Excel as a Database Professional
People ask me all the time how to become a DBA. This is a topic that so many colleagues of
mine...
2015-09-24
2,145 reads
Robert Pearl
T-SQL Tuesday #70 - SQL Server In the Enterprise
PearlKnows WeB log, Stardate 2015.9.8: This week’s topic is strategies for
managing an enterprise, brought to us by one half of...
2015-09-08
3,108 reads
Red Gate in the City - DLM Training workshop & UG in NYC - August 27, 2015
We have another great 1-DAY training workshop coming to New York City at MS NYC HQ 11 Times Square on...
2015-08-20 (first published: 2015-08-11)
1,563 reads
Remember Nepal - Lead by Example
Below is the original article in its entirety, that was published on the Americas MVP Community Facebook page, on July...
2015-08-20
1,413 reads
CNJSSUG Presents: Architecting a SQL Server Availability Groups Topology - Edwin Sarmiento
Tomorrow Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 6PM EDT, my friend and SQL MVP colleague, Edwin Sarmiento will be in town...
2015-08-11
1,180 reads
SQLSaturday #386 - SQLSaturday in Albany, NY
Coming this Saturday, upstate rules, the official capitol of New York State is #SQLSat386, in Albany! Check out their event...
2015-07-23
1,062 reads
PASS Performance Virtual Chapter’s 2015 Performance Palooza - TOMORROW! - 7/23
PASS HEADQUARTERS:
The PASS Performance Virtual Chapter’s 2015 Performance Palooza is
tomorrow starting at 10AM Central Time! This event will feature...
2015-07-22
1,222 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #68 - Just Say No to Defaults & Stay Healthy
Happy T-SQL Tuesday,
July 14, 2015! (I have been time traveling, and now back on this continuum ;-) @SQLBek, Andy Yun, has...
2015-07-22 (first published: 2015-07-07)
2,650 reads
SQLSaturday #410 - Chattanooga, TN - This Weekend!
Kicking off the SQLSaturday#410 event down in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the Pre-Con event Tune Like a Guru, by SQLGuru Kevin...
2015-06-25
974 reads
SQLSaturday#379 South Florida - Coming up this weekend!
June 13, 2015 - SQLSat379: Just wanted to make mention of the upcoming SQLSaturday#379 down in South Florida, it will be...
2015-06-11
1,009 reads
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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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