Let’s Talk About Joins
T-SQL Tuesday #37 This month please join us in the TSQL blog party that happens on the second tuesday of the month. It is hosted this month by Sebastian Meine (@sqlity)....
2012-12-11
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Jason Brimhall
Backup History
This is a quick rewrite of the script I just posted a few days ago. The script had a few...
2012-12-04 (first published: 2012-11-30)
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Backup History
This is a quick rewrite of the script I just posted a few days ago. The script had a few flaws if trying to run it on a SQL...
2012-11-30
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Differential Restore Fail
We have all heard that backup is not complete until you test it by restoring it. We also know that part of a DR plan involves the testing of...
2012-11-28
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Differential Restore Fail
We have all heard that backup is not complete until you test it by restoring it. We also know that...
2012-11-28
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Most Interesting People…
Here are the most interesting people I met at PASS Summit 2012
Mickey Stuewe (sqlmickey)
Neil Hambly (neil_hambly)
Bob Hovious
Gail Shaw (sqlinthewild)
Ed Watson...
2012-11-21
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Most Interesting People…
Here are the most interesting people I met at PASS Summit 2012 Mickey Stuewe (sqlmickey) Neil Hambly (neil_hambly) Bob Hovious Gail Shaw (sqlinthewild) Ed Watson (SQLGator) ...
2012-11-21
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Last Known Good CheckDB
Diligent DBAs like to check their databases for a little thing called corruption. Some of those DBAs are masterful at keeping records and logging that the database was checked...
2012-11-20
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Last Known Good CheckDB
Diligent DBAs like to check their databases for a little thing called corruption. Some of those DBAs are masterful at...
2012-11-20
2,733 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #36 SQL Community
Community – What is it?
Community is something that is improperly defined with words alone. Community is best defined through first person...
2012-11-13
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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
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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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