PASS 2011 Countdown – Starting Now
Seriously, the clock is ticking and you should be in your car or a plane for PASS Summit by now. ...
2011-10-09
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StrateSQL
Lyrics for “SQL and I Know It”
I hadn’t planned to post the lyrics for yesterday’s song, but Mark Vaillancourt (Blog | @markvsql) thought that I should. Since he’s...
2011-10-07
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PASS 2011 Countdown – 1 Week To Go
Oh, dear! One more week until this year’s PASS Summit. If you haven’t registered yet, you’re really cutting it close. ...
2011-10-06
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October Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the first Monday of the October and it’s time to do a monthly checkup. If you are like me,...
2011-10-03
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Re-blog – September 23 – September 30
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-09-30
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SQL Saturday in Iowa City This Weekend
In just a few short days, it will be time for SQL Saturday #98 in Iowa City. If you’ve got...
2011-09-27
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PASS 2011 Countdown – 2 Weeks To Go
I’m not sure how we got to 2-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. If you haven’t registered yet it’s really...
2011-09-26
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PASS 2011 Countdown – 3 Weeks To Go
Another week down and there are now 3-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. Take a moment and register now if...
2011-09-23
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Re-blog – September 16 – September 22
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-09-23
609 reads
MVP Deep Dives 2 – Pre-Order
Every couple days, I’ve been checking for it and finally tonight I saw that the upcoming edition of SQL Server...
2011-09-22
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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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