No Caps for SQL Saturday : Speaker Edition
A few weeks back, I got into a conversation about whether PASS should put the boot down on events and...
2012-05-17
1,004 reads
StrateSQL
“Thou Shall Not Shrink the Database” #TSQL2sDay
This month, Chris Shaw (Blog | @sqlshaw) is leading the charge on the T-SQL Tuesday. This event is basically a blogging...
2012-05-08
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May 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
They say, “April showers bring May flowers.” But what if it doesn’t bring May flowers? What if instead you get...
2012-05-08
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Can You Dig It? – Determining Index Plan Usage
She Can Dig It!
A while back I was asked, if you can use the plan cache to determine which plans...
2012-05-04
1,442 reads
Changing Priorities
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you have probably noticed that the content here has been a...
2012-05-03
711 reads
SQLFriends in Minneapolis
Ever wanted to hang out and talk about SQL Server over lunch? Maybe get a chance to ask those questions...
2012-05-02
618 reads
April 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
Another month goes by and it’s time again to ask… are your SQL Servers healthy? Have they been properly configured? ...
2012-04-12
891 reads
SQLCLR: Good? Or Evil? #MemeMonday
Is SQLCLR good or evil? Thomas LaRock (Blog | @SQLRockstar) is asking that question this month in his #MemeMonday blog party.
Let’s...
2012-04-10
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April #Meme15 Assignment
Before the advent of the modern “Social Network”, many of us were already connected through tools that had much less...
2012-04-09
821 reads
Re-blog – March 23 – March 29
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2012-03-30
1,871 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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