Reblog: December 21 to December 27
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-12-28
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StrateSQL
It’s Another 24 Hours of PASS
With the upcoming PASS Business Analytics Conference, it only makes sense for there to be a 24 Hours of PASS...
2012-12-27
1,141 reads
Index Analysis: The Re-Return
A couple years back, I wrote a few blog posts about an indexing script that I use with clients from...
2012-12-25 (first published: 2012-12-18)
3,250 reads
Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #12
Happy holidays, seems this post missed coming out this morning as typically scheduled. Thus, a late afternoon post on this...
2012-12-25
722 reads
It’s A Data Type Conversion Chart
This may not be the coolest thing in the world, but it is quite useful. From the annals of Books...
2012-12-21
659 reads
Reblog: December 14 to December 20
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-12-21
898 reads
Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #11
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out through out...
2012-12-17
621 reads
Speaking at PASSMN Tomorrow & Happy Hour
Come on out to the Minnesota PASS SQL Server User Group (PASSMN) tomorrow and hear me speak about extended events....
2012-12-17
769 reads
Reblog: December 7 to December 13
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-12-14
637 reads
December Checklist and Updates
It’s a bit past the first Monday in December, but better a week late than no checklist and update post...
2012-12-10
900 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...
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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