PASSMN January Meeting This Week
Don’t forget – if you are in Minnesota this week the Minnesota SQL Server User Group (PASSMN) will be meeting on...
2011-01-23
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StrateSQL
31 Days of SSIS – Data Flow Expressions (22/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Today, we continue on with the 31 Days of SSIS blog series. Yesterday’s post was on the...
2011-01-22
2,328 reads
31 Days of SSIS – Controlling Your Flow In The Control Flow (21/31)
Remember, what I said last Friday? I’m going do it, again. Which means, I’m taking the day off. There will...
2011-01-21
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31 Days of SSIS – Environmental Variable(17/31)
31 Days of SSIS
It’s time to go back to discussing the environment when it comes to SSIS packages. For the...
2011-01-21
2,830 reads
31 Days of SSIS – DTSConfig Configuration (19/31)
31 Days of SSIS
The last two posts in the 31 Days of SSIS talked about the use of environmental variables...
2011-01-20
1,256 reads
31 Days of SSIS – No More Procedures (20/31)
Time to shift off of configurations and environments and talk more about SSIS packages and best practices. If you haven’t...
2011-01-20
1,831 reads
Now Let’s Vote for 24 Hours of PASS
Yesterday, I wanted you to vote for some SQLRally sessions, mine included. Today, let’s vote for the sessions for the...
2011-01-20
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – @Variable Use
Talk to the Experts
In a previous post, I discussed the exist() method as part of the XQuery for the Non-Expert...
2011-01-20
2,997 reads
31 Days of SSIS – SQL Server Configuration (18/31)
31 Days of SSIS
The last post in the 31 Days of SSIS talked about the use of environmental variables. As...
2011-01-19
2,205 reads
Time To Get Your #SQLRally Vote On!
It’s week two of voting for the upcoming SQLRally. This week, we are voting for the Database & Application Development sessions...
2011-01-19
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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UNISTR Basics
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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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