A really simple bug with SSMS
If you’re a long time IT professional or an occasional user of high or even low tech software you’ll know...
2016-09-28
530 reads
Confessions of a Microsoft Addict
Splitting CSV strings in SQL 2016
Up until SQL Server 2016, we had to write our own functions to split a CSV string into a table...
2016-09-15 (first published: 2016-09-08)
2,730 reads
Join me and Kalen Delaney today for 24HOP
I’m excited to be monitoring Kalen’s session on concurrency. The session is today and is titled “Locking, Blocking, Versions: Concurrency...
2016-09-07
346 reads
When should I use a CTE?
If I had a dollar for every CTE solution to a simple query in the forums (pick any SQL forum), I’d...
2016-08-27
773 reads
I’m speaking at SQL Saturday 563 in Dallas
This will be my second time speaking at SQL Saturday in Dallas. My first was last year and it was...
2016-08-25
436 reads
I’m speaking at SQL Saturday 553 in Oklahoma City
This will be my first time speaking in Oklahoma on 8/27 in Oklahoma City. I’ve been to several customers there...
2016-08-16
512 reads
Using PowerShell to find Processor issues & more
One of the top three performance killers for SQL Server is lack of processing power. I’d say that it’s second...
2016-08-18 (first published: 2016-08-11)
2,150 reads
Inside the mind of a c# developer
I’ve been working with SQL Server for 18 years and over that long span I’ve seen a lot of different...
2016-08-10
620 reads
Off-Topic: Phone number spoofing. Why is this still a thing?
A bit of history
Long ago there were such things called diverters. The phone company used them so employees could dial...
2016-07-29
905 reads
SQL Server 2016 FK operator bug?
I recently read an a blog on MSDN that covered new features for the query optimizer in SQL Server 2016....
2016-07-29 (first published: 2016-07-25)
2,030 reads
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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