HealthySQL 2.0 for SQLSaturday#268
Over the last year, I was presenting and touring the SQL Saturday circuit with my HealthySQL 2.0 presentation. HealthySQL is...
2014-02-24
1,188 reads
Robert Pearl
T-SQL Tuesday#51 - Place Your Bets - In-Place Upgrade.
I’m not much of a
betting man, but if I had to bet that I would participate in this month’s T-SQL
Tuesday...
2014-02-11
2,007 reads
NJSQL User Group Presents In-Memory OLTP for SQL Server
If your local to the NY/NJ area, please see tomorrow night's agenda for SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP feature! Microsoft...
2014-01-20
1,008 reads
REBLOG: Twas the Week After Christmas.....
Holiday Greetings to all you DBA's and SQL Server professionals! This blog goes out to all of you who are on-call...
2013-12-24
944 reads
HealthySQL at SQLSaturday #233 - Down in DC - wrap-up.
December 7,
2013 – A day that shall live in infamy….. Ok, not that famous December 7 – in 1941,
when the attack on...
2013-12-10
1,018 reads
T-SQL Tuesday#49 - Wait for it...Waits & Queues
As
I was waiting for the next TSQL
Tuesday topic to be announced, we all know that when SQL Server performance is
slow,...
2013-12-10
1,600 reads
Happy Halloween! A TALE OF THE SCARY DBA! - Reblog
Today, October 31, 2013 is Halloween, and in the spirit of the holiday of ghosts, goblins, vampires, werewolves, witches and...
2013-10-31
1,980 reads
PASS Summit 2013 - Highlight Q&A from the Experts - What are you currently working on?
Day 3 at PASS Summit 2013, and the conference wraps up today strong with BOF (Birds of a Feather) lunch,...
2013-10-18
1,201 reads
PASS Summit 2013 - Highlight Q&A from the Experts - What are your favorite features?
PASS Summit Continues….
If you have been following my blog, in the myriad of PASS Summit 2013 related blogs, you’ve been...
2013-10-17
994 reads
PASS Summit 2013 - Day 2 - Highlights Q&A - What Are You Presenting On?
Today, October 16, 2013: PASS DAY2
PASS Summit Day 1……complete……..Great learning, check! Awesome sessions and nuclear networking! You can read my...
2013-10-16
1,127 reads
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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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