Excellent Blog List
For the one or two you that are not reading Buck Woody’s blog (and why aren’t you), you may not...
2009-08-12
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Blog Posts
Getting Security Vulnerability Information
Staying abreast of security vulnerability alerts can be a daunting task because there are so many each day. One source...
2009-08-12
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LinkedIn For Business
Ran across this recently, 33 Ways to Use LinkedIn for Business and thought I’d post it since I’ve talked about...
2009-08-12
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LIVE MEETING REMINDER - Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
Reminder: The Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group will be broadcasting its user group via live meeting. If you...
2009-08-12
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No Training Budget Still No Excuse
When I first started by career in IT and SQL Server about 10 years ago I lived in a small...
2009-08-12
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PASS Connector Editorial for August 12, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-08-12
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So many topics, so many blogs.......What says you?
So, what should I talk about next? There's so much going on in the world of SQL Server (ie: 2008,...
2009-08-12
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SQL Quiz 5: SANs Mirroring
My turn to answer Chris Shaw’s questions “Do I feel I have a reliable SAN solution?” and “Describe Database Mirroring...
2009-08-12
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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge – Session Evaluations
I received my evaluation summary from the SQL Saturday event in Baton Rouge earlier this month. This was the first...
2009-08-12
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SQLSaturday Advisory Council
Cross posted on the SQLSaturday blog as well.
We started SQLSaturday back in May 2007 because we wanted a SQL event...
2009-08-12
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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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