Lessons from a Great Mentor
On Sunday I learned of the passing of one of my greatest mentors, Major Herbert L. Day, USMC, Retired. He...
2010-09-28
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of September 27, 2010
Tuesday
PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter - Next-Level SQLCLR: Parallel Processing and Bulk Load - Adam Machanic
Pragmatic Works - Performance tuning the cube - Adam...
2010-09-24
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Why You Should Come to SQL Saturday #48 - Columbia, SC
SQL Saturday #48 is on October 2. We're offering free SQL Server and PowerShell training from some great names in...
2010-09-22
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Putting Priorities into Practice
Yesterday I posted a review on the book Choosing to Cheat. I had begun putting some of the principles into...
2010-09-21
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Review: Choosing to Cheat
Cross-posted from The Goal Keeping DBA blog.
I first heard about this book at SQL Saturday #51 when I was talking...
2010-09-20
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of September 20, 2010
Monday
PASS Data Warehousing/BI Virtual Chapter - Adaptive BI: Engineering a BI Solution - Davide Mauri
Tuesday
SQL Lunch - Restartability in SSIS - Kyle Walker
Pragmatic Works...
2010-09-20
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I Don't Want to Share!
I know we were taught to share in kindergarten, but there are some things that should not be shared. In...
2010-09-17
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See You at SQL Saturday #46 - Raleigh
EDIT: Updated to include a picture of me.
I'm headed up this weekend to speak at SQL Saturday #46 - Raleigh. This...
2010-09-16
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Slides and Files: A PowerShell Primer
Here are the slides and scripts from last night's presentation at Midlands PASS Chapter. The presentation was intended to introduce...
2010-09-15
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Task Manager - Don't Believe the System Idle Process Percentage
This morning my laptop went to a crawl. I looked, and sure enough, there was an AntiVirus scan running. Argh!...
2010-09-14
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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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