16
1,686 reads
Stored Procedure Definitions and Permissions
I wrote a post a while back that showed how you can grant execute permission ‘carte blanche’ for a database...
2011-03-14
2,785 reads
The Joy of Contracting
As you may or may not know I have been contracting since 2007, almost 4 years now and I have...
2011-02-21
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February Update
I haven't written anything for a while and again, for the second month running I missed TSQL2usday. It's a shame...
2011-02-15
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Shameless Plug: My First SSC Article Published Today
Please forgive the shameless plug. My first article was published today on sqlservercentral.com. It’s titled “Backup and Housekeeping with Maintenance...
2011-01-26
552 reads
Ebooks: Deal of the Day
Apress, as I expect you know, publish some really good SQL Server books. Some of which are on the MCM...
2011-01-24
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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