Tampa Code Camp 2007
Web site just went live for this year. Brian & I both presented sessions last year and we're planning to go...
2007-06-12
1,342 reads
Andy Warren
Clustered Index Seek or Key Lookup
When I teach performance tuning I always remind students to be cautious about service packs because things you "know" may...
2007-06-04
1,759 reads
Speaking at PASS 2007
I'll be doing a spotlight session called 'Transactional Replication for Beginners' this year. I've been speaking at the Summit since...
2007-05-29
1,362 reads
Book Reviews
I've got a new article running on SSC today with a few more book reviews: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/awarren/2998.asp.
2007-05-23
1,422 reads
Career Book Reviews
Working in the corporate world can be a challenge and most of us muddle through our careers without really having any formal training. Andy Warren has spent time proactively working on his career and learned a great many tips and tricks for succeeeding as an employee and a manager. He brings us a few book reviews that might help you cope with the strange corporate world in which so many of us work.
2007-05-23
2,573 reads
SQL Server 2005 Books
There have been a huge number of SQL Server 2005 books released in the last year, but which ones are worth buying? Here are reviews
of three new books from one of the SQL Server gurus.
2007-04-11
10,069 reads
Replicating Identity Columns
SQL Server 2005 has changed replication dramatically and one of the changes is that subscriber tables have the identity
column. SQL Server guru Andy Warren takes a look at what impact this has on transactional replication.
2007-03-28
8,574 reads
Introduction to ADO - The Command Object
The third article in a four part series, this week Andy shows how to use the command object to work with stored procedure parameters.
2007-02-09 (first published: 2001-12-18)
40,042 reads
2006-11-10
1,225 reads
2006-11-09
1,236 reads
Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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UNISTR Basics
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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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