My First PASS Experiences
Getting to Seattle
I started my travels to the PASS Summit at about 9:30 am (EST) on Sunday and arrived at...
2009-11-03
710 reads
Jack Corbett
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Follow Up to Maintaining Security and Performance Using Stored Procedures Part I – Using Execute As
This is a follow up to Maintaining Security and Performance using Stored Procedures Part I – Using EXECUTE AS because of...
2009-11-02
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Where Will We PASS Each Other?
In my a post on Monday, I talked about who I want to meet while at the PASS Summit. Today...
2009-10-30
1,205 reads
What Should PASS Strive To Be?
Steve Jones had a good editorial earlier this week entitled, What Do We Want from PASS?. It didn’t generate as...
2009-10-29
930 reads
Where Will We PASS Each Other?
In my a post on Monday, I talked about who I want to meet while at the PASS Summit. Today...
2009-10-27
869 reads
Book Review: Murach’s JavaScript and DOM Scripting by Ray Harris
In early September I received a complimentary copy of Murach’s JavaScript and DOM Scripting by Ray Harris (Amazon) to review. ...
2009-10-26
510 reads
People I Can’t PASS on Meeting
One week from today I will be in Seattle for my first ever PASS Summit. One of the things I...
2009-10-26
599 reads
SQLSaturday #21 – Orlando What We Can Do Better
Well, the event is over and the Event Evaluations have been tabulated. I’ve already posted my week leading up to...
2009-10-22
359 reads
SQLSaturday #21 – Orlando Recap
In my previous post I discussed the week that led up to the SQLSaturday event. In this post I’ll tell...
2009-10-21
680 reads
A Week of SQL Server
As anyone who reads this blog knows, SQLSaturday #21 – Orlando was last Saturday (Oct. 17, 2009) and as a lead...
2009-10-20
400 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...
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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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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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