Blobs and Filestreams
In the next week or so I’ll be upgrading the SQL 2005 server that has the SQLSaturday database and I’m...
2009-09-14
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Blog Posts
Denver Area SQL Server User Group Week
All the Denver area groups are having their meetings this week. If you're in the area, try to attend a...
2009-09-14
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Editorial on SQL Server Central
My first one over there. It’s discussing whether or not you should do two things, build your own monitoring tool,...
2009-09-14
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Getting Into the Biz, Part 3
In a couple of previous posts (Part One and Part Two), I shared some thoughts about starting a career path...
2009-09-14
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North Texas SQL Server User Group Meeting on Thursday
The monthly North Texas SQL Server User Group (NTSSUG) meeting will be held this Thursday, September 17, at 7:00pm at...
2009-09-14
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PASS Chapter Starting Up in Charleston, SC
Woo hoo! Charleston, SC is starting up a Professional Association for SQL Server official chapter. It is being started up...
2009-09-14
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PASS Summit – Last Chance for Discounted Rate
Through tomorrow you can register for the very discounted rate of $1395 – details at http://summit2009.sqlpass.org. Historically we see a surge...
2009-09-14
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Republished Article
Well, the first of two articles I originally had published on sswug.org will be published on ssc tomorrow. I'm looking...
2009-09-14
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The Fundamentals of Storage Systems - Introduction
At least once a year I give a large talk on disk subsystems, IO and SQL Server. It’s a ground...
2009-09-14
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The Resource Database
I saw a post recently that asked about backing up the Resource database. The person said they just realized that...
2009-09-14
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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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