Enjoying Sunshine
My coping tip a couple days ago was to enjoy your weather. In it, I was dealing with clouds and what most people see as bad weather. Today is...
2021-03-19
14 reads
Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
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It’s Been a Year
I’ll turn this into an editorial, but it’s been a year since my area shut down and life changed. I would never have guessed things would last this long,...
2021-03-19
10 reads
Rebuilding SQL Saturday–Picking a Board of Directors
With Redgate planning to donating the SQL Saturday brand, trademarks, and domain to a non-profit foundation, there is a need to build a group of individuals to voluntarily manage the...
2021-03-19 (first published: 2021-03-15)
263 reads
Tool Limits
Today Steve asks about the tools you use for your job and if they help or hurt your productivity.
2021-03-19
175 reads
Daily Coping 18 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-18
12 reads
My Time is Valuable
Spending time on low value tasks isn't often worth the cost for highly paid employees.
2021-03-18
228 reads
Daily Coping 17 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-17
13 reads
Every IT Organization is a Snowflake
Some people think every IT department is unique. While that might be literally true, Steve doesn't think that is actually the case.
2021-03-17
199 reads
2021-03-17
440 reads
Daily Coping 16 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-16
23 reads
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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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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