SQLSaturday #23 - Session Submitted
I'm committed to SQLSaturday #23 in Louisville on October 24, 2009. I got a note the other day from the...
2009-08-24
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Blog Posts
Stats blob corruptions
There have been a couple odd types of corruption that I’ve been seeing on the forums. I want to take...
2009-08-24
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The Need for a College Degree
I'm reading through Brad McGehee'sHow to Be an Exceptional DBAand in chapter 4 he talks about having the right skill...
2009-08-24
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Types Matter!
Louis Davidson (@DrSql) had an excellent series on his blog on the Pillars of Database Design and the one of...
2009-08-24
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A New Identity
Well, perhaps not a whole new identity, just a consolidation of multiple facets of my online persona. For several years...
2009-08-23
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Active August –> Week 3 Recap
Well, I had a pretty good week this week. I made an effort and met all my goals:
Eat smaller portions...
2009-08-23
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Beware the REPLACE function when doing heavy string parsing
I found something interesting the other day. I was attempting to optimize a very heavy string parsing routine using T-SQL...
2009-08-23
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PASS Update #13
It’s been a busy few weeks since update #12. We announced guidelines for submitting content to sqlpass.org, an effort that...
2009-08-23
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SOX in the City - Preparations for Audit
As I was going through some of my documentation at past clients, I found my summary of the general SOX...
2009-08-23
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The Netbook: 40 Days In
I wrote last month about purchasing a new Toshiba netbook to supplement my mobile computing arsenal. Forty days later, I’m...
2009-08-22
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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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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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