Product Review: SQL Pretty Printer
SQL Pretty Printer for SQL Server Management Studio $39.95 single user $99.95 site license
having coding standards is a must for...
2009-09-05
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Blog Posts
30 Days of Adventure in Australia and New Zealand
Starting Saturday, September 26, 2009, I will begin a 30 day, 9 city, and 11 session speaking tour of Australia...
2009-09-04
650 reads
A Great Business Model
Tia and I were moving dirt around the ranch this weekend. It was a chore that needed to be done,...
2009-09-04
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Amazon Finally Making Good on 1984
They should have done this on day 1 of the issue: offer users a legitimate copy and move their annotations....
2009-09-04
578 reads
Debuting: Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration
The new book is up on Amazon. I only worked on three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book and that...
2009-09-04
624 reads
Job Market Update and some Job Search Advice…..
Job Market Update and some Job Search Advice…..
Not too long ago, I posted a blog on the possible thawing of...
2009-09-04
1,411 reads
Proper T-SQL Stored Procedure Formatting
Here is a very good blog post from Aaron Bertrand (another SQL MVP) on how to write and format stored...
2009-09-04
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Speaking At SQL Saturday #21
Well looks like I will be packing my bags for Sunny Orlando. I Just found out that my abstract was...
2009-09-04
413 reads
Speaking to Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
On Monday August 1st I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of college students that all belong to...
2009-09-04
391 reads
24 Hours of PASS
From 7:45 pm (Eastern DST) on Tuesday, September 1st until 8:00 pm on Wednesday, September 2 PASS provided free online...
2009-09-03
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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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