Maintaining Security and Performance using Stored Procedures Part I – Using EXECUTE AS
Anyone who knows me, or has worked with me, knows that I am a proponent of using stored procedures for...
2009-10-14
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Here Comes SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando
Here it comes! The big event on my schedule SQLSaturday #21 –Orlando. We’ve got over 300 registered so it should...
2009-10-11
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Maintaining Security and Performance using Stored Procedures Part I – Using EXECUTE AS
Anyone who knows me, or has worked with me, knows that I am a proponent of using stored procedures for...
2009-10-08
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Index on a Foreign Key?
About two weeks ago, I had a discussion on Twitter and via email with Jeremiah Peschka (@peschkaj) about placing indexes...
2009-10-06
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #21 – Orlando
Well, I guess this isn’t a surprise since I put together the schedule, but I’m still excited to be speaking...
2009-10-01
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On vs. Where
Does it matter if you put your criteria in the ON clause or the WHERE clause? Well, as with most...
2009-09-30
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Venturing into Powershell
As you probably know if you read my blog regularly, I recently put together a presentation called, Dive into the...
2009-09-23
497 reads
September OPASS Meeting Recap
OPASS met last Tuesday, September 14th, with a mini (15 minute) presentation by Todd Holmes on Backup Basics and Jorge...
2009-09-22
434 reads
What happened to that email?
This question:
Created script to send mails using sp_send_dbmail- working like a charm.
Now searching for a way to get...
2009-09-17
1,143 reads
Orlando PASS Meeting
Tonight is the OPASS bi-monthly meeting. Todd Holmes will be giving a mini presentation on SQL Server Backups and out...
2009-09-15
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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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