More Thoughts on Certification
After a great response to my last post on Certification, I need to post my thoughts on 70-450 PRO: Designing,...
2010-03-22
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Jack Corbett
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Being Involved in the Community
Regular readers know that I enjoy being involved in the SQL Server community. Over the last two and a half...
2010-03-19
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Thoughts on SQL Server Certification
This is probably part 1 of a series, but no guarantees.
Why Certify?
I've been working with SQL Server for 10 years...
2010-03-19
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Thoughts on SQL Server Certification
This is probably part 1 of a series, but no guarantees.
Why Certify?
I've been working with SQL Server for 10 years...
2010-03-15
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PASS Releases Survey Results & Summit Location – Reactions
The Impetus
So after Andy Warren’s (@SqlAndy) blog post, PASS Update #24, last week and the follow-up posts by myself (A...
2010-03-11
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March OPASS Meeting Recap
We had a great turnout of 25 people for last night’s OPASS Meeting sponsored by Quest Software.
We started the meeting...
2010-03-10
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A Swing and a Miss by PASS
On Saturday my son had his second baseball game. When it was his turn to hit I reminded him to...
2010-03-08
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OPASS March Meeting with David Pless
March 9 6-8:30pm
This month's meeting sponsored by
Live Meeting: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=QFG3GW&role=attend
Speaker: David Pless
David has been a Senior Premier Field Engineer with...
2010-03-08
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Timing Matters
A few weeks ago I got an email from my backup administrator with a message like this:
Set type : Backup
Set...
2010-03-04
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Speaker Evaluations for SQLSaturday #32 – Tampa
I recently received my Speaker Evaluations for my session, Why I Use Stored Procedures, from Pam Shaw (@pamshaw) and as...
2010-03-01
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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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Your Value from a Conference
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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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