Trust Is Crucial in Security
Yesterday we were greeted to a ComputerWorld column talking about how Apple had betrayed the Enterprise's trust by having a...
2009-09-16
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Blog Posts
What's Your Build
This would probably be a good editorial, but I thought I'd drop it out here as a short note.
You ought...
2009-09-16
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Car Update – Electric plug in survey and algae hybrids
The Prius is having a few issues. I’ve had a slow leak in a tire that required two trips to...
2009-09-15
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First Meeting of the Charleston PASS Chapter
The first meeting of the Charleston PASS Chapter will take place Thursday night, September 17, starting at 6 PM. The first topic...
2009-09-15
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More Free Training
Quest Connect 2009, taking place in October 21 for 24 hours, looks like it’s going to have 64 different sessions, live...
2009-09-15
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Multiple Execution Paths
It’s not uncommon to find stored procedures that have multiple IF statements controlling the flow of execution within the procedure....
2009-09-15
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Networking Sins
I ran across this article about networking sins a while back and have had it on my list to share....
2009-09-15
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Networking While On Vacation
There's been a lot of attention given to professional networking (e.g. Andy Warren's blog posts) recently and if you recall...
2009-09-15
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No Join Predicate
You could be looking at an execution plan on a query and see this message: Warning, No Join Predicate. With...
2009-09-15
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Orlando PASS Meeting
Tonight is the OPASS bi-monthly meeting. Todd Holmes will be giving a mini presentation on SQL Server Backups and out...
2009-09-15
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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...
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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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