SQL Bloggers, Make Yourself Known
Are you an active SQL Server blogger? Do you blog regularly about the greatest database technology available? If so, you...
2009-08-04
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday - Top 5 Suggestions from the Attendees
After spending much of the last two days reading through over 200 SQL Saturday Event Evaluations I have come up...
2009-08-04
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Why Does Code Outlining In SSMS Only Work When Connected To SQL 2008?
Code Outlining has been part of Visual Studio since VS.NET 2002. If you're not familiar with it, code outlining is...
2009-08-04
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24 Hours of PASS
I’m fairly certain Jack Bauer isn’t involved with this new initiative from PASS. Just as I’m also certain I won’t...
2009-08-03
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Active August
One of the bloggers here at SQLServerCentral (and a good friend) posted a note about Active August
last week. In the...
2009-08-03
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DBAs Continue to Make More than Other IT Professionals
According to a study by PayScale, and published in the July/August 2009 issue of Inc. Magazine, Database Administrators make more...
2009-08-03
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Eval Results from SQLSaturday #7
John finally got things caught up and had time to finish the evals, here’s how I did on my presentation...
2009-08-03
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Free Training! 24 hours of PASS
PASS is sponsoring a 24 hours of PASS event on September 2nd. Consecutive live (Live Q&A also) 1 hour sessions...
2009-08-03
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Looking back at SQLSaturday #17 – Baton Rouge
I woke up early on Saturday for a run. Staying at the Cook Hotel on the LSU campus, I had...
2009-08-03
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Pain of the Week Webcast
Thursday this week I get to hang out, virtually, with some of the heavy hitters of the industry, Brent Ozar,...
2009-08-03
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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...
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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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