PASS Summit Evals – Plan Cache Querying
This past year, I spoke at the PASS Summit for the second time. The first time was a couple years...
2012-01-04
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StrateSQL
January 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the first Monday of January and for most of us it’s probably a vacation day. No fear, you can...
2012-01-02
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Wrapping Up 2011
Goal Setting
Last year, I did a wrap up post of the year to see where I landed from where I...
2012-01-02
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Re-blog – December 23 – December 29
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2011-12-30
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SQL Saturday 99 – Confio Interview
Welcome to the seventh of a few sponsor interview posts from SQL Saturday 99. After reading Arnie Rowland’s (Blog |@ArnieRowland)...
2011-12-29
1,569 reads
SQL MCM Study Group
Over the last few days, you may have noticed that there’s been a bit of talk about a SQL Server...
2011-12-26
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Re-blog – December 16 – December 22
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2011-12-23
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The #Meme15 Round-Up
The first round of #meme15 has finished. In total, there were eighteen people that participated. If there were more, I...
2011-12-22
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Why Do I Blog? #meme15
As I mentioned in a post last week, a new meme has been born. This one is dedicated to discussing...
2011-12-19 (first published: 2011-12-15)
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Re-blog – December 9 – December 15
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2011-12-16
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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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