Implicit Conversion Fail
Implicit conversions are not uncommon in the computing world and can be viewed as kind of a fail-safe for when we don't quite follow decent practices when designing the...
2019-05-31
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Jason Brimhall
Puzzles and Daily Trivia
One of my favorite database automations is to send trivia style questions daily. This helps me to mentor and assess other dba talent within an organization without being too...
2019-05-31 (first published: 2019-05-14)
250 reads
Mass Backup All Sessions
Migrating Extended Event Sessions from one server to another should be a simple task. So simple, one would think there was no need to give it a second thought,...
2019-05-23
3 reads
Mass Backup All Sessions
Migrating Extended Event Sessions from one server to another should be a simple task. So simple, one would think there was no need to give it a second thought,...
2019-05-23
4 reads
Event Log File Paths
How does one consistently find the correct path to the Extended Event Log file (XEL file)? This article shows a thorough method to capture that information for all sessions...
2019-05-20
7 reads
Event Log File Paths
How does one consistently find the correct path to the Extended Event Log file (XEL file)? This article shows a thorough method to capture that information for all sessions...
2019-05-20
9 reads
Event Log File Paths
How does one consistently find the correct path to the Extended Event Log file (XEL file)? This article shows a thorough method to capture that information for all sessions...
2019-05-20
209 reads
Puzzles and Daily Trivia
One of my favorite database automations is to send trivia style questions daily. This helps me to mentor and assess other dba talent within an organization without being too...
2019-05-14
5 reads
Puzzles and Daily Trivia
One of my favorite database automations is to send trivia style questions daily. This helps me to mentor and assess other dba talent within an organization without being too...
2019-05-14
12 reads
Database Recovery Monitoring with XE
Database recovery (crash recovery) is a nerve wrenching situation under the wrong conditions. It can be as bad as a root canal and just as necessary to endure that...
2019-04-22 (first published: 2019-04-10)
625 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Etherness
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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UNISTR Basics
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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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