September Events
Wow, I can’t believe it is already September of 2012. Labor day has come and gone, school is in session and the SQL Community is still busy. With that,...
2012-09-04
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Jason Brimhall
August 2012 S3OLV Meeting
Well well well. It has certainly been a long time between announcements on the blog about meetings for the Las Vegas SQL Server Users Group. We have had to...
2012-07-30
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August 2012 S3OLV Meeting
Well well well. It has certainly been a long time between announcements on the blog about meetings for the Las...
2012-07-30
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Where in the World is…
You may or may not have noticed that over the past several months I have been somewhat absent from my...
2012-07-18
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Where in the World is…
You may or may not have noticed that over the past several months I have been somewhat absent from my blog. Very few articles if any have been produced....
2012-07-18
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A Trio of EachDB
When administering a larger database environment, sometimes one needs to perform repetitive tasks. Performing repetitive tasks becomes more and more painful (maybe even demoralizing) with the larger the number...
2012-07-17
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A Trio of EachDB
When administering a larger database environment, sometimes one needs to perform repetitive tasks. Performing repetitive tasks becomes more and more...
2012-07-17
1,551 reads
SQL Hide ‘n Seek
When was the last time you had to find something within your database? Did it feel more like a child’s...
2012-07-11
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SQL Hide ‘n Seek
When was the last time you had to find something within your database? Did it feel more like a child’s game or an arduous task? What would you say...
2012-07-11
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Maintenance Plan Owner
We all inherit things from time to time through our profession. Sometimes we inherit some good things, sometimes we inherit...
2012-07-02 (first published: 2012-06-25)
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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
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...
Forums
The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
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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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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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