Return of the .NET - NYC
Thought I would share a note that I received from Nick Landry, Sr. Technical Evangelist for NY Metro & NJ, about...
2016-01-21
1,233 reads
Robert Pearl
SQLSaturday #465 - Providence, RI - Another East Coast Event!
Upcoming this Saturday 12/12/2015, SQL Saturday #465, taking place in the more modest Providence, Rhode Island venue, comes a great...
2015-12-11
1,281 reads
T-SQL Tuesday 73 - Naught or Nice - Change Control Process
You better watch out, you better not cry, gonna find out who's naught and nice - TSQL Tuesday #73 is coming...
2015-12-08
2,372 reads
SQLSatDC - Down in DC - 12/5
Saturday, December 5, 2015: SQLSaturday#470 is on track to be an extraordinary event in DC this Saturday, with a fantastic...
2015-12-02
1,166 reads
T-SQL Tuesday No.72 - Is Your Data Model, Normal?
Well I’m not
a data modeler, nor do I play one in the corporate world. But it is TSQLTuesday No. 72,...
2015-11-10
2,454 reads
No longer a SQL Server MVP - Read Carefully.
As of October
1, 2015, I am no longer a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. Countless of my colleagues met the same...
2015-10-27
1,754 reads
First Day as DBA - Now What?
It's your first day at Corp of
America as DBA. The old DBA left. The sysadmins are managing the SQL Servers.
And...
2015-10-23 (first published: 2015-10-19)
4,206 reads
Be a Social SQL DBA Superhero - #SQLHelp
Following up on my previous blog
on introducing the “Social DBA”, I spoke about the concept of leveraging
social networking to excel
in...
2015-10-08
1,554 reads
Intro to the Social DBA with a bit of #SQLHelp
Are you a Social DBA?
No I don’t mean that you are a DBA and attend a myriad of merry mixers,...
2015-10-06 (first published: 2015-09-28)
2,490 reads
The Future Virtualization of the Workforce - Telecommuting
Welcome to the 21st century! 20th
century habits die hard! What am I
talking about today? I’m talking about the virtuous virtue...
2015-10-06
1,494 reads
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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