Speaker of the Month: May 2015
When I attend sessions at events, I try to mix it up. I’ll go to a session that, really, I...
2015-06-09
525 reads
Grant Fritchey
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- Website: https://scarydba.com
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Come to Us or We’ll Come to You
No, that’s not a threat. It’s an offer to help out.
Redgate Software is very serious about the efforts we’re putting...
2015-06-01 (first published: 2015-05-18)
1,413 reads
Parallelism and Columnstore Indexes
Columnstore indexes are fascinating and really cool. Unfortunately, they’re adding an interesting new wrinkle to an old problem.
What’s the Cost...
2015-06-01
813 reads
Book Review: Connected
I heard about Connected from a show on NPR (Yes, I listen to NPR, why do people keep saying that?)....
2015-05-29 (first published: 2015-05-19)
5,088 reads
PASS Board Update: May 2015
I’ve had a busy month on the Board.
You may have seen some tweets going by about our compliance with international...
2015-05-27
541 reads
Database Engine Tuning Advisor
I would love to see the Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) pulled from the product. Completely. Heck, I feel bad that...
2015-05-26
820 reads
Is Performance Better With LEFT JOIN or RIGHT JOIN?
I tend to write my queries using LEFT JOIN. Why? Because logically I see it in my head like this:
Give...
2015-05-20 (first published: 2015-05-11)
7,054 reads
I Am Grateful For…
I’m almost done reading the book Connected (will be by the time this is published). It’s fascinating although, at least so...
2015-05-15
504 reads
Effects of Persisted Columns on Performance
I live for questions. And my favorite questions are the ones where I’m not completely sure of the answer. Those...
2015-05-13 (first published: 2015-05-05)
5,930 reads
Speaker of the Month: May 2015
I finally got out to some community events last month and got to see a bunch of great speakers. Not...
2015-05-01
508 reads
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...
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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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