T-SQL Tuesday #124 – Monitoring Query Store’s Impact on Your System
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday blogging party is brought to you well by me and I wanted to talk more about Query Store. I did write a book on it...
2020-03-10
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Database Superhero’s Blog
T-SQL Tuesday #124 – Using Query Store or Not Let’s Blog
Ever since Microsoft introduced Query Store I’ve been working with it, back to the CTPs in 2016. I started presenting on it because it benefited my current company at...
2020-03-03
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T-SQL Tuesday #123 – Life Hacks
Jess Pomfret is hosting month’s T-SQL Tuesday, and asked us to share our favorite life hacks – something that makes our day easier. I have a few,some people have told...
2020-02-19 (first published: 2020-02-12)
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T-SQL Tuesday #123 – Life Hacks
Jess Pomfret is hosting month’s T-SQL Tuesday, and asked us to share our favorite life hacks – something that makes our day easier. I have a few,some people have told...
2020-02-12
3 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #123 – Life Hacks
Jess Pomfret is hosting month’s T-SQL Tuesday, and asked us to share our favorite life hacks – something that makes our day easier. I have a few,some people have told...
2020-02-12
2 reads
Reflection on Talking at SQLSaturday Charlotte About Mental Health
On December 7, I did a session on mental illness and mental health problems being more common in IT than you think. Before the event the PASS WIT Virtual...
2019-12-26 (first published: 2019-12-11)
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Reflection on Talking at SQLSaturday Charlotte About Mental Health
On December 7, I did a session on mental illness and mental health problems being more common in IT than you think. Before the event the PASS WIT Virtual...
2019-12-11
2 reads
Reflection on Talking at SQLSaturday Charlotte About Mental Health
On December 7, I did a session on mental illness and mental health problems being more common in IT than you think. Before the event the PASS WIT Virtual...
2019-12-11
4 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year
At the end of 2019, Mala (b|t) invites us to write about the gifts we’ve gotten during the year. I’ve been gifted with a lot of things this year personally...
2019-12-23 (first published: 2019-12-10)
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T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year
At the end of 2019, Mala (b|t) invites us to write about the gifts we’ve gotten during the year. I’ve been gifted with a lot of things this year personally...
2019-12-10
3 reads
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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
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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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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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