PASS Summit 2013 - Highlight Q&A - Where Will You Be?
PASS SQL Summit time, 2013is in full blown progress. Fantastic keynotes and presentations taking place all day long! For those...
2013-10-16
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Robert Pearl
PASS SQL SUMMIT 2013 - Day 1 - Highlights, Questions & Answers
Today, October 15, 2013: PASS SUMMIT DAY1
It’s October, and it’s PASS SQL Summit time, 2013! PASS Summit is the world's largest,...
2013-10-15
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PASS SQL Summit 2013 - Highlights Q&A - First Timer's Advice from the Experts
So, is this your first time attending PASS Summit? Confused, shy, overwhelmed, and don’t know what to do first? Or...
2013-10-15
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TSQL Tuesday #47 - SWAG - Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys?
Where does he get all those wonderful toys? In the line made famous by Jack Nicholson’s Joker in the original...
2013-10-08
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It's Just Another Manic SUNDAY - OT
Warning, this is just a non-technical anecdotal blog of a silly time-warp incident that happened to me yesterday. Thought it...
2013-09-23
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Geometry in the Cloud - where geospatial data meets the cloud.
Mount Olympus: Stratosphere: It was inevitable that two innovative technologies would merge to create a world of potential in the...
2013-09-17
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NJ SQL UG presents Hilary Cotter - Next Tues. 9/17
Next Meeting: Tue, Sep 17 2013
Take note, the New Jersey SQL Server User Group, led by John Dempsey, will be...
2013-09-11
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SQLSaturday #235 NYC Super Countdown! - Almost Here!
And so, the countdown begins for the super spectacular,
extraordinarily exceptional, amazingly awesome, fabulously fantastic confab
that is known as SQLSaturday
#235 in...
2013-08-11
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Page Split Mini-Series - Part II - Page Latch Contention
Last time, in Part
I of my page-split mini-series, we began speaking about page
splits, defining what they are, how they occur,...
2013-07-26
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Tonight: NYC UG Presents: Replication vs. Always-On with Meir Dudai
TODAY, JULY 25: the NYC SQL Server User Group is honored to have a visiting SQL Server MVP all the...
2013-07-25
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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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