Recursion with SQL Server 2008 within the Financial World
As most of you, we in the financial world have often been faced with the challenge of extracting data from...
2009-09-12
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Blog Posts
.Net SQLConnectionStringBuilder ApplicationName Property
We have several “Home Grown” applications at my current place of employment. This provides our development staff with a great...
2009-09-11
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A Moment of Silence
Today is the anniversary of one of the worst attacks in the US, the September 11th attack on the World...
2009-09-11
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I like this
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
from 37 signals blog.
2009-09-11
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LaRock on Monitoring
Since I just spent a bit more than half of my 24 Hours of PASSpresentation on tuning queries talking about...
2009-09-11
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Memories Of PanzerBlitz
Back when I was a small tyke, I vividly remember playing an Avalon Hill board game called PanzerBlitz, which was...
2009-09-11
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Running a Server Side Trace
This is part two of three part series on creating, running, and scheduling Server Side Traces in SQL Server. Part...
2009-09-11
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Thanks Space Coast SQL User Group
I want to thank the Space Coast User Group for having me over to speak on the Default Trace last...
2009-09-11
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What I’ve Read and Recommend to Others – Joe Celko Edition
I’ve known Joe for a number of years and have a lot of respect for his experience and knowledge around...
2009-09-11
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Building a Chair – Part 1
I glance at Make (magazine and web site) from time to time, and recently have been recording and watching their...
2009-09-10
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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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