Active August – Final Recap
Well, I had a pretty good week this week. I made an effort and met all my goals:
Eat smaller portions...
2009-08-31
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Blog Posts
Backing up to NUL vs Backup with Truncate only
Or “It’s 10pm, do you know where your log records are?”
Something that I’ve started to see recently is the idea...
2009-08-31
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Decompressing on Compression in SQL Server 2008....
Compression is one of the major features introduced in SQL Server 2008, and one that can significantly reduce disk storage. ...
2009-08-31
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Notes On the Jacksonville Code Camp
I drove up to Jacksonville Friday afternoon for the 2009 Jacksonville Code Camp led by my friend Bayer White. I...
2009-08-31
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Project Gemini
Dan English put up a blog post on his experiences with installing Gemini. His post is loaded with screen shots...
2009-08-31
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Scripting Server Side Traces
If you’ve never used SQL Server Profiler, you truly don’t know what your missing. And that statement has an intentional...
2009-08-31
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Setting Realistic Goals & Learning to Adjust
There is a lot of advice out there about how to get more done and how to accomplish one's dreams. I...
2009-08-31
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SQL Lunch Calendar
We have been working hard trying to get speakers to complete the year for our SQL Lunch schedule. I am...
2009-08-31
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Submitted PASS Board Of Directors Application
Well after much deliberation I have decided to submit an application for the PASS Board of Directors. I embark on...
2009-08-31
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The Pain of Multi-Threading!
Alas, this isn’t really a SQL post, but thoughts on efforts to share work that has been previously done by...
2009-08-31
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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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