PASS Community And Mentorship
Mentorship is the influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor as defined by Webster’s dictionary. I believe it involved a little more than that. It also involves investing...
2019-04-01
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PASS Community And Mentorship
Mentorship is the influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor as defined by Webster’s dictionary. I believe it involved a little more than that. It also involves investing...
2019-04-01
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Telegraf Setup FAQ for Troubleshooting
I often get emails asking the same time of questions about the setup of Telegraf for SQL Server and Windows...
2019-03-13
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Query Store Central Repository – Part 1
I’ve worked for SaaS companies for the last 6 years or so. So our queries are largely the same across...
2019-02-20
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T-SQL Tuesday #111 – What is My “Why?”
This month for T-SQL Tuesday we are asked to describe our “Why”. I have a couple of Whys not related...
2019-02-12
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Year in Review 2018 – The Year of Making a Difference – Up to 50
Rough Year, But 50 Kids, Can’t Beat That!
Last year was a pretty rough year personally. I totaled two cars, not...
2019-01-04
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Things That Drive a DBA Crazy When Starting a New Job
In the past 5 months I have started two different jobs, so that leaves it up in the air as...
2018-12-07 (first published: 2018-11-26)
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Exceeding My Own Expectations in Life!
Wow! The last five years of my career have been amazing. I went from attending a SQLSaturday a couple of...
2018-10-24
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Database Superhero Adventures, July 2018
Sorry readers, I was having some many adventures there was no June edition. In May, I had SQLSaturday Dallas where...
2018-07-02
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Database Superhero Adventures, July 2018
Sorry readers, I was having some many adventures there was no June edition. In May, I had SQLSaturday Dallas where...
2018-07-02
60 reads
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Resetting on the AI hype train
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A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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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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