Speaking at PASS Summit 2012
Today I’m thrilled and humbled to announce that I will be speaking 3 times at PASS Summit in November 6-9! ...
2012-06-19
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Command Line Prompts for Checking Active Directory Membership
Using Active Directory groups are a great way to manage and maintain security for a solution. Think about if you...
2012-06-13
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New SSIS 2012 Expressions
SSIS 2012 has added a few new expression functions and I thought I’d spend a short time detailing each.
LEFT
The LEFT...
2012-06-05
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SSIS Project Connection Managers
With the new Project Deployment Model in SSIS developers are gaining the benefit of a new design time only feature...
2012-05-31
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Converting to the SSIS 2012 Project Deployment Model
The new project deployment model in SSIS 2012 is the new standard for how packages are created, configured and deployed. ...
2012-05-22
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Upgrading Packages to SSIS 2012
Many of you may now or in the future have the need to upgrade your SSIS packages to the new...
2012-05-16
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SQL Rally Wrap Up
Another SQL Rally has wrapped up in Dallas, TX and it was great event. My favorite part about these larger...
2012-05-11
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Choosing the Right Microsoft Reporting Technology Part 6: Making the Decision
We’ve completed reviewing the major Microsoft tools and now you have to make “The Decision”. Which tool(s) is the best...
2012-05-02
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OPASS April Meeting Recap
Last Thursday I had the pleasure of speaking in Orlando, FL at the OPASS monthly meeting. I spoke on Extending...
2012-04-24
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Choosing the Right Microsoft Reporting Technology Part 5: Power View
In part five of this on going series about choosing the right reporting tool we will discuss the newest of...
2012-04-17
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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...
Forums
The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
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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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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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