Power BI Made Simple
In an effort to understand Power BI and all the products it encompasses, I have made this slide deck to...
2015-02-18
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Blog Posts
Test your UPDATEs and DELETEs before you run them
This isn’t so much of a best practice, it comes more under the heading of being careful. Let’s say you...
2015-02-18
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T-SQL Tuesday #63 - Managing Security - Enforce SQL Login Policies
Today, February 10, 2015 is TSQL
Tuesday, no.63! (Click on the highlighted link for the Invitation.)
Hosted this month, by Student of...
2015-02-18 (first published: 2015-02-10)
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T-SQL Tuesday #63: How do you manage security
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Kenneth Fisher (blog | twitter) and its subject is about security.
Security is one of...
2015-02-18 (first published: 2015-02-10)
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VMware vExpert 2015
VMware has announced the list of 2015 recipients of the vExpert award, and I am humbled and honored to have been...
2015-02-18
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Enough Is Enough! Why Do We Have To Be At Risk?
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When Do We Say Enough Is Enough?
Recently Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that the ‘private’ information...
2015-02-17 (first published: 2015-02-07)
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Last Execution of a Proc
SQL Server is full of good stuff. There are plenty of features to be used. Plenty of applications to help...
2015-02-17
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Last Execution of a Proc
SQL Server is full of good stuff. There are plenty of features to be used. Plenty of applications to help it. And there is even plenty of metadata within...
2015-02-17
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Q and A With SQL MVP Chris Shaw
This has been a long time in the making, back in 2011 I attended a session at PASS Summit by...
2015-02-17
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SQL Code Guard v2.7 released
Hola!
SqlCodeGuard v2.7 is just released.
To be brief - major changes:1. Added command line utility
2. Added scgallow(issue)/scgignore(issue`)to control which issues should be...
2015-02-17
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Blogs
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
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Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026
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UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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