Audit Configuration Changes
Do you know the last time a Server Property was changed on your instances of SQL Server? Are you wondering when the setting for max degree of parallelism was...
2013-01-24
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Jason Brimhall
Last Time CheckDB was Run
Back in November 2012, I shared a story about checking the last known good checkdb in the boot page of a database. You can read that story here. This...
2013-01-17
3 reads
Last Time CheckDB was Run
Back in November 2012, I shared a story about checking the last known good checkdb in the boot page of...
2013-01-17
1,231 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #38 Recap
This is the wrap up for TSQL Tuesday #38. We had a good turnout this month with some new faces...
2013-01-15
997 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #38 Recap
This is the wrap up for TSQL Tuesday #38. We had a good turnout this month with some new faces and with some regulars. In total, we had 22...
2013-01-15
5 reads
January S3OLV 2013
I hope you are ready for some free SQL learning. Coming up on Thursday January 10th at 6:30 PM Pacific (GMT – 8 ) we will have a stellar...
2013-01-09
2 reads
January S3OLV 2013
I hope you are ready for some free SQL learning. Coming up on Thursday January 10th at 6:30 PM Pacific...
2013-01-09
839 reads
A Firm Foundation
Last week I sent out an invite for the monthly TSQL Tuesday party.
The theme for the party is a take...
2013-01-08
1,143 reads
A Firm Foundation
Last week I sent out an invite for the monthly TSQL Tuesday party. The theme for the party is a take on the words resolve or resolution. I was...
2013-01-08
6 reads
Fast Starts
We are barely under way with the New Year and it is shaping up to be a busier year already. Not quite as busy as has been published by...
2013-01-08
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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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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